Reading is important because of the nice things it does to your brain, but how are you supposed to “read” when you could do be doing something like watching a perfect woman with no medical background give in-depth, speculative analyses of a celebrity’s plastic surgery journey? Well, it may sound impossible, but use these tips to help fight this uphill and likely futile battle in trying to read a single piece of writing.
Remind yourself the surgery videos aren’t going anywhere.
When you know that there’s a whole channel where a charismatic genius offers surgery timelines as well as price estimations for the hinged (Blake Lively) to the deeply unhinged (Tom Cruise), all while staying level-headed and cultivating a beautiful community by only allowing positive or neutral comments in the replies, it’s pretty hard to convince yourself you should be reading Where the Crawdads Sing. Like, would Oprah even have a book club if she knew about this channel? We doubt it. But remember: the videos where you learn about how much stuff celebrities have inserted into their faces will be there when you finish this chapter. Or this page.
Think of all the good reading does for you.
Reading fiction keeps your mind sharp. It expands your vocabulary and helps promote empathy by connecting to characters’ stories and psychologies. But with that being said, watching Lorry Hill break down how many rounds of cheek implants Zoë Kravitz has “probably” had sort of does all the same and more? Like, you’re more empathetic because you learn that even people with perfect genes want to have tighter and poutier faces, and you expand your vocabulary with terms like “fox eye surgery” and “ponytail face lift”. Pretty sure Parable of the Sower isn’t gonna teach you about all that.
Watch the 30-minute video.
The most effective way to read when you could be watching a celeb plastic surgery video is to go ahead and watch the video, you know, just to get it out of the way. Once you do this, your curiosity will be sated and you’ll be able to sit and read Crossroads for hours event though Jonathan Franzen is a misogynist and Lorry Hill is perfect. We all have our own values!
So get out there and move your eyes over words on a page even though there are literally hundreds of celebrities who have had plastic surgery that may go unnoticed to the untrained eye! Happy reading! (The comments arguing about whether Zac Efron really broke his jaw by smashing his face on a fountain in his home)!
