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.

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

what if i've drastically reduced my physical books, but have thousands of epubs?

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

So my steam library isn't enough hur?

Looks at hot accountant.

"QuickBooks"

Close enough?

I have the core rules book, investigator manual, and keeper manual for the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, does that count?

Does manga count?

what if all my books are on the compooter

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.

Only fuck people who make an expensive signal like Jay Gatsby.

Fun fact: ebooks are better for the environment than paper books.

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.

Sorry John, I only have physical copies of books with pretty pictures on them.

What if they're hot

My books are on my phone…

If you go home with someone and they dont have shoe laces, don't fuck them.

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....

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.

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.

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.

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