to not read Books?

[VinegarTits]

what the title says

I would rather watch telly

Ah ok my mistake, i didnt read it properly

I don't know why your so bothered either

you're
(runs away)

SO what sort of things do you watch on television? DO you read newspapers?

Eastenders, big brother, come dine with me, katie and peter

I read the news, or watch it, i dont buy newspapers, waste of paper when you can read them online

There's no question that my vocabulary is improved by reading. The words people use in speech are much more limited ime. Similarly on TV even if a word does come up that you are not familar with you don't really have the time to notice it and work out context etc so probably not much chance to improve there. (And DEFINITELY not much chance to improve vocab by eastenders and reality shows!) In fact the only way I am likely to learn a new word is through reading.

ironically i've got loads of books.

i can only name about 10 of them that i genuinely truly enjoyed.

i often start reading a book and end up switching for Private Eye.

YABU. I love reading and they are much better than telivision.

''it's hard to find books that aren't boring and shit.''

WTF? Am I living in a parallel universe?

''oh, and lets face it, most of the best books are made into films anyway''

Ime they are very rarely faithful to the book & just not comparable with your own mental backdrop

''i find 'avid readers' a tad dull tbh.''

Funny that, I feel the same about 'avid' tv watchers

If your only cultural enrichment comes from watching Big Brother, Katie and Peter, East Enders etc don't you occassionally think you might be missing something deeper?

talbot i dont know, maybe i am, such as?

i do go out, i dont sit in front of the tv 24/7

You're not being unreasonable but I think you're being a bit narrow-minded.

There's some things I just don't do e.g. play computer games - just don't get it - but I am conscious that I might just be missing out on something. Don't you think that VT?

I play computer games, your not missing out if thats not your thing, why would you be?

Well, if you go to concerts and plays and the cinema then great but I'm really not sure that modern telly is sufficiently satisfying, either emotionally or intellectually.

It's just that books can be all-consuming and are also a fantastic way to learn about history/ other people's lives/ countries etc. I honestly believe that all of you who say you don't like reading just haven't found the right authhors yet. I find a lot of modern fiction hard work and abandon an awful lot. But when you come across a book you love, it is an amazing thing that will always stay with you.

here is a book you might like. I would rather read than watch tv but I still watch plenty. I don't listen to music so lots of people think I am missing out but I don't feel I am. Not everyone can like everything.

Yet again someone posts in AIBU and then rebuts every point anyone makes. Why bother?
Can I have your opinions so I can completely ignore them and stay convinced I'm right?

Read, don't read. Whatever, who cares?

I didnt say telly was, i dont watch it to be intellectually stimulated, i watch it to relax, and only on week nights when ds has gone to bed

I go to concerts/theatre/plays/cinema/festivals

this weekend i didnt watch any telly at all, took ds to a folk festival, very cultural and entertaining it was

You can do a bit of both.
I enjoy some tv to relax, but a good book is really much more enjoyable.

Hmmmm...I have been thinking about this over lunch and I do find it surprising that 'avid readers' are considered dull.

I find I love talking to people who read a lot because they generally have a love of ideas and a curiosity about the world. They have so many interesting perspectives on a wide range of things. They can talk conceptually and philosophically in a way that people who don't read simply can't.

Generally speaking (and I know this is a generalisation), people who ONLY watch television just can't compete on this front since television is much more plot-based than ideas-based than books. Hearing people recount the plot from the previous night's Eastenders or what happened to Jordan in such-and-such reality tv programme bores me to tears.

But then if you don't love ideas, philosophy etc then I can imagine that reading and readers could be dull for you. Horses for courses, I suppose.

[Oh, and I know this a pedantic, low-blow, but it does strike me as apt that the OP can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're."]

If people don"t want to read books then that's their choice. One I find baffling, but each to their own.

What I can't let past is "i just think they are boring"

That strikes me as lazy thinking. How can ALL books be boring? How can ALL of anything be boring? (except motor racing, obviously). It would be bonkers to say that "all TV is boring" or "all films are boring", so how can you say "all books are boring"?

What's the point of this thread?
Oh, to piss people off and have a row
You know you are talking crap and revelling in your ignorance, but it's your life.

Jo Pie, I think it's in AIBU becuase she is trying to have a ruck.
Yawn

I find reading boring, i would rather be doing something else, like walking, listening to music, gardening

Maybe i havent found the right book for me, i dont know, i havent read a book yet that has retained my attention

the your and you're thing is just lazy typing, and yes you are having to dig deep for the blows now

I also wonder how anyone that does not read can then say all books are boring. But perhaps thats me.

I think as we get older our choices and experiences narrow - so it is good to challenge what we do and why before we suddenlt find we are what my mother would call 'set in our ways'.
Perhaps you are just getting old VT - refusing to embrace an activity which you find challenging and then refusing to consider that you might be limiting yourself.

Tis old age and thus inevitable so not unreasonable

Not trying to be rude (honest) but doesn't it say more about your attention span than the books in question?

why does it make me ignorant? peoples perseption of me is that i must be dyslexic, ignorant, not very vocal (not to mention throwing digs in about my grammar) all because i dont enjoy a good book, i would say im not the one being ignorant here

I'm not looking for a fight, i just wanted to see what folk thought of me for not enjoying a good read, i have other interests, and i do read, i just dont read books from cover to cover, or relish in them.

why does it wind people up so much?