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post 1658987883 04-02-2022, 07:46 AM
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reading a book vs listening to the audio or reading an electronic version are just 3 different ways to absorb the information. people are different and have different preferences to how they choose to absorb that information. it's subjetive, there is no "best" way, there's too many variables for that
post 1658987913 04-02-2022, 07:47 AM
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Audiobooks are for open mouth cuck *******s dead srs
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Listening you won’t be able to retain or build as much knowledge compared to reading srs
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post 1658990963 04-02-2022, 09:08 AM
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post 1658991183 04-02-2022, 09:13 AM
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reading a physical book , especially fiction is far superior to listening to some one narrating it

its a different experience
post 1658991263 04-02-2022, 09:14 AM
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To avoid giving governments our reading list.
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post 1658991393 04-02-2022, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
Hope you’re making him play sports so he doesn’t turn into a nerd.
I mean I encourage it but like after coaching his little league team I won’t ask him to play baseball again.

He doesn’t really like soccer, not enough muscle to shoot a basketball correctly yet, I make him run as a punishment and he will most likely crush everyone in his class at cross country when they start in a few years.

But I would much rather teach him to be proud of being a nerd if he likes Pokémon he likes Pokémon, if he likes reading dragon novels he likes fantasy books. He does enjoy bjj and he will be able to stand up for his “nerd” activities and tell other kids off if they try to put him down. (Already had somone in his class tell him Pokémon is for nerds cuz the kid has an older brother)

He loves chess club and bjj and skiing. He can be smart and athletic.

Our biggest focus is always self confidence and we regularly talk about how you should act and respond and build yourself up. Not let others make you feel small.

With the right attitude fitting in with a crowd doesn’t matter. He’s already rich and good looking, he just needs to be a strong confident man who does what he wants.
post 1658991433 04-02-2022, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted By BorderPatrol505⏩
Brah think about how much time you're wasting sitting down to read. Could go the gym, listen and kill 2 birds with one stone. Guess if that's how u want to spend your time tho u do u
you can listen and retain what you hear listening to an audio book while exercising?

I find them to be contradictory activities, one raises my hr the other lowers it.
post 1658991923 04-02-2022, 09:30 AM
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I saw a physical storefront Amazon bookstore in the La Jolla mall last week. No one knows how bad of an idea physical bookstores are more than Jeff Bezos. Putting up his own is just the ultimate flex.
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what's the point of sex when you can just watch p0rn???
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Physical books are way better than ebooks or audiobooks. It's not even closed.
post 1658992563 04-02-2022, 09:49 AM
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I get books from my local library
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Last time I went to a Barnes n noble i saw a "childrens" section and it was full of the most ridiculous chit. Tranny baby stuff, Pride for children, BLM crap. it was so bad in fact that i grabbed a stack of about 7 books and tossed them into the trash that was in the store. (srs) almost 2 years ago now
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For people like my Mom who don't know how to order online.
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Originally Posted By Duckliver⏩
I mean I encourage it but like after coaching his little league team I won’t ask him to play baseball again.

He doesn’t really like soccer, not enough muscle to shoot a basketball correctly yet, I make him run as a punishment and he will most likely crush everyone in his class at cross country when they start in a few years.

But I would much rather teach him to be proud of being a nerd if he likes Pokémon he likes Pokémon, if he likes reading dragon novels he likes fantasy books. He does enjoy bjj and he will be able to stand up for his “nerd” activities and tell other kids off if they try to put him down. (Already had somone in his class tell him Pokémon is for nerds cuz the kid has an older brother)

He loves chess club and bjj and skiing. He can be smart and athletic.

Our biggest focus is always self confidence and we regularly talk about how you should act and respond and build yourself up. Not let others make you feel small.

With the right attitude fitting in with a crowd doesn’t matter. He’s already rich and good looking, he just needs to be a strong confident man who does what he wants.
bro you have no idea how good of a father you are, or maybe you do

lot of dads don't even show up, the bar is not super high
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post 1658993163 04-02-2022, 10:03 AM
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I'm pretty out of the loop when books come out, so I always go to a bookstore not knowing what I might find, hence why I go to them.
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Originally Posted By YUL⏩
I get books from my local library
das it mane

they got DVDs and vidya games too sometimes

I think there is even a streaming service for free movies if you have a card
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Sure, listening to an audio book could come in handy for when you're busy and can't sit down to read, but I love reading books. Although I'll admit I do get all my books on my Kindle for free from the library. I can't really afford my book habit if I were to buy the hard copies.
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Originally Posted By Duckliver⏩
One of my 7 year old favorite places. He spends most of his piggy bank there and has the clerk custom order him parts of series or books they don’t have that he wants.

I’m glad he is experiencing doing this.
Das it! I've been a huge bookworm since I was little. My punishment as a teen was getting my books taken away. lol
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post 1658993633 04-02-2022, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted By Kay4Kool⏩
I read a lot faster than I can listen
this, also understanding is way easier
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I like books but I am not the type to go to the book store and sit on the floor in the aisle reading one.

I swear people only do that for attention.
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I have alot of cook books, gardening books, DIY books etc. Then I also have alot of science and philosphy etc for fluff and to fill my book shelf. A filled book shelf is more aesthetic.

These books aren't really practical on audio book, I'm not going to listen to andaudio book to help me bake a buttermilk pecan pie or build a deck in my backyard. I need ingrediants lists, measurements, pictures, diagrams etc.
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Nothing like good ol fashioned reading holding a book

Although, recently switched to audiobooks and now I learn more faster lol
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Originally Posted By crupiea⏩
I like books but I am not the type to go to the book store and sit on the floor in the aisle reading one.

I swear people only do that for attention.
lol this was like 10 years ago

One day I was in comic book store in Seattle and I saw Grimes sitting down in an aisle reading some manga

Now she has a kid with Elon Musk lol
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Originally Posted By 2010JW⏩
Nothing like good ol fashioned reading holding a book

Although, recently switched to audiobooks and now I learn more faster lol
If I really want to learn something

I;ll read while listening to the audiobook and take notes during lol
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Originally Posted By YUL⏩
I get books from my local library
This. I love reading but why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
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Originally Posted By MrQuint⏩
This. I love reading but why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
They don't have every book unfortunately
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