Dislike reading books (literate and educated)
Long story short, I have no interest in reading books.
In junior high, I was required to read 1000 pages per semester for English class. This was absolute torture, as I had no desire to read.
At that time, I was exploring other interests such as music composition, trumpet, keyboard, computer hardware and programming, video games (naturally) and other nerdy hobbies. Reading just wasn't a priority...and it never became one.
Fast forward to today and I'm 28 years old. Aside from children's books and a few mandatory textbooks, I can probably count on one hand the number of books I've read in my life. Reading simply never became a priority.
I think *hate* is too strong of a word, but I simply can't justify the huge time sink that is reading. I have too many other hobbies and interests, all of which feel more fulfilling and have more long-term potential to be rewarding.
Let me just clarify that I am NOT "all work and no play!" While I don't feel that I'm lazy, I definitely leave time for recreation. I also leave plenty of time to keep up with hobbies and side projects (which I hope may help improve my career, etc.).
I'd much rather watch the 2-3-hour movie than read the 500-750 page book. The movie has a distinct presentation about it which I can more easily make time for (take a leisurely evening, problem solved). A book always feels like an investment, both in time and financially. My hobbies can get a bit expansive...and I can only imagine the costs of keeping up a book-reading hobby. I understand that second-hand bookstores exist but I wouldn't even know where to start looking. Once again, I just can't justify the effort to get into it, look for something, and actually read it. It's just not going to happen.
I'll happily take in intellectual material; I enjoy documentaries and interesting articles of short to moderate length (up to, say 15 pages). There comes a point, however, where the minutia is simply too extreme for me to have any interest in. It becomes so specific that I'll never use it or keep track of it, so I tend to just not care about it. This is why I don't read non-fiction books. I'm more likely to read, say, Scientific American or watch a 2-hour documentary on the history of physics than I am to read a physics textbook.
I only have time for so many interests in life and reading just didn't make the cut. It's simply a matter of priorities. I might get into it eventually if humans develop 500 year lifespans and I can fit more activities into it, but for now life is too short to spend in fantasy when I have so many dreams I want to see in the real world.