Comments on: Are e-books a social turn-off? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thadine http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-893006 Thadine Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:43:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/03/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/#comment-893006 If I saw a guy reading an ebook, I would be thrilled to talk to him. I wouldn't, though, for the simple fact that I don't interrupt people who are reading. Similarly, if I am reading, I certainly don't appreciate it when some guy tries to pick me up. The very act of reading (unless you're reading aloud to a group) is antisocial! Anyway, the story doesn't sound so much like the woman was turned off by the reading, just perplexed by it. If I saw a guy reading an ebook, I would be thrilled to talk to him. I wouldn’t, though, for the simple fact that I don’t interrupt people who are reading. Similarly, if I am reading, I certainly don’t appreciate it when some guy tries to pick me up. The very act of reading (unless you’re reading aloud to a group) is antisocial!
Anyway, the story doesn’t sound so much like the woman was turned off by the reading, just perplexed by it.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-892896 Mike Cane Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:20:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/03/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/#comment-892896 Hey, I'll read ebooks in public til the day I die if it'll deflect the bimbos who have ginormous purse collections at home. And really, any woman who is *turned off* by reading in public doesn't have the brains to understand the concepts of curiosity and knowledge. Hey, I’ll read ebooks in public til the day I die if it’ll deflect the bimbos who have ginormous purse collections at home. And really, any woman who is *turned off* by reading in public doesn’t have the brains to understand the concepts of curiosity and knowledge.

]]> By: Rich Adin http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-892793 Rich Adin Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:07:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/03/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/#comment-892793 I think ebook reading should be required for anyone on the make -- it would help weed out those folk whose idea of brain stimulation is a can of Billy Beer and a 60-inch TV dedicated to watching the WWF wrestlers scratch themselves. After all, how much time can one spend discussing scratching technique? At some point one has to be able to discuss the latest quandary of Batman with one's date. I think ebook reading should be required for anyone on the make — it would help weed out those folk whose idea of brain stimulation is a can of Billy Beer and a 60-inch TV dedicated to watching the WWF wrestlers scratch themselves. After all, how much time can one spend discussing scratching technique? At some point one has to be able to discuss the latest quandary of Batman with one’s date.

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-892779 Brian Carnell Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/03/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/#comment-892779 BTW, presumably an honest answer like "surfing for pron" wouldn't have gotten him any closer to his objective, so I'm not so sure it's just the book reading here that's the problem. BTW, presumably an honest answer like “surfing for pron” wouldn’t have gotten him any closer to his objective, so I’m not so sure it’s just the book reading here that’s the problem.

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-892777 Brian Carnell Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:50:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/03/are-e-books-a-social-turn-off/#comment-892777 "He tells the story of how being seen reading an e-book on his iPod at a café was a turn-off to an attractive woman at the next table." Its unclear from the anecdote if she was horrified that he was reading an e-book or just that he was reading a book, period. Anyway, yeah, if you want to pick up hot chicks, probably reading is not the best route to success. “He tells the story of how being seen reading an e-book on his iPod at a café was a turn-off to an attractive woman at the next table.”

Its unclear from the anecdote if she was horrified that he was reading an e-book or just that he was reading a book, period. Anyway, yeah, if you want to pick up hot chicks, probably reading is not the best route to success.

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