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This makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I've read 95%+ of the thousands of books I have owned, many read multiple times, and played all but a bare handf

This makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I've read 95%+ of the thousands of books I have owned, many read multiple times, and played all but a bare handful of the 214 games I have on steam. I'm not a completionist on games, so by no means have I beaten/completed the majority, but still, do people just have free money hanging around?

taeric 4y ago
Ah. Yeah, to be fair, I was taking a completionist view. I've read most of my books. I have not done most of the exercises in them. Akin to how I have played many games. But completed far fewer. That said, I'd guess I'm in the 70% realm of both. Who knew having a family was so much time? :)
- jaggederest 4y ago
  Yeah that's legit. I mean, I count even booting a game up and throwing a few hours into it and not feeling it, same with a book - if you get a chapter or two deep, the author is just not getting there, that's a solid attempt. I read and enjoyed a big chunk of Tolstoy but you don't have to get to "The End" to be able to honestly say you're reading Anna Karenina. I know there are lots of people out there that buy books and never read them, not even page one, same as there are lots of 2200-game steam libraries where most are not played, but at the end of the day those people are playing a different metagame, I guess, so more power to them.
DharmaPolice 4y ago
Yes, some people do have free money hanging around. It's what drives a large part of the economy. If you don't have an ethos of saving, don't have a family then (assuming a decent wage) your money will tend to go to your hobbies. For a lot of people, their hobby is basically buying things. Steam sales encourage this behaviour though. I will have an intention to play a certain game. If I see it's heavily reduced now, it might make seem to make sense to buy it now even if I don't have the time to play it, rather than get it later when it might be full price.
- taeric 4y ago
  Any subscription will do the same. I'm now actively terrified by my giant audible backlog. :D
jjgreen 4y ago
While I hope to read all of the books I have (circumstance may have other plans), usually I have 50% unread. That gives me some choice about what to read next; everyone needs an antilibrary.

taeric 4y ago

Ah. Yeah, to be fair, I was taking a completionist view. I've read most of my books. I have not done most of the exercises in them. Akin to how I have played many games. But completed far fewer. That said, I'd guess I'm in the 70% realm of both. Who knew having a family was so much time? :)

jaggederest 4y ago
Yeah that's legit. I mean, I count even booting a game up and throwing a few hours into it and not feeling it, same with a book - if you get a chapter or two deep, the author is just not getting there, that's a solid attempt. I read and enjoyed a big chunk of Tolstoy but you don't have to get to "The End" to be able to honestly say you're reading Anna Karenina. I know there are lots of people out there that buy books and never read them, not even page one, same as there are lots of 2200-game steam libraries where most are not played, but at the end of the day those people are playing a different metagame, I guess, so more power to them.

DharmaPolice 4y ago

Yes, some people do have free money hanging around. It's what drives a large part of the economy. If you don't have an ethos of saving, don't have a family then (assuming a decent wage) your money will tend to go to your hobbies. For a lot of people, their hobby is basically buying things. Steam sales encourage this behaviour though. I will have an intention to play a certain game. If I see it's heavily reduced now, it might make seem to make sense to buy it now even if I don't have the time to play it, rather than get it later when it might be full price.

taeric 4y ago
Any subscription will do the same. I'm now actively terrified by my giant audible backlog. :D

jjgreen 4y ago

While I hope to read all of the books I have (circumstance may have other plans), usually I have 50% unread. That gives me some choice about what to read next; everyone needs an antilibrary.