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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? :)




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.




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