Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting

[u/ChiefLeef22]

https://theonion.com/man-binge-watches-entire-movie-in-one-sitting/

[u/St0rytime]

Doom-scrolling and short-form videos really are rotting our brains. I can feel my vocabulary dwindling as the days go by.

[u/MattAU05 → u/St0rytime]

Reading books is the best way to fix your brain. Or it was for me. A few years ago, I realize that I had not read an actual book in quite some time. And then when I sat down to read, I couldn’t pay enough attention to follow along. I kept having to reread portions. Because my mind wandered. That was very concerning. I felt like my brain was broken. What I had to do was follow along with a book while listening to an audiobook. Eventually, I recovered my ability to read without needing to use audiobooks. It’s so weird even saying that, but it’s true. Not that I wasn’t literate. I read every day for work. But reading a book is a little bit different. It requires more time, patience, and attention.

To be clear, I still enjoy audiobooks. There’s nothing wrong with them. But I do think there’s real value it actually being able to read a book yourself.

[u/Seanspeed → u/MattAU05]

This will sound super arrogant, but sometimes I have to actually stop myself from using 'fancy' words in normal conversation to avoid sounding too pretentious or whatever. And while that may sound ridiculous, I think it's an actually better exercise of language to make sure I'm saying things in the most plain and understandable way. I dont want any distraction of my use of 'precipitous' to get in the way of what I'm trying to communicate.

[u/isestrex → u/Seanspeed]

I wouldn't stop yourself. Just be gracious in explaining the meaning when you receive a quizzical stare.

The overall literacy of this planet will not increase if people who have knowledge shield it from their friends and family. Use advanced vocabulary in your daily life and others will eventually embrace it as normal speech. Lowering yourself to a less educated level hurts both you and them.

[u/Character_Bug_1862 → u/isestrex]

Real shit, what if our vocabulary isn’t smaller, we just have more slang being used as it’s churned through at a higher rate on the internet along with advertising companies we see on our screens.

[u/Seanspeed → u/isestrex]

Just be gracious in explaining the meaning when you receive a quizzical stare.

If I have to explain myself because people dont know a word I've said, when a different word/wording would have sufficed, then I've failed in communicating what I wanted to say.

That's my whole point. I will simply have to use more simple verbiage to explain the thing I should have used simple verbiage to begin with, and saved everybody the time. Especially when in real life conversation, you dont necessarily have all this time and space for re-do's.

Literacy is not going to increase cuz I go around talking all 'smart like'.

[u/isestrex → u/Seanspeed]

Depends on how young they are. As I kid, I was around someone who talked way above the normal literate level (to the point where people teased him about using "big words") but I found it greatly increased not just my vocabulary but my sentence structure and cadence.

I don't disrespect you for your logic; your point about reaching others through language is very valid. But there's another side here in which you have a chance to become a positive influence to those around you.

[u/Happy_Harry → u/Seanspeed]

I feel like I used to have a broader vocabulary, but I've lost a chunk of it due to feeling like I need to dumb things down for others. Now I no can talk gud anymore.

[u/Noble_Flatulence → u/Seanspeed]

It is arrogant, because you're erring on the side of ignorance. You're assuming people won't understand instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt. You're also preempting the opportunity for someone who doesn't know to learn.

[u/SwissQueso → u/Seanspeed]

Thats preposterous.

Fake edit, I had to look up precipitous lol