I’ve encountered a surprising amount of seemingly intelligent, successful, people recently who of their own admission don’t read books. They just watch short videos, maybe a movie, and read social media.
I’m not a researcher but I expect that their vocabulary is stunted as a result.
But they’re so weirdly proud about it. Like a defiant 12 year old who doesn’t want to do his homework.
I’ve had a respiratory specialist with over a decade of experience tell me he doesn’t like reading and now doesn’t even like putting time into movies. He says there’s no need when you can see the highlights on TikTok and they show you the best parts of the movie in a couple of minutes without having to sit through boring parts. All of this was unironic with him excitedly showing me how great his TikTok feed is.
I’ve told him that this is like having a single bite of a meat patty and thinking you’ve “eaten a burger”.
I (a man in his 40s) pronounced Lathe wrong the other day in a meeting when referencing the le Guin story “the lathe of heaven”. Someone privately messaged me after to say “great book. BTW, it’s pronounced…”
I’ve encountered a surprising amount of seemingly intelligent, successful, people recently who of their own admission don’t read books. They just watch short videos, maybe a movie, and read social media.
I’m not a researcher but I expect that their vocabulary is stunted as a result.
But they’re so weirdly proud about it. Like a defiant 12 year old who doesn’t want to do his homework.
I’ve had a respiratory specialist with over a decade of experience tell me he doesn’t like reading and now doesn’t even like putting time into movies. He says there’s no need when you can see the highlights on TikTok and they show you the best parts of the movie in a couple of minutes without having to sit through boring parts. All of this was unironic with him excitedly showing me how great his TikTok feed is.
I’ve told him that this is like having a single bite of a meat patty and thinking you’ve “eaten a burger”.
That sounds like something out of Idiocracy. Just… it can’t all be highlights. Some things need to build!
I’m baitin!
that is somehow depressing as fuck. I mean, worse for them - they’re denying themselves so much, but also, for what it says about society. fuck
Yup. My kiddo reads A LOT, and his lexicon is wild. He mispronounces things since he’s only ever seen it in writing, so we have fun with that.
I (a man in his 40s) pronounced Lathe wrong the other day in a meeting when referencing the le Guin story “the lathe of heaven”. Someone privately messaged me after to say “great book. BTW, it’s pronounced…”
The cult of ignorance demands you spell poorly.