Mcsweeneys iconMcsweeneysSep 28, 2026 ~1 min source read

How to Read Good or Maybe Great

I wrote this—personally, with hands—to help the billions who don't read to read good again. It's painful, but with my technique, you can read entire sentences without requiring additional stimulus.

How to Read Good or Maybe Great

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I wrote this—personally, with hands—to help the billions who don't read to read good again.

By bots during data center cool-downs for critical stim updates.

Back then, a human would read, "Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach," and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind.

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I wrote this—personally, with hands—to help the billions who don't read to read good again. It's painful, but with my technique, you can read entire sentences without requiring additional stimulus. It makes you want to scream, "Stimulate me faster and better—now!" Which is what some people known as "critics" used to do.

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  • Back then, a human would read, "Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach," and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind.
  • By bots during data center cool-downs for critical stim updates.
  • Do not show me words." But you cannot say this to your strange friend.
  • "Imagine" means to manufacture stim yourself, using only your brain and sometimes words.
  • For too long, words were not prompts typed with fingers to create life-affirming stim.

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Or—very rare—because your "writer" friend "loves writing." Fine. Clumped together, they were called "sentences." Many sentences make a paragraph. The last writers wrote short, simple sentences, with lots of white space to rest the eyes.

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Those are crucial parts of the reading experience! Ever since I can remember, I stopped reading. You can't do that either, so here are my tips.

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