Reading is probably at this point a top 3 form of entertainment.

[RamsayBolton]

Reading is the GOAT and has low key killed TV and film for me recently

shows and movies these days just seem like they're wasting my time with nonsense most of the time

Man I love reading so much

I tried aiming for 50 books this year but I’m only 37

I feel like nobody around me has any interest to read

that can be a killer for motivation for sure. im lucky i got a book club

there are only places you can try. read a book and google it and see who is talking about it and where

 

[O.Red]

Reading is the GOAT and has low key killed TV and film for me recently

shows and movies these days just seem like they're wasting my time with nonsense most of the time



that can be a killer for motivation for sure. im lucky i got a book club

there are only places you can try. read a book and google it and see who is talking about it and where

Yea the worse TV and movies have gotten in recent years the more I've retreated back to reading

 

[Trajan]

When outta nowhere the author turns it up a notch and goes in like

I sometimes pause and hit

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I got like 9 new books I ain't read. Even got a book light. I keep saying I'll start reading as my wind down time.

 

[Koli_Kat]

Put another man's thoughts and ideas into your brain, brehs

 

[ItsPeople]

You can tell when someone is well read.

They speak with a calm confidence, rarely searching for words, or stumbling over their next word.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Working on my 46th book of the year

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Was in a waiting room this week, everyone on their phones and I have a book.

You definitely are an outlier now as opposed the the pre-smart phone era where books and magazines would have been the only entertainment to pass the time

Even more of an outlier being a black man (depending on location). Whenever I'm in a book store I mostly see women and a few white men. Rarely see other brothas

 

[Vice Queen]

I'm getting back into reading. I even sold out and bought a Kindle.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

The joy and benefits of reading are hard to explain to people because it's very much a locus of control thing

Reading is a skill and it's hard to develop because there are definitely levels of reading effectiveness but if you develop that skillreading skill has compound interest too

This is also why I shill fiction to men. Reading fiction is literal imagination training and a strong imagination will improve every aspect of your life

I watched a video about doctor doom where the youtuber explained his motivation in the context of philosophy.


People don't know just how deep even comic books can get. Some of the coldest lines I ever read were in marvel and DC texts.

"Compassion can be useful, when properly manipulated. But not when it rules one's judgement. And that will ever be your weakness."-Doom

Whenever I see my cousins reading novels or comic books I instinctively hit the face.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Starting to enjoy it more as I’ve gotten older

But still do audio books, bids, podcasts, etc.

 

[doublecheese]

You brehs reading fiction ?

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

The joy and benefits of reading are hard to explain to people because it's very much a locus of control thing

Reading is a skill and it's hard to develop because there are definitely levels of reading effectiveness but if you develop that skillreading skill has compound interest too

This is also why I shill fiction to men. Reading fiction is literal imagination training and a strong imagination will improve every aspect of your life

Reading fiction and reading minds: the role of simulation in the default network - PMC

Research in psychology has suggested that reading fiction can improve individuals’ social-cognitive abilities. Findings from neuroscience show that reading and social cognition both recruit the default network, a network which is known to support ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

You brehs reading fiction ?

Absolutely. I might read a biography or autobiography once in a blue moon, but 99% of what I'm reading is fiction

 

[Uachet]

Reading is my number 1 form of entertainment and has been since I was a child. It allows me to escape the mundainity of our existence and experience different ideologies, worlds, and timeperiods. I like reading so much that even the video games I like to play the most, MUDs, are text based having no graphics beyond ascii figures at most.

It is also why I consider reading comprehension to be one of the most important skills a person should have, opening the door to many possibilities. Unfortunately, many school systems are failing our children in this regard, and it shows up in other aspects of our community.