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16698577 No.16698577 [Reply] [Original]

Do you buy bookmarks?

>> No.16698592

>>16698577
No, i use used condoms.

>> No.16698598

No I use my old Pokemon cards

>> No.16698618

nope, pretty gay if you ask me. i rip out pages of books i don't like and use them as bookmarks instead.

>> No.16698849

>>16698577

It's difficult to think of a stupider thing to buy.

>> No.16698860

I use golf score cards

>> No.16698873

I just mark the page I'm up to by smearing my poo down the pagination. Then when I'm done I resell the book on Amazon as "new" lol

>> No.16698884

>>16698577
I use a pack of playing cards I got at a career fair

>> No.16698891

>>16698618
Based.

>>16698577
No, I use an ereader. I also collect bookmarks from obscure mini-libraries in larger university libraries.

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>>16698598

>> No.16698932

I just remember what chapter I stopped reading on.

>> No.16698947

i use yugioh cards

>> No.16699099

>>16698577
Business cards from coffeeshops or gun businesses.

>> No.16699107

>>16698577
lmao no
ive used a laminated $2 bill for the past 14 years

>> No.16699108

I tear out each page as I finish it, that way I just have to open the book to the first page and I don't need a bookmark

>> No.16699207

No I use McDonald's receipts

>> No.16699221

>>16699207
now that's burgerpunk

>> No.16699226

>>16698577
I collect used stamps and laminate sets of them into bookmarks.

>> No.16699239

>>16698577
Just fold the corner of the page

>> No.16699719

>>16698577
Nearly all the books I buy online come with a bookmark. I used take a bookmark every time I went to the library but haven't been there in years.

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>> No.16699752

>>16698577
nah i just used a ripped peice of what ever is lying around when i start a book

>> No.16701141

>>16698577
No, I once found a leaflet from 1990s in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, which I borrowed from a library and I've used as a bookmark ever since

>> No.16701163

I use my desert storm trading card collection (they are investments)

>> No.16701165

I use cum-hardened strips of old sheets, just like you OP.

>> No.16701170

>>16698577
Bookmarks are the most useless things in existence. Not once in my life have I asked myself, "do I want to spend money on this?" and thought "yes."

>> No.16701176

>>16698577
I bought a pepe one from aliexpress but it hasn't gotten here yet

>> No.16701205

>not using a sharpie to cross out the words you just read making you really focus on the story because you'll only get to appreciate it once
fun to do, but it's awkward when someone asks to borrow a book and it's just black inside...

>> No.16701254

I use a piece of cardboard from a meat thermometer package

>> No.16701275
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16701275

Mine cost $1

>> No.16701285

>>16698577

Only the WACKIEST, ZANIEST, KOOKIEST, and CRAZIEST bookmarks I can find
Yes I wouldn't be caught dead using a normal bookmark

>> No.16701383

>>16698577
I dropped out of college but 2 years later when I would've graduated they sent me a congratulatory grad letter with a grad exclusive bookmark in it so I've been using that for awhile

>> No.16701535

I use the receipt.

>> No.16701561

>>16698577
I once did, but they were dirt cheap, something like 1 euro for a package containing 30 of them. They have various flower designs and inspirational messages, kind of nice to look at when you're feeling down.

>> No.16701638

no, i order a lot of my books from powells and they ocasionally give me free bookmarks

>> No.16701748

>>16698577
Bookmarks are a gay waste of time. I just dog ear the page. Easier, faster, and simpler.

>> No.16702281

>>16698577
I have this little metal feather that my mom gave to me. I once thought I lost it on the train and panicked. Every time I put a book down for the day it reminds me how much I love her and makes me feel a bit better inside.

>> No.16702291

I remember when I used to use my nose blowing tissues (dry, ofc) as bookmarks. I just stick the nearest flat or long object between the pages

>> No.16702652

>>16698577
Those don't look long enough to actually function properly.

>> No.16702776

I use the ones I got from bookstores and some online orders
otherwise random paper thats around

>> No.16702934

Folded a4 sheet so i can write character names and notes down as I read

>> No.16702969

>>16698577
I use a laminated N word pass

>> No.16703126

I use torn paper or my grandma's good ol' 1979 national book fair bookmark.

>> No.16703410

>>16698577
No. Bookmarks are for women to buy and take pics of to post online.

>> No.16703521

I use another book

>> No.16704069

>>16703521
but how do you mark your place in that book

>> No.16704086

>>16704069
He uses another book. He can go through a whole library in a week that way.

>> No.16704193

I use playing cards from the old decks they give away at casinos.

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>>16698577
I collect yu-gi-oh cards for the sole purpose of having a card rat is thematically related to what I'm reading for a bookmark, as a fusion of my childhood hobby and growth as an adult.
Pic related

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Permenantly attached ribbon bookmark best bookmark

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Yes I bought this a few years ago it's served me well