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Originally Posted by Katsunami
But yes, you're right: I know some people that view any kind of hobby as a waste of time, and reading often seems to be "worst" because it costs much more time than watching a movie.
One person even once said to me: "If it doesn't earn you money now, or give you the chance to earn money in the future, then it's not worth doing." I find that to be a very narrow-minded way of living.
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I look at reading the opposite way - it's cheaper than watching a movie. A movie lasts a couple hours, but for the cost of a movie ticket - or less - I can have a book that will last for several hours.
I've run into these people for whom everything is about efficiency and productivity, but the thing is, they tend to have
plenty of "unproductive" things that
they do. It's just that they approve of their own unproductive things and look down on other people's unproductive things.
If someone really felt that the only things worth doing were those that will make you money, what do they intend to do with the money. I'd find such a person spectacularly boring. If they are serious about it, they wouldn't do much of anything. Watch a movie? Doesn't make money. Neither does eating a nice meal, nutritious glop would do. A date or having friends? No profit in that. Such a person, if they were serious would live an utterly drab life.
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Also, people seem to think that they have to do several things at once, like "listening to music while reading" (if they read anything, that is). *I* can't listen to music while reading. I can put up some ambient or instrumental music while reading (I do so often), and I'll hear it, but I'm not *LISTENING* to it.
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I have to have silence while reading, it is too hard for me to tune out sounds.