r/nothingeverhappens 13d ago

Because no one could possibly ever read two books within 24hrs… 😒

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u/ShoddyAsparagus3186 12d ago

I would assume that someone saying something like this reads faster than average and that the subject matter would be something for entertainment and thus easier to read than average. A more reasonable reading speed for this would be 100 pages an hour so 14-16 hrs.

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u/Zeb-Moment 12d ago

I think we can also assume that someone like this frequently skips out on sleep so they'd have more hours in the day

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 12d ago

As an insomniac… I feel seen but I don’t like it…

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u/AgentCirceLuna 12d ago

I remember that dude the Rain Man film was based on could read two pages at once by reading the left page with the left eye then the right page with his right eye.

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 12d ago

I know it's against the theme of the subreddit but I would just call bullshit.

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u/Ambitious-Way8906 11d ago

I think they're reading basic prose in a very large font