TLDR

I consider myself an avid reader, but there is something about the internet that makes reading words a bigger challenge than it really is.

When I see a comic insert monsterous amounts of words my mind works like this:

This is what I am forced to do:

It usually takes me a few days to work up the courage to tackle the Everest that is a comic with actual letters.  Don't ask me why I need to mentally prepare myself before engaging my mind in something so simple.  It's even worse when I get a long email from an old friend.