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James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

By: James Acaster
Narrated by: James Acaster
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About this listen

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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If you're a fan of James' stand up shows then you'd be an idiot not to get this.

Non-sensical genius

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despite the statement in the opening chapter, this is most definitely not a self help book. however somehow between the increasingly whimsical developments and predicaments, i found it helped me greatly

absolutely crackers but loved it

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seriously funny in the exact way you would expect anything by James Acaster to be. God knows what is true and what isn't, but it is all fantastic!!!

Funniest thing I have ever listened too!

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The story here reminds me very much of some sections of Acaster’s Netflix series Repetoire, in the series Acaster uses fantastical made up silly stories (undercover cop etc) that are intertwined with some brief moments of real vulnerability. This is very similar.

I would recommend sticking with the book past the first two chapters, this early section is not quite as funny as the rest.

I became obsessed with this book and listened to the whole thing in a week. Acaster is a genius and his voice performance is essential.

The format of writing about how Acaster

Brilliantly entertaining and funny

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This self-help book taught me more than I could ever have thought it would. Acaster is like a drawbridge, guiding you into the castle of betterment and protecting you from the moat of electric eels.

What A Wild Ride!

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Fantastic book. A real insight into his mind
Looking forward to his next book
Well worth a listen

Blooming brilliant

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This book is utter nonsense. Loved it.
Great narration by the author and a gripping story.

Completely nuts

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Bought this book expecting James to talk about what life was like when he went off of all social media, but it’s not. It took me a few chapters to get into, but I did really enjoy it!

Wasn’t what I expected

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This book has made me wonder if James Acaster is actually insane. Excellent book, how I LOL’d…

The tale of a madman

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better than perfect sound whatever although loved that too but only bc this book is 100% james' whimsical humour that he's known for

I'm a james fan and love basically everything

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