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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social |
If you've ever thought Reader's Digest contributed nothing to society, let me tell you that two of the Klansmen in the Mississippi Burning conspiracy were badly beaten in the federal prison in Texarkana when fellow inmates read an article about them in a Reader's Digest in the prison library.
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Gemini
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Reader's Digest contributes something mildly interesting to read while waiting at the dentist's office.
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Eren Brumley
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I asked for a subscription to it when I was 7 and I turned out all right.
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The Babe with the Power 🇺🇸🇲🇽
@babewiththepower.bsky.social
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Reading is fundamental. Better late than never.
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Excalibur Discount Legal Services
@kevychristian.bsky.social
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Crimers are surprisingly moral sometimes.
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whet moser
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one of my friends went to the american university of bulgaria (and met his wife there) because i read about it in reader's digest and thought it sounded like something he'd like
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Paddyboy
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RD condensed books were perfect for young readers - I read The Haunting Of Hill House, The Lottery, Run Silent, Run Deep and others via RD🙌
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KitNCaboodle
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Reader's Digest is also why we have umpteen seasons of Curse of Oak Island while those guys dig holes everywhere trying to find "treasure."
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Daniel Fienberg
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Also: Humor in Uniform provided minutes of amusement for me over the years while waiting for haircuts and vaccinations. Different scale, mind you.
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The Mighty OCD
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that's enough
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Norbizness
@norbizness.bsky.social
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That's one for the Humor in Chains featurette
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Robo
@pauloftheusa.bsky.social
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Well that and Macalester College
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Dave Jamison
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But have you seen their air fryer recipe books?
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Gregory Pijanowski
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Ah, forgot about those - used to be a staple in the dentist waiting room along with Highlights magazine...the later did not delve into the KKK like Reader's Digest.
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Jay Marose
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Reading Works! Art Works!
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Kevin Gannon
@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
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⬇️ in more ways than we knew, apparently
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PonderStibbons
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Also, the original article that created the myth that people should drink 8 glasses of water a day may have appeared in Reader’s Digest in the 1940s (the provenance isn’t absolutely certain but I like to tell people it was RD when I tell them not to drink so much).
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NativeMichigander
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Colm Delaney
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I was sure the ending was going to be “fellow inmates beat them up with rolled up Reader’s Digests”
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Lori
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A win for literacy in all of its forms! I forgot about Reader’s Digest. I read it as a kid—maybe my grandparents subscribed?
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Block+Move on
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On my record player right now I have reader's digest eight record set of nostalgic hits from the 40s. These things are fucking great. When I was young my dad had a best of the 50s and '60s cassette tapes and I listened to them until they were worn out. I know every word to Rockn' Robin.
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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
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RD was such a useful source for my book, I wish we had something like this today
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