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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks

just read the fucking words
Trip church
  09/19/18
Good for commuting.
cocky bistre psychic home
  09/19/18
cr
Aphrodisiac stag film
  09/19/18
lol yeah just read while you drive you fucking idiot. get a ...
Sepia Swashbuckling Toaster
  09/19/18
cut the crap Jack. there's no way you absorb even half as mu...
Trip church
  09/19/18
Lol, ohhh noes, you didn't absorb every word!!!!
Arousing Wrinkle Round Eye
  09/19/18
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adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
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Sepia Swashbuckling Toaster
  09/19/18
THAT'S NOT SCHOLARSHIP
Sticky histrionic spot organic girlfriend
  09/19/18
Driving, running...I also really like them on trains for som...
Arousing Wrinkle Round Eye
  09/19/18
language/storytelling evolved to be oral so it's far more ...
passionate mildly autistic water buffalo
  09/19/18
oh it's "natural" is it? lol
Trip church
  09/19/18
Natural is the wrong word, but humans have been doing it for...
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
You seem like an idiot. LSAT score?
Supple theatre
  09/19/18
Anogenital distance?
Trip church
  09/19/18
the cadence of audiobooks is all wrong. so rehearsed, almost...
Exciting bull headed center
  09/19/18
99% of audiobooks are shit, because they get, like, Oprah Wi...
passionate mildly autistic water buffalo
  09/19/18
Jonathan Davis Book of the New Sun is 180
Hairraiser ticket booth legal warrant
  09/19/18
Noam Chomsky's American Psycho is excellent
hyperventilating coffee pot
  09/19/18
Are you trying to say that the audiobook of Lolita is better...
Beady-eyed corner
  09/19/18
Except stories were told in person around a fire, not hosed ...
orange philosopher-king
  09/19/18
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glittery really tough guy private investor
  09/19/18
So its better to just stare at your feet? I don’t get your p...
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
...
Embarrassed to the bone indian lodge
  09/19/18
They are very dangerous because the mind simulates what you ...
Pearl Boistinker Heaven
  09/19/18
very cr
Domesticated talented brunch
  09/19/18
Having siri read this to me
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
I don’t really understand how it’s dangerous, can you summar...
Trip church
  09/19/18
(guy with low IQ who should be listening to audiobooks inste...
Domesticated talented brunch
  09/19/18
This is a mean thread
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
I don’t have time to read the article fuckface
Trip church
  09/19/18
there are a lot of people who are auditory-dominant and proc...
Domesticated talented brunch
  09/19/18
mom! dad! tell me a stoooory.
insecure area fat ankles
  09/19/18
...
Trip church
  09/19/18
Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
I listen to them while falling asleep
Opaque clown pisswyrm
  09/19/18
there are many stolen moments in a day when most people zone...
outnumbered university
  09/19/18
i think it is probably a good idea to have downtime and just...
Maroon potus halford
  09/19/18
very cr. it's not good to cram every moment with stimulation...
outnumbered university
  09/19/18
Are you a meditation bro?
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
yeah, i do some at home, and meet with a buddy weekly to med...
outnumbered university
  09/19/18
I du 5 minutes spurts when i need to cooldown. After work, b...
adventurous henna sanctuary
  09/19/18
nice brother
outnumbered university
  09/19/18
...
Embarrassed to the bone indian lodge
  09/19/18
...
hyperventilating coffee pot
  09/19/18
I read shit all day at work. If I couldn’t listen to books I...
Underhanded Sexy School
  09/19/18
Usually better to do an abridged audiobook. Get it done in o...
snowy crusty immigrant
  09/19/18
walking the dog
wonderful karate
  09/19/18
I never retain anything from them. The only time they'd be c...
Beady-eyed corner
  09/19/18
Me either, I will never understand it. Just read the f*ckin...
cracking goal in life
  09/19/18


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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM
Author: Trip church

just read the fucking words

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841661)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:43 PM
Author: cocky bistre psychic home

Good for commuting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841671)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:45 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac stag film

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841692)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:45 PM
Author: Sepia Swashbuckling Toaster

lol yeah just read while you drive you fucking idiot. get a life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841698)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: Trip church

cut the crap Jack. there's no way you absorb even half as much of the book from listening to Ian McKellen ham it up while battling traffic on I95.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841725)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: Arousing Wrinkle Round Eye

Lol, ohhh noes, you didn't absorb every word!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841734)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:58 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841828)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:03 PM
Author: Sepia Swashbuckling Toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841871)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 4:13 PM
Author: Sticky histrionic spot organic girlfriend

THAT'S NOT SCHOLARSHIP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36842487)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:46 PM
Author: Arousing Wrinkle Round Eye

Driving, running...I also really like them on trains for some reason. Look at the world go by and listen to a book.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841706)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:47 PM
Author: passionate mildly autistic water buffalo

language/storytelling evolved to be oral

so it's far more natural to *listen* to a book than to sit and 'read it'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841711)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: Trip church

oh it's "natural" is it? lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841735)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

Natural is the wrong word, but humans have been doing it for a long time. Nothing inherently wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841792)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:53 PM
Author: Supple theatre

You seem like an idiot. LSAT score?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36844988)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: Trip church

Anogenital distance?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845013)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: Exciting bull headed center

the cadence of audiobooks is all wrong. so rehearsed, almost like they're reading from a book

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841795)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:57 PM
Author: passionate mildly autistic water buffalo

99% of audiobooks are shit, because they get, like, Oprah Winfrey to read Moby Dick.

but 1 in 100 is great and can be superior to reading the book.

Jeremy Irons' Lolita is really great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841812)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:00 PM
Author: Hairraiser ticket booth legal warrant

Jonathan Davis Book of the New Sun is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841856)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 4:15 PM
Author: hyperventilating coffee pot

Noam Chomsky's American Psycho is excellent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36842502)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: Beady-eyed corner

Are you trying to say that the audiobook of Lolita is better than reading it? Jfxt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845100)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:00 PM
Author: orange philosopher-king

Except stories were told in person around a fire, not hosed into your brain through an app on your cancer phone as you sway in a sardine tin traveling underground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841853)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:41 PM
Author: glittery really tough guy private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36842199)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 4:12 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

So its better to just stare at your feet? I don’t get your point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36842484)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:36 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36844801)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:50 PM
Author: Pearl Boistinker Heaven

They are very dangerous because the mind simulates what you are hearing. Its very distracting basically worse than being drunk

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00892/full

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841746)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Domesticated talented brunch

very cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841763)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

Having siri read this to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841800)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: Trip church

I don’t really understand how it’s dangerous, can you summarize

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841803)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:57 PM
Author: Domesticated talented brunch

(guy with low IQ who should be listening to audiobooks instead)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841815)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:58 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

This is a mean thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841831)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:59 PM
Author: Trip church

I don’t have time to read the article fuckface

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841834)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Domesticated talented brunch

there are a lot of people who are auditory-dominant and process information much easier via sensory audio. generally the higher the IQ, the more people prefer the written word, because when you are smart you can process written information very fast - much faster than listening to it



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841755)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: insecure area fat ankles

mom! dad! tell me a stoooory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841783)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: Trip church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841787)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:56 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

Driving

Walking

Zoning out in a meeting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841806)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: Opaque clown pisswyrm

I listen to them while falling asleep

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841860)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:04 PM
Author: outnumbered university

there are many stolen moments in a day when most people zone out as they run errands or commute. some people listen to podcasts or audiobooks. i use them to learn languages.

audiobooks are also great for road trips.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841882)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:49 PM
Author: Maroon potus halford

i think it is probably a good idea to have downtime and just chill with your own thoughts. modern people seem to always want to access info. not sure you are helping yourself by doing that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36844942)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:54 PM
Author: outnumbered university

very cr. it's not good to cram every moment with stimulation. i realized this at some point, too, and try to follow my internal sense for when i need to back off. setting aside time to take walks helps, too. the audio stuff is for times i would not benefit from being with my thoughts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845003)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:55 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

Are you a meditation bro?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845007)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:57 PM
Author: outnumbered university

yeah, i do some at home, and meet with a buddy weekly to meditate together. you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845034)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:59 PM
Author: adventurous henna sanctuary

I du 5 minutes spurts when i need to cooldown. After work, before bed, after a crazy zozo subthread etc. Keeps me from going totally crazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845056)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:03 PM
Author: outnumbered university

nice brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845081)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845060)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: hyperventilating coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36844796)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:01 PM
Author: Underhanded Sexy School

I read shit all day at work. If I couldn’t listen to books I couldn’t stand reading them given the amount of work reading I do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845067)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:01 PM
Author: snowy crusty immigrant

Usually better to do an abridged audiobook. Get it done in one sitting, drive, workout, etc. And usually if they've gone through the trouble of abridging, they've also made an effort to make it listenable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845069)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:03 PM
Author: wonderful karate

walking the dog

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845080)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: Beady-eyed corner

I never retain anything from them. The only time they'd be convenient is when you are doing something that requires some attention on something else in which case I can't pay close enough attention to retain anything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845085)



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Date: September 19th, 2018 10:07 PM
Author: cracking goal in life

Me either, I will never understand it. Just read the f*cking words. Yeah.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36845115)