If, when you go visiting someone you wish to be close friends with. And it takes you less than ½ an hour to thoroughly browse their bookshelves. You might need to do some rethinking.
@corlin @thedisasterautist
“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters
@corlin @thedisasterautist Or you might have to rifle through their Kindle.
@AskTheDevil @thedisasterautist
Yes I point them to my Calibre collection.... now over 1,000 ebooks.
@corlin @AskTheDevil @thedisasterautist Well, the question is do you wander through the upstairs bedrooms to check out those bookcases, or is that rude? And do you ask about the boxes of books in the basement? And while you're there, do you dare open the chest freezer? 😂
@Notokay @AskTheDevil @thedisasterautist
lol.
hmmmm.🤔
Upstairs and basement only by invitation. Must be the third date or more before chest freezer.
@corlin @AskTheDevil @thedisasterautist Good to have clarity about these things!!!
@corlin @thedisasterautist If my friends leave me alone for half an hour in their home, unsupervised, they risk that I'm teaching their cat how to use matches, or their kids how to employ loopholes in parental decrees, not that I'm perusing their shelf.
But if I do, I'm not just judging their reading. I also judge their spice rack.
And if they don't have enough books or spices, I share!
@CoyoteConscious @thedisasterautist
Good plan.
I am known to “accidentally” leave books behind when I visit folks.
@corlin @thedisasterautist I try not to judge people for not knowing they might enjoy reading. I learned to read at home, but I watched so many classmates learn to read in a classroom setting that ensured they'd associate reading with being miserable, feeling less-than, or being boring.
Sometimes it's just that they haven't learned to like it _yet_.
I've also known some great folks whose interests and expertise didn't include reading. We don't all have to be the same to be worthy.
@corlin @thedisasterautist
Oh, I love investigating bookshelves!