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And, ten cents is not a bad price for the convenience.
But as long as we're sort of on the topic of people's opinions about what is or what is not cool or ridiculous ... I would be willing to hazard a guess that jplumey is (1) young and (2) male.
I have never been able to understand the juvenile human male's need to denegrate anything and everything they (1) are not or (2) do not own. I know it probably goes back to the male need for comparing penises and such. But seriously .... has bad-mouthing the competition really worked for any of you (males, I mean) in the past??
I know that is how the mass media markets a lot of thing to you ... you aren't "cool" if you don't have this model of car or smoke this type of cigarette ... and on and on and on .... but really (?) you do feel "cool" once you've bought the car or smoked the ciggie?? And, pray tell, how long does the feeling last? Five minutes? A lifetime?? You really think that's going to get you the (1) girl or (2) job of your dreams??
Because, from a female perspective ... it doesn't work so well. Not for getting girls, not for making friends, not for making the impression that will get you the job. Pretty much not at all.
I have a Kindle. I like the Kindle. That's why I bought the Kindle. You have a Sony (or whatever you have). I will assume that you got it because you like it. Saying awful things about the type of ebook that I happen to like is not going to make me question my purchase as much as it is going to make me think you are second guessing your own purchase and trying to puff yourself up by calling it cool.
And, that will make me respect you less ... that's assuming I respected you in the first place.
In my opinion (and it is only my opinion), all ebook readers probably do the job for their owners, or those people would go out and get other readers. Sort of like our skins do their job holding in our organs .... and I don't really give a hoot what color your's is, and would appreciate you not saying anything hateful simply because mine happens to be lighter or darker than yours.
As long as I've dragged out a soapbox and am now standing on it ... I'm not even certain that people of even marginal intelligence would think it appropriate to say something that insults a fair portion of the members of a forum, especially of a forum that is primarily about the free exchange of ideas (which is what reading is all about anyway).
jplumey ... consider yourself formally ignored. I simply can't imagine that you have anything to say that I need to hear or read. Enjoy your Sony, I mean that most sincerely. I hope your choice of reading provides you with some maturity over time.
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