I'm a 50 IQ savage. I read only Harry Potter when I was a kid. I tried reading Blood Meridian but the sentences are so fucking difficult. I have some form of dyslexia. Not only I have issues reading, I switch letters in 30% cases when I type, write, speak. It began getting worse since 5 years ago, as a result I speak really slowly like a retard. I am a retard, practically.Hence I'm asking is reading worth it? I wanna become smarter. I want to talk better. And everyone says I need to read books. Generally as we all know, reading books is associated with smartness. But is it worth overcoming discomfort of reading?
>>31997935Reading is cope unless you REALLY enjoy it, in which case you would do it without being told to. There are better ways to achieve what you want.
>>31997935If you're a midwit why not just listen to audiobooks? You can listen to them while doing other things, still get to hear the book, and some are narrated by celebrities or the author themselves.Reading won't cure your dyslexia in itself but you can take courses in order to manage and cure it better. Problem is if you're a self-proclaimed retard you need to stop reading big boy books. You need to literally work yourself up to that and go back to a 1st grader reading level.[4chan][-2 to INT +1 LCK]
>>31997935You can try reading non-fiction books (about history, philosophy, biographies, whatever you want), or fiction books that are more interesting but not as long and complex as things like Blood Meridian.If you've read Harry Potter you could read something like Lord of the Flies now for something that's probably as easy to read as Harry Potter but with more serious and thought-provoking themes.
>>31997935Yeah, if you’re dumb like that, you should read. It is worth it. Read on the shitter and you can knock out four books a year.
>>31997935Just do something else. Don't try to force something you're shit at. I have hyperlexia, the opposite of your shit condition, and I was reading philosophy in middle school. You won't compare, so just go learn a trade or something and compensate with money. That's your best avenue in life.
>>31997935If you are that stupid you might need a social worker to help you with life.Yes reading is worth it, you need all the help you can get, so try to read things that are worth your effort, reading any random thing wont make you smart.Look up study techniques.Be hydrated.Sleep well.Have a proper nutrition.My recommendations for you:https://youtu.be/O3KiXuUpLXYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlU-zDU6aQ0https://youtu.be/ABRN0E_mI0Uhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqeYp3nxIYpF7dW7qK8OvLsVomHrnYNjDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRYcSuyLiJkThis guyhttps://www.youtube.com/@JustinSungsometimes has good stuff but DONT get invested in these types, people who supposedly have this knowledge but they will drip feed it to you in a format of 5 things at a time every few weeks for years. This is exactly why reading is important, you want the whole content up front systematized already.
>>31997935Crawl before you walk, walk before you run. Dyslexia is a real medical condition, and you must adjust your ambitions to work within it, at least at the start. What I am about to write is in NO way intended as an insult. But if you find adult books a challenge, start with children's books. Shorter sentences and larger print will be easier to navigate. And you WILL get better with practice, so you can move up to "harder" books quickly
>literally never read before>"hmm i bet Blood Meridian would be a good way to ease into things!"
>>32000289>reading any random thing wont make you smartWe are talking about OP though.
Son, stop introducing yourself with a list of your failures and flaws. Have some fucking dignity. Reading children's books is a gateway only. It's like filling up on bread so you won't enjoy a steak. Audiobooks might help, though they're a crutch too. Start simple. 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Old Man and the Sea... small, easy to read, with great depth.
>>31997935Just get XX century nobel list and read all of them. Much higher IQ people than us selected it.Easy as.I did it, can mogg any intellectual.
>>31997935>as a result I speak really slowly like a retard.speech therapy. offer yourself to medical science.>blood meridianThat novel isn't very good. It's not hard, it's just crap. Try something from Michael Crichton or Dan Simmons' horror stuff. Those are high quality popcorn fun novels. You can't go wrong with anything Crichton.
>>32002568This but read Animal Farm before reading 1984
>>31997935pick something hard enough to be engaging, but not harder than that.re-read harry potter to start with, if you have to. nothing wrong with that.
