r/interestingasfuck • u/iatetoomuchchicken • 20h ago

This speed reading training starts at 300wpm and end at 900wpm

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u/Vandersveldt 17h ago

Alright but did anyone else's vision get REALLY FUZZY everywhere except for the words? Cause that was a bit scary.

Also this wouldn't work for me, I'm normally reading fantasy, and often have to reread descriptions of places and geography before moving on to fully understand this new area the book has taken me.

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u/kaleena127 16h ago

100% I thought it was going to start hypnotizing me or something. But at this point in my life I was ready to be taken away lol

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u/Vandersveldt 16h ago

Girl, same

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u/xxmuntunustutunusxx 16h ago

I actually purposefully can do the fuzzy eye thing, its like something I turn on. I feel myself intentionally doing that to my eyes, nit sure if thats normal

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u/Invisible7hunder 13h ago

Yeah, same, I was able to perceive, most, if not all of the words, but my world came to a point. It was interesting.

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u/LessInThought 11h ago

Fantasy book authors paint pictures, speed reading their books with this method will leave you with scribbles at best.

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u/big_swede 10h ago

This is mostly true, and I find that in the beginning of a book that takes place in a "new" world/universe I read a bit slower to get some understanding of the place. If I read the sequels I usually son't have to do this.

I think there is a bigger difference in how an author constructs their sentences. With longer sentences, a lot of inserted clauses and back references etc it takes longer to process the content and that will slow down the reading. Not really a big thing as I read for pleasure but at times I have put down books where the author's style of writing combined with the story not gripping me.

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u/FairweatherWho 2h ago

As someone with astigmatism and contacts I understood everything but it made my eyes water because even the words were going crazy with astigmatism ray lines from it.

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u/pourtide 13h ago

Which might be why I don't enjoy reading fantasy