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9838139 No.9838139 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw slow reader

>> No.9838683

not a problem as long as you're reading great lit

>> No.9838689

How can something be enjoyable if you're rushing through it? It can be useful if you're reading a book for school to absorb knowledge, but when reading fiction, you should be reading at a moderate pace.

>> No.9838717

>>9838139

Mate read one word at a time. Word after word. As long as you're doing that you're doing it right. Speed doesn't mean a thing.

>> No.9838817

>>9838139
Thinking in terms of being a slow reader vs a fast reader is baby-tier. You need to grow into a reader who adapts their reading speed based on what they're reading. Sometimes you read slow, sometimes you read fast.

>> No.9838822

>>9838139
Look up Teddy Roosevelt's tips for fast reading if you want to improve reading speed. He read about 2 or 3 books a day for most of his life.

>> No.9838859

>>9838822
How is that humanly possible.

>> No.9838872

>>9838859
Because he literally skims through the material without really understanding the booj

>> No.9838877

>>9838872
Lame. I wish there was a way to actually speed-read boojs.

>> No.9838921

>>9838859
>>9838872
He read without subvocalizing and he lived in a time before the internet and television weren't around to distract us