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View Poll Results: About how many books do you think you have read in the past year? | |||
0 | 18 | 13.74% | |
1 | 16 | 12.21% | |
2 | 9 | 6.87% | |
3 | 13 | 9.92% | |
4-5 | 21 | 16.03% | |
6-7 | 9 | 6.87% | |
8-10 | 11 | 8.40% | |
11-12 | 5 | 3.82% | |
13-15 | 3 | 2.29% | |
16-20 | 6 | 4.58% | |
21-30 | 6 | 4.58% | |
31-40 | 5 | 3.82% | |
41-50 | 2 | 1.53% | |
51+ | 7 | 5.34% | |
Voters: 131. You may not vote on this poll |
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So pang, what are graphic novels?
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A graphic novel is a comic book with a BA in English. And they're fine, this isn't a LOL COMICS R FOR KIDZ tirade. For a long time Batman was taking up more of my drive space than my music directory. Comics are fine and good, and many of them contain great stories, but they're not books. The difference between a comic and an actual novel is vast in terms of the way they disseminate information. A "graphic novel" contains about as many actual words as half a chapter of a legitimate novel, and that's generously counting OOF!, POW!, BLAMMO!, and ZAP!
(well, ok, they might be "books" in some loose meaningless sense that they have covers, pages and bindings, but nobody's going to get credit for reading map books or stampbooks, are they?) I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I don't even remember the last book I have read. I have graphic novels. But I rarely even buy those. Not one book has not caught my attention, I know I'm not gonna find one for awhile to many crappy books.
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I read quite a lot, about 2-3 books a week. When I was in Japan I had to spend a lot of time on buses and trains, and aside from my ipod, what could keep me better entertained then books? I think I must have read close to 150 books in the past year, most of them Japanese pockets, since they're cheap and help me with my studies, but I've read some heavier books from time to time.
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I don't read for pleasure very often as I simply don't have the time. Maybe 1 or 2 books a year at most, if that. I do read quite a bit though but in the form of text books, technical/science journals and tons of material on business theory.
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Touching butts had been banned by the evil Headmaster Frond. Suddenly, Tina Belcher appeared in the doorway. She knew what she had to do. She touched Jimmy Jr's butt and changed the world. |
I read all the time but I hardly ever finish books, probably 10 a year. As far as subject matter covered, I've read far more, but I hardly ever finish books anymore. I get what I want out of them and then move on. My adhd gets priority here!
Anyhoo, though I tend to favour books, I actually read my first manga recently. Akira. It was mind blowing. How ya doing, buddy?
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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 really does nothing but marginally expand a person's vocabulary. I find reading boring... period. I have a low attention span and I can't focus on books. Have I read books before that I liked? Yes, but it still was a chore to get through them.
I read things like news articles, sports columns, etc. But there are plenty of other things I'd rather do than read. Like play sports, workout, go to movies, play a video game, whatever. Most amazing jew boots
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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Bradylama...that video is fucking dope. However, something tells me that Beethoven is doing acrobatics in his grave right about now.
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I was speaking idiomatically.
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Well, unless you're dyslexic. And even then, I know dyslexic people who read MORE THAN YOU. You're either unintelligent or arrogant to the point of. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? It was lunchtime at Wagstaff.
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If you had half a brain you would've realized that before you spouted out that pointless drivel. Especially since you don't know a thing about me. FELIPE NO
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GET FUCKIN EDUCATED NIGGA What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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.
and as technology continues to grow, the easier this information will be obtained. Back in the day when these other mediums didn't exist to this capacity, I can understand where the whole "read books and be educated" stuff came from, but that certainly isn't the case anymore. You can get educated in plenty of different ways today, through plenty of different mediums. Is reading bad? Absolutely not. I encourage everyone who enjoys reading to read. But is someone who read a lot of books automatically smarter and more educated than someone who doesn't? Nope. Most amazing jew boots
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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. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Bradylama; Aug 26, 2007 at 12:55 AM.
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You learn things from books. That is evident. I never said you don't. My point was reading books doesn't make you smarter on a whole than someone who doesn't. You don't NEED books to be educated and learn things was my point. Certain books may enlighten you on certain subjects where you can't quite get to that level on other things, and some books aren't like that. Either way though, you can look up the information in books online and read passages and get information from books.
Btw, I do have interest in certain books that provide studies of certain things, and I didn't say that I NEVER read. I do read an occasional book here or there if it really interests me, but it is usually things like studies and not fictional novels or mystery books. For the most part though, reading books is on the very end of my lists of favorite hobbies. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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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? |
Yes, you idiot. Yes. Books are an extremely efficient method of conveying information, THEREFORE: People who get information from books get that information highly efficiently, THEREFORE: Those people can more easily absorb a like quantity of information as compared to those gleaning said information from other sources, THEREFORE: You're just dumb as hell. The only information you'll get from TV is the information the station's billionaire owners want you to get. Enjoy that. Also: enjoy your delusion that writing as a method of communication survived for millenniums because it's LESS useful than conversation. Fuckin' moon unit I was speaking idiomatically. |
or we can just agree to disagree on this particular subject.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
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No, no, agreeing to disagree is like when both people have a valid point but no one wants to budge.
THIS is something else, because it's basically us saying "dude, educate yourself, wtf" and your response taking the form of "BUT I NEEDS RITALINZ!" FELIPE NO |
I am plenty educated. I graduated college with good grades, and learn new things all the time. You know nothing about me, yet you assume these things about me because I'm not reading books all the time. For someone who claims you get smart by reading, that is a pretty stupid thing to do.
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. It is also stupid to assume that reading informational facts and studies in books is the only form of "learning" and "education." I'm sorry, but I play sports every day and I don't care how much reading you do, you aren't going to get information from a book that you get first hand from playing sports. There are all kinds of ways to learn and educate yourself on certain aspects of life. Say person A is highly educated on literature, math, and law, and person B is highly educated on sports, weight-lifting, and movie directing. Person A isn't smarter than person B. They are educated on two completely different subjects. You are assuming education only comes in specific forms and subject matters. Most amazing jew boots
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Jam it back in, in the dark.
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(seriously guys, awesome (horrifying) book, get it if you can find it) There's nowhere I can't reach. |
You might be able to get larger quantity of information, but on the other hand the exclusive footage HBO had(I'm not 100% sure it was exclusive, but I read it was on a news site) is also a different form of education. You can read and imagine things in your head, but until you see it for yourself, you can't truly grasp certain things.
Basically I'm saying there are different forms of education. Like if you read that book and someone saw the documentary. You probably have the upper hand in terms of facts and number of eye-witness accounts and stuff, but they have the upper hand in terms of the visualization of certain aspects of how things unfolded. Both two seperate kinds of education and both important in their own right. and that book would be something I'd be interested in. Like I said before, it isn't that I never read, but I prefer to do other things. How ya doing, buddy?
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