This Week's Episode Of Human Brains Are Weird: READING

This week's episode of Human Brains Are Weird: READING

I personally get really into reading. When I read I get taken into a different world, I watch the scenes playing out and I love the loves of the characters. I'm surprised when they're surprised, angry when they're angry, sad when they're sad, happy when they're happy, etc.

But others aren't like that.

To some others, reading is just comprehending words on a page. They aren't attached to the characters because they're just words on a page thG someone came up with. Everything in the book is inconsequential because it's just a book.

I don't understand though. I've never understood why people say reading is boring. I've never understood how other people aren't transported to these other worlds.

I've gotten to quite a few twists and emotional scenes in the book I've been reading (*cough* Song of Achilles *cough*) and everytime I express it to my boyfriend his response is "its just words on the page" and I know that but also I am reading this real-time and I feel what he feels and dear gods it is painful.

The human brain is just weird.

Listen- sometimes I need specific step-by-step instructions an other times I need you to shut up and let me exist

Like if you tell me to clean my room or the house I need you to tell me what, where, and how.

But if you EVER tell me exactly what, how, and with what I should make art with, I will gut you and turn your entrails (intrails?) into a masterpiece and donate it to the local art museum

You’re not stupid mate

Me and my boyfriend are literally boyf riends so I think if I started hating it I’d just spontaneously combust

reblog if you still ship boyf riends cus I’ve been getting mean anons abt it and I feel stupid. I know it’s a popular ship but I’m getting called stupid and basic for liking it

I need some Harry Potter accidentally adopting younger students in fan fictions and I need them now.

Any suggestions?

I'm not picky about ship's so don't worry about that. I really only read on AO3 but if you have some from other sites I'll figure it out. I just need some soft teenage almost parenting. It's all I desire

Disney's Robin Hood was definitely my bi beginning.

I didn't know it yet but I 100% had a crush on both Maid Marian AND Robin Hood himself

Listen-I just think a lot of our problems could be solved if everyone shut the fuck up, took a chill pill, and just had a discussion.

Not a fight. Not an argument. Not even a debate. (Though those last two are still healthy) just a normal discussion.

"Here's my opinion. This is why i think that. I found this evidence that helps to prove my point further."

"I hear your opinion, here is mine and all of my gatherings."

"I'm not telling you you're wrong but that source comes from a blog and doesn't have a reliable source connected to it, do you have a better source? I can't form my opinion without a viable source."

I know it sounds stuffy but jeeze just fucking talk to each other???? It's not that hard????

ALSO WHILE U HAVE YOUR ATTENTION

NOT EVERYTHING YOU DISAGREE WITH IS A SLIGHT AGAINST YOU

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DISAGREE WITH

(This obviously doesn't pertain to every circumstance. I believe everyone deserves rights and such but this isn't about that. It's about unnecessary aggression and drama)

Just sit the fuck down and chill out.