The Weight of Reading

What if your spine cringes back because you are reading for 8 straight hours? That would be a terrible burden to carry. In fact, the pain will be horrendous for it will definitely affect all your activities. And when you summon a doctor to check on your spine, the result would look exactly like this:

 Illustration by Jesse Lenz

Who would like to have that kind of spine, pips? Everybody is prone to this, but the most vulnerable are the "readers". Yes the readers! While reading requires so much for the brain to digest ideas, it makes it even harder for the body to withstand the back strains while  reading a hundred pages or more (which reminds me actually of the adage, “ too much of something is bad”). It has been clinically found out that reading can be very harmful especially in maintaining a proper posture. An article form the New York Times has elaborated it down pat. Tread along and read.

But of course, I don't want to scare away people from reading, I just want them to be aware that everything has a price, even something as delectable as reading.