In my defense, I was quite good at reading Usenet. I tried every new release of every NewsReader on an eternal quest for the one that would enable me to read the most articles in the shortest amount of time. I actually did benchmarks.
I could whip through articles like you wouldn’t believe. Seriously—other Usenet aficionados would watch me and ask for tips.
Then one day I came up with the most amazing optimization to the process. I decided to stopreading Usenet all together. I gained a couple of hours each day.
