Launch Date Announced 🚀 The brand-new GoComics will be unveiled April 1! (No fooling). See more information here. Subscribers, check your
email for more details.
You can’t learn squat through tweets. Sadly the internet has taken much of the free time people once spent with books. Folks are missing out on so much!
When Kindle and all that ilk became popular, people predicted books and libraries would eventually become obsolete. Well, how long have we had all those so-called nifty portable devices and how many libraries have closed? There’s benefits in being able to take one, small, light object on vacation, but, ultimately, the physical book, created from hardboard, paper, ink, glue and linen thread, will never be obsolete! (And libraries simply expanded their benefits to include audio books, on-line abilities for all sorts of things, movies and TV shows, etc.)
I think Danae would enjoy flash fiction. She could get an entire story that’s anywhere between 100 and 1000 words long (depending on how you define the term).
My childhood was without TV, but we had books, and I would walk a mile to a library for more. Later, the mental worlds they created were supplemented by TV images and the occasional movie. All these years later, nothing has been lost except perhaps time. I consider Non Sequitur a fine investment of of it. Today, it contains just about 60 words – pretty “wordy” for a comic strip – yet still has power.
Not sure why I think I can add to this comment marathon. My reaction wasn’t a trumpism, but the sad thought that far too many people fall into the same category. They no longer read, no longer discuss, and may in fact, no longer think critically.
Reading at home became a lot more enjoyable when I finished school because there weren’t any curricula that focused on standardized tests involved with it.
danketaz Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Because they get paid by the word!
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 7 years ago
She’s a Trump clone.
Argythree almost 7 years ago
No, @CHARLIEGIRL, Potus doesn’t read…
nosirrom almost 7 years ago
I’m sure that Danae would enjoy the Twitterverse Library.
dadoctah almost 7 years ago
Library? Do they still have those?
LrdSlvrhnd almost 7 years ago
Man, I would love to be able to stretch out on the back of my recliner and read… my cat certainly seems to enjoy it up there!
Enter.Name.Here almost 7 years ago
You can’t learn squat through tweets. Sadly the internet has taken much of the free time people once spent with books. Folks are missing out on so much!
LadyPeterW almost 7 years ago
When Kindle and all that ilk became popular, people predicted books and libraries would eventually become obsolete. Well, how long have we had all those so-called nifty portable devices and how many libraries have closed? There’s benefits in being able to take one, small, light object on vacation, but, ultimately, the physical book, created from hardboard, paper, ink, glue and linen thread, will never be obsolete! (And libraries simply expanded their benefits to include audio books, on-line abilities for all sorts of things, movies and TV shows, etc.)
cocavan11 almost 7 years ago
It’s “140 or FEWER letters”; better still “no more than 140 letters.”
tripwire45 almost 7 years ago
I think Danae would enjoy flash fiction. She could get an entire story that’s anywhere between 100 and 1000 words long (depending on how you define the term).
WaitingMan almost 7 years ago
A classic (very) short story by Isaac Asimov was titled “Sign at the End of the Universe”. It read, “This Side Up”, printed upside-down.
Linguist almost 7 years ago
She should start out with something simple, easy to read, but classic, like Moby Dick or Pride and Prejudice.
Oldgrowth almost 7 years ago
My childhood was without TV, but we had books, and I would walk a mile to a library for more. Later, the mental worlds they created were supplemented by TV images and the occasional movie. All these years later, nothing has been lost except perhaps time. I consider Non Sequitur a fine investment of of it. Today, it contains just about 60 words – pretty “wordy” for a comic strip – yet still has power.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Not sure why I think I can add to this comment marathon. My reaction wasn’t a trumpism, but the sad thought that far too many people fall into the same category. They no longer read, no longer discuss, and may in fact, no longer think critically.
SusieB almost 7 years ago
I don’t understand people who don’t like to read. It’s one of my joys. It’s a great way to escape and far healthier than drugs or alcohol.
phoenixnyc almost 7 years ago
Show me someone who says “it’s about the journey, not the destination” and I’ll show you someone with a five-minute commute.
DHurd almost 7 years ago
There is nothing like losing oneself in a good book.
1MadHat almost 7 years ago
I thought it was 280 characters now. And I don’t tweet – my cell phone is so old it’s got a rotary dial….
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
The journey can be interesting, but the destination is where I want to go.
Athelstane almost 7 years ago
Functionally Illiterate. Short attention span. No understanding of history. A perfect Progressive UI.
Say What? Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Reading at home became a lot more enjoyable when I finished school because there weren’t any curricula that focused on standardized tests involved with it.
johnec almost 7 years ago
Even the BLOTUS SCROTUS can’t do it in only 140 characters, sometimes . . . .
johnec almost 7 years ago
. . . . . and his tweets are even funnier if you read the dots out as well!