• BoBTFish
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    5 months ago

    “what are you reading?”
    Like I sat down and opened a book as a fucking conversation starter?! Clearly I don’t want to bloody talk to you right now!

    • @NorthWestWind
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      85 months ago

      “oh this is a cool book I found called ‘why won’t you shut the fuck up’”

    • @[email protected]
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      25 months ago

      “On Killing” (fr it’s an interesting book if you are into psychology or military stuff)

  • @LaunchesKayaks
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    135 months ago

    This is me, but on my lunch at work. I’m the only person there who reads for fun, so they don’t get it lol

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      I found out my library uses hoopla and libby to let me borrow ebooks so no I read on my phone instead of doomscrolling all day. Working my way through the Hunger Games series at the moment, I can’t believe I slept on it for so long.

  • IninewCrow
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    95 months ago

    When your spouse now wants to chat during the most exciting part of the book after the room had been completely quiet and comfortable for the past hour during the most boring chapters.

  • @niktemadur
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    5 months ago

    Looks like a Ye Olden YouTube clickbait thumbnail from the 18th century… ThouTube? ThineTube?

    This lady-in-waiting has her MIND BLOWN by this one quote from Voltaire!

    • gregorum
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      5 months ago

      UreTube, Comrade! Smash the chains of oppression, and seize the means of free expression! For it belongs to all of us!

  • @[email protected]
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    35 months ago

    I am telling my partner about almost all funny memes at Lemmy while they are reading a book. It is frustrating at times, when there are too many good memes.