1 in 4 adults read no books last year

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

My sister reads nothing but Greek philosophers and Ayn Rand. She's an ass.

It's more appropriate, I think, to say that she's soulless.

I read maybe 5 books a year. I'm a slow reader by comparison anyways because I have a problem staying awake. Generally it's all non-fiction. Worst thing is that people are jealous of me because I read one book in four months that I just so happened to bring with me to school.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I haves confessions to makes.

The historian in me is precisely why I love the Silmarillion.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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I don't read and I'm not ashamed of it at all. In fact it annoys me when people act like if you don't read you aren't intelligent.

It's not exactly intelligent to not read and not feel a little bad about it, no. You're an unread cretin, basically, instead of being unread.

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I read things like news articles, sports columns, etc.

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Originally Posted by DragoonKain

It is perfectly intelligent. Your words may sound cool to you as you type them out, but you really can't explain your logic. It sounds to me like you just say things and latch on to them simply because other people say it. That is something I would classify as unintelligent.

Books present new ideas, perspectives, and lessons about the world, human life, social interactions, and human values that aren't as easily expressed in other mediums. Willfully avoiding these ideas means that you're not interested in anything outside of your myopic lifestyle, and are therefore an ignorant cretin.

GET FUCKIN EDUCATED NIGGA

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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and you can learn about those things through other mediums like the internet, movies, tv, documentaries, etc. Anything educational that is in a book, you can pretty much find online, and you can learn plenty of things from educational TV shows, movies, documentaries, among real life social interactions and conversations.

Ok dude, have you ever read Agymah Kamau's Pictures of a Dying Man? Of course you haven't, you don't read books, but if you had read it, it would become apparent just how unworkable the story is when transferred to another medium.

Have you ever read Starship Troopers? Of course you haven't, you don't read books. If you had read it, though, you'd notice just how off-base from the book the film is, despite doing well on its own merits. I suppose you should read Stranger in a Strange Land, which is another one of Heinlein's masterpieces, but I don't think it's been made into a movie yet so I don't think you'll bother.

Ever read Thomas Sowell? Of course you haven't, you don't read books. Sowell's tendency to bash dem lieberuls doesn't exactly sit well with a lot of people, myself included, but Affirmative Action Around the World is a comprehensive study of affirmative action and how its effects have been counter-productive for race relations in all countries that it is implemented in.

The understanding of the subject won't be as complete if you merely read about it on a website, or wait for a documentary that will never come (do you think Michael Moore is a documentarian?).

The internet cannot transcribe all evidence to support a claim. The internet does not care about academic standards or review. Film can't convey the intricacies and layers of information that a book can. You sure as Hell won't read about a lot of things in books in the sports page.

Stop being a cretin. Read a book, nigga. A fuckin book nigga.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Okay dude, it is impossible to argue with you. You obviously can't comprehend the virtues of reading a book if you don't read.

You are avoiding books. That is unintelligent, period. Do not tell me that you are not broken, you Eagles-loving Dragon Force-rocking retard.

How ya doing, buddy?

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I graduated college with good grades, and learn new things all the time.

Ok. Going to college does not make you smart. Have you ever heard of Ward Churchill?

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It is also stupid to say that you don't get much out of TV, because I have learned plenty of things off programs like documentaries. Different kinds of first-hand exclusive interviews that you won't get anywhere else. For example HBO's White Light/Black Rain had exclusive footage and interviews that you aren't going to get anywhere else about the bombing of Hiroshima.

Of course, you could probably read a book about Hiroshima and it would convey much more information than the documentary. We aren't telling you to stop watching informative programming, we are telling you to start reading books.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

pretendetarian

The internet doesn't have this word, it's probably in a book somewhere. Can you explain the mystery? (I see it referenced to pretend vegetarians)

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Do books?

More so than the internet, I daresay.

I guess he could go to a library and access a database but, UH, LOTS OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

More so than the internet, but not nearly as much as a peer-reviewed journal. I think the Time Cube guy has a book, but last I checked he hasn't been published in Nature.

So, do you actually have a point here or are you just trolling?

I think it's pretty obvious that I'm not referring to 9/11 The Big Lie.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No lie. The guy sitting next to me in the computer lab right now wrote a paper about Halo.

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I'd read the books, but it's against my religion

My opinion of those of you who have only read Halo books shot through the roof.

There's nowhere I can't reach.