I had to ditch The Measure over this, which bummed me out since I want to know what happens but couldn't stand the writing.

You're missing the part where that's nothing but faulty assumptions on your end. Note the vegetation and water in the photo.

>it is one of the most beautiful places i have seen pictures of even though it is a desert...

Why would you assume a desert can't be beautiful in the first place?

I didn't pick up any vitriol. You're mostly just making yourself look super judgey, so congrats on letting us all know you don't respect writers.

I think this is also another case where an article title misrepresents what the article is supposed to be about. There are plenty of people who don't read books for understandable reasons (like a learning disability or preference for audio so they can layer that over, say, long drives) but are still intellectually curious in other ways. That's a whole other discussion than people who literally argue against reading books simply because it's long-form media because they only find value in things that have been 'optimized'/shortened to their personal preferences (like the six-paragraph blog post comment, good lord lol).

So you posted a link to an article about people who don't like to read books, and then took the time out of your day to take a shit all over the article's writer and his career choice to be a writer because you disagree with one of his points? Fascinating. *slow clap*

Yeah, genocide is fucking amazing, right? ^(/s)

Seriously. Who the fuck do they think got massacred, their friends in a video game? smdh