Hello everyone it’s me I’m typing this from an iPhone. If you would like to support me so I can continue to make documentaries like this you can buy me a coffee with the link in the video description. Namaste 🙏🏻

@TheChzoronzon

9 ай бұрын

Yes, please, I need more of your bored, I'm-back-from-everything-at-23 stare, TAKE MY MONEY

@thibaudchaussalet3868

9 ай бұрын

Do you need any for a sandwich or something to go with the coffee?

@superrookie-1

9 ай бұрын

i'd like to believe that he is in a cafe when he wrote this

@krampus7520

9 ай бұрын

Read this in your wonderful accent. You have violated my earspace.

@meditationsfortheanxiousmind

9 ай бұрын

@@superrookie-1I did genuinely

As a public book reader, I patiently await the day someone sits beside me and casually asks me what I'm reading.

@stadtbekanntertunichtgut

9 ай бұрын

What are you reading at the moment?

@Year_Of_The_Cat

9 ай бұрын

@@stadtbekanntertunichtgut😂👏

@andrei19238

9 ай бұрын

me too darg

@big_neek

9 ай бұрын

I would probably steal whatever is in your pockets like a thief rat with a striped black sheisty and a brown money bag

@cortster12

9 ай бұрын

I read books in public, and I'd have a heart attack if someone did it. I read on my Kindle, I just want to be left alone.

If you ever feel confident just wait until Frankie makes a study of the exact kind you belong to

@bderrick4944

9 ай бұрын

Cultural Observations: people who make self-aware KZread comments

@eighteenfiftynine

9 ай бұрын

It was "literally me" and I liked it!

@edwardmitchell6581

9 ай бұрын

Is the the current generation’s What White People Like?

@cagneybillingsley2165

9 ай бұрын

midwit activities

@a.lee713

9 ай бұрын

I've been personally attacked at least 3 times despite having never sought this channel out of my own free will... Still highly entertained! (Though feeling a bit admonished)

I just wanted to read my book for 30 mins on my work break but now I've gotta think about the cultural implications of my simple action.

@Bella-wp7wz

9 ай бұрын

Lmao 😂

@SieMiezekatze

9 ай бұрын

Relatable, like I am rereading Sherlock for the fifth time. It ain't special or superior

@skydadashzadeh

9 ай бұрын

@@SieMiezekatzeExactly! I simply read because I enjoy it. I personally enjoy books others may deem sophisticated, such as Sherlock Holmes, but I just like them. I don’t particularly care how others chose to spend there time because at the end of the day we all do what makes us happy, and that is what matters.

@TheThomasmbajjwe

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, I guess we'll keep the book for later in private. Lol

@juliaforsyth8332

8 ай бұрын

Exactly! And I don't actually care what other people think. I do what I bloody well want.@@skydadashzadeh

I know this is a joke video but It's kind of sad to me that something as simple as reading has been reduced to an exercise in identity, and is seen as pretentious when it used to just be a thing that people did.

@majp6126

9 ай бұрын

literally, books are nothing special! it really ISN'T different from watching Selling Sunset because books are the original Selling Sunset. it shouldn't be viewed as a flex, not by the people doing it nor the people observing it. books are just media. they're not for intellectuals, the most average people used to read books because it was the only option of entertainment. the video is funny, but it does make me think of how weird the world is these days.

@williambarrett1234

9 ай бұрын

These vids reinforce these acts into meme concepts

@sashakeiv2703

8 ай бұрын

@@majp6126no seriously, it’s funny when people go “wow you like to read? You must be smart and an intellectual!!” Like no, I’m reading garbage about faeries doing it or something

@Two-ToneMoonStone

8 ай бұрын

I think it's the physical book. If you just sat around listening to an audio book or using an e-reader no one would care, but the moment the physical book comes out people get weird.

@squallded7244

8 ай бұрын

honestly this, spoke nothing but facts

I read in public and it’s 50% reading and 50% stomping out the pompous voice in your head that tells you you’re better than other people just for reading a physical book. Do not listen to that voice. Good video as always!

@dogchaser520

9 ай бұрын

@@elemenopi55 Or stop being so concerned with what others are thinking about you

@epenies

9 ай бұрын

@@elemenopi55or better yet, listen to an audiobook while staring at people awkwardly.

@edwardmitchell6581

9 ай бұрын

My 7-year-old son is not allowed to use screens. At this very moment he is readying while riding his scooter down the middle of the road. And this is after he forgot to get off the bus. How did the algorithm know?

@Dizums

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I hate when my eyes make the letters give me thought. Cmon book, just be quiet and leave me to my pompous thoughts.

@ja-qk4vd

9 ай бұрын

yeah very articulate. but quite invasive and rude. hope he got permission and explaimed first. if not very gracious readers.

As a scholar, historian and, of course, a public book-reader, I do look down upon people who are glued to their phones, as I view it as cultural decadence. And, it is, indeed, a spectacle since I always read highly glorious books in public for my own enjoyment as well as for the public, so they can admire the sight of such a gentleman of high culture and intellect.

@johndola1999

9 ай бұрын

tell me you're also wearing a fancy suit and a bow tie

@Squashmalio

9 ай бұрын

Are you into Nietzsche? Your word choice makes me think so

@monodimensionalbeing7996

9 ай бұрын

*BOKE* - you shouldn't do fingies like that for others, just do it for yerself hai. omg omg btw i also do acc...read... in public................. idk what's real.

@kubli365

9 ай бұрын

Me asf reading the latest manchild Star Wars novel in the cafe

@TheMuffinManIsHappy

9 ай бұрын

@moe923 You’re just jealous of Nietzsche’s glorious mustache.

As a puplic book reader, I couldn't keep a straight face 😂 because this is just going through my head too often, especially because I just want to read a book while also being outside, but I always feel the pretentiousness of that image creeping up to me.

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

I used to struggle with that too haha. I don't care anymore tho. I'm the same as people playing games or watching tiktok on their phones, except my entertainment is objectively better. That sounds very arrogant, but it really isn't (at least, not necessarily).

@vincentlaw1415

9 ай бұрын

@@Yarblocosifilitico Me neither, to be honest :'D but that doesn't stop me from being self aware from time to time, which is a good thing I would say. That's why I couldn't keep myself from laughing, because I know where he is coming from and that there are people out there who most certainly would feel offended.

@nataliasmith1787

8 ай бұрын

That's why I like reading in my backyard, especially in the spring and summer with all the flowers--very peaceful.

@g76agi

8 ай бұрын

"my entertainment is objectively better" is definitely very arrogant, lets not pretend it isnt@@Yarblocosifilitico

@Yarblocosifilitico

8 ай бұрын

@@g76agi mindless games literally designed to be addictive vs literature. Sorry but yeah, it's better. I'll accept the arrogant label, but if were to dwelve into the science of what mobile games and literature do to your brain... I know which one I'll bet on ;P

I didn’t know people felt self conscious reading in public or read to be seen, this is an interesting cultural observation. I’m a GenZ but didn’t get a phone until I was a teenager, I was also homeschooled so that might have something to do with it, maybe I didn’t get bullied enough. My mom taught me to take a book with me wherever I went so I wouldn’t be idle even if I had to sit and wait somewhere. We did a math equation where we calculated the average books we read in a year and compared that to the average age people live to in my family and determined the minimum and maxium amount of books I could read in my life before I die and that has instilled in me a special type of fomo. It makes it feel like crap when I catch myself staying at home doom scrolling, cause I could be reading, discovering a new world and new ideas to me, instead I’m just watching memes 😶 I’m gonna go read

@desertordeideias8779

9 ай бұрын

Out of all commets in this video, yours is the only one that urged people to capture the opportunity and read the books you need to read before you die. Thank you! If 1 in 10 thought like this, avoiding the obvious consumerist trap, the world would be sane.

@floatingdisembodiedhead8975

9 ай бұрын

W mom. Take good care of her.

@MichaelHill-sg8ks

9 ай бұрын

Huh, you're absolutely right. I was home-schooled too. Funny how the home-schooled people I've known (including myself) don't seem to develop the same insecurities as other people and usually end up being very studious. It does make me conclude that there's something drastically wrong with our education system. I should go read a book about it too.

@TheGoodContent37

9 ай бұрын

Nah, you are just basic and love attention, is not rocket science.

@udontevenwannaknowbruv

9 ай бұрын

For some reason I can only read mystery novels or gay romance novels 💀 With other books I just lose interest after 2 pages. And I’m not even gay but the gay love stories are usually much more interesting and sweet. Anyways, does anybody have any recommendations? 😂

I read in public for a reason that’s probably more embarrassing, because in my own private space I can’t trust myself to not fall into a KZread (or just tech in general) rabbit hole like the one I’m in now. I can have such little self control that sometimes I’ll go out without even taking my phone-just me and my book (and keys I guess)-so that I’m put at ease by the fact that I’ve made it more or less impossible not to have a productive reading excursion.

@ironflazambat5815

9 ай бұрын

Also that last joke is how I’ve always thought of people who wear Nirvana shirts, lol. Actual NPCs

@lullaby218

9 ай бұрын

Buy an old nokia for emergency calls

@oneill765

9 ай бұрын

That is a legitimate reason to read outdoors, I find it too difficult to concentrate if I'm just sitting at home, there's something nice about being still in the hustle and bustle and just reading, and sure you can always just get locked sitting outside grogans with a book on your lap to look real deep & intellectual.

@LouBasques1423

9 ай бұрын

So do you you mean red youtube or orange youtube?

@ChristopherTheBanana

9 ай бұрын

same reason i masturbate in public (metaphorically)

I don't call it reading in public, but reading outside. It is just nice to find the right bench in the park with the least amount of foot traffic, but with a nice backdrop - and just read, sometimes I go on a hike to a place where there are no people at all and read there for hours. sometimes I feel so locked up at home, distracted by computer, phone, TV, music production equipment, and the fridge - always looking for an easy dopamine hit. outside, like some others mentioned, I go with just a book and some coffee, tea, or even soup in a thermos and read for a couple of hours. the only distraction is all those Irish youtubers asking me questions all the fucking time

@H0kram

9 ай бұрын

Haha same though I have to deal what the city has to offer instead of nature, most of the time. I much prefer to read outside by myself, than at home.

@mishXY

9 ай бұрын

@@H0kram I am lucky to live in a very compact city of ~800k people. By bicycle I need 15 minutes to the city centre, and 10 minute walking to be in the forrest.

@rusteu

9 ай бұрын

same here. also it usually keeps people away from me which is nice

@Fluff_Noodles

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see that other people understand this

@louiereyhan7089

9 ай бұрын

thats really nice ;-; kinda inspired me to do the same thing now, just go and be reading outside.

as a public book pretend reader, I congratulate you on your observations and efforts. i can only hope more people pay attention to us -- or, even better, to me.

I remember reading a book while watitng at the train stop, and a little girl, who I'm sure was in primary school, took out a book from her backpack and pretended to read next to me, and she was eyeballing my every move, even when we entered the train.

@zenyatta5064

9 ай бұрын

that is adorable

Frankie: People who read books in public are control freaks. Also Frankie: Are you swinging your legs? 😁 This is the most sophisticated unsophisticated humour I've witnessed in a long time 😁👍

@TallSexyHumble

9 ай бұрын

I don't get it

@some5794

9 ай бұрын

@@TallSexyHumble he's accusing them of being control freaks as he is pretty much telling the guy not to swing his legs, which would be controlling

@TallSexyHumble

9 ай бұрын

@@some5794 so the guy who asked "Are you swinging your legs?" a person who reads in public too?

@some5794

9 ай бұрын

@@TallSexyHumble no. But he is controlling

@TallSexyHumble

9 ай бұрын

@@some5794 then how is that humour? he was just asking, and the other guy just stopped because he was probably conscious after getting pointed out. Is the humour in the fact that since the commentator was able to "control" the readers action by asking that question? He was "controlling" the "control freak"?

As a public book reader, this cut like a knife through to the deepest part of my psyche.

@rainbowlemon

9 ай бұрын

As a public book reader, I just love reading my book & getting out of the house at the same time.

@barisharslan6997

9 ай бұрын

As a public book reader, none of this applies to me lmfao. I just want to know what happens in my book idgaf about my appearance!

@LordHighTorturer

9 ай бұрын

@@barisharslan6997 I can't help it. I honestly want to read a book outside, but the nagging voice in my head plays strange fantasies of people coming up to me and asking me what I am reading. They will finally know how smart I am!! 🤓

@Desimere

9 ай бұрын

@@barisharslan6997 Also none of it applies to me. I do care about my appearance, but not in a self-conscious or attention-seeking way. I care about being as invisible as possible. So I've switched to audiobooks. I really hate attention, so audiobooks are in general less stressful, but the problem comes when there is something funny and i can't prevent myself from laughing out loud. Then i perceive more attention with audiobooks than with physical copies. As far as it comes to to my preferred appearance, I've realized that I hate crowded areas, ideally I would be sitting somewhere with 0 other people in sight when I'm waiting, but unfortunately that's not the reality. The presence of people stresses me out. My mechanism of coping with that is to pretend as much as possible that these people don't exist. When i see dogs being walked, i acknowledge the dogs, smile, and think of how cute they are, but even though i know the dog walker was also there, my mind never acknowledged them to the degree that i don't even know if they were a man or a woman. But this is only possible as long as people don't engage with me. When someone even tries to make eye contact or smile at me, i can't stay in that lower stress-level mindset. I've always felt most comfortable when i dress in the most unremarkable way, but recently I've realized why. Normally when i say i hate attention, people think it's about insecurity, but it's not. It's just way too many people and i feel like it should be normal for people to be stressed out having to interact with over a 100 people in one day? Idk how this is difficult for extroverts to understand. I feel like this video is harmful in that it encourages people to go and stress out introverts who they see reading in public. So I just had to say something.

@Desimere

9 ай бұрын

​@@LordHighTorturer ok, tell me how smart you are :D what are you currently reading? I've always had people thinking I'm smart because of math-like stuff. I actually dislike it because it usually creates some distance. Imo It's better to be thought of as interesting and/or relatable, it's much easier to get some good conversations going that way. I'm jealous of people who bond over reality tv. If i could, i would. When i watch something that high in drama, i get really into it, but i don't get pleasure from it, just annoyed and upset. But then i still want to watch to know what will happen. That contradiction makes me feel manipulated and i hate being manipulated.

One time I was reading a book at a bus stop and this guy started waiting for the bus with me. He asked me what I was reading and we had a whole conversation. Then he told me that he wasn't actually waiting for the bus he just wanted to ask me out because he thought I looked smart and pretty. Another time I was reading a book at the bus stop, a car on the road literally pulled over, the driver got out, and gave me his business card trying to hire me because I looked like I was smart and well-read. So yes, reading a book in public is not just narcissistic, but it also brings good things.

@nul4327

9 ай бұрын

and then u woke up

@somesweetdreamm

9 ай бұрын

Did you go on a date with the guy?:D

@kittypeanut4102

8 ай бұрын

Nice

@mehakverma7043

8 ай бұрын

@@somesweetdreamm Fuck no, I was 17, I told him I was 17 and yet he persisted that it was okay lmao

@PhoenicopterusR

8 ай бұрын

​@mehakverma7043 and you didn't go out with him? Crazy, seems like a real catch. (Sarcasm obviously)

When TikTokers can’t fathom that people might actually enjoy reading outside and not crave constant attention

@cleowithmayo9359

8 ай бұрын

The projection is bizarre

@user-uc1hn1fm9g

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's kind of pathetic that they can't fathom not staring at a screen for a little while.

@atari947

6 ай бұрын

His sarcasm is very clear

@SukunaYaoi

5 ай бұрын

Who are u talking about, no one on this comment section or video fits that description

They're reminding people that books exist. I thank them for their service.

@luxill0s

9 ай бұрын

And reminding people that you can pay attention to something for longer than 25 seconds

@ja-qk4vd

9 ай бұрын

i mean is like smoking in public isnt it. but what can you do. used to go to a public cloistered away room away from society, but this grad got cut back.or closed down, so forced out to pasture as public tolerance for reading deteriorates, the last stand of the solitary reader remains scattered here and there. David Attenbrough sd do a follow up.

@squtnik

9 ай бұрын

Nice profile pic

@kv4648

8 ай бұрын

I purposefully read on my phone to spite people like you

@sushimidget840

8 ай бұрын

@@kv4648 Well the people who read actual books don't even know you're spiting them mate. You just look like another phone addict. So not sure what you tryna accomplish buckaroo 😅

When I was a teenager, I would often climb up the castle in the centre of town and read those Assassin's Creed books, I enjoyed it so much until I was spotted by tourists, and they thought I was some kind of re-enactor and ruined all my fun. But if I'm being honest part of the fun (other than the inward aesthetic feeling of reading a book about an assassin who climbs castle towers while I myself am sitting in a castle tower) was that I was always wondering/worrying if I was going to be caught, though I was expecting to get in trouble and not to have all my fun drained by some American/English tourists who thought I was role-playing as a ghost.

@itscatoclock

9 ай бұрын

this is amazing

@DerCrafter

9 ай бұрын

Wow that sounds like a really awesome thing to do.

@deepseadarew6012

9 ай бұрын

This is hilarios lmao

@nova-ef2sx

9 ай бұрын

Maincharacter

@Eliamaniac

9 ай бұрын

where?

I occasionally read in public. People who don’t are really missing out though. Sitting down in a cafe, drinking hot chocolate while occasionally glancing out the window, people watching as you read. Truly a tranquil experience.

reading in public is extremely comforting with the free background noise. sometimes wind, most times chatter. my house gets isolating really fast so everytime i get to go out and read, it feels like a blessing

Fun fact: Frankie is just jealous because he is illiterate. Don't hang your head now bro! You can do it too. Oh and without any joke or irony your jacket looks very good and suits you.

@smashyrashy

9 ай бұрын

Theres a difference between illiterate and too busy to read

@briannecastillo6355

9 ай бұрын

@@smashyrashy it was a joke, but hey man even ten minutes is reading so even though it may be small as long as your having fun and enjoy it thats all that matters

@andrei19238

9 ай бұрын

functionally?@@smashyrashy

@JBBost

9 ай бұрын

@@smashyrashy if you stop reading, you can forget how to read and become illiterate

@parkerstroh6586

9 ай бұрын

@@JBBost if i stop reading this comment section i will become more literate

edit: please buy Frankie a coffee through the link in the description so he can make more of these// Out of every group so far they seem the most happy to be interviewed. It's probably bc the goal of reading in public is to some day be interviewed about reading in public

@remusracingro3884

9 ай бұрын

:))))

@MrDaraghkinch

9 ай бұрын

The interruption gets them off the hook with their super-ego.

@Baronnax

9 ай бұрын

They're just glad that someone acknowledges the fact that they're reading in public, the main reason they do it in the first place.

@poisonjunebug

9 ай бұрын

​@@Baronnax😅

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth

9 ай бұрын

@@Baronnax| I read in public cuz I needed to be in public for some reason, but also refuse to put my book down.

As a an outdoor book reader, he has described the opposite of what I’m thinking/intending. I like to be outside because nature is beautiful. I’m reading my book because I like it. I’m not thinking of the people that pass by and I hope they are not thinking of me.

@Savvy1718

9 ай бұрын

Same

@FruitMagenta

9 ай бұрын

By hoping they don't think of you, you're thinking of them. This is the point of the video : You have to immerse yourself to enjoy the reading. However, being in public prevents you from doing this. So you don't read. You play a character who reads and enjoys it 🎬

@museumofmusic9702

9 ай бұрын

@@FruitMagenta No. I meant that in the present moment of writing my comment, I hope that passersby do not think about me when I’m reading outside. When I’m actually reading outside I am indeed immersed in my book 😌

@serena6418

9 ай бұрын

@@FruitMagenta what?? like... do people not realise that before phones and stuff, on public transport, in waiting rooms etc. people would read books and newspapers? you can absolutely be immersed even if you're in public

@FruitMagenta

9 ай бұрын

@@serena6418 Yes and in those days, women used to say that they love their role as a loving housewife. Truth : today women are behind 75% to 80% of divorce requests. People have played a role since the dawn of time, it's what we call "a society". The goal of this channel is to demystify the modern ones🎬

as a public reader, half of it is for the aesthetic, half of it is because its more fun to read outside than in bed, and a small part is because its really fun to be in a busy place and pay zero attention to what's around and just get lost in the book (until I reach the end and have to cry)

This is all in good fun, but it's really nice to have a good book while you get fresh air

@Bookspine5

9 ай бұрын

Walking while reading is fun at a park. Not a good idea at a shopping mall, I seem to attract the worst people.

@Williamshakespeareswig

9 ай бұрын

​@Bookspine5 tell us more 👀

@louiereyhan7089

9 ай бұрын

@@Bookspine5 walking while reading! i'm lowkey astonished/proud, I could never lol

This needs to be put in a book so people on park benches can get access to this research.

Frankie: “What book are you reading?” Person: “Observations of People Who Talk Into Microphones In Public”.

1:50 "They'd be too busy pretending to read, rather than reading the room" BROOOOOOOOOO 😂

the secret is not caring about what other people around you are doing and assuming they don't care what you are doing either. I've been not caring about others around me for years now, and I've never felt more liberated! I can clear 3 books a week now!

@ferghalicious1480

9 ай бұрын

This comment falls completely into line with what he says about public readers having “avoidant attachment disorder” and using books as “a shield that keeps them insulated from intimacy”

@Filioush

9 ай бұрын

@@ferghalicious1480 Idk if you're joking, if yes then ignore my comment but if not then no it doesn't. Being stuck inside your head wondering whether people around you will care about you reading a book outside and possibly judge you for it isn't intimacy, it's just needless worrying, useless and counterproductive; such kind of thinking will lead you away from intimacy by pushing others away in fear of them thinking bad of you.

@ja-qk4vd

9 ай бұрын

dont even.know what that means

@oliveleaf7376

9 ай бұрын

@@ja-qk4vd basically, Filioush has it: second and third thoughts are entirely unproductive. It is better to act than to react, especially if you are stuck in a loop of endlessly reacting to your own self-critique. Just do what you want to do. Sometimes I run in public, I don't really care how I look. Sometimes I read in public, because I happened to be in the middle of an interesting part of a book and wanted to take it with me. I don't think about it any deeper than that, because doing so is just pointless psychic damage. Engage in reality as a tautology, not as a metaphor or a test.

@joeboonmusic4004

8 ай бұрын

@@oliveleaf7376 Couldn't agree more with this sentiment... I feel like this current generation is so obsessed with the connotations of doing anything because of meme culture or these 2nd/3rd-hand thoughts. Too often people think about the implications of the thing before even doing the thing... Ironically that's just self-obsessed!

Nothing I hate more than someone interrupting my reading to ask me about it....but the avoidant attachment is spot on.

@queball685

9 ай бұрын

people do that often??

@deirdrebeecher3508

9 ай бұрын

It was usually fellas back in the days when I was a cute little nerd girl. These days I'm generally left in peace. @@queball685 🤣

@babadukferdi

9 ай бұрын

I'm a dude and I get asked a lot. I usually just awkwardly give out the name of the book and leave it at that, never know if they want me to explain it or what.

@kckasem3360

9 ай бұрын

​@@queball685 Yes, and then they go "oh. is it any good?" and you say "well, I haven't finished it" and then they go on their way and you've lost your place.

@ja-qk4vd

9 ай бұрын

avoidant attachment? complete opposite. im sitting in a corner aboiding pple as much as poss and invariably s.o comes up and stsrts talking. just bargesin asduming have right to.interrupt. wtf.

As a book reader, sometimes we’re at a realllllly good part and need to take that everywhere. Hiding it under our desk, family dinner table, etc. so leave me alone 😂

2:20 dude was just going over notes 😭

I watch every Frankie video in 240p because I know high definition still hasn't made it's way to ireland yet and I don't want to flex on being ahead of them

that crime and punishment line is one of the truest things ever spoken

@cinnamanstera6388

9 ай бұрын

Great book.

@imnottellingyoumyname6467

9 ай бұрын

I literally just finished it and I felt geniune, physical happiness when I did

@pokpok97642

9 ай бұрын

who else criming their punishment rn?

@Kalyosa

9 ай бұрын

@@pokpok97642🤨🤨🤨🤨👨🏼‍💻🧑🏻‍💻👩🏼‍💻

@TediousDraven

8 ай бұрын

Terrific book. I enjoyed it a lot!

Cultural observations: people that get butthurt by other people catching the sun and touching grass

Well done, Frankie. Spoken like a true non-public book reader but a true artist ❤

I think people who wear nose rings deserve an episode!

@bikerjon8934

9 ай бұрын

no...tattoos

@M077Y

9 ай бұрын

agreed, and I have one (and septum)

@kckasem3360

9 ай бұрын

@@bikerjon8934 everyone has tattoos, wouldn't be interesting

@youtubecensors5419

9 ай бұрын

Everyone has face piercings too. It would be like doing one of these about people carrying a Starbucks cup. I think doing one about people picking up after their dogs as people are picking up after their dogs would elicit some interesting reactions.

@danielhobbyist

9 ай бұрын

​@@youtubecensors5419nose rings are a minority. Idk where you're from

I like reading at the park because then I get some fresh air and way better lighting then in my apartment. Plus, I really love that when I look up from my book, I’m not looking at a bland wall but at a lake and trees. Nature is a way better view 😅

I switched to ebooks on my phone because I was paranoid about this exact scenario. I figured it was just anxiety and that nobody really cared what I did, but seeing this actually happen to four people really solidified my paranoia.

@Emiliapocalypse

9 ай бұрын

I feel anxious staring at my phone too long in public because I assume I’ll be judged for that. Just going to look at my feet from now on

@wilhelmvg9978

9 ай бұрын

The truth is no one really cares what you’re doing lol.

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

@@Emiliapocalypse stare at a book at least! Eventually, you'll read it out of boredom ;P seriuosly tho: most people will envy you, if anything, because they can't focus on anything for more than a few minutes, thanks to our screen-based society

@alexthompson6344

9 ай бұрын

I did that a work when i was younger because a coworker made a remark about me reading on breaks. I started finding books on my phone so it would look like i was just scrolling.

@jewelweed6880

7 ай бұрын

​@@alexthompson6344because scrolling is so much better, apparently. 🎉

Are there really people who think people reading in public are doing it for attention? Reading these comments leads me to believe that. Wow. Maybe I'm just missing the sarcasm. I hope so.

@TheRealBillix

9 ай бұрын

It’s fact

@lutschmeinezehe

9 ай бұрын

@@TheRealBillix so fact dude

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

some might. But it's probably a very low %. Most commenters here might envy the ability to forget the external world and focus on a single thing for an extended period of time. I know I'm proud of that ability :P If that makes me pretencious, so be it. My commutes are much more enjoyable because of it. It'd be like feeling bad for being in good shape haha

@inkyami7719

7 ай бұрын

Sounds to me like a huge projection of insecurities on their part, since they can't fathom any reason to be reading in public other than "to look smart".

@zirkereuler5242

7 ай бұрын

I don't think it is a stretch considering most of society's mentality is focused on public image

I read in public because I’ve made reading my default activity instead of being on my phone and I think I feel better because of it

@dg1178

9 ай бұрын

This comment section is filled with terminally online people who watch tiktoks all day and cannot comprehend some of us don't have any social media and have no idea what they are on about. Apparently it has something to do with "book tok"? No wonder people are so depressed these days. They can't even read a book in public without feeling embarrassed.

@barisharslan6997

9 ай бұрын

@@dg1178 FR one guy said he felt full of himself to bring a book to the doctor's office waiting room like as if that's not one of the prime fucking places you can read lmao

@samlasley798

9 ай бұрын

@@dg1178 Mmm it is sad people find it so hard or weird to “unplug” as it were, even for just a little while. I could swear phones are the new cigarettes; casually addictive, readily available and our time's symbol of cool

@smorrow

9 ай бұрын

@@dg1178 Reading under a tree or some shit was always an arsehole move, nothing to do with social media.

@sonofben3322

7 ай бұрын

@@smorrowi think it's less of an arsehole move and more that it makes you feel insecure

I don’t read books in public, but I’d imagine the reason they do it is because they like the environment and not for the attention, like they’d do it even if they were invisible. Youre doing this entire thing for attention projecting your needs onto other people just living their life

Thank you so much for this. I've been struggling with anxiety for years now and this documentary helped me realize my struggles and helped me to ease my anxious mind.

I used to read in class or during any free time in school to prevent any social interaction, so this terrifies me.

@hnyii

8 ай бұрын

oooh, I had forgotten I used to do this. Now I'll have to deal with that piece of information about myself

I've had to take to reading a book in public because one time when I was reading on my phone this kid up in a building kept hollering at me "get off yer phone!!!! get off yer phone!!!!" over and over and the public shaming of it all has left me traumatized. So you see, it's really the fault of the children that I've become a huge snob

@Pazaluz

9 ай бұрын

That kid probably isn't allowed on his phone and can't stand to see someone else enjoying it xD

@AdoptedPoo

9 ай бұрын

"Traumatised" bro grow a pair

@stingrae919

9 ай бұрын

@@AdoptedPooit’s called a joke. Why are you offended? Grow thicker skin

@AdoptedPoo

9 ай бұрын

@@stingrae919 bro ngl in this day an age i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a joke, so what do you expect you greasy bastard.

@kckasem3360

9 ай бұрын

​@@AdoptedPoo I dunno man, if you can't understand hyperbole I'm honestly surprised you're getting anything out of Frankie's videos at all lmao

I have no idea how I got here but I'm glad I'm here cause that girl's reaction on 0:46 killed me LOL

I literally just came back home after going outside to read. I stumbled upon this video by mere chance after a friend who would have no way of knowing what I'd been doing sent it to me. One minute passed and this guy just roasted everything about this day I had with such precision that I feel like doing more reading in public just out of spite now. Haha jokes, awesome channel, will subscribe now

It's been a long time since I read a book in public. This video has inspired me to give it another go... right after I finish watching another gazillion videos instead of doing whatever I was supposed to be doing before the algorithm came along and threw this at me.

You made me question reality when you mentioned annoying summaries of "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoyevsky, while staring into my soul, because that's EXACTLY what I've been reading in the train to uni for the past weeks. I now feel obliged to give my summary of it.

@parkerstroh6586

9 ай бұрын

got anything to say about it?

@trid3nt749

9 ай бұрын

@@parkerstroh6586 Amazing book, highly recommend it, especially if you're a bit interested in psychology

@OrNaurItsKat

9 ай бұрын

Come on then

@udontevenwannaknowbruv

9 ай бұрын

Give your summary, we will not stop until you give your summary

@parkerstroh6586

9 ай бұрын

@@udontevenwannaknowbruv he needs enough people to comment so that it will be public

This makes me feel so much better about not being able to comprehend what I'm reading while in public.

I absolutely love the monotone tone he has to make jokes. He is incredibly funny.

0:30 Books like this could certainly double as an offensive weapon.

I brought a book to a doctors appointment recently as the wait time was tremendous; did feel a bit full of myself ngl

@FilledWithDetermination

9 ай бұрын

Idk how to feel about it, if you genuinely spend most of your free time reading it seems natural to want a change of scenery every once and awhile. Or as you pointed out during a time you know youll having nothing better to do. Are we sure this guy isnt just pushing phones on us?? Im just kidding, obv hes right about atleast a decent amount of people. So much of life is just optics.

@dogchaser520

9 ай бұрын

Why did you feel full of yourself? What is so remarkable about reading a book?

@barisharslan6997

9 ай бұрын

what a weird thing to think.

@FilledWithDetermination

9 ай бұрын

@@dogchaser520 Did you not watch the video attached to this comment explaining the thought process of the average public book reader?

@dogchaser520

9 ай бұрын

@@FilledWithDetermination Ah, yeah, I forgot: if someone says something, particularly in a comedy video, it's bound to be true. I can tell we have a public book reader among us!

I used to read books whenever I found free time to help improve my deteriorating mental state. after watching this my mental state has improved, and I will start reading books to create a spectacle of a spectacle of a spectacle. thank you Meditations for the anxious mind, for curing my depression.

tbh i read my book at outside cuz i live in toxic house where i constantly feel anxiety and stress

I read in public while wearing crocs before going to the movies alone. I don't give a f.

@frankyymilkyy9001

9 ай бұрын

Should you?

@bobsmith5088

9 ай бұрын

@@frankyymilkyy9001 Why shouldn't I?

@mathdavies9546

9 ай бұрын

Was the movie an adaptation of the book you read in public ?!

@PWORLD3121

9 ай бұрын

No it was an adaptation of his KZread comment above.

@PWORLD3121

9 ай бұрын

That they’ve made before.

This might just be a skit of sorts and the sarcasm might be going over my head - if it is then please feel free to dismiss my comment! I think people are missing the point that reading in public is an excuse for people to get out of their homes and spend much needed time outside, seeing people passing by, catching sunlight and, most importantly, taking a break from the frantic noise of our ever increasing digital lives. I very much do this and can vouch for it - my screen time has been the lowest in years and as a result I've been feeling happier and in peace. Rather than framing this act as a result of 'tiktokification' or 'aesthetics' of reading - which almost seems like shaming those who do it for somewhat sticking out from the crowd - I suggest understanding it as a growing awareness from the younger generations of the fact that perhaps spending most of our times running around and stimulating our brains with flashing colors and enticing sounds isn't good for us. There is no ill will from this comment - and I'm sure this video won't stop people from reading wherever they'd like to - but I would hope that behaviours such as these would be seen through a less judgemental light and encouraged more often. Cheers!

@avr7120

9 ай бұрын

im curious how is merely sitting outside good for you? i understand going for a walk (one of my favourite activities) but not moving at all??

@dogchaser520

9 ай бұрын

@@avr7120 Human beings need sunlight to produce vitamin D. You can get around this with ~20 minutes of daily light therapy using a cheap full spectrum lamp made for the purpose, but it's easy to forget. Much easier to just go outside. Also, indoor air quality tends to be dramatically worse than outdoor. Harmful chemicals can accumulate. Finally, if you go outside and are near nature, that has proven psychological benefits. Simply being outside, even sitting on your porch, is good for you.

@dg1178

9 ай бұрын

@@avr7120 The sun. Vitamin D.

@avr7120

9 ай бұрын

@@dg1178 sure but you can get it from food without the added skin cancer :D though maybe im just salty im the type of person who gets sunburn even in negative temperatures

@dg1178

9 ай бұрын

@@avr7120 Also, some people want to just get out of the house. Getting fresh air and hearing birds chirping is generally relaxing. When you are cooped up inside all day working, it can be nice to go outside and read. Most people go for a walk AND read. Crazy idea, i know.

Where I live people from all age range read book in public transportation, markets, malls, parks etc. so idk about the tictocification. It's more like a culture.

I read books in public because I find it easier to focus on the book there. At home, I'm liable to stop reading and boot up a video game. Nothing beats reading a book in a comfy chair in a nice cafe, with a lovely cup of coffee and a danish of some sort.

People who use their phones in public = people. People who read books in public = attention seeking freaks. People who make KZread videos in public = heroes of the people.

I read books in public, well not in public as I don't go out and not books because I read stuff on my phone.

@darraghtormey1500

9 ай бұрын

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@stop_bringing_me_up_in_goo167

9 ай бұрын

Like me right now

As someone who reads in public, I'd say I do it because reading at home includes a 75% chance of me accidentally falling asleep :)

I didn't know i needed this channel.

The public book reader is not to be confused with the public house book reader. The latter being the zenith of Irish cultural participation.

Thank you Frankie for satisfying some sick part of my psyche with your videos

Mate, your monologues are so well written.

This is one of the funniest viedoes I've seen in a while, thank you

I read in public because I enjoy reading and if I'm sitting somewhere its a nice way to spend the time. Sometimes I hike somewhere and a nice way to rest, relax, hang and enjoy the view is to read. I prefer books because I'm something of a luddite and sometimes find the phone intrusive and like to leave it behind and not use at times. I have the uneasy sensation the phones are more and more controlling us than we are controlling our phones. I prefer the feel of a book and find it usually easier on my eyes somehow so long as there's adequate light. And I've found you need to sometimes be more cautious with the quality of digital books in terms of editing, abridgments, or alterations.

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

that sensation is a fact. It actually changes our brains, making us addicted to non-stop, ephimeral stimuli. Which is very bad news.

I'm just enjoying the fact that I've finally found enjoyment in reading after over half a decade. I would read a lot as a kid for school, but then I stopped reading fiction completely as I couldn't get into it, but then I've recently started again. So yeah, I'll read instead of being on my phone when I know I'll have to wait for something. Also nice to have a few minutes, not even every single day, where I'm not staring at a screen.

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

you're getting over the short-time stimuli that society forces on us. Congratz! I stopped reading for years, too, and I'm so glad I got back to that good habit, instead of wasting time on endless shallow bs.

@uMaud

9 ай бұрын

I'm in a similar position, except I still haven't been able to start reading fiction again. I only ever read academic books about my field of study. I find it hard to remotely care about a fictional story, when I could be learning more about the specificities of the origin of life. Which I would do more if I had more self-control and didn't indulge so much of my attention on youtube. 😂 I'm thinking I should get into another kind of hobby than reading fiction, something that's more proactive.

@Yarblocosifilitico

9 ай бұрын

@@uMaud technically, a lot of academic books are fiction ;P Like how Anadoluvius Turkae makes OoA theory just some big fiction we've been sold as truth.

Wow, applying a post-structuralist, Foucauldian, and Roland-Barthian analysis to the exhibitionary nature and simulacrum of public book reading is a bon mot, and truly a sight to behold. Frankie, you are a philosophical and sociological genius!

What the hell is this This was absolutely amazing Im crying with laughter and immediately subscribed Thankyou 😂

0:57 It was at this moment that the poor lad realised that he was, in fact, not French

I have been casually reading the same chapter in meditations at a cafe next to the laundromat I go to every weekend for the past couple months. Really hope no one asks what its about because I dont even know 😅

@vaukest5888

9 ай бұрын

In the same boat. I thought maybe skipping to the different books in meditations would help. It didn't help. I'm sure Marcus Aurelius was really smart, but that doesn't concern my smoov brain.

@lufufi3iboo

9 ай бұрын

​@@vaukest5888it's not really about anything he's just saying words

If you're going to read a book, it can simply be nicer to read it outside in fresh air and natural light.

I know this is an ironic video, I'm not entirely daft, but are there people who genuinely think you're trying to put on some kind of image or seeking attention because you're... reading outside? the absolute last thing I'd want is someone trying to pay any attention to me when I'm reading, and I like to read on a commute or when I'm waiting on someone or something because people are a lot less likely to talk to me than if I pulled out a ball of yarn and made a hat

If i read at home I'll get distracted by video games or art projects

@gaemr_o5147

9 ай бұрын

How is this anything but a you problem? Seems like you need to work on yourself

@bobsmith5088

9 ай бұрын

@@gaemr_o5147 How is this a problem at all when you can just read in public?

@redsands1001

9 ай бұрын

@@gaemr_o5147I work on my scowl so people don't ask me about what i'm reading

@gaemr_o5147

9 ай бұрын

@@bobsmith5088 you’ve got to be trolling. You don’t think it’s a problem that OP doesn’t have the willpower to stay focused on reading when he’s at home

@qwertyTRiG

9 ай бұрын

​@@gaemr_o5147Finding solutions to problems is good, actually. If OP focuses better in a public place, then that's what works for them and that's fine. It's not even uncommon. Studying in cafés is a trope for a reason.

People who read books in public think they are smarter than you, and they usually are.

The algorithm led me here, I had no idea what to expect but I was laughing within seconds. Thank you :)

This channel is such a gem.

I saw Frankie in Trinity today, great experience watching him look to find a place to sit and eat his lunch.

This ones personal. You can tell.

Your videos are brill'. Love the commentaries. Genius

feeling superior to others is like half the fun of reading

I loved this so much. I read books in public. Well done.

These Cheeky little smiles from the readers made my day, great sense of humor and great video

Nah but that bit about the Oscar Wilde quotes hit so much harder than I was prepared for

Thanks for another great analysis

Frankie is the third eye of this world. I'll be traveling through the Supermacs portal into Galway this Xmas, hope to see you there lad!

It's honestly kind of cute how must people start cracking up after he's been rambling for a sec

I needed this video, thank you 😂

I am watching in California. Dude, you are killing it. Keep making these!

@nelsonphillips

9 ай бұрын

its his job now. If he stops he will lose his livelihood and any purpose. He we surely shrive up into a wrinkled scrotum and become no more.

I think if someone sat down beside me and asked me what I was reading, I would fight them.

This videos is so amazing, so refreshing. 10/10

Thankyou, this was an absolute crack up!

I'm not like the other people who read books in public, I read ebooks on my phone in public

@MCart1215

9 ай бұрын

By looking down on public readers, who look down on non-public readers, you are just as pompous as the public readers

I think we're reaching a low point if reading something that's not on a screen is taboo. Some people have to read a lot for their job and don't want to sit inside all day. If that makes you insecure, maybe ask yourself why? Still funny.

@smorrow

9 ай бұрын

I feel like I can tell the difference between someone reading in public because they're le intellectual and someone who *has a job*.

@sonofben3322

7 ай бұрын

@@smorrowcan you also tell when someone does it because they enjoy it?

this is incredibly well-written

What was that angelic and beautiful music playing in the background? :) This whole video felt like a dream. A good one.

@meditationsfortheanxiousmind

9 ай бұрын

It’s a piece of music I made on my laptop

@justaemptymall

8 ай бұрын

​@@meditationsfortheanxiousmindHave you released it yet? I just love it :) great work of art. I would buy it or give a donation if it's available somewhere.

Okay, but seriously. Crime and Punishment is genuinely a good novel. I would most certainly begin explaining the plot unannounced to any unsuspecting people in the middle of a normal conversation. (Any Dostoevsky enthusiasts out there?)

@grenade8572

8 ай бұрын

I read this book a few years ago. I don't remember it very well, but I remember it was a cery goid book. I should read it again, but there too much books I want to discover or read again... 😅

@CillBill94

8 ай бұрын

It's good but it's not as good as the second Hunger Games book