Now that is actually smart

Bro how are audiobooks not reading? Worst take of the bunch, and frankly pretty ableist.

Studies have consistently shown equal comprehension from whether something is read or spoken to you. So firstly you’re literally consuming and understanding the exact same story in your head.

Audiobooks are also far more accessible, you can listen to one and drive, clean, cook, brush your teeth, etc…

And like for many people, audiobooks are THE best way they could possibly consume books. Say they have dyslexia, visual impairments, adhd, etc… that all make reading take much more mental energy. That all disappears in audio format.

And like there’s so much you can add with stuff like graphic audio, you can have a whole cast, music, sound effects, things you simply can’t do just via the written word.

And lets not forget the tradition of human storytelling began from passing on stories purely my mouth. People told a story and remembered it and spoke it again. People are naturally built to take in stories audibly, and its no wonder many people find this method (of telling the exact same friggen story!!!) more natural. Also like we’re these oral stories somehow less legitimate until they were written down?

Wow. That is an actually controversial take. Could not disagree more.

I think this is a less controversial take tbh

Yes that is probably why they are asking

This is where my democratic socialist ass loses you

Ireland has shitty phd programs

Trust me the Americans leaving the country are not the Trumpers. Now is the time to steal the brain drain for yourself.

Well convince my 22 friends to switch when a feature they consider critical is missing

Matrix has the best architecture by far. The only feature it lacks is high fps screenshare with audio. Right now its only acceptable for like a powerpoint presentation.

When the update fixing that comes it will finally be ready to fully replace discord.

Its cinny.in, not .im

That is just such a broad statement to make that is not always true.

How about hell fucking no you idiot

It has been absolutely seamless with zero issues for me, but I’m a relatively recent adopter with low traffic just for friends.

Only problem is that its only available in the official element app but thats not a dealbreaker for me.

I can search users and spaces across any federated matrix server

Not at all. Look at this beautiful corner we have made here.

Matrix is mature enough, and has a better philosophy. Just the best choice atm.

Matrix (what some call element, element is a matrix client) has end to end video conferencing and is decentralized like Mastodon

Matrix is fanstastic

I hear this. What could be better? You make an account and if its federated your done. Login, boom.