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A co-worker admits he hasn't read a fiction book in years, but the list of non-fiction material he has been marching through is varied, intense, and fascinating. Later, I tell him of how participating in our shared program has sometimes felt like those scenes where an astronaut has their line cut and slowly floats off into space, struggling madly all the while. He tells me he likes the way I describe things - that it's different.

"It's because I read fiction," I say, dry.

"Ah," he says. "Touché."

Later still, he tells me things about mushrooms I never knew. (I pledge to become a space mushroom conspiracy theorist for life.) Who is the winner here? Probably both and neither. 

Date: 2020-01-31 03:27 am (UTC)
hokuton_punch: (bodleian library books)
From: [personal profile] hokuton_punch
Definitely sounds like an "Everyone Wins!" situation to me. Yay for mushroom facts!

Date: 2020-01-31 05:32 am (UTC)
amovingtarget: comic book text saying 'krack' (Default)
From: [personal profile] amovingtarget
:')

Date: 2020-01-31 11:15 am (UTC)
amovingtarget: comic book text saying 'krack' (Default)
From: [personal profile] amovingtarget
(but is it a space mushroom...?)

Date: 2020-02-01 05:16 am (UTC)
amovingtarget: comic book text saying 'krack' (Default)
From: [personal profile] amovingtarget
Space Mushroom :'D

Date: 2020-01-31 01:44 pm (UTC)
silverflight8: bee on rose  (Default)
From: [personal profile] silverflight8
Mushrooms are awesome!

Date: 2020-02-01 01:59 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] halfshellvenus
"It's because I read fiction," I say, dry.
Hahaha! Fair enough. :D

I rarely read non-fiction, so when I do, it's usually compelling. "Into The Wild," "Into Thin Air," "The Hot Zone," and "Educated." But I don't read just to learn all the factoids, or whatever. That's what ratholing into Wikipedia entries is for! ;)

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