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heroicgamer44 OP t1_it708zz wrote

Reply to comment by J-blues in I want to read so badly but my brain won’t allow it by heroicgamer44

I will do that but I want to read eventually. It's the one human feat that I can't seem to do and it's so essential to living a fulfilling life

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J-blues t1_it70rxa wrote

I feel you’re building reading up to be something it’s not, it’s just entertainment. It’s the same as music or film. If you don’t like it don’t force yourself.

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ProfessorAlive1360 t1_it75r0b wrote

That doesn’t mean that literacy isn’t incredibly important, it just means that reading for enjoyment is not necessary. If you don’t like reading a novel, then don’t. There is enough other stuff to be read.

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Humble_Draw9974 t1_it779mr wrote

It really depends on what you’re reading here. Reading VC Andrews all day doesn’t make anyone an intellectual, although it can be entertaining.

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[deleted] t1_it77zje wrote

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Humble_Draw9974 t1_it7opai wrote

I meant books in general aren’t intellectual. They vary.

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Humble_Draw9974 t1_it9xo2z wrote

I just think the idea that reading is intellectual and not entertainment is harmful to literacy.

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HoneyWhistle t1_it70wii wrote

Uh I'd tone it down a few notches there bud

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heroicgamer44 OP t1_it71js6 wrote

Have you ever had moments where you just couldn't read?

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HoneyWhistle t1_it71uvg wrote

Yup.

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heroicgamer44 OP t1_it72d9g wrote

I feel like I never don't have those moments. Thinks it's mental issues

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HoneyWhistle t1_it72jy0 wrote

No duh, but no one here has the ability to help you other than to direct you to the therapy you already are getting

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digitalthiccness t1_it71y37 wrote

But it's one human feat they can't do! They've been to the moon, swum the English Channel, skied down Mt. Everest, invented cures for diseases, took home gold at the Olympics, written the Great American Novel, and gone triple platinum with their debut album, but reading Goosebumps simply eludes them. It's maddening!

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