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What judgments do you make based on a person's bookshelves?
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Date: May 16th, 2012 7:18 PM Author: Flushed hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20705957) |
Date: May 16th, 2012 7:19 PM Author: Aquamarine greedy knife dragon i draw inferences about their interests (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20705973) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 7:21 PM Author: Flushed hospital What would cause you to evaluate them positively, based on their reading selection? Negatively? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20705996) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 7:22 PM Author: Aquamarine greedy knife dragon never thought about this in those terms. to be honest i rarely see other people's bookshelves, and when i do, i usually just look for stuff that might be interesting to me and don't care about what the contents of the shelf say about the person (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20706004) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:00 PM Author: Ruddy shitlib place of business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707282) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:28 PM Author: fuchsia philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707994) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:21 PM Author: Blathering gunner yarmulke If a person has no bookshelves/visible books in his/her house whatsoever (more common than you'd think), it's a definite black mark (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20706935) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:22 PM Author: Flushed hospital What about too many books? Are there certain books or types of books that you would view negatively? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20706946) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:49 PM Author: Blathering gunner yarmulke Viewed negatively:
- Comics - Printed porn kept in visible locations (unless this is a bachelor pad) - Romance novels or other trashy pulpy fiction - Shitty pop culture magazines
There's no such thing as too many books as long as the residence isn't made slovenly by them |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:57 PM Author: startled doobsian kitchen I have no bookshelves. What say you?
Books are TTT. This is the fucking 21st Century. I read on screens. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:25 PM Author: Blathering gunner yarmulke Most of the people I know who have no bookshelves read nothing whatsoever. You're in the enlightened minority. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707465) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:29 PM Author: Histrionic marketing idea CR. I have yet to meet a serious reader who reads exclusively on e-readers and got rid of their books. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707485) |
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Date: May 17th, 2012 12:08 AM Author: orchid center Greetings, This is your typical e-reader owner: *has twenty Dan Brown novels* *is srs rdr |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:59 PM Author: fluffy faggotry piazza how is douchily displaying your books a positive? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707278) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:01 PM Author: startled doobsian kitchen It's code.
The books tell you that I'm smart enough to know that books represent the proposition that I'm smart. |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:27 PM Author: Blathering gunner yarmulke It's an indication that you might actually read something in this life.
Most people who have no books visible anywhere don't read jack shit. Joe 6 Pack has probably never finished an entire book in his lifetime aside from "See Spot Run". |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:52 PM Author: appetizing round eye even if there's a kindle or similar device visible, it's obvious they are prole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707690) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:50 PM Author: Lime beady-eyed base the bigger question is how do you view someone without books in their home? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707183) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:58 PM Author: Impertinent stimulating sanctuary Positively. Reading poisons the mind. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707272) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 9:58 PM Author: wine hell jewess what if you dont HAVE a book shelf? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707267) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:27 PM Author: Nubile laughsome famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707477) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 11:27 PM Author: Flushed hospital Do you have books? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707990) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:01 PM Author: sickened indian lodge trump supporter I haven't had a bookshelf in years. Why bother to keep lots of books around? How often do you read a book twice? Thats just idle capital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707286) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:03 PM Author: Flushed hospital Why wouldn't you read a book twice (or more)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707303) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:29 PM Author: Histrionic marketing idea It's not really idle capital because they have virtually no resale value. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707492) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:54 PM Author: sickened indian lodge trump supporter Right, all the more reason not to buy books.
Actually, buy and sell back through Amazon--the spread isn't bad |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:29 PM Author: Disturbing concupiscible temple (gatsby) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707491) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:32 PM Author: Dead Demanding Blood Rage Resort Shit like Malcolm Gladwell, Jared Diamond, and other such public intellectuals are a negative. Moreso if the reader is a woman. I'd feel like I was stuck in an undergraduate seminar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707510) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:34 PM Author: vigorous pisswyrm crackhouse lol
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:51 PM Author: Histrionic marketing idea I don't judge for a couple of these as long as it's not the bulk of what's on their shelves. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707680) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:33 PM Author: Titillating alcoholic ladyboy it's hard to make bookshelves not look like shit. all of my books are hidden. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707525) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:35 PM Author: Rough-skinned ultramarine step-uncle's house if they have a dvd collection instead of a book collection in their shelves i immediately think prole and then sit down watch movies with my brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707539) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:39 PM Author: startled doobsian kitchen Rip that ship and put it on a hard drive. You can fit a couple hundred DVDs on a $80 hard drive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707587) |
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Date: May 16th, 2012 10:41 PM Author: cordovan native ayn rand, eat pray love, any trendy chick lit = autoding for a serious relationship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1950188&forum_id=2#20707614) |
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