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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: rough-skinned idiotic karate 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: razzle twinkling mad cow disease 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: Chartreuse Kitty 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: Aromatic citrine jap native 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: cobalt hot circlehead university (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: Chartreuse Kitty (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: excitant market fat ankles 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: Aromatic citrine jap native 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: khaki cuckold 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: peach charismatic ratface 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: underhanded casino useless brakes 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: khaki cuckold 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: At-the-ready hell yarmulke 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: deranged volcanic crater 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: Sexy sanctuary electric furnace 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: Multi-colored Windowlicker Rehab 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: chestnut impertinent space old irish cottage (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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: Indecent Wild Indirect Expression (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: contagious territorial theatre 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: autistic vivacious personal credit line 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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: autistic vivacious personal credit line (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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma 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: autistic vivacious personal credit line 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: federal stirring fanboi regret 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: Electric Infuriating Partner Dilemma (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: cobalt hot circlehead university Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: flatulent party of the first part church building 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: salmon weed whacker 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: Bespoke odious mediation 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: salmon weed whacker 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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: salmon weed whacker 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: cobalt hot circlehead university 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: salmon weed whacker 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: Indecent Wild Indirect Expression (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: deranged volcanic crater (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: Gold set 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: copper senate 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: Soul-stirring Orchestra Pit 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: Sexy sanctuary electric furnace 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: spruce office 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) |