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Arduous is overstating it by a long way. Frustrating, bothersome, annoying, inconsiderate, stupid, yes. Arduous? I used to carry a walkman, several tapes, and s

Arduous is overstating it by a long way. Frustrating, bothersome, annoying, inconsiderate, stupid, yes. Arduous? I used to carry a walkman, several tapes, and spare batteries with me every day; I used to carry a book to read in one pocket and often another, smaller book in another, and even occasionally a newspaper under my arm. Buying a book or any media online is not arduous, even if it's as described. What it does show is that innovative businesses will, over time, become like the dinosaurs they out-competed, and leave room for something new. Piracy will probably always be there, even when buying is not arduous.

corndoge 3y ago
It's arduous relative to today's standards and relative to piracy.
- brigandish 3y ago
  Carrying those books wasn't arduous, except when I travelled around Asia and decided my main bag should be books. Big books. Almost ruined my back. Words have meaning. Arduous it ain't.
  - chii 3y ago
    Tiresome doesn't necessarily mean physically tired. Words do have meaning, and you would know if you read those meaning to understand the idea being presented.
    - brigandish 3y ago
      Arduous never means "something that is slightly inconvenient" unless one is prone to exaggeration and has the forbearance of a child. > Tiresome doesn't necessarily mean physically tired. Not necessarily, no, not at all. I suggest a dictionary. Back in the day, people who cared about reading and the meaning of words would keep one handy, often next to the bed.
      - thefurdrake 3y ago
        > Arduous > a : hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult ~ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arduous https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arduous Pretty sure this process qualifies as "hard" when compared to standard methods of purchasing digital goods. Always fun when someone wants to argue about the definition of a word without actually using the definition of the word.
        brigandish 3y ago
        You’re “pretty sure”. Perhaps we should also call it an odyssey, or an epic? They would also fit the dictionary definitions, if we read the dictionary like we’d not bothered to learn proper English. I’m guessing, by your use of Mirriam Webster that you’re an American, so that’s a distinct possibility. If you knew how to use a dictionary you wouldn’t have left out the helpful examples: > 1a : hard to accomplish or achieve : DIFFICULT an arduous task years of arduous training > b : marked by great labor or effort : STRENUOUS … a life of arduous toil. —A. C. Cole > 2 : hard to climb : STEEP an arduous path arduously adverb arduousness noun Life, years, climb. No, it does not count as arduous in the slightest. First world problems, is that in the dictionary, I wonder?
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        thefurdrake 3y ago
        ... You do realize that examples don't provide a constraint, right? ... right? Anyway, you seem very confused with internet vernacular; everyone else was able to grasp the context. You appear to be the only individual experiencing difficulties. Just saying.
        brigandish 3y ago
        Yes, there’s no constraint, feel free to use language as you wish. That doesn’t make your argument any better as to what words actually mean, given examples, from a dictionary, when you claim to know how to use one and that I don’t. Inane, specious, and mendacious are other entries in the dictionary that come to mind. I also have no trouble comprehending the argument before me, it’s simply misdescribed. Can you not comprehend that? Apparently not.

corndoge 3y ago

It's arduous relative to today's standards and relative to piracy.

brigandish 3y ago
Carrying those books wasn't arduous, except when I travelled around Asia and decided my main bag should be books. Big books. Almost ruined my back. Words have meaning. Arduous it ain't.
- chii 3y ago
  Tiresome doesn't necessarily mean physically tired. Words do have meaning, and you would know if you read those meaning to understand the idea being presented.
  - brigandish 3y ago
    Arduous never means "something that is slightly inconvenient" unless one is prone to exaggeration and has the forbearance of a child. > Tiresome doesn't necessarily mean physically tired. Not necessarily, no, not at all. I suggest a dictionary. Back in the day, people who cared about reading and the meaning of words would keep one handy, often next to the bed.
    - thefurdrake 3y ago
      > Arduous > a : hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult ~ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arduous https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arduous Pretty sure this process qualifies as "hard" when compared to standard methods of purchasing digital goods. Always fun when someone wants to argue about the definition of a word without actually using the definition of the word.
      - brigandish 3y ago
        You’re “pretty sure”. Perhaps we should also call it an odyssey, or an epic? They would also fit the dictionary definitions, if we read the dictionary like we’d not bothered to learn proper English. I’m guessing, by your use of Mirriam Webster that you’re an American, so that’s a distinct possibility. If you knew how to use a dictionary you wouldn’t have left out the helpful examples: > 1a : hard to accomplish or achieve : DIFFICULT an arduous task years of arduous training > b : marked by great labor or effort : STRENUOUS … a life of arduous toil. —A. C. Cole > 2 : hard to climb : STEEP an arduous path arduously adverb arduousness noun Life, years, climb. No, it does not count as arduous in the slightest. First world problems, is that in the dictionary, I wonder?
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        thefurdrake 3y ago
        ... You do realize that examples don't provide a constraint, right? ... right? Anyway, you seem very confused with internet vernacular; everyone else was able to grasp the context. You appear to be the only individual experiencing difficulties. Just saying.
        brigandish 3y ago
        Yes, there’s no constraint, feel free to use language as you wish. That doesn’t make your argument any better as to what words actually mean, given examples, from a dictionary, when you claim to know how to use one and that I don’t. Inane, specious, and mendacious are other entries in the dictionary that come to mind. I also have no trouble comprehending the argument before me, it’s simply misdescribed. Can you not comprehend that? Apparently not.