Thank god.
I have worse hand writing than most 8 year-olds (I've compared). I'd be screwed if computers (or at least typewriters) didn't exist.

I didn't know this franchise signed a deal with Tesla.

And furiously.

With your track record Cerse, you probably are going to screw him.

Now I See You

It was it was called Terries.
*Sobs Uncontrollably*

Mark Kermode liked it too. I'd recommend finding all his reviews (they're on youtube under Kermode and Mayo).

Alternative title:
Now You See Me Too

"Why is it difficult for you, by the way? Is it just because you have to do it for your job?"
No I just don't read particularly quickly (due to a number of reasons). Because of this I tend to stick to short stories, comic books or scripts or I wait until I have enough free time to really dedicate to a longer book.
I…

I get lucid visuals.
I work in media, so my job would be almost impossible without a vivid imagination. Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking reading.
I'm just saying it's not "the best medium ever" and shouldn't be treated with any more reverence than TV, video games or music.

"Even in your favorite pastimes, how much information can you recall without google?"
I used to be able to quote Buffy the Vampire Slayer and cite where that quote is from almost to the episode timecode does that count?

"You don't like reading, we get it. That's fine. Many of us do, though, and get a lot out of it, not necessarily more than films and TV, just different. "
I never said that. My argument was purely dismantling the fallacy that reading is somehow better in some abstract, mystical way which has yet to be explained or…

"But doe we really want "lolz" and "dont h8" to take over formal writing?"
Why not? Can you give a practical reason other than "I don't like it" or "it wasn't how I was talk to speak"? Because that is elitism.

"Reading gives you words"
But so do films, and audiobooks, and radio, and theatre, and podcasts, and music, and video games.
I agree with all your other points but they're based on the incorrect assumption that reading is the only (or best) place to get words.
Where does this fallacy come from that the written word is…

"The downturn in reading can be, I believe, directly linked to the inability of people to write intelligibly."
Is that actually happening or is written communication just evolving to be more less formal and structured?
As long as the person you're speaking you can understand you then you're using langue correctly, it…

"Part of it is the intellectual aspect of it. I find that i am forced to concentrate more on reading."
I would argue that depends on the quality of what you're reading/watching. Mulholland Drive or even Breaking Bad probably require more concentration to understand than most airport novels.
Sure you can tune out and…

I had a long conversation with my friend's wife after she stated that "woman just aren't funny".
After much back-and-forth we finally got to the heart of the issue, that she felt awkward hearing woman talking about 'crude' topics. If she heard the same jokes from a male and female she'd feel more comfortable with the…

"Seriously its amazing how little value we place in being well read these days"
What's the importance would you say? I've heard this argument a lot but never with any real facts to back it up.
As someone who finds reading difficult I would argue (and often have) you can get as much out of a well written film, comic or…

The Mayan's were 5 years off!
Which isn't bad considering how far in the future they were predicting, like any reasonable society they decided time wasn't worth measuring after the death of Alan Rickman, Prince, David Bowie…

"a funny talented kid that wanted to do comedy because it was the most practical way he found to communicate with others and feel kind of understood"
Isn't that every comedian though? I've performed comedy and that's exactly why I do it. I'm part of a few comedian groups on Facebook and depression (and post-gig blues)…