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RUC4 said:
You just summed up this thread.
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I started it so... I guess we've come full circle? I'm sure someone must've set up a reading list/book club thread on here by now right?
 
And as long as we aren't blinded by science, however there is always braille and the touchy feeling material as well.

<3:kewl:
 
although you don't always know if the people on the other end are legit, the bit of reading i do of other people's experience on the internet is enough reading for me.

i read william s. burroughs cause the bands sonic youth and nirvana were big on him. really unenjoyable experience... i loved reading kurt vonnegut as a teen, taking psychedelics and thinking about like time travel with the mind and stuff. vonnegut is really good vibes. love the drawings in "Breakfast of champions"...

i tried to read some older classics, but the vocabulary was too much for me. i found "of mice and men" really easy to read. the cover of the copy i had brought me great joy. it was a probably press from the 60's that was in my grandparent's attic. don't really know what the point of that book really is supposed to be about, but the vocabulary i could get through. lol. i think i've read the wickepedia to see what it was trying to convey years back, but i can't even remember. i'm retarded....

i wanted to be an english teacher for a few years in high school before i realized i couldn't pass algebra courses to even get through community college, and i was always looking up words and trying to keep up with vocabulary... so much wasted time. i don't remember much of that shit..... like there are a few words that are often used that i remember that help me get by reading on the internet... i always talk about how i have some artistic and musical talent. i don't have a good time with non art school stuff.
 
foodcrisis said:
although you don't always know if the people on the other end are legit, the bit of reading i do of other people's experience on the internet is enough reading for me.

i read william s. burroughs cause the bands sonic youth and nirvana were big on him. really unenjoyable experience... i loved reading kurt vonnegut as a teen, taking psychedelics and thinking about like time travel with the mind and stuff. vonnegut is really good vibes. love the drawings in "Breakfast of champions"...

i tried to read some older classics, but the vocabulary was too much for me. i found "of mice and men" really easy to read. the cover of the copy i had brought me great joy. it was a probably press from the 60's that was in my grandparent's attic. don't really know what the point of that book really is supposed to be about, but the vocabulary i could get through. lol. i think i've read the wickepedia to see what it was trying to convey years back, but i can't even remember. i'm retarded....

i wanted to be an english teacher for a few years in high school before i realized i couldn't pass algebra courses to even get through community college, and i was always looking up words and trying to keep up with vocabulary... so much wasted time. i don't remember much of that shit..... like there are a few words that are often used that i remember that help me get by reading on the internet... i always talk about how i have some artistic and musical talent. i don't have a good time with non art school stuff.
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Don't be too harsh on yourself. Not everyone has the same kind of brain. We're all built differently. It's good to read though, full stop.
 
BK38 said:
Don't be too harsh on yourself. Not everyone has the same kind of brain. We're all built differently. It's good to read though, full stop.
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i like to flick through the pages at random with books i read and even books i haven't can be fun too.

that i have some memories with books i read and get cool mash up poetry flicking through books and reading random stuff. it can happen with books i haven't read as well.
 
Its very sad that people are no longer reading anymore. As if we dont have enough illiteracy already. Just talking with my friend now who is currently reading Fanons the wretched of the earth which reminds me that i really need to read that. Love Fanon
 
RUC4 said:
What's the name of the documentary?
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you'll have to give me a minute it may still be in history....

nah
but heres some info for and against this
i certainly agree as 15byrs ago when i enrolled to get a deg mfs couldnt spell, add, subtract forget about an essay ffs. before idk 35yes ago i had to write an essay to pass the test. if not oh well....
clippets of baseless info is live streamed 24/7 imo

i mean what do we actually know...?

cant find the doc but:

elite students cannot read books at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.
duckduckgo.com duckduckgo.com
 
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Reading is actually one of my favourite things to do!

I partially (a lot) blame schools. Different reasons UK and US. 18% of Americans who graduate high school are illiterate because I guess they just let anyone pass/graduate?
And then like 0% of the graduating in the UK are illiterate, but the books they make you read for school are SO FUCKING BORING that I don't blame a lot of kids/teens for not liking reading. I wouldn't either if those were the only books I read growing up.
 
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