James Acaster: James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media (2022, Headline Publishing Group)
English language
Published May 10, 2022 by Headline Publishing Group.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Funny, fantastical and forthright, this is an indispensable survival guide to the real world' - Daily Mail
This is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.
In 2019, James quit all forms of social media - covering his phone in tar and driving it to a lock-up in Rhyl, before setting up home in a castle he'd built himself called Castle Anti-Net. But when the withdrawal symptoms hit him, he realised in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media gave him with three-dimensional, real-life activities.
Employing the help of a mysterious, wealthy benefactor named Clancy Dellahue, and an ever-growing gang of misfits (aka the Tangfastic Crew), James found ways to replace his online friends (he joined the scouts) and spy on his exes (climbing ropes, zip lines, fake moustache) as well as …
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Funny, fantastical and forthright, this is an indispensable survival guide to the real world' - Daily Mail
This is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.
In 2019, James quit all forms of social media - covering his phone in tar and driving it to a lock-up in Rhyl, before setting up home in a castle he'd built himself called Castle Anti-Net. But when the withdrawal symptoms hit him, he realised in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media gave him with three-dimensional, real-life activities.
Employing the help of a mysterious, wealthy benefactor named Clancy Dellahue, and an ever-growing gang of misfits (aka the Tangfastic Crew), James found ways to replace his online friends (he joined the scouts) and spy on his exes (climbing ropes, zip lines, fake moustache) as well as anonymously bullying strangers, seeing photos of everyone's dogs, getting public figures fired, arguing with everybody about everything, and so much more.
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.
Hilarious. I listened to the audio book and would often be chuckling loudly to myself in the gym like some kind of weirdo.
