[kiryandil]

Perhaps the factor that separates us is that everything I post about Russia and Ukraine is informed by my lifelong obsession with reading books, rather than watching videos and absorbing snippets of internet propaganda.

I have little doubt that I've read more books than you in my lifetime, by a factor of at least two.

I went to university for free on my youthful indulgence in book-reading.

I read. Everyone else played sports and did school garbage.

After college, I read.

I haven't watched TeeVee since 2004, when I got rid of my required cable [telecommuting] after I left my last corporate job.

Don't make assumptions about the literacy of your debate opponents here.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

How shall we add them up? By weight or by volume? Counting would take a week.