ugh shut up brent

lol you guys

saying "shut up" to me is basically "I'm too lazy to formulate a response, I'm queerbait"

[QUOTE]What void is this filling then Brent???[/QUOTE]

the boredom void

you didn't answer his question at all, you basically stated "you have free time"

why do he/other people spend time on the internet when they could be doing other things instead

yeah I've been meaning to read a lot more lately but haven't really got around to it

pour example

ive been reading a lot more lately now that ive been rereading a song of ice and fire

i've been reading THE NECRONOMICON which is actually just a bunch of Lovecraft stories but short stories have trouble keeping my attention since there's nothing to keep me coming back to it once I'm between stories and it's been slow going so far as a result

book looks sexy as hell though makes me feel like i'm trying to summon Cthulhu or something

yeah i know what you mean, theres no real overriding narrative that draws you back in

i do love me some lovecraft though

just realized i still have yet to finish at the mountains of madness what is wrong with me

yeah, I'm going to get through the whole thing though eventually, I mean it's some really good stuff

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568072]you didn't answer his question at all, you basically stated "you have free time"

why do he/other people spend time on the internet when they could be doing other things instead[/QUOTE]

1. shortz is a girl

2. internet is the ultimate in convenience, that's a huge benefit

you can watch anything, read anything, music etc

reading books on the internet is a fucking abomination

why would you ever do that, I'd rather burn out my eyes

That was my goal this summer, to read things that I actually [I]want[/I] to read (in lieu of school books and lovely things like that). But I think with being in school the majority of the year and having so many things to read for courses it kind of dimmed my love of reading.

Brent, he was referring to Slightly's original comment

[QUOTE=adbforever;18568089]1. shortz is a girl

2. internet is the ultimate in convenience, that's a huge benefit

you can watch anything, read anything, music etc[/QUOTE]

1. shortz didn't ask the question

2. he said waste time, not read anything, watch anything

[QUOTE=SlightlyEpic;18568088]yeah, I'm going to get through the whole thing though eventually, I mean it's some really good stuff[/QUOTE]

yeah ive read just about everything he ever wrote. what stories have you read so far

and yeah reading stuff online normally sucks. i downloaded a song of ice and fire on my computer though and its organized into html format with each chapter as a different page, and its a lot easier to read than most stuff on the computer is. i read it at night so i dont have to turn my light on for my book

got most of my stuff packed up and i'm moving to my friend's house on the 9th

h8 lyfe

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568098]yeah ive read just about everything he ever wrote. what stories have you read so far[/QUOTE]

I'm just over 100 pages in so going by the contents I've read

Night-Gaunts, Dagon, The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, The Cats of Ulthar, The Nameless City, Herbert West - Reanimator, The Music of Erich Zann, The Lurking Fear, The Hound, The Rats in the Walls, Under the Pyramids

and I've also read the Call of Cthulhu before

solid

i think the rats in the walls is my favorite out of all of those. it just gets so completely fucked up at the end

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568098]and yeah reading stuff online normally sucks. i downloaded a song of ice and fire on my computer though and its organized into html format with each chapter as a different page, and its a lot easier to read than most stuff on the computer is. i read it at night so i dont have to turn my light on for my book[/QUOTE]
I stare at screens all day enough as it is without doing so for books as well, as far as I'm concerned nothing compares to actually having a physical book in front of you.

what isn't a waste of time to you guys

I think working, being around others = not a waste of time. Also exercise

everything else is free time alone to fuck around as filler waiting for the next worthwhile thing to do

there is no reason to live if you have nothing to look forward to in life

oh i agree 100%. at the place i'm working though i didn't have room to pack a lamp so i can't really read at night unless it's on the computer, since i hate having the room light on at night when i'm going to bed

I think posting on here probably qualifies as a waste of time in my books, along with vapid tumblr 'blogging', I really ought to delete my tumblr

im readiong a book called godel escher bach by douglas hofstadsatsrdfder its so cool

yeah same here except for the tumblr part though, i actually need to work on updating mine more, ive been too lazy

[QUOTE=SlightlyEpic;18568094]reading books on the internet is a fucking abomination

why would you ever do that, I'd rather burn out my eyes[/QUOTE]

I agree, I prefer to have my books on paper not on a screen.

I don't understand the fascination with e-books that way (well I [I]get it[/I] 'cause it's convenient if you have a lot of books, and/or travel a lot but I just like to have the physical copy in my hands - I guess it's kind of the same with CD's that way)

one of my friends has a kindle and reads a lot of stuff on it. it actually seems really convenient

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568121]oh i agree 100%. at the place i'm working though i didn't have room to pack a lamp so i can't really read at night unless it's on the computer, since i hate having the room light on at night when i'm going to bed[/QUOTE]

Ah, okay yeah that's a shame, I'd still probably try and find some way around it personally rather than read it on the computer. idk having said that it's probably still better than those hand-held e-book things or whatever they're called, those things get me really mad.

yeah its not that much of a sacrifice though, most nights im too tired to read before i go to bed haha.

haha fair enough, I tend to read most when I'm on vacation, probably since I never have internet access. that's kind of sad really. I ought to not have internet access more often.

yeah me too. i'm working at a summer camp and we had about 4 or 5 days off for a break, i got a lot of reading done, it was really nice

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568132]one of my friends has a kindle and reads a lot of stuff on it. it actually seems really convenient[/QUOTE]

Yeah my dad just got an Kobo. He's always reading though so it's understandable for him. For me, I'll just stick with a good ol' book where I can actually flip pages haha.

mad a beet indda like it

kobo sounds like an african nignog name

It does, but I can assure you that it isn't. (At least what I'm referring to)

[IMG]http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kobo-eReader-1.jpg[/IMG]

when i meet someone who isnt black who owns one ill believe you

see just looking at that thing makes me see red

i want to smash it

reading fiction is a waste of time

kill yourself

I told my friend yesterday that I dont have the attention span for books

she suggested comic books and I was like nah

[QUOTE=adbforever;18568156]reading fiction is a waste of time[/QUOTE]

ok read ths then..... [I][SIZE="7"][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]your gay[/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

[QUOTE=doubtfully then;18568145]mad a beet indda like it[/QUOTE]

You made a beat that you actually like? Do share!

[QUOTE=illmitch;18568152]when i meet someone who isnt black who owns one ill believe you[/QUOTE]

lol Mitch [I]fine, be that way then[/I]

[QUOTE=adbforever;18568156]reading fiction is a waste of time[/QUOTE]

Brent don't be a fool, reading is awesome.

[QUOTE=doubtfully then;18568161]ok read ths then..... [I][SIZE="7"][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]your gay[/FONT][/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8f7T2.gif[/IMG]

you're missing out on so much, I can't even begin to fathom how you can do that to yourself

you don't read fiction, you don't watch movies, your taste in music is limited to say the least

Are you just purposefully trying to avoid anything stimulating?