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penguins are based because you can tell when a nigga hasn't read them
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>he doesn't read a book online to decide whether he likes it and then order a physical copy only if it's deserving of the honor
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>>24814456
These penguin editions age so fucking shit that you just have to carry a copy around in your backpack for a couple weeks to make it look fully read
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>>24814456
Why would you read Ovid before Virgil?
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>>24814520
I hope they find a cure for autism one day.
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>>24814456
idk why people say this
I never crack paperbacks
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>>24814631
Books are meant to be read, stop treating them like ornaments.
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>>24814636
maybe you just have big meaty claws and I have dainty kitty paws
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>>24814456
oxford's world classics mog these in almost every capacity; paper, binding, editor notes and introductions, and most importantly, the price
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>>24814645
Knopf hardbacks beat out every other publisher in every regard, except price. It's the enlightened choice. I prefer Penguin Classics for paperbacks, but I'm far less fussy. All of my paperbacks end up beaten up and abused regardless.
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>>24814456
Damn you raped Ovid
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>>24815054
Show spines
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>>24814636
You don't need to see both pages at the same time. Stop raping spines.
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>>24814642
>dainty kitty paws
Okay, pussy hands
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>>24814645
OWCs have tiny margins so you're forced to put your thumb over the words to hold it open and then the shitty ink smudges
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>>24814631
The first thing I do when I get a new book is crack the spine. It's extremely satisfying.
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>>24815054
samuel johnson said books are to be used, not preserved like relics. tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold corners, read the good bits again and again until the paper frays. most people with real feeling for literature have enormous appetites and consume books ruthlessly.
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>>24815176
I don't care.
I'm not destroying my book just cuz. You just fucking suck at handling your book
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>>24815234
totally mismatched level of conversation there... i’m not trying to convince you, i was making a cultural-philosophical observation about how people use books.
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>>24815176
> tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold corners

Three-year-olds do the same thing and it doesn’t give them anymore “real feeling for literature”
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>>24815266
both passionate. but i was being descriptive not prescriptive. tearing out pages doesn’t create a feeling for lit. it’s the appetite for books that leads to excess.
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>>24815202
/lit/ in a nutshell
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>>24815176
>tear out pages, annotate them, skip to the middle, fold corners, read the good bits again and again until the paper frays
I have books on my shelves that are older than I am because their previous owner was kind enough to not do that. People who do those things are the same people who refuse to return the shopping cart.
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>>24815332
you and the previous owner have the wrong idea of what books are. i’m sure if you ever happen to open one of them you’ll see no words from the author asking you kindly not to besmirch these tomes.

the shopping cart comparison is beyond parody. did you also report people for breaking lockdown and not wearing a mask? you seem to think readings a civic duty.
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>>24815245
>>24815176
"Something something about a monkey holding the wrong end of a hammer imaging himself a great sculptor"
The lit hoes aren't going to sleep with you because you dress in "dark academia
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>>24815350
where did that come from?
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Still waiting for a compelling argument. Books are meant to be read. Cracking a spine doesn't render a book unreadable. It's also almost inevitable when a book has 600+ pages.
Caring about the aesthetic of book ownership is for silly billies. Don't forget to put on gloves every time you handle your books too, because everyone knows skin oils tarnish books!

>>24815332
For a reader you sure have a hard time recognising hyperbole.
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>>24814636
wtf is this idiocy? There's nothing wrong with reading books without trying to tear them apart
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>>24815384
it’s gay
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>>24815384
Read what I wrote again, maybe slower this time.
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>>24815401
Sorry, arguments online must be /won/ unambiguously, and each statement taken to be an extreme form of divergence and dissension.
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>>24815412
Hey, at least we finally agree on something. Everything hinges on my ability to convince you until you assent, and vice versa.
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And they say that black don't crack!
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>>24814456
Penguin Clothbounds are superior in every way
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>>24814456
Cracked Penguins feel good to read. Excellent hand feel. Nice and floppy.
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>>24814538
yeah the orange letter ones were the last straw, the all black and white are utter shit
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>>24814538
Carrying it in your backpack won't crease the spine
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Love penguin classics
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>>24814642

Stop being cute or I'll shag you
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>>24814631
I never crack spines either, but most of my books, especially these penguins, will get worn along the edges even if i keep it at home.
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>>24814520
>buying a penguin as the physical copy
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>>24815176
Are you a woman?
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>>24814645
Don't they use glue instead of sowing for hard covers? I dont trust any single brand for these things
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TL;DR: If you crack spines you are a nigger.
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