#9 RSS Feeds

What the h. e. double hockey sticks is so great about RSS? I cannot figure it out. Why can't I just get an email? Please answer me. Now, not only do I have to look at my gmail account, I have to also look at my reader account! errr. I already get wowbrary emails on Saturdays, so now that I've subscribed to the wowbrary RSS feed, I will be updadted every 5 seconds instead. Lame.