RSBANDBUpdate! 166 - Hobo Hotel

99887 · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 2:24 am

LISTENING to an audio book is NOT reading, its LISTENING!

Adbot · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 2:24 am

Anubis · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 2:33 am

You do not READ audio books. Reading involves WRITTEN WORDS.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Anubis wrote:

You do not READ audio books. Reading involves WRITTEN WORDS.

Reading does involve written words, of course. But you're not listening to a random slew of words, unless you got a cheap knockoff. You got the entire book, all being read from written words.

If anyone would care to look around on the Internet and at least entertain what I believe to be a viable alternative to sitting down and using your eyes, take a look at this New York Times article from 2005. If you post "Tl;Dr", you might want to check out the narration function of most computers.

Again, I'm not saying it's the exact same thing as reading, though in the end you should have had the same experience (Plus or minus a few details, depending on your reading capabilities and comprehension). Getting through a book by a different than traditional meathod doesn't change the end result. The book as been read (physically by you, or by the speaker) and the words should have been comprehended.

Chief Snake · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 4:38 am

I think one would have to be a bit pedantic to go out of their way to say they've "listened to the audio book of a story". I agree that while listening and reading are not the same thing, you are still absorbing the same information you would be from reading and thus the end experience is roughly the same. For some people like me whose minds tend to wander off very easily while reading and I suddenly realise I can't remember what's happened in the last few pages ( :oops:

), audio books may even convey the information more effectively.

Starsaber · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 6:55 am

One thing Shane said that I disagree with. He said that audiobooks are better than books when walking, but I read while walking all the time.

Magicking610 · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 7:22 am

Audiobooks aren't reading. You don't say "I am reading my audiobook", you say "I am listening to my audiobook" therefore Brad wins again.

Good episode though, I liked shooting Andrew with his own revolver. The Beetles need to die :twisted:

Adbot · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 7:22 am

Danny boy115 · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 10:19 am

audio books are NOT! reading, THEY ARE LISTENING.

Warren · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 10:32 am

Yeah... You can listen to me tell you about a book, enough to know whats happened and such, know the material, and be able to have a discussion with someone else about it, but it doesn't mean you've read it.

I think when talking about it in the past tense, you can be able to say you've read it when it was an audio book, as long as you don't include that it was an audio book. But in the present tense.. it makes less sense.

Show was average, I wasn't listening to the part where you started naming people but apparently it was for a 24 hour straight RS thing? I wouldn't be really keen to do that, it'd depend on the circumstances :$

Veggie Eater · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 11:15 am

Sorry Shane, but I have to agree with Brad.
Listening is not reading. If they were the same thing, we wouldn't have different words for them.
I love to read and audio books are degrading the 'reading' process.
Basically, people are lazy. =P

Edit:
Well now I kind of feel bad everyone is attacking Shane with the "LISTENING ISN'T READING!"
Maybe in the future people won't even read books anymore, we'll just listen to them, but everyone will still say "I read the book"
So maybe Shane's just more technologically advanced than we are and we don't even know it yet =P

Ben · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 11:24 am

99887 wrote:

LISTENING to an audio book is NOT reading, its LISTENING!

Shane, you can't read something that's not written.

Hells Sponge · **Posted:** August 23rd, 2008, 8:42 pm

I think the above post sums it up

Getness · **Posted:** August 24th, 2008, 8:35 pm

Wow. Yeah I have to agree with Brad too. You don't read the radio and I don't read your podcast. You may metabolize it the same, but it doesn't mean that you have read the book. And what was that about reading and walking? I think that that could end in pain if I tried to do that.

dark samus x · **Posted:** August 26th, 2008, 4:22 am

I love reading
and Shane THEY ARE NOT!audio books are listening! :!:

And i read in the car.To Cornwall 10 hours!

wildy277 · **Posted:** August 26th, 2008, 2:33 pm

I gotta say that Brad is right about the audio books not being a reading material. If you go into a reading class with an IPod saying you're reading an audio book, they'll say it's not a book...That's all I have to say about that, buy Shane I don't frown apon you.

DoctaDougie · **Posted:** August 30th, 2008, 3:47 pm

Audiobooks aren't reading according to the definition, but there a lot easier on the eyes :roll: