• @Viking_Hippie
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      26 days ago

      What’s that second line of the subtitle?

      I read it as “plausible as kitchens, but shapely as a folktale”, which is a somewhat unusual way to describe a book 🤔

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        1026 days ago

        First I thought, that doesn’t sound right so I tried to read it too. Then I thought, well shit I’m reading the same thing but it can’t be right. I googled it, sure as shit you’re right. The book was originally German and old so I’m assuming it’s an old German thing that doesn’t translate well. Here’s an alternative cover I found with the same quote.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          826 days ago

          Or maybe Margaret Atwood is just very credulous when certain sections of her house talk to her and has fanciful ideas about the physicality of folk tales? 🤷

        • @ngwoo
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          From what I can tell that is the only time in history anyone ever used that phrase aside from everyone afterward being confused about what the hell it means

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      wow they really were serious about picking the random bear huh

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          25 days ago

          you think i was genuinely suggesting that this book was written as an adaptation of a tiktok meme

          i guess weirder things have happened

            • @pyre
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              225 days ago

              if a game with no plot, story or ending like borderlands gets a movie, TikTok memes should be allowed to get books