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Originally Posted by jamesqf
1) I can absorb the information content maybe 10x faster by reading instead of listening/watching.
2) Video's pretty much linear and fixed speed, while I can take text at my speed. If I don't understand a point, or want to refer to it later, I can do so very easily.
3) When reading, I don't have worry about accents making speech incomprehensible, even in English. In others... well, I can read several with fair comprehension, but can only understand very simple "la plume de ma tante" French.
4) And when writing, I can take my time, lay out my arguments logically, and not for instance be tempted to punch out the lights of people who won't let you get a word in edgewise.
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This is a good point, specifically.
I, however, will not argue with those types of people, as it quickly becomes irrational.
In the rare event that I do discuss anything with them, it usually gets dragged out for days, because I wait for them to shut up and calm down before making a point. They eventually ask why I keep bringing it up, and then I explain (quickly, so they don't find an opening to speak) exactly why it takes so long to discuss anything rationally with them.
I try not to raise my voice, although it still happens at times, especially with my somewhat loud wife, when she chooses to ignore logic and reverts to a 12 year old mentality (it's a family thing - her whole family lives as though they don't need logic.) It's far worse now that we live with her sophomoric social butterfly of a Father, because she doesn't follow his lead anymore, she gets annoyed by it. She's stuck between his stupidity and logical thought, now.
More specifically, he's one of those people that it takes days to discuss something with, because if you make a point against him, he shuts down completely, as though we were still in 2nd or 3rd grade. I have no idea how this man made it through life, other than on the help and backs of others.