Why do you read?

[Anonymous No.22625954]

I've seen a lot of debate online and on /lit/ about the reported benefits of reading. In the scientific literature, reading reportedly increases emotional intelligence, leads to better school grades, improves your vocabulary, increases brain connectivity, increases life expectancy (look it up retard) and prevents dementia.

Deep down, this is why I read, It's entertainment with great cognitive benefits to myself. Moreover, reading is a much more personal, introsepctive and superior form of entertainment to anything else, its requirement of constant attention means it keeps my brain active, and my memory working. Additionally, good book selection will always challenge your brain, and if you're reading without some inherent challenge, wtf are you doing?

However I know people in my life who read purely for entertainment, which is somewhat sad, it goes against what I believe reading is about, reading is an intellectual sharpening stone.

So, I ask, Anon's, why do you read?

[Anonymous No.22625965]

>>22625954
I only read wish-fulfillment Mary Sue novels so I can feel better about my pathetic existence.

[Cult of Passion No.22625973]

>>22625954
>why do you read
To pwn the pseuds. To see them driven from the threads and hearing the lametations of their boy-fus.

[Anonymous No.22625975]

>>22625954
I read for entertainment. I don't have interesting thoughts or rapturous insight.

[Anonymous No.22625992]

>>22625954
>Why do you read?
For the same reason I watch movies, go to the theatre and play video games.

[Anonymous No.22626193]

>>22625954
>reading for cognitive benefits
You will perish like a dog

[Anonymous No.22626432]

>emotional intelligence
what does that even mean

[Anonymous No.22626776]

>>22625954
I got into reading because I'm autistic as shit and like to sit in my room all day. Nowadays I read for a similar reason — sharpening my intellect, learning from older generations, etc.

[Anonymous No.22626783]

It's one of the few times when I feel I'm using my consciousness like it's supposed to be used.

[Anonymous No.22626965]

>>22625954
I waste so much damn time on 4chan and tik tok doing stupid shit on my phone and I realized all of that is just reading short blurbs so I thought to myself imagine how much I could learn if I spent the time I normally waste in the day on reading
So far I've read 3 medium sized books (300-500 pages) and one huge book (~1200 pages) in 2 months

[Anonymous No.22626976]

>>22625954
Cute pic. Thought his legs were behind his head from the thumbnail.

[Anonymous No.22626980]

>>22625954
I read to learn new things and to appreciate and be entertained by beautiful works of art. I spend a lot of time doing it because I tend to be alone focusing on things by nature and its a better use of time and brain function than playing vidya or dwelling on past mistakes or future worries.

[Cult of Passion No.22626985]

>>22626965
Yeah, absolute trash books that require you to fill in the void of intelligence.

I used these idiots for ideas, keywords to jump off and do my own research that I can take as deep as I feel like going, sometimes sending me down rabbit holes that last days or more.

[Anonymous No.22627016]

>>22626985
What

[Anonymous No.22627181]

I read because I want to become a writer. In my research and shitposting, I've come to the understanding that in order to better my skill in writing, I must read. All my anxieties, second guessing, and overall fear will leave my soul when I have read enough to be confident in my ability.

[Cult of Passion No.22627192]

>>22627016
SHOE!

[Cult of Passion No.22627195]

>>22627181
>better my skill in writing, I must speak*
Reading is input...practice output.

[Sage No.22627197]

>>22625954
I read as a flex, I've read some great books through my need to seem smart.

[Anonymous No.22627199]

>>22625954
I enjoy it.

[Sage No.22627201]

>>22626432
It's how non-autistic people are better than neurospicy individuals in social situations. Picking up social cues, reading the room and so on. If you're autistic there is no way for you to understand this I'm sorry.

[Anonymous No.22627202]

>>22626783
Probably the best answer in the thread
t. i suspect im a midwit

[Anonymous No.22627216]

>>22627195
You don't understand. You think I understand the basics of writing but I don't. I was at a point when the thought of paragraphs and dialogue were giving me panic attacks because I didn't understand how both can coexist with one another. Reading has settled that anxiety somewhat.