Once I offered to buy John Waters a drink, and the bartender got offended
Don't fuck them
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homes@piefed.world 1 month ago
U7826391786239@piefed.zip 1 month ago
what if i’ve drastically reduced my physical books, but have thousands of epubs?
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I dunno, can’t see them in a bookshelf. He didn’t say anything about making reading cool, just books. “If they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.”
I don’t think digital versions count, at least not for John.
Kanda@reddthat.com 1 month ago
This is perfect for me as I have a lot of chess books that I never read
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
True, but I imagine a well-organized Calibre library will flood most basements, genitally speaking.
Drusas@fedia.io 1 month ago
I guess they don't for me, either, because when I read or listen to a book and really, really like it, I buy a physical copy.
Ariselas@piefed.ca 1 month ago
just virtual sex for you.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s spelled “pubes” and having a couple thousand really isn’t that impressive, though showing them off at the end of a date might still get you laid…
Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Some people read ebooks, especially if they’re in a small apartment
FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Or are poor and have to obtain them creatively™
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 month ago
Can confirm lol
Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Soulseek FTW!
square@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Yeah, I have zero in my house now. I have over 1k on my ereader, in my pocket, and on my tablet. Even when I read physical books I never had this many, every time I got to a couple hundred I’d take them to Goodwill for others to enjoy. My reading list is so long, it’s not like I’m likely to reread anything. Every book I reread is one other book I won’t get to read before I die.
I see bookshelves like this these days it’s like someone with a lot of vinyl. They’re either old (old to me and I’m almost 50), or just into an old format for some reason. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t mean the same thing it used to.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I have a similar mentality, but I do have some that are particularly memorable that I like to return to, like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy for example. I also have certain books which are less for reading, like the Onion’s our dumb century or I have some railroad and travel books that have tons of cool pictures, but once I’ve read a book (especially fiction) if I dont forsee rereading it I’ll pass it along to someone or donate it to free up more space on my shelf for future books. And then my e-reader has a subset of my ebook library on it, with a mix of both re-reads and to-be-reads because that 32GB of storage will easily hold thousands of ebooks so there’s no stress to perfectly curate what I’m carrying with me on it
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
So.my steam library isn’t enough hur?
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I have the core rules book, investigator manual, and keeper manual for the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, does that count?
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
It counts double.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Looks at hot accountant.
“QuickBooks”
Close enough?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
QuickBooks is for when you’re getting fucked by the IRS.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
So, for everybody.
Emi@ani.social 1 month ago
Does manga count?
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If i go to someones house and they have a manga shelf my clothes are coming off pronto. Assuming all parties consent, that is.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I’ll count it
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Eh, i rent i dont own. Which means i move every few years. Also i have a library card, so i dont own very many books at all. I still read alot tho.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Eh, i rent i dont own
Having sex with hookers is still having sex. Book up or no sex!
everett@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Sorry, you have to do your sex at the library.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
What are we sorry for? I thought I enjoyed the library before…
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
ok boomer
i gave away 99% of my books outside a few reference books, I have 1000s of books on an elibary, managed on Caliber and read them on a Kobo. i can and do also use the overdrive app to read library books on my kobo. I also have a library card and visit regularly.
He can live in a memorial room to dead trees
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 month ago
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Welcome to the new dark ages.
snoons@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
what if all my books are on the compooter
MrSelfDestruct@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Cyber sex
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 month ago
That’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I like books but its media in a different form. It could be great or it could be trash. The book itself says nothing. I’d consider someone who watches the YouTube channel Angela Collier as more educated than someone who has a bookshelf full of Danielle Steel novels.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
sure, but the point is if they don’t have any books at all
the former person would and should have books
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Someone with no books but watches Angela Collier is more educated than a person with a bookshelf of Danielle Steele.
1984@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I think books are cool. Anyone who read books is a cool person and not yet lost to social media addition. They can still be in the moment with themselves.
I had a period when I could not read a single page in a book because my mind was constantly wanting to use the phone instead. Many people are like that right now.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Only fuck people who make an expensive signal like Jay Gatsby.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 month ago
Hahahahaaa
Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Fun fact: ebooks are better for the environment than paper books.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Paper books are a carbon sink though. The carbon that is held in that paper is held there for as long as the book exists for until it’s either burned or composted at which point that possibly decades old carbon gets released into the atmosphere.
Wood and wood products, if sustainably harvested and grown can be really good for the carbon budget because trees pull far more carbon in from the atmosphere while growing than they do once they’re fully grown. Meanwhile computers have a comparably short lifetime and require regular hardware replacements to continue operating which consumes far more materials and expends far more carbon than books, plus computers require energy to operate which also has a carbon cost, meanwhile books have a one-time carbon cost of their production and never again
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Sure, the guy has a ton of books in the shelves. But how many mysterious badly sorted storage boxes of books he has? Now that’s the real test of character.
Also ask probing questions about how many obsolete programming books he has. It may get awkward but it has to be done.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
My friends have an Estonian book that teaches fortran 77 and BASIC if I remember correctly. It’s a truly wondrous tome.
quips@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
My books are on my phone…
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 month ago
So you can fuck wherever then. Nice.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, and I am certain you don’t have “Poor” by K O’Sullivan
quips@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
No, I read for fun and that doesn’t look like a book I’d have fun reading
adam_y@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If no books, a well worn library card is a sexy substitute.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 month ago
That person will have books, they will be overdue.
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
What if they’re hot
DandomRude@piefed.social 1 month ago
I have bookshelves behind my desk. When I’m on video calls from my home office, I’ve gotten into the habit of using Blur or some other background filter, because people always give me that weird look when they see books in the background. And I’m not even that old….
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
If you go home with someone and they dont have shoe laces, don’t fuck them.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Keep your condoms behind the books, impress me
therewolftherecastle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I use the presence books or an e-reader in a home as a barometer for how much have in common with the people in it. I’m not a snob about it, either. I don’t care if its Harry Potter or obscure volumes of post-structural literary criticism. Just read, please.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But I can’t afford to keep books! They take up a lot of space that requires large rooms with shelves and shit. I can’t even afford a decent apartment!
What if I show you my Chinese e-reader with my digital collection of pirated books instead? You like Terry Pratchett?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
In suburbia, books are ornaments and rarely read. They are just there to get laid.
toynbee@piefed.social 1 month ago
I have lots of books and prefer physical media. I’ve organized them various ways, mostly by author, then by series name and book number (if applicable), then by book title.
I generally prefer mass market format because it’s easier to hold, but sometimes a collectible version is too tempting or, in other cases, the mass market option simply isn’t available. As a result, my library consists of a wide variety of shapes and sizes of books.
Unfortunately, for assorted reasons, most of my library is in boxes right now. Less unfortunately, I haven’t been dating for a long time. However, back when I was dating and my literature was on shelves around my bedroom, sometimes I would bring a partner home and they would complain about my books not being arranged by size or, alternatively, by color.
Of course they could setup their library however they wanted, but I did feel a bit of despair every time I heard this desire for form over function.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Sorry John, I only have physical copies of books with pretty pictures on them.
MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Well it’s kinda hard to fuck the books when they don’t exist, so yeah that makes sense
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Due to a few job losses, moves, and storage losses a while back, I lost and stopped replenishing my physical books, so most of my library is digital. Also helps since I need glasses now.
There are worrying drawbacks to digital also, like whether i might suddenly not own stuff I purchased, but so far it’s been better for me.
ArchsageRamases@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I 100% agree. Get of instagram and tiktok and read.
Mikina@programming.dev 1 month ago
I knew I recognized him from somewhere.
I have no idea who he is, but this is my favorite quote ever, as someone who’s both a goth/punk poser and works in cybersecurity.
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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
he wrote and directed the musical Hairspray and the movie Pink Flamingos. Both of which are worth it if you don’t have a predisposition to hating campy, lgbtq+ or musicals.
Mikina@programming.dev 1 month ago
I’ll take a look. This is the second quote from him that resonates with me prety deeply, he seems like a cool guy.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you have that predisposition you should hatewatch them
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
John waters. As a young straight kid in a religious household in the south he was the first person that showed me there can be humor that involves lgbtq+ people that isn’t hateful or dismissive, followed by David Sedaris. And strangely enough it was through comedy that I first feel empathy for people I had been indoctrinated to hate. He’s definitely out there and quite honestly a lot of his stuff isn’t to my taste but he’s got some great material
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
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therewolftherecastle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The ludicrously tragic? The tragically ludicrous?
the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 1 month ago
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000691/
Definitely worth knowing.
Gloomy@mander.xyz 1 month ago
What does he mean, there is no look to that. Sure there is…
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Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I still love how a movie about hackers completely made up what they thought hacker culture might look like, but instead of laughing off a bad Hollywood film hacker culture embraced this invented asthetic and hasn’t really let go since
I recently watched that film for the first time and holy shit that movie has aged like fine wine and makes me nostalgic for a bygone subculture that never really existed in the first place
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hey, my favorite coffee shop has at least two comfy chairs at each of their… Five? I think they have five locations now. Way to go dudes. Anyways I can shrimp up whenever I visit. I don’t want to say they did it just for me but I am a regular and if I can’t shrimp I have to go home. They are the best for looking out for me.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you want a movie of his that’s very accessible, I recommend Pecker. The stuff he’s most known for was just a bit too out there for my tastes.
clucose@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Legend
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
He made the greatest No Smoking in the movie theater spots ever made.