are there really a lot of people who take pride in actively not reading?
I really can't imagine this.
I know i don't read a lot. In fact i think the last thing i read was "I am America (and so can you)" on a flight in February.
But it's not like I'm proud of it, especially as someone who read a fucktonne as a child.
When I was growing up we only went to town about once a fortnight, until i started high school in the town. So I was only able to get to the library rarely and in the end I managed to convince them to disregard their lending limits so I could borrow 20+ books at a time. They used to really love me right until I tried to check out Mein Kempf at sometime around age 10-12 - which ended in a phone call to the parents, who authorised it. It took them a while to understand I wasn't a budding Nazi!
Old games used to have a ton of reading in them though, especially old RPGs.
I have read every bit of lore in WoW that I have been exposed to.
I am a worse person because of it.
EDIT:
Also, I often say about my dyslexic friend that he never read an entire book all the way through but think of how many RPGs he has read all the way through!
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I really can't imagine this.
I know i don't read a lot. In fact i think the last thing i read was "I am America (and so can you)" on a flight in February.
But it's not like I'm proud of it, especially as someone who read a fucktonne as a child.
Or I'd possibly just play more videogames.
I'd have read a lot more by now if I never played WoW.
As it is I kind of exclusively read while in transit.
Also, that I could afford more books.
But he is also dyslexic.
I can't do that any more. It's a 15-minute trip on the subway for me, and that's just not enough time for me to get into a book.
And now that I rearranged my living room I totally want a comfy couch in the corner for reading.
Heh, everyone skips the quest text and you know.
Old games used to have a ton of reading in them though, especially old RPGs.
It used to be a running joke in my guild that I'd wipe a group because I'd stopped to read a plaque/book/inscription in an instance
I have read every bit of lore in WoW that I have been exposed to.
I am a worse person because of it.
EDIT:
Also, I often say about my dyslexic friend that he never read an entire book all the way through but think of how many RPGs he has read all the way through!
Used to be a running joke for me to just get distracted and stop healing while I looked at something shiny thereby wiping the group.
Or rather just wiping everyone but the tank and myself.
This is why we had to tear down all the mirrors in the house. I lost days, DAYS of my life at a time to those things.
Going out in public is always a gamble.
When I stare longingly into a girls eyes I'm really just fishing for my own reflection.
i used to read a lot a lot a lot
but now i am so like
internet distracted that i i i i i
"Remember the times when Diablo used to be MORE than a generic rpg/diablo-clone with wow graphics?
Yeh...those were the times."
Ahahahaha
My brain broke too. It's broken now.
Unless it's a very specific type and severity of dyslexia he's using it as a crutch.
IT WAS DIABLO
I was usually the tank, so my response to the group usually was - why did you charge in and start DPSing when the tank was no where to be seen?
i know someone who like never eats vegetables i think that is like the same thing
Then a constant swarm of meteors pummeled you until you died.
I added the wings
This is kind of an awful accusation to make about someone you know two sentences about.
at least, not that I could find
Reading was really a Pre-Youtubian activity.
we should do a youtube series of "cute cats read the classics"
The ironic part, of course, is that we are all reading right now, an incredible amount even.
We just aren't reading books (or, often, anything of value really).
If ever there's a kinect game i'm definitely interested in, it's CoE. Rez sequel? My god yes!