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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cancelled my New Yorker subscription because of garbage articles like this one. Good to know I’m not missing anything.[/quote]

That's too bad, because it's still one of the best publications out there. OP completely misunderstood the article-- or didn't actually read it, which would be ironic in this context. [/quote]

Yes if you read the New Yorker article it's  absolutely not on the side of the people sharing these videos.

"The only way that an internet mind can understand a person reading a certain kind of book in public is through the prism of how it would appear on a feed: as a grotesquely performative posture, a false and self-flattering manipulation, or a desperate attempt to attract a romantic partner."[/quote]

Yes. It’s much more of an indictment of our social media addiction or at least those who don’t read. Who cares why someone is reading? Isn’t reading anything that isn’t drivel these days a good thing? I wish there were more of us who would put down their phones and do that (unless they use their phones primarily to read). [/quote]

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