I’ve always considered the statement “I do not like to read” as somewhat dubious. In my opinion, there’s always something interesting to read; perhaps that person simply hasn’t found THE book. However, my friend corrected me, emphasizing that it’s not necessarily the case. Some people genuinely do not enjoy reading books in any form or format.
What’s your take on such cases? Do you believe it’s a matter of finding the right book, or is it indeed a case of liking or disliking reading altogether?
It always makes me a little sad when I hear people basically bragging about not reading a book since high school. They are missing out on so much.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say it like that. It’s always more along the lines of "Oh, you like to read? Man, I don’t think I’ve read a book for fun since high school. I should get back into it. It’s so cool that you can just lose yourself in a book like that. That’s a rare skill, you should consider yourself lucky. "
I have; I’ve done a lot of work in warehouses and the like, very physical manual labour, and while there are plenty of different kinds of people who do these jobs, there’s definitely at least one person who is quite proud about not reading at all
It usually comes up when movie discussions turn into, “Did you read the book at all?” Someone’s bound to be like, “Fuck reading”
I guess I should have known.
I just met one and the funny thing is, the conversation wasn’t even about books, it was about DIYing something to my co-workers bookcases to close the gap between the bookcase and the ceiling … still, some guy thought that his declaration of “not reading” was totally relevant for our conversation.
That idea is just so alien to me, but I guess we are all different. Maybe it boils down to some weird antiquated notion that REAL men don’t read books or something. I don’t know.