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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: lake theater 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: unholy hall milk 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: white son of senegal hospital 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: Spruce Harsh Mediation 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: lake theater 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: Pea-brained karate 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: 180 drunken gaming laptop (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: Spruce Harsh Mediation (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: Primrose Narrow-minded Nursing Home 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: Pea-brained karate 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: fluffy ladyboy 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: lake theater 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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: lascivious impertinent station 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: lake theater 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: excitant jet-lagged set 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: fluffy ladyboy 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: Bright boyish box office round eye 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: Grizzly abnormal incel plaza 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: bisexual avocado internal respiration 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: Light Mind-boggling Range 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: opaque trip temple pocket flask (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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: aphrodisiac insanely creepy liquid oxygen preventive strike (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: Motley rigor They are very dangerous because the mind simulates what you are hearing. Its very distracting basically worse than being drunk
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: Zippy Half-breed Genital Piercing 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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: lake theater 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: Zippy Half-breed Genital Piercing (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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: lake theater 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: Zippy Half-breed Genital Piercing 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: maroon indecent prole rehab 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: lake theater (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: 180 drunken gaming laptop Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Out-of-control tantric coldplay fan 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: arousing flirting church building pozpig 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: Vengeful national volcanic crater 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: arousing flirting church building pozpig 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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: arousing flirting church building pozpig 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: 180 drunken gaming laptop 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: arousing flirting church building pozpig 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: aphrodisiac insanely creepy liquid oxygen preventive strike (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: Grizzly abnormal incel plaza (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: multi-colored private investor address 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: nubile territorial space 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: Pearly Telephone Cruise Ship 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: bisexual avocado internal respiration 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: poppy hairraiser cumskin cuck 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) |