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Anon is Illiterate (retrolemmy.com)
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[-] unprovenbreeze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 days ago

I had to search it to understand the post. Well, that's a weird name to describe a normal book for children.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 2 days ago

If there's no pictures children won't read them.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago

I can't read without pictures!

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago

Ancient Egyptians be like:

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

You can build up literacy like a muscle. I can read a lot if I forget to take my ADHD worsener (valproic acid), but even with that I can sometimes "rawdog" it.

This, I used to read a lot, even with my ADHD.

But for some reason I stopped, and now I struggle to focus reading.

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[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago

you guys do realise the poster is making a joke I hope, no need to actually get upset about this

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

On one hand, yes, on the other... We had a student in our lab that started reading the Game of Thrones books because we were big fans. I think it was 2012. He had never read a book. Sure, magazines and stuff but never an entire book. He did go on to do a PhD.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago
[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If you do the chapter crime, you do the chapter time. Chapter book ‘im, Dan-o.

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[-] robocall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I listen to audio books more often than reading an actual book.

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