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They didn't say they have no time for reading. Anyone with a modern phone and a lunch break can post to HN from work. What they said was: > reading alone in
by jlokier 5y ago
They didn't say they have no time for reading. Anyone with a modern phone and a lunch break can post to HN from work.
What they said was:
> reading alone in a room on a couch is a rare indulgence
- slibhb 5y agoThe post I responded to contained this: > Time for reading is a privilege. Only those with "normal" jobs have the stability and time to associate rituals with reading. Virtually everyone has time to read, even if it's 5-10 minutes between shifts. Whatever time you spend reading or posting on HN could be spent reading a book, which is not to say that it should be, only that this "time for reading is a privilege" stuff is nonsense.
- bridgetball 5y agoI agree. And it is obvious people read the article and are doing something that could be considered a ritual. Reading an article on your lunch break could be a ritual just as much as reading a book on a couch for hours on end every night. It was literally the point to share how and where people read, not just books, but submissions on here or other journalistic type materials.Most people do read something on a regular basis like a newspaper or spiritual writing at different times during the day. I am just curious as to what, where, and when people like to read.