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I will never understand the appeal of audiobooks
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Date: September 19th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: azure striped hyena 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: Scarlet gaming laptop sweet tailpipe 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: Electric Nibblets 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: Hairraiser double fault elastic band 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: azure striped hyena 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: brass jew stag film 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: blue cerebral property regret (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: Hairraiser double fault elastic band (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: confused tantric sneaky criminal 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: brass jew stag film 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: copper windowlicker center 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: azure striped hyena 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: blue cerebral property regret 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: poppy step-uncle's house clown 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: azure striped hyena 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: autistic stirring mad-dog skullcap stage 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: copper windowlicker center 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: Vengeful chestnut dilemma 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: 180 new version theater stage 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: Vivacious 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: Disturbing demanding legal warrant 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: Aggressive Personal Credit Line (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: blue cerebral property regret 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: sickened affirmative action (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: Greedy sadistic doctorate piazza 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: Supple half-breed range 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: blue cerebral property regret 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: azure striped hyena 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: Supple half-breed range (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: blue cerebral property regret 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: azure striped hyena 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: Supple half-breed range 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: pink titillating jap university 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: azure striped hyena (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: blue cerebral property regret Driving Walking Zoning out in a meeting |
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Date: September 19th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: ruddy pisswyrm scourge upon the earth 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: excitant church building boltzmann 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: red crackhouse hissy fit 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: excitant church building boltzmann 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: blue cerebral property regret 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: excitant church building boltzmann 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: blue cerebral property regret 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: excitant church building boltzmann 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: sickened affirmative action (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: 180 new version theater stage (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: Swashbuckling Cyan Macaca School Cafeteria 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: Judgmental contagious locale deer antler 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: Garnet passionate native 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: Vivacious 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: light blood rage 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) |