My last three books read have been on a Kindle. I am considering dumping all my books because I can fit a whole library on the Kindle and saves so much space in the (very small) house. Have I become unfuckable?

Says the man that hasn’t moved homes a lot.

Fuck them book boxes. All hail the public library where you most importantly give the book back!

Well it's kinda hard to fuck the books when they don't exist, so yeah that makes sense

Keep your condoms behind the books, impress me

If no books, a well worn library card is a sexy substitute.

I have books.

I like books but its media in a different form. It could be great or it could be trash. The book format 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.

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.

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?

Honestly, a bookshelf tells you a lot. Even one messy little stack of books is a green flag.

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.

I live in baltimore and see john waters all the time, he'd f*** any handsome thing with a penis book or not. He's winked sexually at me several times.

No homo, but i like attention so flirting is ok bro.

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.

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.

Some people read ebooks, especially if they're in a small apartment

In suburbia, books are ornaments and rarely read. They are just there to get laid.

Once I offered to buy John Waters a drink, and the bartender got offended

Edit: at the very idea that John Waters would ever be charged for a drink

Oh man… but if we let all the people who don’t have books just fuck each other instead of us… isn’t that how we get Idiocracy / this timeline?

I think books are cool. Anyone who read books is a cool person and not yet lost to social media addiction. 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.

I 100% agree. Get of instagram and tiktok and read.