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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: well-lubricated jewess station just read the fucking words (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4081435&forum_id=2#36841661) |
Date: September 19th, 2018 2:43 PM Author: thriller rose principal's office 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: orange titillating market masturbator 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: Exhilarant impertinent forum 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: well-lubricated jewess station 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: Fishy Lay Boistinker 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: beady-eyed pearl locus (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: Exhilarant impertinent forum (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: Mildly autistic disturbing hospital tank 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: Fishy Lay Boistinker 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: bespoke comical fanboi round eye language/storytelling evolved to be oral so it's far more natural to *listen* to a book than to sit and 'read it' |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: well-lubricated jewess station 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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: vermilion aphrodisiac national genital piercing 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: well-lubricated jewess station 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: arousing cobalt stock car 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: bespoke comical fanboi round eye 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. |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:00 PM Author: Chestnut giraffe 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: Carnelian parlour prole 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: apoplectic rambunctious stain 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: talented ruddy church 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: alcoholic skinny woman (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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: Bisexual Boyish Mood Double Fault (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: swashbuckling roast beef 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 |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: Bonkers school cafeteria police squad 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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: well-lubricated jewess station 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: Bonkers school cafeteria police squad (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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: well-lubricated jewess station 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: Bonkers school cafeteria police squad 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
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:54 PM Author: disrespectful stag film azn 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: well-lubricated jewess station (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: beady-eyed pearl locus Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Wonderful multi-billionaire nibblets 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: Up-to-no-good space liquid oxygen 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. |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 9:49 PM Author: Maniacal aquamarine dragon 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: Up-to-no-good space liquid oxygen 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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: Up-to-no-good space liquid oxygen 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: beady-eyed pearl locus 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: Up-to-no-good space liquid oxygen 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: Bisexual Boyish Mood Double Fault (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: Carnelian parlour prole (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: Amber Sadistic Blood Rage 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: Razzle-dazzle lavender institution psychic 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: insecure church building 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: apoplectic rambunctious stain 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: Medicated Maroon Heaven Becky 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) |