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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
- Narrated by: James Acaster
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
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Summary
This is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.
When James quit all forms of social media in 2019, he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never-ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f--king Zuckerberg). He knew that in order to stay clean, he'd have to replace everything social media used to give him with three-dimensional real-life activities.
And so it was that James found ways to anonymously bully strangers, see photos of everyone's dogs, get invited to as many parties as possible, immediately know about all celebrity deaths, get public figures fired, argue with everybody about everything and so much more without even owning a phone (he painted over the screen of his old one to stop himself looking at Instagram).
His life is amazing and yours could be too if you buy James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media, Being the Best You You Can Be and Saving Yourself from Loneliness Vol. 1.
You will also need to do everything the book tells you to. Including helping us promote the book by tweeting about it.
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- S. H.
- 27-08-22
Bird surgery gives you wings.
Worth it for that joke alone. I absolutely love this book. I had to also pause it from laughing at his TV review he put in a local Church magazine.
The whole thing very much feels like his Netflix stand up's style of comedy a lot more than his latest confessional stand up (I think it was called Lasagna).
Just a warning, it is borderline useless if you're actually trying to give up socal media. What it is is lots and lots of fun and a fairly good take downs of some of the strange things we do online which would not be acceptable in the real world.
Top notch stuff. I think some of the negative reviews might be wanting podcast James Acaster or Would I Lie To You James Acaster, but they're getting raw stand-up James Acaster here.
So I just want to let everyone know which james acaster you're getting in this book, I like both, and I really loved seven hours of absurdism and puns applied to an in-depth look at online behaviour.
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- Gareth Tilley
- 22-08-22
Oh James…
I’m a huge James Acaster fan but oh dear. As he is known not to be on social media I was basically expecting a truthful yet wackily hilarious account of how he went about it, what he had taken from it etc…but instead it is a string of obviously fictional and not particularly funny anecdotes…I don’t know what anyone actually wanting to learn from James’s experience would take from it. Nevertheless it’s mildly funny and his narration alone makes it worth it, if you like his voice.
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- "_d_a_n_n_y_"
- 27-08-22
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James Acaster
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- Martin Watkins
- 27-08-22
Genie writes a book
Very funny.Even funnier was being told by someone this was a real self help book .
It isn't.There are some real insights into the risks of social media but these are part of a surreal tale featuring the comedy persona of the author.
James Acaster is a brilliant comedian.He is also an excellent and original comedy writer .
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- Joseph w.
- 21-08-22
quintessentially James Acaster
Whilst this book flirts with real events at best, the book is essentially 6+ hours of the genie's stand-up.
Very up to scratch in my opinion. Lots of "wow" scenarios within ;)
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- Aiden
- 20-09-22
It's more like the bible than an instruction manual
There's so many reviews on here from people who haven't listened to the entire book and misunderstand what the book tries to achieve. This isn't a step by step instruction manual, the stories (like the bible) bring up lots of ideas and make you realise how ridiculous your need for social gratification is. It's daft but don't let that fool you.
I came out a completely different person after finishing this book.
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- Mr Aitken
- 27-08-22
Mark my words - you will love this book!
Go down the market, get a marker pen from that stall owned by your mate Mark and underline my words directly onto the monitor, laptop, phone, tablet, stone tablet or over the shoulder onto that person’s copy you’re secretly reading behind them on the bus.
Once you’ve done that, read the entire book and come back with a review stating “Consider your words marked, my friend!”
By the time you finish reading this book you will be doing doughnuts in your newly purchased cement mixer, messaging Tom from My Space multiple times with the simple message “Suck it!” whilst sucking back on a crate of Stowford Press. Enjoy!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-11-22
pretty good
some good silliness to be had, don't expect a book about how to really quit social media though
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- james middleton
- 21-09-23
Blooming brilliant
Fantastic book. A real insight into his mind
Looking forward to his next book
Well worth a listen
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-09-22
Quite funny
A quite good book, well read by the author. Wouldn't recommend or read again, but passed the time on a commute.
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