How do people go through life without regularly reading books?

[Neuromancer]

People read shyt that interest them.

There are books about everything.

 

[Neuromancer]

Aiy, aiy Captain

Deflection, a tool of those who don't read.

 

[Redwood]

Why read and expand your vocabulary or expand your mind, when you can post on the coli?

It's the American way.

 

[ORDER_66]

Yep attention spans and no imagination or free time. Or people that's fukking impatient...

 

[Pseudonym]

I mean if you a kid or a teenager okay. But how do adults just be like " I don't read books a lot." How the fukk does that happen?

like not even “closed captioning”?









my library so big , it was considered a fire hazard at one point

 

[Wild self]

The number of people talking about “cliffs”, on a 4 minute video is always amazing to me. The Dumbing down era continues - People’s attention spans are shyt, combined with lack of intellectual motivation. People walking around in a mental void.

The amount of dementia patients are going to be off the charts in about 15-20 years. Brain atrophy is so real.

Along with rampant weed smoking, a lot of Alzheimer's patients at (much) younger ages.

 

[Wild self]

Half a century of purposeful dumbing down of an entire population. Learning is now marketed as something to not be trusted, to be endured and gotten past rather than enjoyed and sought after.

Thats the current US education model. Makes kids HATE knowledge. Which is why school shootings are now off the charts.

 

[GPBear]

Anyone read the Sotweed Factor?

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

There are books about everything.

I hate novels but like to read factual things like news and non fiction. Because I dont read novels means I'm not a reader?

 

[HabitualChiller]

Because I don't want / need to? Reading books isn't a necessity, fam. It's essentially a hobby. You don't need to always have your head in a book in order to learn new things and gain new understandings of life, different cultures, language, and the world in general.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Where yall get this shyt from?

 

[Wildhundreds]

If anything, I remember back in the day you'd at least read a monthly sports illustrated subscription. Bare minimum.

 

[Wildhundreds]

Because I don't want / need to? Reading books isn't a necessity, fam. It's essentially a hobby. You don't need to always have your head in a book in order to learn new things and gain new understandings of life, different cultures, language, and the world in general.

Everything isn't on the internet breh.. Its ok to be proficient in both..

 

[Still Benefited]

Average IQ is 20% lower than year 2000.


No deductive reasoning, cause/effect rationalizing, or any kind of true grassroots problem solving for real life challenges.... such as saying hello to the opposite sex, or expressing your feelings/thoughts.


p*ssy will be easy, retarded, un-rewarding, and cheap.

In 200 years...humans won't interact to reproduce.

I would argue reading is a path to a lonely existence. I dont believe reading helps with any of those things you mentioned. If anything the more you know,the more you resent people for not knowing. Living in reality no matter how stupid is the key to living. Ironically not reading and too much reading can both get you equally left behind. One feels far worst as a human.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

I was an avid reader in my younger days and I would still be if I found a book that interests me. Not interested in reading a made up story I have movies for that but something like think and grow rich..matter of fact this thread planted a seed think I need to really get back on my shyt