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Originally Posted by pbradley
You've given up on reading in favor of being more social?
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I didn't say that. What I did say was that I don't like to keep things around the house that are basically only used in solitary activities. Any of that stuff (music, books) I can get elsewhere without paying for, and without owning, and that way I don't have to spend my own money that is essentially only contributing to my solitude. Solitude is fine and everything, but not when you have a whole household of people whose company you enjoy. I would rather spend time with them than being off by myself listening to some stupid record.
Movies are a different matter, because it's not always weird watching them with other people, and plus I like them better than both music and books probably, and most of my movies come in through Netflix so I don't spend a whole lot of money buying movies, only the really good ones that I would care to see more than once.
Actually I shouldn't say anything negative about books because they are just as fine and enjoyable as movies, but I don't see any reason to keep a lot of books around the house anymore whenever I have a library I can go to just as easily. So I will stop buying books that I can find there and then return. And I will give away ones that I have read and don't intend to read again.