ErisEpicene t1_itp0o5b wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:05 AM

It annoys me seeing these things presented from such a negative perspective, because I understand and agree with a lot of these practices, but from the point of view of a slow reader. I have high reading comprehension but a low reading speed. I try to focus on reading things with depth and complexity because I'm not going to read substantially faster if I don't have to analyze as I go, so why not read something that wants and rewards ongoing analysis? But I don't feel any sort of superiority over it. If anything I envy people who can read something fun real fast. I'd do a lot more reading on the whole if I could throw a fun, easy read in between my deep, note taking, highlighting, researching books. It just takes me too long to dedicate that time to something that doesn't have a lot to give.

EdenMaryoles t1_itr49x1 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:12 PM

I want a speck of your patience.

ErisEpicene t1_itri7b5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:40 PM

It's not patience. It's an attention disorder xd. I have a really hard time pacing, deciding what is important enough to carefully break down and analyze and what can be consumed quickly and moved on from. So I end up carefully going over every detail of every line no matter how important it is or isn't. So I try to read things relatively dense with important content and still sometimes go all pepe silvia over the writer's favorite or crutch words and phrases.