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ItcheBrain's avatar

I really hope someone can show the kid the magic that lies in books. I really really enjoyed reading when I was young, I had a similar story to Josh, minus the relative who helped me read faster. I could read at young age, but I never did really pick up the pace. I have ADHD, it makes it difficult, I have to reread whole pages. But I still escaped into the wonder of books. And as I got older, it was non fiction that grabbed me more.

But as a kid who didn't have rich pArents, the Library was the shit! Loved that place, movies, books , music, a big wonderful world of stories art just a full on escape, from the shitty things at home. Later came video games and drugs as escapes. But in the beginning the books were the movies, were the drugs, were the video games. I have and always will always have a deep love for books... Hell book memes even are funny AF

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Rachel Baldes's avatar

I have a shirt that says "At times I think to myself 'Drop the book and get stuff done!' Then, I laugh and turn the page."

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ItcheBrain's avatar

I mean honestly it's really the most next level of procrastinating

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Rachel Baldes's avatar

Yes it can be, but I also think the kind of excessive amount of fiction reading I did as a child and continue to do is a big part of why I'm really firm in my progressive beliefs and hate injustice on the visceral level I think most thoughtful people do. Reading fiction is like getting to inhabit another person's life and viewing the world through the perspective of someone different from you is an important part of empathy. I am certain empathy and altruism exist even in places where the population hasn't got access to education or books. But I think it's more likely to be shared amongst the group the individual is in more and with strangers less. Empathy reduces fear and increases feeling connected to people you don't have the same background or culture at large in common with. It's something I just think helped and it fits if you reverse it decently but I could be totally wrong about it for anyone else.

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ItcheBrain's avatar

I need to dive back into the galaxy that is books

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