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Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:27:45 2021 No.18971383 [Reply] [Original]

I am 25 years old and I have never read a book before.

Why? Because it's either made-up BS (can't force myself to care about fake shit) or seems like way too much information for some niche thing I don't care about that much anyway. (If I want to know more about something, a couple paragraphs is enough.)

What book do you recommend me?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:28:31 2021 No.18971388 >>18971383 start with the greeks

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:29:31 2021 No.18971393 >>18971383 >I have never read a book before. Surely, you jest.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:29:42 2021 No.18971395 >>18971388 Why should I read entire books instead of the first 2 paragraphs of relevant wikipedia articles? Not joking.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:30:44 2021 No.18971401 >>18971393 Nope. My mom read me children's books when I was a little kid, but that doesn't count because I wasn't the one reading.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:32:20 2021 No.18971409 >>18971383 >>18971383 >ecause it's either made-up BS (can't force myself to care about fake shit) so, you've never watched a movie either? jackass

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:32:31 2021 No.18971411 >>18971395 Go away from here.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:33:45 2021 No.18971413 >>18971409 I've gotten dragged to the movie theater by friends and my family used to make me attend "family movie night," but I haven't watched a movie in like 7 years and don't plan on watching one any time soon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:50:26 2021 No.18971499 >>18971383 >>18971413 What the fuck do you do with your time? Play retard videogames?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:56:56 2021 No.18971536 >>18971499 I like politics and music.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:58:49 2021 No.18971545 >>18971536 why don't you just listen to 10 seconds of the songs and move on?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 19:59:49 2021 No.18971550 >>18971383 >>18971536 lmfao fuck off >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:02:13 2021 No.18971560 >>18971401 Were you also home schooled?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:02:36 2021 No.18971561 >>18971545 Because music directly stimulates the senses

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:03:21 2021 No.18971568 >>18971536 Politics is not real

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:03:44 2021 No.18971573 >>18971560 No, I went to public school and read book summaries online to get good grades in my English classes. >>18971568 Yes it is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:04:22 2021 No.18971576 >>18971561 Start with the greeks or leave, or both.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:05:23 2021 No.18971581 >>18971573 >Yes it is. [citation needed]

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:06:12 2021 No.18971587 >>18971581 Politics is when things happen on a large scale irl.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:06:27 2021 No.18971588 >>18971573 How were your grades? Just curious

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:07:12 2021 No.18971591 >>18971587 Please, please, (you are so fucking stupid), please: delete this thread and go sit in your room.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:07:51 2021 No.18971599 >>18971588 My GPA in high school was around 3.5, my GPA in college was around 3.0, and my current GPA in medical school is 3.4.

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:08:05 2021 No.18971602
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>>18971383
>(can't force myself to care about fake shit)
Non-fiction
>(If I want to know more about something, a couple paragraphs is enough.)
Something that cannot be summarized into a couple paragraphs.

I have just the book for you.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:09:43 2021 No.18971608 >>18971602 I've already read the beginning of the wikipedia article for that programming language, so I already know what it is, which was all I ever wanted to know about it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:10:25 2021 No.18971616 >>18971383 How’d you graduate high school? >>18971536 >politics How do you know anything about politics without books?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:11:41 2021 No.18971624 >>18971608 >which was all I ever wanted to know about it. I don't think reading is for you Anon.

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:11:51 2021 No.18971626

>>18971616
I was actually in AP English even though I've never read a single book in my life. I'm pretty good at writing.
>How do you know anything about politics without books?
I watch political video content (usually on 2x speed) and sometimes read parts of articles.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:12:08 2021 No.18971630 >>18971536 Do you listen to music or play it? Also, did you follow politics growing up?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:13:18 2021 No.18971633 >>18971626 >mindlessly consuming propaganda is my hobby are you my 82 year old grandmother? what the fuck are you doing man? this has to be a troll

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:14:26 2021 No.18971639 Reading is a curse. Don't read.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:15:06 2021 No.18971642 >>18971599 >american forget i asked

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:15:18 2021 No.18971645 >>18971626 >I'm pretty good at writing. I'm sure your great for a high school-level writer, but I'm going to conservatively surmise that that the extent of it.

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:16:27 2021 No.18971655

>>18971630
I listen to it, but I learned piano when I was a kid.
I wasn't very interested in politics until I was in college.
>>18971633
Do you read fiction or nonfiction? I can understand reading nonfiction slightly more, but like I said, it's just way, way too much information.

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:16:52 2021 No.18971657
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Sounds like you're just jaded. Here's an idea: tomorrow's Satuday, pick up the Guardian or whatever kind of paper like it is printed in your country, it has a book review magazine. Just have a look at some of the new stuff, it might give you a fresh perspective since they review all kinds of different books of various genres. Even if you don't actually end up buying or reading any of the books, you'll get to read a bit about what's out there these days.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:18:01 2021 No.18971669 >>18971395 Wikipedia articles dont give you any depth of knowledge

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:18:40 2021 No.18971674 >>18971655 I was just checking to see if you were just a consumer or if you actually had a hobby. Don't bother reading dude, it will not be worth it for you.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:19:01 2021 No.18971678 >>18971657 I work on Saturdays. >>18971669 What deep knowledge do you have that you think I should have?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:19:05 2021 No.18971680 >>18971587 Hurricanes are things that happen on large scale

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:19:08 2021 No.18971681 >>18971655 Some people just like having a short cut and knowing the bare minimum of any subject. I don't know, man, keep doing what you're doing if it works for you. But understand that you will never know anything of worth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:20:05 2021 No.18971686 >can't force myself to care about fake shit You sad little cretin

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:20:13 2021 No.18971688 >>18971681 What do you know that I can't learn without reading hundreds of pages -- and you think I'd actually be interested in knowing?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:20:30 2021 No.18971689 >>18971599 Nice bait anon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:21:14 2021 No.18971693 >>18971688 >and you think I'd actually be interested in knowing? That's the problem

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:21:31 2021 No.18971696 >>18971657 Tomorrow is Friday

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:22:06 2021 No.18971698 >>18971678 Please just delete your HDD you sad little oaf

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:22:22 2021 No.18971699

>>18971395
Simple:
As it turns out, there's a lot of depth and context you miss out on by learning the subject in passing. You will only have a basic grasp on things and not be able to speak with nuance or intelligence on the subject. To put it in terms you'll understand, you'll be like Vaush or Destiny when they speak to people who read, and they are way out of the their depth. There's nothing wrong with having a shallow understanding of subjects, it that's what you miss out on.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:23:10 2021 No.18971708 >>18971696 I live in Ireland, it's 1.22am on Friday morning (technically). Point taken though.

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:23:35 2021 No.18971711

>>18971688
Pick literally anything from any field, having a cursory understanding of what something is doesn't mean you know anything about it.
Know a capital city and its population is not worth anything.
>and you think I'd actually be interested in knowing?
I am not psychic

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:23:54 2021 No.18971716 >>18971699 Why should laymen cultivate expertise on subjects they only have a passing interest in?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:25:23 2021 No.18971724 >>18971716 A question you have to answer for yourself and if you want to justify the effort. I am simply informing you of the difference.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:25:44 2021 No.18971729 >>18971716 >passing who said they should?

Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:27:29 2021 No.18971739

>>18971383
Honestly don’t listen to these fags they have deified and romanticized reading in their minds to an insane extent because it’s the only thing they do and the only thing that makes them special. Reading simply isn’t for everyone, people of average intelligence who lead normal social lives don’t need to read. To be sure, there ARE benefits to reading, and if you spend your time wasting away playing video games or mindlessly surfing online and jacking off then you would be much better off reading than doing all that, but if you actually have your life in order already and know what you’re doing you simply don’t need reading to do that, there is no point.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:28:25 2021 No.18971743 >>18971739 Based didn't-read-a-single-post-in-the-thread-as-usual-bro

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:28:49 2021 No.18971744 >>18971383 BOOKS ARE REAL, FAHGOT

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:29:10 2021 No.18971746 T.V. has made your brain lazy. You are an idiot now. Truly.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:31:04 2021 No.18971763 >>18971739 Literally two posts above you is a guy telling him not to read because it may not be worth his effort. You might actually be more retarded than OP

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>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:33:29 2021 No.18971782 >>18971780 Don't be new.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:40:46 2021 No.18971829 >>18971383 Continue to not read books, it increases your IQ.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 2 20:41:32 2021 No.18971830 >>18971782 Seek help.

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