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I 100% agree. Get of instagram and tiktok and read.
well what if one can’t read books, they have to listen to Audiobooks?
I have lots of books and prefer physical media. I’ve organized them various ways, mostly by author, then by series name and book number (if applicable), then by book title.
I generally prefer mass market format because it’s easier to hold, but sometimes a collectible version is too tempting or, in other cases, the mass market option simply isn’t available. As a result, my library consists of a wide variety of shapes and sizes of books.
Unfortunately, for assorted reasons, most of my library is in boxes right now. Less unfortunately, I haven’t been dating for a long time. However, back when I was dating and my literature was on shelves around my bedroom, sometimes I would bring a partner home and they would complain about my books not being arranged by size or, alternatively, by color.
Of course they could setup their library however they wanted, but I did feel a bit of despair every time I heard this desire for form over function.
I read a shit ton of books. I don’t care if they’re on a screen or in my hands.
Sure, the guy has a ton of books in the shelves. But how many mysterious badly sorted storage boxes of books he has? Now that’s the real test of character.
Also ask probing questions about how many obsolete programming books he has. It may get awkward but it has to be done.
I think books are cool. Anyone who read books is a cool person and not yet lost to social media addiction. They can still be in the moment with themselves.
I had a period when I could not read a single page in a book because my mind was constantly wanting to use the phone instead. Many people are like that right now.
Books over sex? Nah fam, you can keep that deal
Only fuck people who make an expensive signal like Jay Gatsby.
Hahahahaaa
Some people read ebooks, especially if they’re in a small apartment
Or are poor and have to obtain them creatively™
Can confirm lol
Soulseek FTW!
Yeah, I have zero in my house now. I have over 1k on my ereader, in my pocket, and on my tablet. Even when I read physical books I never had this many, every time I got to a couple hundred I’d take them to Goodwill for others to enjoy. My reading list is so long, it’s not like I’m likely to reread anything. Every book I reread is one other book I won’t get to read before I die.
I see bookshelves like this these days it’s like someone with a lot of vinyl. They’re either old (old to me and I’m almost 50), or just into an old format for some reason. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t mean the same thing it used to.
I knew I recognized him from somewhere.
I have no idea who he is, but this is my favorite quote ever, as someone who’s both a goth/punk poser and works in cybersecurity.
He made the greatest No Smoking in the movie theater spots ever made.
John waters. As a young straight kid in a religious household in the south he was the first person that showed me there can be humor that involves lgbtq+ people that isn’t hateful or dismissive, followed by David Sedaris. And strangely enough it was through comedy that I first felt empathy for people I had been indoctrinated to hate. He’s definitely out there and quite honestly a lot of his stuff isn’t to my taste but he’s got some great material
he wrote and directed the musical Hairspray and the movie Pink Flamingos. Both of which are worth it if you don’t have a predisposition to hating campy, lgbtq+ or musicals.
I’ll take a look. This is the second quote from him that resonates with me prety deeply, he seems like a cool guy.
If you find his films a bit too much (which is fair), he’s also done a standup show called This Filthy World which you would probably enjoy.
If you have that predisposition you should hatewatch them
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000691/
Definitely worth knowing.
If you want a movie of his that’s very accessible, I recommend Pecker. The stuff he’s most known for was just a bit too out there for my tastes.
Hey, my favorite coffee shop has at least two comfy chairs at each of their… Five? I think they have five locations now. Way to go dudes. Anyways I can shrimp up whenever I visit. I don’t want to say they did it just for me but I am a regular and if I can’t shrimp I have to go home. They are the best for looking out for me.
Legend
So my steam library isn’t enough hur?
It better be at least 51% visual novels
Visual “novels”
Most of them are probably closer to novellas by word count, that’s a good point.
Once I offered to buy John Waters a drink, and the bartender got offended
Edit: at the very idea that John Waters would ever be charged for a drink
What if they’re hot
what if i’ve drastically reduced my physical books, but have thousands of epubs?
Dry humping only.
Mormon style soaking?
You can soak, but no jumper.
that’s why you get a friend to bounce the bed 😂
HE SAID NO JUMPER🗣️
I dunno, can’t see them in a bookshelf. He didn’t say anything about making reading cool, just books. “If they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.”
I don’t think digital versions count, at least not for John.
I guess they don’t for me, either, because when I read or listen to a book and really, really like it, I buy a physical copy.
This is perfect for me as I have a lot of chess books that I never read
Playing chess against people who have read chess books is the worst… you make one move and they go “ah… the Toledo-Salamanca opening, I can checkmate in 34 moves.”
That opening is worth about a million bucks.
I find it’s best to play ridiculous moves then that don’t show up in any books, you may end up in a strategically worse position but they have to work for their win now instead of just doing memorised plays. It’s better to burn out, than to fade away!
But that is my favorite way to play chess!
I just haven’t actually read any books and an making up the names of moves. I hope my wife hasn’t caught on (she caught on the first time didn’t she)
I have yet to experience that even when playing against a fide master, but talking at the board is bad form. They do however know their way in the opening and it usually ends in disaster sooner or later
True, but I imagine a well-organized Calibre library will flood most basements, genitally speaking.
just virtual sex for you.
My books are on my phone…
So you can fuck wherever then. Nice.
Yeah, and I am certain you don’t have “Poor” by K O’Sullivan
No, I read for fun and that doesn’t look like a book I’d have fun reading
I have the core rules book, investigator manual, and keeper manual for the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, does that count?
It counts double.
