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10605501 No.10605501 [Reply] [Original]

>The spines on your books aren't damaged that means you didn't read them
>Your books have to look like shit or else you're a fraud

>> No.10605504

>>10605501
>tfw no one believes me that ive read moby dick

>> No.10605508

>>10605504
I believe you anon

>> No.10605546

>>10605508
Nno--n-no you don't

>> No.10605553

>>10605546
you're right i dont

>> No.10605554
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10605554

>>10605553
Okay:(

>> No.10605566

>>10605501
I virgin cradle all my books and especially try hard not to open my paperbacks at more than a 60-75° angle. The only books with real visible wear are my Everyman's where the black label starts peeling off from my hand pressing on it, and my Bible literally has subtle sweat marks on the spine in a similar fashion.

>> No.10605570

>>10605501
>tfw you don't bend your books but want people to know what you've read

>> No.10605575

>>10605570
Anon can you ask me what i have read oh please pretty please ask me oh ask me i read a book a really good book and now i want to tell everybody about it

>> No.10605604

>>10605575
Well we're on /lit/ so it could only be one of five or so books... GRAVITY'S JEST.

>> No.10605609

>>10605501
Looks like someone got a little bit triggered by the shelf gore thread. Sweetie, Penguin books are supposed to crack.

>> No.10605610

>>10605604
No anon no that is wrong anon i havent no i swear that book is the shape of a no no square

>> No.10605637

>>10605609
>taking pride in the shit quality products you buy and how poorly you treat them
are you american by any chance?

>> No.10605643

My daddy taught me not to damage books. Not gonna change to impress some pseuds on /lit/.

>> No.10605644

>>10605643
>having a dad

>> No.10605673

>>10605643
My daddy also taught me a think or two about books, like how to not damage the spine by flicking through the whole thing before you start reading.

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10605694

>>10605637
Keep trying kiddo. I'll just leave this here in cause you forget that you're a pseud with more money than sense.

>> No.10605696

>>10605694
Post what your writings

>> No.10605710

>>10605673
Could you show me?

>> No.10605714

>>10605501
just read the pdfs you fucking psood

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>>10605710
I'd be right happy to!

>> No.10605727

>>10605719
>the most famous bookbinder America has produced
mother of god...

>> No.10605730

I always start with the best of intentions with a paperback. Some make it but others- usually the longer ones- get their spines well and truly broken in.

>> No.10605793

>>10605501

Totally this. How is taking care of one's books, the depositories of our mind in constant work in progress, a mark of lowness.

>> No.10605804

Difficult to tell if someone bought the book new or used without asking... but yes, if most new paperbacks are guaranteed to have even the least bit of wear if you've handled them for more than a few days, then of course it means you didn't read most of your books at all or didn't finish them.

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10605828

>>10605804
Pop quiz hotshot: read or unread?

>> No.10605836

>>10605828

Read but on an e-book. You bought the physical copy because you value the paper presence of this timeless English oeuvre.

>> No.10605844

>>10605836
I would never read an e-book. Not out of contrarianism, but because if there's a screen in front of me I just fuck around on other shit.
No, what you are witnessing is the GOAT virgin cradler. Many could learn a thing or two of book preservation from my journeyman technique.

>> No.10605845

>>10605844
try cold turkey