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Post by msdemos on Oct 9, 2017 16:54:35 GMT
.......because it's SO much easier to watch a TV show/movie, than actually read an entire book ??  SAVE FERRIS |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 9, 2017 16:59:01 GMT
I've read a ton in my life, and I still do, but typically not "entire books." I read mostly non-fiction, and I approach it very similarly to how it's approached in school. You don't usually read any book, including textbooks, cover-to-cover in school, and you don't just read one book at a time.
I do like fiction, but it's just not a huge percentage of my reading. And I mostly like genre fiction--horror, SciFi, fantasy, etc.
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Post by mmexis on Oct 10, 2017 1:40:26 GMT
I guess the answer is implied. Obviously, for the OP, it's easier to watch TV
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Post by karryon99v2 on Oct 11, 2017 3:44:53 GMT
Instead of reading ,I find I spend my time on the Internet and watching sports and movies on TV.....
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Post by theravenking on Oct 11, 2017 8:09:56 GMT
I stopped watching regular TV almost entirely, but I spend far too much time on the internet.
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Post by hi224 on Oct 11, 2017 22:01:34 GMT
.......because it's SO much easier to watch a TV show/movie, than actually read an entire book ?? SAVE FERRISA little. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 11, 2017 22:23:23 GMT
Often, after watching a TV/film documentary on something, I am encouraged to read more about, either via the Internet or via books. So TV/film ends up making me read more.
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Post by novastar6 on Oct 12, 2017 4:11:22 GMT
More distracting is the word I'd use, if it's something I've seen before, I leave it on for background noise while I read, the problem is when there are a lot of new shows on at night that I haven't seen, latest episodes of SVU, Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, soon to be Chicago Med as well, etc.
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Post by darknessfish on Oct 12, 2017 8:31:43 GMT
I'm in the 'rarely bother to watch TV' camp, it seems an effort to watch a show knowing that there's 20-odd episodes to go and no end in sight until ratings drop. And they're all largely shit.
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Post by Bargle on Oct 12, 2017 12:03:10 GMT
My reading and TV watching dropped off for several years after I got internet. My reading is back up where it used to be, but I'm still watching much less TV than I used to.
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Post by mrdanwest on Oct 12, 2017 19:14:59 GMT
About five years ago I realized that I was spending most of my evenings and weekends camped out in front of either a TV or a computer screen and made and active choice to read more.
Now I read somewhere between 70-80 books a year as opposed to maybe 4 or 5 a year before that.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 16, 2017 18:05:28 GMT
.......because it's SO much easier to watch a TV show/movie, than actually read an entire book ?? SAVE FERRISThat is definitely true for me. I love reading, and I have dozens of books and e-books waiting patiently to be read, but TV shows and movies (both at home and in theatres) take too much of my time. |
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Post by pippinmaniac on Oct 18, 2017 12:03:27 GMT
I have read many books in my life. I would like to be able to read more, but my eyesight is getting worse.
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