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scarletlib

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9. I won't disagree with your statement

Reply to viva la (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 09:15 AM

Jan 2023

I do listen to & watch ‘educational’ programs. Movies and TV shows can have a deep impact.

However, for me, nothing can replace a book. Those words ‘penetrate’ my brain.

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The People Who Don't Read Books [View all] icymist Jan 2023 OP

Well, what's a "book" these days? viva la Jan 2023 #1

Listening to audiobooks still counts as "reading" them FakeNoose Jan 2023 #4

I have a roommate that claims listening to audio books is 'reading' them. icymist Jan 2023 #5

Completely disagree GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #11

I won't disagree with your statement scarletlib Jan 2023 #9

I know that I retain and understand far more when I use my eyes to read! viva la Jan 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #2

There is such a thing as a cultivated ignorance dlk Jan 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #7

Ye's touting the idiocracy it sounds like Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 #6

"If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #8