@DaddyReagan's comment on 'Guy listens to audiobooks at 1.5x speed , says he read them in the title, causes seethe'

https://old.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/18q34ie/having_read_over_200_classics_this_year

Having *listened over 200 classics this year

FTFY

Much obliged. It's not as if it was elaborated in the first sentence or anything.

Wasn't in the post title though so…

Because unless specified, if someone is asked how many books they've read, audiobooks are going to be included in that number. And I have done some physical reading as well.

What is this shit? I have nothing against audiobooks but it's literally not reading

/u/catladylove99 chimes in:

Maybe you didn't know this, but it's a pretty common ADHD accommodation to do other things (especially things that are repetitive and don't require a lot of active thought, which it sounds like OP's job fits) while listening to stuff (audiobooks, lectures, trainings, whatever). It helps us focus better. Our minds tend to wander if our bodies or hands aren't otherwise occupied. So it's incorrect and shows a lack of understanding of ADHD to suggest listening to books doesn't count “especially while working and trying to multi-task.” We do not experience that situation the way people who don't have ADHD do.

Incidentally, audiobooks are an accommodation for a lot of different kinds of disabilities, and pretty much every author I've heard talk about it agrees that they absolutely count as reading. To suggest otherwise is frankly ableist.

What's with people treating ADHD like fricking autism or being actually r-slurred lately? I'm young enough that it was a thing when I was going through school but it was more like, "take this meth and pay attention, dumbass" and not "OMG the whole world needs to accommodate your disability!!!"

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Red_Shill 11mo ago #5625672

IDK why you're trying to meme about this. You're the one butthurt that reading isn't super speciul and way better than listening to an audiobook.

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DaddyReagan 11mo ago #5626786

You would retain way more from actually reading tbh.

Regardless audio is a completely different medium to novels - you're bound to miss some of the subtleties especially in more challenging literature. Its fundamentally a different experience.

“”Reading”” Ulysses or Finnegans Wake via audio at 1.5x speed and claiming full comprehension while working a job dumb as heck. Imagine listening to Infinite Jest with its endless footnotes, sounds like even more of a chore than flicking back constantly.