I used to hate audiobooks until I drove cross-country last month

Always thought listening to a book was cheating somehow, but I drove from Denver to Portland in 22 hours and finished a whole 500-page history book about the Oregon Trail. Now I get why people swear by them for long drives, anyone else switch sides on something like this?

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dakota_fox1d ago

And the wild thing is, I actually remember more from books I listen to now because my brain associates the facts with the scenery I was passing at the time. It's like my memory got a free upgrade to surround sound.

amymiller10h ago

Wait, you're telling me that instead of just staring at the road like I normally do, I could be learning about the Oregon Trail while driving? That sounds like black magic. I used to think audiobooks were just for people who couldn't sit still, but now I'm imagining all the pointless trivia I could be absorbing while stuck in traffic. Next thing you know, I'll be listening to a book about the history of concrete while waiting in the DMV line. Honestly though, my brain already associates random facts with random places - like I remember that one time I heard about the Donner Party while eating a really bad gas station burrito near Salt Lake City.