# What are you reading today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [June 12, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38 "2022-06-12T13:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 160
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3191 "2024-07-29T17:55:25Z")
> [@Legato](#): > > You know, I _was_ curious about your newfound love for Belles-lettres A genre I’ve never heard of is incredibly stimulating for my ADHD > [@Legato](#): > > and your distaste for fantasy in the “Votes” section… 😆 Maybe I got turned off after reading too much distasteful fantasy? 😛 I’m intrigued that (seemingly) everyone else correctly/identically identified which way the scale worked, besides me 😅 ---
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3192 "2024-07-29T17:59:53Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > I’m intrigued that (seemingly) everyone else correctly/identically identified which way the scale worked, besides me 😅 I didn’t, I had to read the other comments first before I voted because we use the scale both ways at work and I never know which way to use it 😅 ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3193 "2024-07-29T18:03:56Z")
> [@CatDQ](#): > > because we use the scale both ways at work and I never know which way to use it 😅 This is sorta like how I never know which direction/order to read random meme panels in anymore 😅 ---
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3194 "2024-07-29T18:06:00Z")
I kinda miss the mark on some of those even if they are the most obvious 😂😅 ---
**Author:** ![cat](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cat/32/2344_2.png) [@cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3195 "2024-07-29T18:34:41Z")
I also voted wrong, scrolled down, realized my mistake, scrolled up and revoted. My current feeling on this new style of Discourse poll is: No. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3196 "2024-07-29T19:22:15Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > Maybe I got turned off after reading too much distasteful fantasy? 😛 Isekai? 🥲 > [@暁のルナ](#): > > I’m intrigued that (seemingly) everyone else correctly/identically identified which way the scale worked, besides me 😅 I thought it worked the same direction as you did, but luckily (?) I couldn’t submit due to overlap, so I read the comments and learnt what the order is supposed to be. You’re definitely not alone in your confusion 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nikoru](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/nikoru/32/413_2.png) [@nikoru](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/nikoru)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3197 "2024-07-29T19:43:11Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > I’m intrigued that (seemingly) everyone else correctly/identically identified which way the scale worked, besides me 😅 Nope, I also voted the wrong way around initially (and corrected my vote after the numerous explanations of how it is supposed to work 😅) ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3198 "2024-07-29T19:52:36Z")
On one hand perhaps I should’ve included an explanation from the start, and on the other it looks like it’s a good thing I didn’t. Good to see all the confusion and pain points with the polls. ---
**Author:** ![nikoru](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/nikoru/32/413_2.png) [@nikoru](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/nikoru)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3199 "2024-07-29T19:54:32Z")
> [@eefara](#): > > it looks like it’s a good thing I didn’t Absolutely! If those things are not self-explanatory and not user-guiding, it’s better to not use them imho… ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3200 "2024-07-29T20:17:48Z")
I mean, it literally doesn’t even say it’s ranked voting anywhere in the poll (only when it’s created). A much better UI would be a drag and drop approach where the left side shows all options and you drag them to the right side in your priority order. I think this would make the intent much clearer. ---
**Author:** ![nikoru](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/nikoru/32/413_2.png) [@nikoru](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/nikoru)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3201 "2024-07-29T20:24:35Z")
I was thinking that you get a single dropdown where you are to asked select your favorite entry, then after selecting you get another dropdown with the remaining options from which you select the second-best entry and so on. But yours is much more intuitive to understand and much easier to modify, I think. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3202 "2024-07-29T20:55:46Z")
Hopefully we get some improvements here. > **[Ranked choice polls don't do runoffs correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranked-choice-polls-dont-do-runoffs-correctly/319097)** > > This ranked choice poll has 15 voters. The result says Fantasy won in the first round. However, it only has a 7 of the 15 votes for rank 1, which is not a majority. Since ranked voting requires a majority, there should be at least one runoff... > **[Links in ranked choice polls do not render correctly in results view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-ranked-choice-polls-do-not-render-correctly-in-results-view/319098)** > > This ranked choice poll has a link in one of the options. This renders correctly in the poll itself and in the “Votes” view, but not in the “Outcome” view. The two issues are that the link doesn’t render correctly (just shows raw HTML) and that it... > **[Make ranked choice polls more intuitive via ordered list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-ranked-choice-polls-more-intuitive-via-ordered-list/319100)** > > A community I take part in just tested out ranked choice polls for the first time, and several users didn’t realize it was even ranked choice. Since the UI just gives a dropdown for each option with the values 1 to N and “Abstain”, many people... ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3203 "2024-07-29T21:22:11Z")
Oh nice; thanks for posting about that in the official forums! ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3204 "2024-07-29T22:27:48Z")
Back on topic, I started both [裏世界ピクニック 1 ふたりの怪異探検ファイル | L33](https://learnnatively.com/book/d5414a2683/) and [博士の愛した数式 | L34](https://learnnatively.com/book/492783402f/) because I was indecisive, but I think I’m going to continue with the latter for now. Not that I’ll necessarily remember, but I love learning the Japanese words for square root, factorial, and so on. Hopefully some of the geometry terms a learned a couple years ago will come up! I also think I need to refrain from buying more physical manga for a few months. I was tempted to already buy some more in August or September, but there’s probably not enough to be worth it. If I wait until the end of November, there should be new volumes of [お兄ちゃんはおしまい! | L22](https://learnnatively.com/series/487b11b1a0/), [雨夜の月 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/series/684e824519/), and [星屑テレパス | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/78fb6290d0/) available (hopefully), so it probably makes more sense to wait for those and get through more of my backlog. After all, I still have all of [箱入りドロップス | L21??](https://learnnatively.com/series/64a2814c8f/) (just started), half of [青い花 | L26](https://learnnatively.com/series/4e24b93e8b/) (long hiatus), and all of [満月をさがして | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/16fdd82010/) (not started), plus random other digital manga to read. ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3205 "2024-07-29T23:44:03Z")
> [@Legato](#): > > I thought it worked the same direction as you did, but So what I’m getting from these is that “perhaps we were right about the direction after all”… > [@Legato](#): > > > [@暁のルナ](#): > > > > Maybe I got turned off after reading too much distasteful fantasy? 😛 > > Isekai? 🥲 To be fair, I actually enjoyed the last 2 isekai ([わたおし](https://learnnatively.com/book/ad6480c84e/) and [転天](https://learnnatively.com/book/5af12b0bd5/)) I tried. But I do become significantly less inclined to try something, if all I know about it is that it’s isekai… > [@seanblue](#): > > If I wait until the end of November, there should be new volumes of [お兄ちゃんはおしまい! | L22](https://learnnatively.com/series/487b11b1a0/), [雨夜の月 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/series/684e824519/), and [星屑テレパス | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/78fb6290d0/) available (hopefully) The newest half chapter of 雨夜の月 is up btw, and it turns out it is only the preceding two that stay free, sadly > [@seanblue](#): > > After all, I still have all of [箱入りドロップス | L21??](https://learnnatively.com/series/64a2814c8f/) (just started), half of [青い花 | L26](https://learnnatively.com/series/4e24b93e8b/) (long hiatus), Oooooh, I should pick up the physicals for 青い花 one of these months… ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3206 "2024-07-30T00:21:40Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > The newest half chapter of 雨夜の月 is up btw, and it turns out it is only the preceding two that stay free, sadly Thanks. After reading the first unbound chapter I decided I’d rather continue in a binge format and just read the physicals when they come out. > [@暁のルナ](#): > > Oooooh, I should pick up the physicals for 青い花 one of these months… The first volume and only first volume is out of print for some reason, so annoyingly I had to buy the first volume used and then buy the rest new like usual. ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3207 "2024-07-30T00:28:50Z")
That makes sense… if I wasn’t already keeping up with a bunch of things on a chapter basis, I’d probly do that too. Good to know about 青い花, tho I’ll probly buy them all used tbh ---
**Author:** ![cat](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cat/32/2344_2.png) [@cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3208 "2024-07-30T00:29:32Z")
I started reading [三面記事から見る 戦前のエロ事件 | L30??](https://learnnatively.com/book/6d3363f207/) on a whim because I’m forcing myself out of this reading slump, and it’s been fun as a casual read. It’s very much on the “pop” side of pop history, with accounts in the newspapers being pretty much taken at face value unless scientifically impossible (ex: no, humans cannot cross species mate). But, if you walk in knowing that, I think I can recommend it as long as the subject matter doesn’t bother you. I was curious about who wrote it though, because it was very clearly not a historian and I found this about the author: > 1963年、横浜市出身。トラック運転手、学習塾の時間講師、コンビニ店長、経営実務資料の編集、販促ツール等の営業、フリーペーパー記者、派遣労働者、夜間工場内作業員など数々の職業を経験。 > 91年からフリーライターとして活動開始。歴史や世相、庶民生活などといったジャンルのほか、企業関係や事件・犯罪に関するテーマも手がける。現在、肉体労働系の仕事と平行して執筆業を続けている。 And now author, a true Jack of all trades! ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3209 "2024-07-30T00:51:26Z")
> [@cat](#): > > And now author, a true Jack of all trades! That sounds like the path of unpopular authors. I remember that the author of [先生とそのお布団 | L28](https://learnnatively.com/book/957fdeb453/) does part time jobs on the side. That sounds like the extreme version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3210 "2024-07-30T00:55:49Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > So what I’m getting from these is that “perhaps we were right about the direction after all”… Their direction is good, the UI is just terrible at communicating what it’s about. What I thought was “Rate how much you like it on a scale from 1 to 8.”, which is pretty ambigious in whether 1 or 8 is better. But it’s a ranking like “Rank your favourites: 1. …, 2. …, 3. …”, which I think could be pretty clear with a better UX. > [@暁のルナ](#): > > > [@Legato](#): > > > > Isekai? 🥲 > > To be fair, I actually enjoyed the last 2 isekai ([わたおし](https://learnnatively.com/book/ad6480c84e/) and [転天](https://learnnatively.com/book/5af12b0bd5/)) I tried. But I do become significantly less inclined to try something, if all I know about it is that it’s isekai… I actually quite like isekai, I’m just joking considering it’s terrible reputation. (Although yeah, the genre _is_ full of garbage.) I wonder if I’d like the 転天 more in it’s light novel form. I watched the anime, and the beginning was absolutely glorious. But the latter part soured me on it, both with the completely unnecessary brother/sister fight to the death that was suddenly over and everyone forgave each other and the Euphyllia sacrifice drama. Maybe the first thing was rushed (or I just poorly understood it), and the anime ended at the latter part, so who knows how that’ll pan out. (No spoilers please.) [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=159) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=161)