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This weird engine is 18th Century CE; It allowed researchers to work efficiently with up to 8 open books at the same time.

The original "I've got a lot of tabs open."

>> No.20623522

>>20623502
That’s heckin awesome reddit

>> No.20623529

>>20623502
I need one of these

>> No.20623562

>>20623502
Just leave all your books open on the floor.

>> No.20623596

>>20623522
Es basadísimo, el que lo dude tiene un palo en el culo. Tal vez me compre uno...imagínense cuántos libros se podrían leer a la vez...

>> No.20623739

I remember a brief period in /lit/'s history where some guy would post bookwheels into threads for no reason and everyone would call him based and that was the whole bit.

>> No.20623781

>>20623739
>pretending people thought your shitposts were epic
get a life

>> No.20623794

>>20623781
Alas, I was not the Based Bookwheel Poster.
That titan amongst men, that dashing rogue.

>> No.20623931
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>>20623562
This. Who /floorchad/ here?
t. sits on the floor at a coffee table like my animu. Actually just too poor to afford a desk and chair.

>> No.20623937
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>>20623739
We're doing coffee tables now.

>> No.20623963

— i aM ReSeaRCHiNG, MoM!

>> No.20624037

>>20623502
pretty good for comparing

>> No.20624044

>>20623931
you will never be japanese

>> No.20624085

>>20623937
based

>> No.20624098

>>20623502
One of my mentors has one of these, in his house, but he assures me that it's actually a 16th century dutch thing.

>> No.20624102

>>20623963
Pedo

>> No.20624424
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>>20623502
...

>> No.20624956

>>20623502
>"Alright, Thomas. Go through these volumes and see if Mr. Hammercock's name shows up."

>> No.20624977

>>20623931
Sitting on the floor is a lot comfier than most people realize. I even have a foam roller that I'll just lie down on and read sometimes

>> No.20625053

>>20624977
I've been living like this for years. And I realized that it's unfathomable to americans because they're all too fat and out of shape to live like an 80 year old japanese. apparently getting up and down from the floor is literally painful to normal people, by which i mean fat sedentary eatbeasts who haven't exercised in three decades. blew my mind when i realized that's why people freak when i tell them i sit like this. and keeping in mind, this is standard in japan, especially with older japanese, so it isn't an age issue, it's lifestyle.

from playing sports i realized i can get up from the floor faster and easier than even people in relatively good shape. i think floor sitting uses some kind of muscle or flexibility that westerners otherwise never get. it's like having a superpower.

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>>20624044

>> No.20625085

>>20623502
i cant believe how low this board has fallen
>weird engine in 18th century
dude that's a BOOK WHEEL. everyone on /lit/ has a book wheel, stop pretending like this is archaic technology

>> No.20625191

>>20625085
I have no idea how I would have 8 books open at a time without my handy book wheel

>> No.20625403

>>20625085
How do you use book wheel with paperbacks?

>> No.20625549

>>20625403
just buy 8 different kindles.

>> No.20625578

>>20625403
I've seen bookstands with flexible clamps on the bottom for holding pages. surely that could be easily added to a book wheel, no?

>> No.20626233

>>20623781
This