"Oh look at this guy reading a BOOK at the cafe, he must think he's sooooo cool! I get he thinks a woman will sleep with him cuz he's so smart and cultured."

Or maybe my roommate is having their partner over and they kicked me out and I'd rather do this than just be on my fucking phone for two hours?

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[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did... did someone actually say this to you?

It reads like something made up, sorry if this is mean but i get got by obvious bits sometimes

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nobody has ever confronted me in public but I see posts all the time on the internet complaining about "pretentious hipsters reading Pynchon on the subway".

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Posts aren’t real. Like the person who posts that shit probably just imagined a hipster reading shit in a cafe and then complained about it. We need to go back to presuming that everything people say on the internet is a pathetic lie until proven otherwise

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

presuming that everything people say on the internet is a pathetic lie until proven otherwise

I don't believe you!

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been judged for reading a book in public instead of scrolling in the last couple of months. 🤷

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Things are going well in the world....

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It gets better!

"Just go on FB and..."

"I don't have FB."

"Why not?! 😲 😠"

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah not having socials makes people think I'm a dangerous person