Is it normal to read magazines backwards?

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I usually read magazines from back to front, and read the articles in reverse as well (starting at the end and finishing at the beginning). Not backwards word by word, more like paragraph by paragraph! Silly!

I do it for a few reasons. 1, I am defiant. 2, It challenges me. 3, By challenging myself I feel I truly learn and retain more information.

Sometimes, I read a bit of the end of an article and then try to fill in the beginning. Then I compare how close I was to what was written (not word for word, just basic ideas and points).

Also worth noting, if you read back to front you are not as affected by the adverts. You are also not being spoon-fed the information in any kind of intentionally misleading way. The magazine is constructed to be read front to back obviously, and so much science and psychology goes into making your eyes land on certain pages and items, and to buy this, or do that, or think this way. Backwards offers a lot of immunity from all of that.

IIN?

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    It confuses the enemy.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    I tried it with your little story there.... I didn't like it.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Uncommon but as long as it's not interfering with your life then so be it.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    I don't think I have ever read a magazine from beginning to end. I usually start somewhere in the middle and jump around.

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  • SangoNyappy
    11 years ago

    I tend to read anything backawrd but not because I want I just read too many mangas for last few years.

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  • KnightNigelWellingtonXXI
    11 years ago

    Yeah that's how I read. The most interesting things are usually on the last page anyways.

    Signed,
    Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago

    I do this too.

    The main articles are closer to the back anyway. Then I page towards the front as I browse.

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  • it's_all_too_much
    11 years ago

    I read magazines backwards too.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    I read newspapers backwards because I don't know how long I'm going to get to read and I like to start with the sport, then the cartoons, then the TV, and finally the news if there's time.

    I don't read individual paragraphs backwards, though.

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