how to get better

I was watching the queen's gambit on Netflix and I wanna learn to play but I'm not very good. any way I can get better without reading books? I been playing the 10 minute games but I keep losing. should I just give up?

you have only played 5 games lol

There are plenty of internet sites and you tube channels. Two suggestions, firstly play longer games to improve, at least G30, also consider Daily which will give you lots of thinking time. Secondly, watch John Bartholomew 's Chess Fundamentals series on you tube. It is aimed at beginners and will give you plenty of ideas of things to work on. Good luck.

Do tactics. I cant say this enough. Tactics tactics tactics. It will help with board vision and prevent dropping pieces. Some people will say learn endgames but at your level an equal endgame is very uncommon. so tactics and have purpose in your moves. one of your games went 1.e4 e5 2. g4? c5. Bishop c5 would have been much better. it develops a piece and attacks the f2 square

Also, if you are enjoying chess then dont give up. The reality is that it is not an easy game to learn, you may well spend your first year simply learning how to learn how to play chess.

I'll offer contrary advice. Don't do "tactics", at least not outside of your own games. They will not help you get better organically. Play guess the move for real games by masters, practice vision, go through game commentary. By all means, don't do tactics unless they are from your own games. If you do, you will become a one of the many tactical wannabe players that make chess all about tricks and traps and cheapos. If you like chess, learn it and play it in a good style, not a bully tactician one.

10 minutes is probably too fast.

Here are some advices for you:

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

That does not seem to be doing you very much good.

Yes, you can get better without reading books. https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess This is enough information. The rest you can pick up from just playing and finding out naturally, you don't have to force it. 

You need to play games so you can get familiar with the game. You should also play a slow enough time control that you almost never have time issues and can think over your moves. 15-10 has worked for me so far, though even slower might be ideal. 

Watch a videos on YouTube, about openings or tecnics

#jb forever finally jb gang here 

NO FAIR SHE STARTS PLAYING AND IS 700 WHWEN I STARTED I WAS FREAKING 300

also the beth movie is fake, chess to gm is way harder, many people who play for life barely get fm or sth 

why tf do u need tranquilizers, dude the movie is fake, beth made illegal moves 

why cant u read books? 

Practice makes progress.

The basic points according to me  which can help you improving your game.

1.Play less,Analyze more

2.Do atleast 10 tactics everyday.

3. Try to play long duration games.

4. Learn from Legends

5. Try to study and analyze Endgames.

6.Least important Build your own opening repertoire.

As I've said many a time in other threads. I don't play to get better here. 

Another piece of advice I'd give that beginner is to do as little online chess as possible until he/she is way past intermediate stage. Hopefully by that point, idiotic openings, flaggers, tactician wannabes and outright abrasive behavior will be limited.

I highly recommend you do tactics and puzzles along with playing. You don't have to pay for a subscription. Just go to Lichess.org. Also, studying the game will help you improve a lot. Lichess offers a lot of studies that are free and go at your own pace. I make studies on the books I read so I can quickly refer back to them if I need to instead of rereading the book. Here is two examples of my studies here and here. Notice I don't put every little detail the author points out in the study. Just main ideas, interesting ideas, and possible mistakes. Also playing with these openings and analyzing your games afterwards is crucial so you can learn what to do when your opponent plays a move you never played against

Edit: I know you don't want to read books but it's one of the best ways to learn. Here's a link to a lot of free books

I don't learn many tactics. 

I learn simply by playing and thinking for myself. However, I do see the benefit of learning different openings and tactics as well as chess puzzles.