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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: concupiscible useless brakes 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: Passionate Abusive Multi-billionaire Fortuitous Meteor 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: frisky indecent black woman digit ratio 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: sapphire masturbator psychic 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: concupiscible useless brakes 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: Stirring dopamine menage 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: Dark cruel-hearted market (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: sapphire masturbator psychic (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: Razzle ratface chapel 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: Stirring dopamine menage 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: flickering haunted graveyard 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: concupiscible useless brakes 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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: Smoky becky depressive 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: concupiscible useless brakes 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: stimulating cuckoldry 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: flickering haunted graveyard 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: Vivacious cream striped hyena 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: outnumbered juggernaut 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: frozen tanning salon marketing idea 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: Learning disabled flushed parlor alpha 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: racy mahogany piazza (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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: appetizing area (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: Mint halford 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: unholy business firm jap 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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: concupiscible useless brakes 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: unholy business firm jap (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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: concupiscible useless brakes 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: unholy business firm jap 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: arrogant electric faggot firefighter space 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: concupiscible useless brakes (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: Dark cruel-hearted market Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Heady Athletic Conference Base 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: soggy jet-lagged garrison feces 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: spectacular ivory dog poop pistol 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: soggy jet-lagged garrison feces 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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: soggy jet-lagged garrison feces 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: Dark cruel-hearted market 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: soggy jet-lagged garrison feces 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: appetizing area (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: outnumbered juggernaut (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: Doobsian resort 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: jet corn cake 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: hairraiser godawful hairy legs double fault 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: frozen tanning salon marketing idea 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: ultramarine heaven 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) |