I'm on the PC and always use the "alternate Start" mod, so most of my characters don't start at Helgen, never encounter dragons and never learn any shouts. I don't mind shouts, and miss them on some characters/builds, but I prefer to mix things up in my play-throughs and not do the same quests every time.
My vampire hunter for example has over a 100 hours played, finished the Dawnguard and a whole bunch of other quests, but has never seen a dragon in her life