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  • A lot of people are watching it, but I ducked out after episode two. I read the books and I felt like it was overly broad in comparison.

    The TV adaptation rushes through the story, and doesn’t take its characters seriously. The books aren’t really a broad comedy like the show. For example, the books were more respectful of gender and sexuality. It wasn’t played for laughs except as the bot’s perspective of how he didn’t relate to it or understand the point of it. Same with a lot of the other characteristics of the humans. The humans in the book aren’t actually bumbling idiots, that’s just how the bot perceives them. I felt like the show was missing the point.

    I did enjoy how the tv show portrayed “sanctuary moon” though.

    If you haven’t read the books, I recommend them. There’s only like one real clunker in the set.



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    7 days ago

    Look for a stereo plug aux-in port on the car’s stereo. You can get a Bluetooth receiver that will plug into that if there’s no usb input built into the car. This will let you listen to music, audiobooks, podcasts, etc from your phone using your car speakers.

    This also works with turn by turn navigation prompts that come from the phone.

    Just remember to keep your phone plugged into a charger on your trip so that using it this way doesn’t drain the battery.