There's something still pretty timeless about minecraft to me but I've had so much fun with VS over the last year I have to agree

I think I'll just go with stories are stories, and call it a day.

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So

Q: is reading a book and listening to one the same thing
A: dude I do NOT care

Well- all definitions are manufactured, but that's a moot point.

But if doesn't matter that much how one consumes and interprets art, why is everyone going to hell and back to make one?

Beyond what what you've found in a dictionary of course.

Should it matter how someone chooses to consume a story? I think I'm deviating, and you've made your point, but again, I'm curious!

That's fair enough! And I think looking at it purely logically listening isn't reading. But it's still the consumption of a story, I guess I was taking this a different way then op intended. I'm... surprised at how harsh everyone's tone is I guess.

Why does it have to be one way or the other? I'm curious

Not everybody who reads is looking to improve their own writing, right?

As someone whose listened to hundreds of hours of audiobooks at this point I agree! Though I think there is a distinction. If you're looking to improve your writing, read rather then listen, or do both at once. that's something I had to learn the hard way.

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