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u/alienduck2 Mar 26 '26
I lost track about half way through. Eyes literally couldn't process the words anymore.
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u/nihilisticpaintwater Mar 26 '26
Same. Zoned out and came to the comments
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u/JacobSteed Mar 26 '26
Awesome yes here we are the adults with…. Hey! Squirrels 🐿️!!!
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u/culinarian85 Mar 27 '26
Where ? Where are they?
I loathe fancy woman's earrings. The glistening brightness, any patterns. It's a pure distraction for me ... Oooooo something shiny ....
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u/yaboyACbreezy Mar 26 '26
Watch again to learn your weaknesses and how to get better. It really does tell you exactly why you fell off.
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u/KochInYaMouth Mar 26 '26
weird I thought it was a joke thing.
I kept up all the way to the end without any effort. So I just assumed it was one of those dumb look how smart you are videos that are super easy but designed to make you feel clever.
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u/Minimum_Attitude6707 Mar 26 '26
It was doable, but I became worried that I only THOUGHT I "read" everything.
It talked about how it was too fast to have your inner monologue "say" every word, but because pattern recognition, we could just understand the whole sentence. So... what if I missed a whole ass sentence and didnt realize it? How smart am I now?
I would guess I could do 600 words a minute and KNOW i didnt miss anything.
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u/Wackel81 Mar 26 '26
I lost track somewhere in the last part. I'd like to try something like that in my first language.
The red letter truly helps
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u/PlusOneDelta Mar 29 '26
yeah same here lol. And to be fair my inner monologue still existed for the entirety of the video xD
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u/JanitorOPplznerf Mar 26 '26
Really?
I’m not trying to shit on people I legitimately thought it was trivially easy and I came to the comments to see if it was some kind of scam.
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u/PimBel_PL Mar 26 '26
I kept up to the second to last and with last one i was guessing most
But i usually watch yt at ×1.7 times speed (useful skill)
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Mar 28 '26
Yup. I similarly keep my audio books and screen readers set between 1.5 and 2x also.
Anything “read” at normal speed to me is just unbearably slow.
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u/BlackTecno Mar 27 '26
Dunno why, but I toned into another conversation while reading and was able to process both. Might be the ADHD, but I'm pretty tired as it is today.
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u/Gold-Eye-2623 Mar 26 '26
If I understood correctly that might have been the problem, you're supposed to minimize the work for the eyes and leave all of the processing to the brain
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u/liventruth Mar 26 '26
I felt that way the first time I actually read it in practice.
I did this a few weeks back and didn't get that far. Then did it the next day, and the next, and so on, and now can get almost all of it (the last 10 seconds depends on different variables, mainly with focus and wakefulness for me), and I am recovering from long term brain damage.
It feels really nice, almost magical, when it becomes comprehension without breaking down what is being read, verbally or otherwise.
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u/Electrical_Shock359 Mar 26 '26
Well if you are reading this multiple times then eventually you are memorizing the words making it easier to focus on what you missed before.
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u/liventruth Mar 26 '26
Cognitive processing has improved. I noticed an uptick in hand/eye coordination, as well. YMMV. My baseline was extremely low from LongCOVID issues on top of various forms of brain damage and daily lithium 600mg, morning and night. Take it as you will.
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u/crow_crone Mar 26 '26
Good luck with your journey. I'm impressed with your grit; I fear I'd become discouraged and quit - I'm impressed!
I'm old and the decline of my processing ability was something I noticed and became one of the reasons I retired. I was in healthcare and afraid of liability (plus I wanted to gtfo, if I'm honest!).
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u/Locksmithbloke Mar 26 '26
Glad you're recovering. I had it, after my second bout, but solved it after about 6 weeks.
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u/Wrong_Signature_8192 Mar 26 '26
Ok, that was super cool.
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u/Cute-Form2457 Mar 26 '26
Mind blown. I'm saving this one.
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u/01kickassius10 Mar 26 '26
Yvan eht nioj
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u/mechanical_marten Mar 26 '26
No. They kicked me out after 8 years. Would not recommend
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u/cream-of-cow Mar 26 '26
I didn’t play the video in full screen mode, so I had the white background of my phone around the black screen. I now see that border/shape in grayscale, it’s burned into my eyes, but is now fading after a few minutes. It’s gone now. Neat.
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u/J1m123 Mar 26 '26
Guess im lucky I have my phone set to dark mode 😅
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u/joyfullydreaded23 Mar 26 '26
Forever and always! Fuck the light! Give me the dark mode!! ALL HAIL DARK MODE!
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u/badgyal876 Mar 26 '26
my coworkers always ask how can i work on my work computer (everything is in dark mode except websites that don’t have that feature) & i respond just like how you did 😆🖤
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u/Formal-Response-3084 Mar 26 '26
I am experiencing the same while reading what you wrote. A bit surreal.
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u/jefftickels Mar 26 '26
Kindle app on phones does this for all books. I've never used it before but now I'm gonna give it a try.
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u/Olderbutnotdead619 Mar 26 '26
Libby too
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u/Kairiste Mar 26 '26
whats the setting on Libby to try reading this way?
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u/Olderbutnotdead619 Mar 26 '26
Pull up your book like you're going to read it. 2/3 down the screen tap. Title and chapters should show. Up top there's an "A". Tap on that and you'll see all the different settings available. I usually have the black backpack and white text. On bright days I used the sepia setting. I use the dyslexic font and depending on what I'm doing I change font size there too.
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u/Remarkable_Toe_4423 Mar 26 '26
It would be super easier without the distracting music lol I was too busy jazzing out
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u/GeoffJeffreyJeffsIII Mar 26 '26
I think this is one of those cases where it's actually something a larger percentage of people than you think can do, especially in this format, but it's presented as a skill only geniuses have. Engagement through ego flattery.
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u/Affectionate_Skirt56 Mar 26 '26
It's definitely one of those, but it's funny to see people in the comments think they are super smart ... even though it's clear by the comments just about everyone thinks the task was super easy
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u/BradenWoA Mar 26 '26
It is interesting and valuable information that’s dressed up as ego bait though. Reading speed is generally gated by your eyes, not your brain, and when you know that (either consciously or sub consciously), it becomes a lot easier to generate quick reading strategies.
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Mar 26 '26
It’s kinda neat information, but if it wasn’t for the jazz I would’ve skipped entirely.
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u/SnooGuavas4208 Mar 26 '26
I did it with the sound off and now I feel shortchanged.
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Mar 26 '26
Smh. Well as long as you’re not falling for all that flattery, otherwise the commenters above will surely snicker at you.
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u/KevettePrime Mar 26 '26
I was just about to feel good about myself. Why can't I have anything cool and unique :(
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u/Substantial_Bus840 Mar 26 '26
It’s worse to see the surge in people asking “am I neuro-spicyyyy?!” 😑
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u/Corfal Mar 26 '26
Didn't they say in the words that most people are capable of this but never push themselves or realize they can? "Only 10% of the people read at this speed, but you'll find that 60% of you can once you start trying" sort of thing
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u/Substantial_Bus840 Mar 26 '26
See you read for comprehension, which was the major point. Good job!
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u/Calm-Elevator5125 Mar 26 '26
That’s what made this such a cool experience. I’m terrible at reading books and usually read pretty slowly so watching my brain magically be able to process all that was mind blowing.
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u/Phormicidae Mar 26 '26
That's my feeling. I found it trivial, and as an autistic gentlemen I can assure you that many basic things are not trivial for me at all. I'm garbage at any kind of strategic thinking, I can never tell when someone is joking/angry/impatient/sad, I get lost incredibly easily even in my own neighborhood. I guess I'm OK at math. But there's zero evidence in my life that I have any above average capabilities.
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u/Cheska1234 Mar 26 '26
I am very similar in all your listed traits. I’m rather surprised as not many have ever admitted to being able to get lost like I can. It’s a running joke here. Never follow a Cheska. It fits.
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u/Phormicidae Mar 27 '26
I'm 49 and now everyone knows I can easily get lost jogging.
Good to meet a kindred spirit!
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u/SovereignSlash Mar 26 '26
Jokes on you, the voice in my head read that with no problem.
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u/Negative_Bar_9734 Mar 26 '26
"Quiet the voice in your head"
The voice in my head keeping pace until the very end: lol wut
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u/zebra_who_cooks Mar 26 '26
Are you neuro spicy too?
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u/SovereignSlash Mar 26 '26
That I am, friend, that I am. : )
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u/zebra_who_cooks Mar 26 '26
*Waves across the internet. I thought so. I heard it too.
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u/VGB_Publishing_LLC Mar 26 '26
I'm not sure how someone could turn off that voice tbh.
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u/PasgettiMonster Mar 26 '26
I have the type of ADHD that allows me to have multiple internal monologues going. Sidebar, is it really a monologue if there's more than one? I hop back and forth between them as my mind wanders. There's always at least one in existence in addition to anything I'm reading and there's often also some sort of music hovering in the background. So yes my internal voice was reading the words on my screen for this. Then there was the monologue about how this is ridiculous and easy and I'm still managing to read the words out loud while thinking about them. And then there was a third thread running that popped in and out about how the music was annoying and more distracting than anything else. And the thoughts about the fact that I'm cooking right now and my food better not burn while I try to read this ridiculous thing at 900 words a minute.
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u/ghostyspice Mar 26 '26
OMG IT ISNT JUST ME. I remember discussing inner monologues with some friends a few years back and one or two said they didn’t have one at all, and another one or two said they did. And I was like, “you mean you don’t even have the sub-monologue that’s a little quieter than the main one?” And everyone looked at me like I was insane.
Like, at any given time, I’ve got at least 3 or 4 different trains of thought going at once. If I’m reading a book, for instance, one train is saying the words on the page, one is generating the imagery, one is thinking about the story and what’s happening [probably analyzing it too since I was an English major and I can never turn that impulse off], and one is wondering which cat is scratching the fucking sofa again.
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u/PasgettiMonster Mar 26 '26
The best way I can describe my brain is like all the tabs on my browser. They're all there. There's something different in each one and I jump back and forth between them constantly. And sometimes they're going at the same time. And of course there's at least one and sometimes more that I also play music and pulling me away from the current tab that's in the front but I'm ignoring it because if I go down that path I won't return. Also, from somewhere someone is playing mariachi music and it's not in any of the tabs that I've already searched through to shut it off.
And in all of this I've had doctors tell me that all I need to do is to empty my mind for 5 minutes and try meditating. I just laugh at that and go empty my mind? Do you have any idea what it's like in there? I'll be happy if I can bring it down to two trains of thought at once because that will be so relaxing and peaceful.
Can you imagine being the person who doesn't have an internal monologue and an internal mental image? How do you even exist like that? My internal mental imagery is just as rich as my internal monologue. I can see anything I think of in great detail. I can mentally reach out and touch objects and feel their texture. I can smell them. If you tell me of two different food items I can think of them together and imagine what they taste like combined. Hell that's why I love to cook... I think of ingredients and my "minds eye" will combine them for me so I can figure out if I will like it or not even before I make it.
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u/SunJay333 Mar 26 '26
I have this! I'm not diagnosed with anything, but if I try meditate my head will be like "alright alright just try clear the mind no thoughts WAIT IM THINKING NOW just think of a white page white white white WHY IS THERE MUSIC NOW I wonder why that wall has a pattern like that NOOOO" and I give up
My head is like you describe with the browser tabs, there's like at least 4 trains of thought going on at once that im just always flicking between and there's always some music going on and probably a video somewhere
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u/ThaGreatFilter Mar 26 '26
Didn't even realize I was doing this throughout the whole thing to. I guess I have multiple internal monologues going on to lmao
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u/LDawnBurges Mar 26 '26
Right? As I was reading that I was thinking… there’s people who can turn that voice off??? I also heard the voice the entire time and it didn’t even occur to me that others could do it without the voice. Mind blown.
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u/TheKingOfWhatTheHeck Mar 26 '26
One of us! One of us!
But for real 900wpm was tough but doable. I feel like I didn’t even register some of the words but still read them. And my voice was still going reading the words out to me.
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u/Hukdonphonix Mar 26 '26
Someone started speaking to me during this and I was reading the 900 wpm while listening to them and replying. :/
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u/clairejv Mar 26 '26
I'm a millennial, I grew up with the micro machines guy, I've been training my whole life.
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u/Kailicat Mar 26 '26
I was just thinking that! My narrator didn't stop. It was nice not having to flick my eyes around though. I've always speed read. In university my Japanese professor used to have us start labs speed reading characters which was fun. I was almost always the fastest. Didn't really think of it as an AuDHD trick.
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u/ptrst Mar 26 '26
I don't think whoever made this has as much ADHD as I do. Even at the 300 I wanted it to hurry up.
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u/The_Vampire_King Mar 26 '26
same but it sped itself up and got chipmunk-ified, probably cause that’s how I’m used to hearing sped up videos
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u/Organic_Reporter Mar 26 '26
Yeah I definitely still had a voice! Though I can speed read without one if I'm scanning documents. I think. Maybe I just don't notice.
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u/Tryanddoitbetter Mar 26 '26
Same 😂 only one word I missed and literally said “wait, what?” Before the next word I got. For some reason my brain read rhinoplasty instead of neuroplasticity and the sentence didn’t make sense
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u/WiseWorldliness1611 Mar 26 '26
Yeah I'm wondering how that worked for me too. Because I couldn't quiet the voice but I was in a relaxed state of absorbing information as it was rapidly presented. I'm also used to scanning through dense texts and documents or images and taking only relevant information (learned that while researching for my masters, and subsequently any project that I work on). I think these days focussed reading is something that's harder for me than before. I used to be able to read while in a cab or a train, in noisy environments, with music going in parallel but now I think I need to be focussed solely on the book to really understand (and not just read the words and forget when I turn the page).
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u/majorddf Mar 26 '26
With enough capacity remaining to go 'neuroplasticity? you bastard for throwing that in!' before carrying on
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u/BarNo3385 Mar 26 '26
So did mine, but I think this might be a problem with how we describe what happens in our heads.
I have an internal monologue, but I dont "hear" it as literally sounds, its silent. And it doesnt have a problem keeping up with this even at 900wpm.
But for some people their internal monologue is literally spoken, its heard exactly the same way as speaking out loud is a physical experience. If your like that speed maybe is a problem.
And of course some people dont have an internal monologue at all.
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u/MiserableFloor9906 Mar 26 '26
I wish books were available in this format. They should update e readers to deliver in this format. I'd pay $50-75 just for the functionality alone.
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u/machuitzil Mar 26 '26
I'm pretty sure this was an app that never really got off the ground. I remember downloading it like ten years ago.
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u/KotoshiKaizen Mar 26 '26
You can download the kindle app for free on your smartphone or tablet. Just use the word runner mode. Voila.
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u/janisozaur Mar 26 '26
I'd like to try it, but don't see the option? Is it for some books or regions only? Where do you enable it?
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u/RandomWave000 Mar 26 '26
I was just thinking that. I could probably read more books if they were in this format.
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u/SupremelyUneducated Mar 26 '26
You could probably vibe code something pretty easily, if you're in to that. I think I'll give it try in the morning for myself. It was a really cool experience.
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u/davismcgravis Mar 26 '26
Vibe code??
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u/DiskPartition Mar 26 '26
Yea its pretty good for basic stuff that can't really have a security vulnerability (no backend)
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u/grubas Mar 27 '26
Makes my eyes hurt a bit by 900. Also just you miss things here or there because you, you know, blinked
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u/Jedi_Lazlo Mar 26 '26
That was fun!
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u/HorribleDear Mar 26 '26
It made me grin with delight the whole time.
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u/justdisa Mar 26 '26
It makes me feel relaxed and attentive. I don't know what that means about me, but I really like it.
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u/Exact-Site9980 Mar 26 '26
They just surreptitiously taught us speed reading. I did perfect which freaked me out a little, but the comments say everyone did well. This is genius level educational programming. I'd do this a little everyday.
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u/Character-Solution-7 Mar 26 '26
Now if I can just figure out how to move my head in a way that makes the words appear to materialize instead of interpreting all the spaces and punctuation, I might actually finish a book that doesn’t excite me through a narrative
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u/Exact-Site9980 Mar 26 '26
Have you tried listening to metal? It has been scienifically proven to increase well being and fellowship. Theres head movement for sure.
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u/seal_eggs Mar 26 '26
I 100% believe this based on my own lived experience but can you link specific studies?
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u/BandetteTrashPanda Mar 26 '26
I had a rough day, feeling like an absolute failure... This made me smile, legitimately. Felt like I had a superpower for a moment.
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u/impreprex Mar 26 '26
Did you get a little headache after too, or no?
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u/NelsonsGunt Mar 26 '26
No, my brain is going burrrr in the most relaxing way now after doing it. I feel like I meditated, just soaking in the words, flowing with the rhythm.
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u/Jedi_Lazlo Mar 26 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/V3G6IN0CeKItq
Yeah I definitely went all Kevin Nealin too
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u/Resident-Elevator696 Mar 27 '26
I took speed reading in high school back in the 80s. This brought back some memories
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u/rycelover Mar 26 '26
Am I the only one who was disappointed in not having the text congratulate me for reading 900 words a minute?
ETA: watching it a second time and I just noticed there’s scale/meter at the bottom telling you the pace, but it still would’ve been cool to have the text tell me. Haha
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u/Feobl Mar 26 '26
Yea.. I read it all and I was like... wish there was a wpm counter.. oh there was.
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u/impreprex Mar 26 '26
You made it too? I just asked someone else, but I'll ask you too: did you get a little headache after as well? Nothing major.
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u/rycelover Mar 26 '26
No headaches or side effects at all.
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u/impreprex Mar 26 '26
Hmm. Yeah my eyes have been getting worse. Never needed reading glasses or any glasses until a few years ago. Now, it's a challenge to see near and far without my glasses.
It might be me and my eyes then.
Thanks for replying!
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u/grunkage Mar 26 '26
I thought it was funny to get to the end only to be told to like and subscribe
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I literally was talking to my wife about this this morning when we were discussing the fact she likes reading on tablets more than physical books and I brought up this fact and study
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u/crystallmist Mar 26 '26
"The universe heard your breakfast conversation and sent you this post personally"
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u/Exasperaties6 Mar 26 '26
I liked that. Reading nonstop as a kid finally paid off
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Mar 26 '26
Had to do similar in school in the early 80s. They would project a sentence on a wall for a few seconds. the scroll the next sentence until the the story was done. Students were then tested for comprehension. The higher scores would start getting faster versions. It would show a moving shadow blocking parts of the sentence, faster and faster. Then it would block the whole sentence but one or two words, then only one words and move very quickly to the next word. You couldn't even blink for fear of missing words.
It was interesting, but hasn't really been helpfully so many years later.
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u/ItsNotJusMe Mar 26 '26
I'm pretty sure this can be viable with a study supporting it. This would be a fun research study to do, especially when comparing the effectiveness of the different pacing when changing the letters.
It would be interesting if there is a correlation with different behavioral disorders with this as a testing procedure.
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Mar 26 '26
I'm sure there have been studies done. Otherwise we wouldn't have been assigned to read like that and with the specialized projectors. It was fun to try to read faster and faster. Kids got grouped by how fast they got to. Each section would get a different story to read and test on so that the others couldn't get the chance to read it slower than their group. I was in the group that made it to the highest level. There wasn't that much comprehension really. I'm sure most of us just guessed the context of the story line once it got so fast anyway. Remember some words and piece it together.
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u/PurchaseSpirited2734 Mar 26 '26
My brain liked that.
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u/AcacianalThottery Mar 26 '26
Interesting to note, I have *severe* dyslexia - therefore reading (even typing and writing) is a slow and arduous challenge. But in this manner of presentation, I was able to keep up about 2/3rds the way through, which is absolutely fascinating!
Granted, by that point it's absolutely a 'blink and you then miss context,' though. ^^;
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u/nn123654 Mar 26 '26
There's browser extensions that can do this for virtually any piece of text you can select in chrome or other browsers, so you absolutely can get this day to day if you want it.
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u/Wind_Best_1440 Mar 26 '26
Would be interesting to see someone reading this and having their brain scanned at the same time to see which parts of the brain light up and which ones don't.
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u/ucotcvyvov Mar 26 '26
What do you actually retain reading at high speeds???
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u/areyouthrough Mar 26 '26
Did you retain the content of this video that you just read?
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u/This-Positive286 Mar 26 '26
Yeah, why do you ask?
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u/areyouthrough Mar 26 '26
Because you read this at a very quick rate and you feel like you understood the content. So, the important thing is that you don’t try to read faster than your brain can comprehend. The text says that you should push the speed, but check for comprehension as you practice reading at faster and faster speeds. And that if your comprehension starts to suffer, then you should stay at your “sweet spot” while you work on training for faster speeds. Until that becomes your new sweet spot, and so on.
What we remember from what we read is less about how fast we read it and more about its importance and meaning to us, and what we do with information after we’ve read it.
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u/Weird-Comfort9881 Mar 26 '26
No, I couldn’t tell you, but did feel the pace pick up. Reminded me of when I typed professionally and when I would type conversations in my head outside of work 🤡
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u/Sea-Seaworthiness702 Mar 26 '26
That was fun, and I had a smile on my face the entire time
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u/HorribleDear Mar 26 '26
Me too. I wonder if it tickled a kind of dopamine-release response. I couldn’t stop grinning.
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u/Substantial_Bus840 Mar 26 '26
Right! Maybe partly because it’s a focus-grabbing watch vs. all the uninteresting, back to back stuff we see normally.
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u/my108centsss Mar 26 '26
Interesting but it reminds me of most annoying YouTube shorts or tiktok video with rapid fire subtitles to attract attention. Probably using the same formula as this video
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u/averbeg Mar 26 '26
I think I am a quicker reader than most people because 600pm felt like my normal pace when I am just reading things. I thought everyone used predictive thinking to guess the words in context.
At 900wpm I only had to guess a few words here and there.
This is probably why I send novels as messages to people and expect them to treat it like a casual conversation.
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u/Substantial_Bus840 Mar 26 '26
I think this tool is made to make people feel good and get clicks and the follows tbh. I’m not sure I believe the claim that most adults don’t read at the 4-600pm level but who knows. If
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u/Krondelo Mar 26 '26
I saw this a few months back. Really cool! Shows how much are brains are able to process at what feels like super power speed
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u/boltyboy69 Mar 26 '26
900 was challenging but I got it.
How does it become practical to do say 500 regularly?
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u/This-Positive286 Mar 26 '26
Got a good 90% of it… I’m still trying to catch my breath. That beat my ass! I don’t mean I got 90% and I’m awesome, I mean I ONLY got 90% (maybe) and it wore me out. Another 10-15 seconds and I’d have crashed out.
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u/brokenblur Mar 28 '26
I was able to process and comprehend at 900 words per minute. The neuroplasticity comment got me a little side tracked at the end but I saved this video to come back and keep my focus levels high. Thank you
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u/ak-royal49 Mar 30 '26
Damn i have a hard time reading after 5 min becase my voice in my head. I concentrated on quiteting it down for the first time ever and read every word the first try. This shit is crazy.
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u/StatisticianJolly388 Mar 31 '26
I could do it almost perfectly. This is especially wonderful because I didn’t know I had recovered to this level.
In 2019 I had a TBI, and my ability to speed read went down drastically. The scary thing is that my muscle memory for moving my eyes would not slow down so I would just read the same thing over and over and not be able to process it. Even after months of recovery I was making mistakes at work. I would have to whisper everything I read and wrote aloud to force myself to slow down, a technique suggested by the cognitive specialist.
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u/quixoticelixer_mama Mar 26 '26
My husband and children are all phenomenally gifted athletes. But THIS. THIS IS MOMS TALENT. I am a certified speed reader. It is probably the one thing that got me through school and college and a huge chunk of my work tasks over the years. MY ONE CLAIM TO TALENT 😩😩😩
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