I love to read but feel like I have to pretty much be in peak mental condition to fully appreciate a novel, which is pretty rarely. Meanwhile I will waste hours on reddit no matter how tired, sick, or sad I am. I wonder why because they’re both reading. Maybe because looking at reddit is more skimming? It does feel like the brain processes it differently. I wonder if other people here feel the same.

  • iras116@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I think it might have something to do with attention spans, Reddit posts tend to be a lot shorter than book chapters. I remember reading somewhere shorter chapters makes books easier to read possibly for the same reason.