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[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 45 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Who the fuck is reading a whole book in 2 hours??? Is this normal? Am I dumb? I feel very threatened

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Who the fuck drinks coffee for 58 minutes?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have a double-walled cafetiere and a double-walled mug that combine to make a very pleasant slow coffee experience

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Till that “cafetière” is another word for French Press.

[–] raoul@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

A cafetière is more of a coffee machine with a big bool like that (at least in my part of France):

une cafetière

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I drink my two cups from the time it finishes brewing until lunch

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If I forget about it, it can take all day to finish a cup.

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

My coworkers start drinking coffee at 8 am and don't seem to stop until 1pm....

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Even like the oxford short introduction series books usually take me closer to 3

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can read a whole coloring book in 4 hours.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Damn, you dumb.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Academically, that’s called “reading diagonally”

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ah so that's what Harry Potter was trying to do that time

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depends on book, how absorbed you are, how much time you have to put aside, etc.

Everyone does everything at their own pace, don't feel threatened. That's a mug's game

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm mostly being facetious, I love to read, but I tend to read a lot of nonfiction shit like Chomsky or Stephen Kinzer. I'm not worried that I'm dumb, I am a little shook about the idea of finishing a book in 2 hours though honestly.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ime most people who report to read very fast tend to absord less information. They also seem to spend less time picking apart the details and mulling them over. For me a big part of reading isn't really reading but thinking in-between moments of reading

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, my dyslexia makes sure I read slowly, but my reading comprehension always tested perfectly. Although my ADHD can have me zoning out and reading the same word, line, paragraph, or even page, multiple times...

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I can knock out Fun with Dick and Jane in 30 minutes flat. So, extrapolate as you will from there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There's a sex joke in there somewhere.

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

The Pearl by Steinbeck is quite short

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That’s about my average, but I’m hyperlexic.