I think this is an unfortunately poor video on a potentially interesting topic. In a 10 minute video where the actual content (the one mentioned in the title) starts a third of the way in, the...
I think this is an unfortunately poor video on a potentially interesting topic.
In a 10 minute video where the actual content (the one mentioned in the title) starts a third of the way in, the actual actual content is maybe 30 seconds long: She is self-conscious about how she spends money due to her upbringing and she likes minimalism. That's it.
OK, on to the topic. I think consumerism is an increasingly worsening problem and I agree with the author that relying on libraries is a great way to read, but I also feel books are so far down the ladder of problematic purchases, it's not even worth contemplating whether we should stop buying them.
Well, to be fair, she also talks about how she finds joy in experiences rather than in owning things and goes on to talk book vanity and how lots of booktubers feel pressured to buy and show off...
She is self-conscious about how she spends money due to her upbringing and she likes minimalism. That's it.
Well, to be fair, she also talks about how she finds joy in experiences rather than in owning things and goes on to talk book vanity and how lots of booktubers feel pressured to buy and show off all their books, at times at the expense of healthy meals.
I also feel books are so far down the ladder of problematic purchases, it's not even worth contemplating whether we should stop buying them.
Maybe for you, but I think it is a problem for other people. There are some folks who buy books using money they don't have in order to display them like trophies. I'm not knocking such people - people can decide for themselves what they want to buy and I think most people have their vices.
I do find this topic interesting though, as I feel a lot of joy looking at a shelf full of books. I'm certainly guilty of buying probably too many books and I've been trying to curb my spending in that area and go to the library. I would be interested to know how many books people own. Of those books, how many have they actually read? How many of those books did people actually like, and how many of those books will they read again?
My last thought is that books are different from almost anything else we purchase. With clothes we know what it will look like and how it will fit us (provided we buy them at a store), with furniture or household items we again know what they look like and will return them if we don't end up liking them. With video games, there's not really a real way to play them for free. Books are kind of the only thing that comes to mind where we buy them not knowing if we will like them and keep them even if we don't enjoy them (there are exceptions, of course) even though we have a good free alternative.
I'm an amateur at this collection stuff. I have about 30 books. Haven't read 6 of them; 3 of them I plan to read; 3 I tried and gave up on, but I plan to revisit one. Of the books, I've read, I've...
I'm an amateur at this collection stuff. I have about 30 books. Haven't read 6 of them; 3 of them I plan to read; 3 I tried and gave up on, but I plan to revisit one.
Of the books, I've read, I've reread 2. I plan to reread at least 4 more. I also have books where I've noted down my favourite sections in the back and every other day I go back and read the section.
I'm fully aware that the collection is a vanity thing, but in my defence there are no reliable libraries where I live
Thanks for sharing! I'm guilty of buying quite a few books that I have either never read (honestly, probably won't at this point) or that I've tried and didn't finish. I used to reread books that...
Thanks for sharing! I'm guilty of buying quite a few books that I have either never read (honestly, probably won't at this point) or that I've tried and didn't finish. I used to reread books that I loved a lot, but even that hasn't been happening the last few years.
I'm fully aware that the collection is a vanity thing, but in my defence there are no reliable libraries where I live
I know what you mean. I have a library that is super close to where I live, but I will be on hold for forever if it is for a book that is even slightly popular. Right now I am #77 for a book that only has 5 copies and it came out about 3 years ago. It is super tempting just to go out and buy it.
I actually can understand it. I do most of my reading on Kindle because of the convenience, but I have been so tempted to go out and buy physical copies that I'll never read just because a...
I actually can understand it. I do most of my reading on Kindle because of the convenience, but I have been so tempted to go out and buy physical copies that I'll never read just because a bookshelf with lots of books on it looks so nice. Luckily I've been able to keep myself from spending, but if I did then you're looking at $10-25 per book depending on hardcover/softcover/edition/etc. It can add up very quickly.
Haha, that's true for me too. I used to buy lots of hardcovers despite actually preferring to read paperbacks. They look so nice on the shelf and always come out before the paperback edition for...
Haha, that's true for me too. I used to buy lots of hardcovers despite actually preferring to read paperbacks. They look so nice on the shelf and always come out before the paperback edition for whatever reason.
I think books and similar items are just such low hanging fruit that they should definitely be considered, especially because I consider consumerism as a habit. Moving away from wasteful...
I think consumerism is an increasingly worsening problem and I agree with the author that relying on libraries is a great way to read, but I also feel books are so far down the ladder of problematic purchases, it's not even worth contemplating whether we should stop buying them.
I think books and similar items are just such low hanging fruit that they should definitely be considered, especially because I consider consumerism as a habit. Moving away from wasteful consumerism is about changing our habits and our thoughts and our need for ownership.
This is an in-community video. I think there's a big difference between someone in this community talking about how its content is weirdly centered on consumerism and an outsider calling out...
but I also feel books are so far down the ladder of problematic purchases, it's not even worth contemplating whether we should stop buying them.
This is an in-community video. I think there's a big difference between someone in this community talking about how its content is weirdly centered on consumerism and an outsider calling out booktube rather than things that are much worse.
Yeah, I gave up on watching this video a few minutes in. The first 2 minutes and 47 seconds (yes, I checked!) were her talking about what I assumed was a marketing employee at a book publisher...
In a 10 minute video where the actual content (the one mentioned in the title) starts a third of the way in
Yeah, I gave up on watching this video a few minutes in.
The first 2 minutes and 47 seconds (yes, I checked!) were her talking about what I assumed was a marketing employee at a book publisher called Leisure Reads who had sent her free books to promote on her YouTube channel. It wasn't until I paused the video and tried to find this publisher that I realised she'd just wasted a few minutes of my time talking about another YouTuber. I could understand her inserting a couple of minutes of advertising for a publisher after receiving a bribe of free books, but to just yammer on about some random YouTuber? I have much better things to do with my time! (Like come here and complain about how she wasted my time.)
Then she launched into a story about her childhood... and I just lost interest. Annoying voice that was just permanent vocal grill, promoting another YouTuber, pointless digressions - these things are not for me.
I've been parsing down my belongings for a couple years now, and have since started using the public library a lot more. For me, it's really interesting to see other posts here, such as: Growing...
I've been parsing down my belongings for a couple years now, and have since started using the public library a lot more.
For me, it's really interesting to see other posts here, such as:
I use to dream of being surrounded by books and even converted a walk-in closet in my home into a library. And for a while, that, gave me a lot of joy. And books definitely still bring me a lot of joy. I still love being surrounded, whether at the library, or a bookstore, but now, I feel I focus a lot more on what I read and not what's on the shelf (though of course, they overlap).
I think this is an unfortunately poor video on a potentially interesting topic.
In a 10 minute video where the actual content (the one mentioned in the title) starts a third of the way in, the actual actual content is maybe 30 seconds long: She is self-conscious about how she spends money due to her upbringing and she likes minimalism. That's it.
OK, on to the topic. I think consumerism is an increasingly worsening problem and I agree with the author that relying on libraries is a great way to read, but I also feel books are so far down the ladder of problematic purchases, it's not even worth contemplating whether we should stop buying them.
Well, to be fair, she also talks about how she finds joy in experiences rather than in owning things and goes on to talk book vanity and how lots of booktubers feel pressured to buy and show off all their books, at times at the expense of healthy meals.
Maybe for you, but I think it is a problem for other people. There are some folks who buy books using money they don't have in order to display them like trophies. I'm not knocking such people - people can decide for themselves what they want to buy and I think most people have their vices.
I do find this topic interesting though, as I feel a lot of joy looking at a shelf full of books. I'm certainly guilty of buying probably too many books and I've been trying to curb my spending in that area and go to the library. I would be interested to know how many books people own. Of those books, how many have they actually read? How many of those books did people actually like, and how many of those books will they read again?
My last thought is that books are different from almost anything else we purchase. With clothes we know what it will look like and how it will fit us (provided we buy them at a store), with furniture or household items we again know what they look like and will return them if we don't end up liking them. With video games, there's not really a real way to play them for free. Books are kind of the only thing that comes to mind where we buy them not knowing if we will like them and keep them even if we don't enjoy them (there are exceptions, of course) even though we have a good free alternative.
I'm an amateur at this collection stuff. I have about 30 books. Haven't read 6 of them; 3 of them I plan to read; 3 I tried and gave up on, but I plan to revisit one.
Of the books, I've read, I've reread 2. I plan to reread at least 4 more. I also have books where I've noted down my favourite sections in the back and every other day I go back and read the section.
I'm fully aware that the collection is a vanity thing, but in my defence there are no reliable libraries where I live
Thanks for sharing! I'm guilty of buying quite a few books that I have either never read (honestly, probably won't at this point) or that I've tried and didn't finish. I used to reread books that I loved a lot, but even that hasn't been happening the last few years.
I know what you mean. I have a library that is super close to where I live, but I will be on hold for forever if it is for a book that is even slightly popular. Right now I am #77 for a book that only has 5 copies and it came out about 3 years ago. It is super tempting just to go out and buy it.
I actually can understand it. I do most of my reading on Kindle because of the convenience, but I have been so tempted to go out and buy physical copies that I'll never read just because a bookshelf with lots of books on it looks so nice. Luckily I've been able to keep myself from spending, but if I did then you're looking at $10-25 per book depending on hardcover/softcover/edition/etc. It can add up very quickly.
Haha, that's true for me too. I used to buy lots of hardcovers despite actually preferring to read paperbacks. They look so nice on the shelf and always come out before the paperback edition for whatever reason.
I think books and similar items are just such low hanging fruit that they should definitely be considered, especially because I consider consumerism as a habit. Moving away from wasteful consumerism is about changing our habits and our thoughts and our need for ownership.
This is an in-community video. I think there's a big difference between someone in this community talking about how its content is weirdly centered on consumerism and an outsider calling out booktube rather than things that are much worse.
Yeah, I gave up on watching this video a few minutes in.
The first 2 minutes and 47 seconds (yes, I checked!) were her talking about what I assumed was a marketing employee at a book publisher called Leisure Reads who had sent her free books to promote on her YouTube channel. It wasn't until I paused the video and tried to find this publisher that I realised she'd just wasted a few minutes of my time talking about another YouTuber. I could understand her inserting a couple of minutes of advertising for a publisher after receiving a bribe of free books, but to just yammer on about some random YouTuber? I have much better things to do with my time! (Like come here and complain about how she wasted my time.)
Then she launched into a story about her childhood... and I just lost interest. Annoying voice that was just permanent vocal grill, promoting another YouTuber, pointless digressions - these things are not for me.
I've been parsing down my belongings for a couple years now, and have since started using the public library a lot more.
For me, it's really interesting to see other posts here, such as:
I use to dream of being surrounded by books and even converted a walk-in closet in my home into a library. And for a while, that, gave me a lot of joy. And books definitely still bring me a lot of joy. I still love being surrounded, whether at the library, or a bookstore, but now, I feel I focus a lot more on what I read and not what's on the shelf (though of course, they overlap).
Interesting. I have an ebook too, but I really only use it when I'm on vacation. I still prefer pages :P
I always bring at least one book with me too. Don't want to rely on tech lol. And I love going to bookstores in foreign countries.