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If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t sleep with them (english.elpais.com)
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Every book collection reflects its owner’s personality. A unique mix of gothic novels, engineering manuals, romantic poetry and cookbooks are like strands of DNA. Just as people change, book collections also evolve.

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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 26 points 10 months ago

That's a moronic take if I ever saw one.

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The title is in reference to some random John Waters quote and has very little to do with the post itself. A more apt title would be "I Got My Apartment Renovated: Intellectual Masturbation by The Bookshelves".

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 2 points 10 months ago

The other commenters won't know this, because they don't read or get laid.

[–] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"looks at bookshelf of completely unread books." Oh... Yeah I love books!

[–] lyam23@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I know you're joking but it's absolutely possible to love books even when most may be unread. Umberto Eco sings the praises of the so-called "anti-library" here: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 18 points 10 months ago

I only got eBooks. Do I show off my epub and pdf collection then?

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Does an ereader count?

[–] Ethereal87@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

Sexting only in that case!

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I gave all of my physical books to the library and have like 1k books on my Kindle.

[–] tardigrada@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I don't know, but that's a good question 😅

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah! Fuck e-book and audiobook users!

[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

Did you read the article? It says not to do that!

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I give books away, so I'm out.

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

I had a near visceral reaction reading that article when he suggested refusing people asking if they can borrow a book.

What's the point of having a library if you aren't going to share?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I use books for a decoration

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use em for heat.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Steady on Adolph.