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Why Doesn't America Read Anymore? Apsi01, 2014 1013 AMET Congratulations, genuine readers, and happy April Fools'Day! Wo sometimes got he sense that some people are commenting on NPR stories that they havent actually read. T you are reading this, please like this post and do not comment on it. Then les see what people have to say about this "story Best wishes and have an onjoyable day, Your triends at NPR What has become of our brains Gerald Hlcks This tragedy is an artifact of a failure by the elders to successfully draw valid and recognizable comparisons to what has been, and continues today to be the common plights of all our species through history. It is up to the knowledgable, not to pass on knowledge, but to find a means to transmit via current meaningful metaphors that the Greek Tragedies, Shakespeare and many more great authors, spoke, perhaps in a different style of language, and in different dress, and in a different time, to common ills. That these stories concerned people that also contemplated, pondered and endured the very same issues that confront each new generation, and as is the propensity of youth they believe that they are the first to ponder what are in fact the common denominators of humankind. With the result they feel alone by that virtue. 1 - April 1 at 9:50pm Max Trainor I read newspapers as long as there are newspapers. And magazines. And books 1 April 1 at 9.30pm Diane Miller Montefusco That is a picture of BOOKS..remember what those are? We are not talking about the ability to read text messages. or FB articles.t's abot ACTUALLY reading for pleasure and information......People dont have the attention span or the patience to read 1 April 1 at 9.28pm Dereck Byrne Because we are fat & stupid 3 1-April 1 at 8:38pm Stef Santo-Fish My brain's good and I encourage others to read. I share books, swap books, and give people books a s gifts. Just remember that they exist 1 April 1 at 8:27pm Michael Feher Because America has become a nation of 1 April 1 at 8:24pm Shirley J Eubanks it is call I-Pads and smart Phones 1 April 1 at 8:20pm t Jennifer Schomaker I read every day, sometimes many times 3 1-April 1 at 8:19pm Avelardo Moulinet I read more now than I ever did before. Still have piles of books and so many choices to read anything I want. The Guttenburg Project is a dream come true. 1 April 1 at 8:15pm Ellen Nordstrom Our society has trained us to visit information with so much haste and instant gratification that many Americans just don't get the concept that reading a good book is worth the wait everything needs to happen "yesterday as they say-..case in point who doesn't grunt when our computers freeze and we can't get to the information we seek automaticaly At the rate were going, though, we need to have/or to contract an A.D.D, mindset to keep up with all the messages or many grow bored or worse, feel that they are left out from the latest tweet, etc. 1 April 1 at 8:11pm Michael Brown Turning our backs on our powers of comprehension seems more accurate. After all one cant simple simon political positions and a working brain too. One or the other has to give. == whiteboyfriend NPR posted an article with a title asking why people don't read anymore but the content was just an April Fools joke. Then people started to embarrass themselves

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Why Doesn't America Read Anymore? Apsi01, 2014 1013 AMET Congratulations, genuine readers, and happy April Fools'Day! Wo sometimes got he sense that some people are commenting on NPR stories that they havent actually read. T you are reading this, please like this post and do not comment on it. Then les see what people have to say about this "story Best wishes and have an onjoyable day, Your triends at NPR What has become of our brains Gerald Hlcks This tragedy is an artifact of a failure by the elders to successfully draw valid and recognizable comparisons to what has been, and continues today to be the common plights of all our species through history. It is up to the knowledgable, not to pass on knowledge, but to find a means to transmit via current meaningful metaphors that the Greek Tragedies, Shakespeare and many more great authors, spoke, perhaps in a different style of language, and in different dress, and in a different time, to common ills. That these stories concerned people that also contemplated, pondered and endured the very same issues that confront each new generation, and as is the propensity of youth they believe that they are the first to ponder what are in fact the common denominators of humankind. With the result they feel alone by that virtue. 1 - April 1 at 9:50pm Max Trainor I read newspapers as long as there are newspapers. And magazines. And books 1 April 1 at 9.30pm Diane Miller Montefusco That is a picture of BOOKS..remember what those are? We are not talking about the ability to read text messages. or FB articles.t's abot ACTUALLY reading for pleasure and information......People dont have the attention span or the patience to read 1 April 1 at 9.28pm Dereck Byrne Because we are fat & stupid 3 1-April 1 at 8:38pm Stef Santo-Fish My brain's good and I encourage others to read. I share books, swap books, and give people books a s gifts. Just remember that they exist 1 April 1 at 8:27pm Michael Feher Because America has become a nation of 1 April 1 at 8:24pm Shirley J Eubanks it is call I-Pads and smart Phones 1 April 1 at 8:20pm t Jennifer Schomaker I read every day, sometimes many times 3 1-April 1 at 8:19pm Avelardo Moulinet I read more now than I ever did before. Still have piles of books and so many choices to read anything I want. The Guttenburg Project is a dream come true. 1 April 1 at 8:15pm Ellen Nordstrom Our society has trained us to visit information with so much haste and instant gratification that many Americans just don't get the concept that reading a good book is worth the wait everything needs to happen "yesterday as they say-..case in point who doesn't grunt when our computers freeze and we can't get to the information we seek automaticaly At the rate were going, though, we need to have/or to contract an A.D.D, mindset to keep up with all the messages or many grow bored or worse, feel that they are left out from the latest tweet, etc. 1 April 1 at 8:11pm Michael Brown Turning our backs on our powers of comprehension seems more accurate. After all one cant simple simon political positions and a working brain too. One or the other has to give. == whiteboyfriend NPR posted an article with a title asking why people don't read anymore but the content was just an April Fools joke. Then people started to embarrass themselves

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Apr 06, 2014 at 11:51PM EDT

"My brain's good"
For some reason, I'm inclined not to believe you.

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DaBrony

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Apr 06, 2014 at 11:22PM EDT

>Why Doesn't America Read Anymore?
Simple really, four letters, and sometime even a semicolon
tl;dr

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