There are only two kinds of books that are truly loved - those pristine and undamaged, and those which look like they’ve been through the apocalypse
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Guess I’m chaotic good. Library gives a receipt for checked out books and even puts it in the book, so I just use that.
I leave the whatever it is in the book at the end. Not in library books, mind you. Don’t like making more work for librarians. I started the habit when I found a baggage claim ticket in a book I bought at a used bookstore. I leave them in when I pass them on to the next owner.
I’ve found a few ersatz bookmarks over the years. The best so far was a 6 of clubs. The worst was a used q-tip.
I do this. I also have a kind of system to mark where on the page I’m at, depending on which way the receipt is facing / oriented.
You’re thanked for that goodness!
My wife used to handle library returns. They had to examine each book for signs of bed bugs, and found interesting things used as bookmarks. Sometimes money, personal notes, or random business cards.
But I tell you, no story beat: A razor blade. Yep. Just fell right out from the pages. Naked and sharp. How’s that for chaotic evil??
(Thankfully nobody was harmed. Glad they all wore gloves!)
Well that’s a terrible bookmark! You have to be able to pick a bookmark up safely I feel!
Right?! And who would have a razor so close by that it would even make a convenient “Oh I’ll just use this then” bookmark? That was a weird one. I hope it wasn’t some kind of cruel joke.
On the other hand, she found like $50 once. Who knew books would be risk/reward mystery chests?
In any case, once a book is returned, it’s purged from the user’s history for privacy reasons, so… (Shrug!)
Burning the page you just finished reading so you can read the next page, while standing there in a dark labyrinth
where a minotaur is lurking.oh, my. Now that’s hardcore reading
Zampanò said no minotaur.
I’m all over the board.
The only ones I haven’t done (that i can recall) are “neutral good” and “chaotic neutral”
i do have a vague memory of pressed flower bookmarks when i was a youngster, probably was something my mom had.
I’m lawful evil. But I think they mixed up neutral evil and chaotic evil.
Me too, and this is the only alignment chart where I’m lawful and I don’t like it.
Absolutely, putting a book down open face will fuck up the spine, and if done for a long time or repeatedly, the whole book will be deformed and maybe even fall apart.
That seems much more chaotic to me than dog earing a few pages.
LE gang rise up!
Chaotic war-crime: dog-ear where you make the fold exactly big enough so it points to the line you left off on.
Yes I did this sometimes as a kid and I still feel bad for the librarians who had to see the devastation I wrought.
Lmao imagining kid you opening the book to see the page pointed at “see,” only to have to reread the page anyway because you lost track of what a character was seeing
TIL I’m both chaotic good and lawful evil
same
Chaotic Evil would be ripping out every page you’ve read.
Hey Satan, nice to hear from you! Welcome to the chat!
Okay, and where is throwing the book aside and remembering the page, and when you inevitably forget where you were, just starting from the last place you vaguely remember?
“Previously on… Or wait, does this sound familiar? Did we jump forward instead?”
I listen to audiobooks
points and screeches
With an accent?
No, that’s farts only.
…and talking I guess.
ebook is the only way to guarantee I can read the book. page material and gloss, layout, spacing, kerning, etc. can all combine in various ways to make me inexplicably unable to read or have a really hard time reading where I have to focus really hard on each letter rather than each sentence. Oled has made is possible for me to read large bodies of text on phones but for full books I always go for the eink.
Interesting, was it always that way for you? I feel like for me with books printed on paper I’m actually a lot less picky but for e-readers (or any text on a screen really) the kerning, text size, etc. matters a lot more. The impact is definitely more pronounced for regular screens than e-ink though. Text size I find has the biggest impact on readability on screens for me in general.
the main reason the ereader works for me is the ability to override pretty much every aspect of the text. I can do most non glossy paper and text but some books and especially textbooks are a real bitch and everyone thought I was just making shit up when I was in school. text size is usually ok but I tend to make it bigger so I dont need glasses
I guess I’m chaotic good when I’m not just listening to audiobooks, but I like to find a Magic card that fits the general vibe of the book.
For example, I chose Lost in a Labyrinth for House of Leaves
That’s so cool thank you for sharing this little tidbit :)
You don’t memorize the page number, you just sort of remember where you are and find it
Ok Satan
Hi there, it’s called ADHD, kill me :)
We might need a 3rd axis for this, I feel it can be connected to any of these 🤔
3d alignment chart would actually solve as many problems as it causes. I’m into it
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Is that chaotic lawful?
Me whenever lose my bookmark thinking it’s the worst thing to happen to me, my book is ruined, and then I find my exact spot in 6.4 seconds.
I use the dust jacket flap.
I throw dust jackets away immediately, because I think they’re an abomination and books look and feel better without them. And then I dog-ear the pages because it gives them character.
I must be extra chaotic extra evil.
Fuck me I hate those things. Straight to the trash.
I throw them away because I will tear them, the tears will catch on my hands, and it will slide half-off at the worst possible time.
I’d love to do this clearly easier method except that dust jackets are the devil. One, they ALWAYS get ruined, ALWAYS. Two, they’re weirdly loud if you read in bed & your partner is trying to sleep. Three they sure don’t keep dust off if you store books on a shelf standing up
Just a reminder that you shouldn’t put plants in your book – seriously, that can ruin the paper.
You’re right, plant material is going to decompose if there is any trace of humidity in the air and there goes your page… I just stick a thin slice of smoked ham in there
You can laminate leafs if you really want to keep having that fall theme going
Not really worth it, in my opinion.
Tear the page you’re on out and keep it in your pocket to look back to when you need to start again and you can find the page # on the torn out page. /S
Calm down, Satan
Tear each page out as you read them. You’ll always open the book to the page you’re on
