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7940150 No.7940150 [Reply] [Original]

I keep reading everywhere that reading has a lot of benefits and I wanted to know if you guys know more about this, what did you improve about yourself by reading more ?
Did you got smarter ? Do you think faster ? I'd really like to know if reading can help improve some abilities

>> No.7940152

What reading has taught me:

I can look at a moth stuck in a lamp and despair at the insignificance of life.

>> No.7940157

>>7940150
Pretty sure I got a bigger dick since I started reading

>> No.7940161

>>7940157
That's what I wanted to hear, thanks bruh

>> No.7940250

Zero benefits except for entertainment and the ability to stop worrying about looking like a pleb if someone asks whether you've read famous book X.

Non fiction can benefit you sometimes but only in a way that opens your mind, not fills it with facts

>> No.7940284

>>7940150
It opens me up to new worlds and different perspectives whilst providing entertainment.

>> No.7940426
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7940426

Once you've read enough you can constantly reference characters and authors in every day conversation. Like this guy.

>> No.7940470

>>7940426
kek'd, thanks anon

>> No.7940474

>>7940152
lol

>> No.7940652

>>7940150
Reading is probably more beneficial, in general, than what you would be doing with your time otherwise.

>> No.7940672

Google 'benefits of reading'

>> No.7940673

As far as I can see, reading is shown to have highly positive consequences and a successful correlation, directly or indirectly with a bunch of important matters (e.g. the school grades, the obesity rate, and so on). From my own experience, I've been reading since I was just a child and I consistently felt ease over my classmates. I have a much wider vocabulary, I speak three foreign languages in a natural tone and have no trouble getting what's going on. It also let me acquire a solid culture which significantly weakens the social barriers. Overall, I'm a better person. The most important point is that reading is a time-consuming activity that prevents you from engaging in less fruitful ones, like watching the television, spending half the day on YouTube or playing video games. When you read, you are literally not doing anything else, and vice versa.

>> No.7941982

>>7940673
Interesting, thanks man !