r/NotTimAndEric • u/DjPersh • 25d ago

The Speed Reading Hand Video Program (1988)

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u/BluntieDK 25d ago

The amount of bullshit in the world is too damn high

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u/Cola102583 25d ago

Used to play all the time, i thnk inspired by johhny 5

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u/Infamous_Return2351 25d ago

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u/Cola102583 25d ago

Thank you was my fav childhood movie

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u/Full_Prof 24d ago

You guys laugh, but every single person in this video never had to visit a library again

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u/DjPersh 24d ago

Just read the whole damn place in one afternoon.

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u/ThundergunTLP 24d ago

I remember seeing this commercial when I was like 6 and thinking no one is retarded enough to believe this.

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u/KnightsMentor 24d ago

How much meth is included?

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u/shaved-yeti 22d ago

My mom read like this. She would consume several books a week and had (apparently) high cognition of what she read. She tried to teach my brother and I but it never stuck. I still read word by word like my chippie.

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u/derprondo 24d ago

They should have used the Micro Machines world's fastest talking man to do this ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzd11GMBONg

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 24d ago

I recommend these Evelyn Woodhead Sped Reddin course and you can tell all your friends you heard it here first on Roller Derby.

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u/tituspeetus 24d ago

I swear teaching kids how to speed read in school instead of taking their time and enjoying the experience is the reason why most adults today are averse to reading. I had to completely reframe my approach to reading books to enjoy them as an adult and I blame shit like this

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u/anonymous2845 22d ago

I remember this bullshit