• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.

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      1 day ago

      Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it’s better than brainrot content

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      1 day ago

      Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks

      Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it’s enough

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        7 hours ago

        Also just getting more word a day is great for your vocabulary. Ive been reading a lot more lately and have noticed that the more I read even relatively simple books that my vocabulary has vastly expanded even in everyday life. Im much less often left searching for a word because I have likely seen it more recently.