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[NF] NFP, how do you read?

MrRandom88

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Mar 26, 2010
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for is named "random" someone surprising That's who.

don't think too hard, haha

BTW, cool name...I probably could have used a name just like that one as well I'm always sayin things are awesome (including myself)
 

Laurie

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Wait, you guys know how to read???
 

MrRandom88

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Wait, you guys know how to read???

was that you in the 'Hooked on Phonics' section in Fry's Electronics yesterday??

I'd like to quote the great movie Zoolander here:
"Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game."
 

rainoneventide

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I never read out of order or skim (unless I'm hurrying to finish a book for class). That just ruins the whole point in reading for me, which is to enjoy a story. The author wrote it in that order for a reason.

If the book's boring enough to make me want to skim it/skip through it, then I won't read the book. But that usually doesn't happen.
 

Little Linguist

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I do not read in order, but I have a system for how I read. And that system is based on my intent for reading the material.

a) NO INTRODUCTIONS OR OTHER CRAP NO MATTER WHAT: I skip the introduction, prologue, whatever. I don't want other fools telling me what to think. If it's for fun, for a project, for a paper, or whatever, it doesn't matter. Intros and the like are taboo for me.

b) READ INTERESTING THINGS FIRST: If I think a particular chapter is useful to my research/paper/general knowledge, I will read that first to satiate my curiosity; otherwise, I will not be able to focus on the rest, having ants in my pants to get to that part anyway.

c) READING THE BODY OF THE TEXT: I will read the rest either very intently if I find the material interesting, or in a skimming/speed-reading fashion if I have a ton of material to get through.

d) NOVELS: If I am interested in a novel, sometimes I cannot wait, and read the end when I'm in the middle. Or I will skip over a boring section. Or I will browse for a more interesting section. When I was a teenager and full of hormones, that meant the 'love scenes' (yes, I admit!); now it usually means skipping a bunch of mumbo-jumbo shit about the scenery because I really want to imagine it myself.

However, this typically works against me in mysteries because I will miss some 'crucial detail,' and then be pissed that I could not work out the end. I used to think, "FUCK, do some people actually figure these things out??? Shit. I miss all the 'important' stuff, which seems like trivial bullshit to me." As a result, I suck at figuring out mysteries.

e) UNIVERSITY PREP: If I have 200 pages of reading due by Monday, and I have been procrastinating (or if my prof is evil and gives 200 pages due in two days), I will definitely read the first and last sentence of every paragraph, as the main idea is ALWAYS in either the first or last sentence. Then I scan the rest like the scanner on a printer.

I CAN RECOMMEND ONLY THIS METHOD FOR PEOPLE DROWNING IN READING. IT REALLY WORKS!!!!!! NO PROF WANTS THE DETAILS ANYWAY: HE WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE GIST.

f) SOURCES FOR PAPERS: If I have a book that I need as a source for a paper, I will inevitably scan the index for keywords that could help me, and go directly to those pages, scan the pages for interesting info, and read more intensively if I find keywords popping up that could be interesting. Or I use the first/last sentence method.
 

ilovereeses

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I only can only read it if it interests me. Otherwise I'm completely unfocused and distracted and accomplish nothing x_x
 

BlueScreen

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I read novels in order. And would say I'm quite traditional also. I skim and fill out the picture with articles and stuff when I'm bored or not interested in most of the material.

I write in order normally. Well it comes out that way at least. I'll sometimes not put it on the page in order but I normally know where it is all going just get down the most important parts first.
 
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