>Be me, four years ago.
>Read novels and school textbooks back to back
>Win awards in high school for highest test scores in county
>Dropout anyway due to autism reasons
>Start browsing 4chan
>In the beginning, read every word of every post, even blog posts
>Eventually start spending all my free time here.
>Eventually learn most of whats posted isn't worth reading, start skimming long replies.
>Gradually lose ability to keep attention up through a whole thread
>Reach point where I only read OP and replies with alot of (you)'s.
>Now beginning to struggle to keep attention even to short posts.
>Try to get back in school
>Struggle to read simple paragraphs i could read when I was 12.
Aren't I spending all my day here reading? Why I am i getting worse at it?
wasted potential is not a thing
Same. I feel like a punch drunk ali now.
Because all you're reading is thrash, isn't that the obvious conclusion?