My 70 year old grandma plays Zuma and Bejeweled. should I be concerned?
My 70 year old grandma plays Zuma and Bejeweled. should I be concerned?
I have one piece of less conventional wisdom. I relate very strongly to what you’ve described. When I was in elementary school I was given colored overlays a special bookmark to block lines I wasn’t reading. Physical tools to keep me focused on the current sentences, and to limit my perception of the negative figure ground relationship that forms “rivers through words”. As an adult I’m distracted by a lot more things than just the pages themselves.
My suggestion is, for what I’ve found to work— don’t be afraid to warm up and pay attention to your retention (1) don’t be afraid to use a bookmark for a few minutes to get your eyes & mind concentrating on the only line you’re reading. (2) read slowly and deliberately, and don’t try to read faster than you’re able to in the first 20-30 minutes— don’t be focused on beating 144wpm. And if you’re not retaining what you’re reading slow down further until you get used to the voice and flow of the writer. This is especially true if you’re jumping into something dense, old, translated or technical (3) warm up with another read on the same topic, or a different translation of the same work. For example, I needed to read a particular translation of Marcus Aurelius. I was reading slowly and losing my concentration for paragraphs at a time. I wasted hours and couldn’t even grasp the narrative voice never mind the content! I was Going back, subvocalizing, and re reading over and over again. I discovered a great trick. I got 3 other translations and read them simultaneously and that was so effective. I was reading the same concepts in subtle different ways— building a deeper impression, once I was in the flow of it, I was much better able to follow any of the translations. I later found it helpful to include easier reads, or more narrative reads to warm myself up when reading technical stuff.
“Unusual move” … I highly doubt that
Now we need a c/nottheonionbutalsotheonion
Sure, that will help them generate less robotic speech. Can’t wait till the image ai does this so hands look terrorizing terrific
Exactly this guy gets it.
You’re right about that. But in East TX too
Sure I’ll go another round. Let’s call it, word spreads. I’ve never been to Europe can’t afford it. Yeup. Poor. Make below poverty line. Still sounds nice to wake up in just for example, Spain, work for 2 hours close for 2, Go out to dinner and live. You can’t make as much I hear but the quality of life is good. Now change that narrative to insert the positive qualities of living other places all over the world. Even the so called “3rd world countries” have a reputation of friendlier communities than the nearest Walmart.
Yet, I’ve heard most Americans here speak positively about other countries and their experiences traveling to them. Europe, Asia, south and Central America. Americans know any other country has have better work life balance, better education systems, etc. you’re just wrong dude.
Your message implies we don’t see all the problems in our own country and we have a positive perception of it and its place in the world. I can’t think of an American I know that doesn’t know how fucked we are or how we’ve fucked other governments unfairly. Unless you’re thinking news stations represent our opinions
So… either the child becomes a mom, or she loses a mom? Thanks informant Zuckerberg.
Comment 2: oh no, what if this became a thing. What if you looked ridiculous with real facial hair or none. Man social norms can be screwed up. I’m scared now
I love that you pasted the face of hopium 😏
As an apolotical person, I’m outraged. Let’s fight
First time I played through I maxed alchemy. I didn’t put any points into smithing. Second play through I leaned hard into smithing and partly enchanting, and I felt the payoff was way better.
Simply improving your items makes it worth it. Once you get pretty skilled you’ll make some serious sets too!
And if it eats my cashmere imma stomp ‘em’ 😤