Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen for July 01, 2015
June 27, 2015
July 04, 2015
Transcript:
So. What are your hobbies? Um... uh... oh! Well, I go on Wikipedia.
And I'll read an interesting page, and follow the links to other cool pages...
... Then I'll read those! I could do it all day!
...
Is that not a valid hobby?
Before there was Wikipedia, I would look up stuff in encyclopedias, then look up related stuff inspired by the entries I found. No hyperlinks.My sister still thinks that was a really strange thing to do.
By the time you get to high school, you should know everything and have no interest in learning anything more.As an adult, if you are required to know something, somebody will see to it that you do.
This is what my whole family did when I was growing up, and my husband’s family did, too, with World Book. Now my kids and grandkids do the same thing online. I spend hours reading stuff online — one thing always leads to another.
This is literally where I spent my free time in high school… people would ask “what do you do for fun?” and I couldn’t even think of what I had done with my spare time.
Wikipedia surfing is rad, How else would you know that actress and voice actor Pamela Adlon spent most of her life in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and Los Angeles?
Skullmaster over 9 years ago
Is this meant to be ironic?
Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
Before there was Wikipedia, I would look up stuff in encyclopedias, then look up related stuff inspired by the entries I found. No hyperlinks.My sister still thinks that was a really strange thing to do.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
By the time you get to high school, you should know everything and have no interest in learning anything more.As an adult, if you are required to know something, somebody will see to it that you do.
emptc12 over 9 years ago
It’s like eating a bowl of spaghetti that’s one long noodle. Or would it be a bowl of spaghetto?
katina.cooper over 9 years ago
Yes, it is a hobby. A hobby of learning new things.
NWdryad over 9 years ago
O god, that’s the story of my life….
bfrg45 over 9 years ago
This is what my whole family did when I was growing up, and my husband’s family did, too, with World Book. Now my kids and grandkids do the same thing online. I spend hours reading stuff online — one thing always leads to another.
TZO2K15? over 7 years ago
I’m stuck with ADHD, so I really don’t really have much say in the matter…
ben.m over 6 years ago
This is literally where I spent my free time in high school… people would ask “what do you do for fun?” and I couldn’t even think of what I had done with my spare time.
InvisibleLemonBread over 4 years ago
Wikipedia surfing is rad, How else would you know that actress and voice actor Pamela Adlon spent most of her life in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and Los Angeles?