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How important is this?

>> No.18114646
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>>18114644
h-how have you been opening your books anon? Haven't you been doing pic related? If not you are probably fucked unironically

>> No.18114647

>>18114644
That's how you open books if you want to signal to the world: "YES, I'M A PATHETIC VIRGIN AND PROUD OF IT!!!!!"

>> No.18114649

>>18114644
it was kinda important for old bound books or you could actually lose pages sooner or later as written in the pic, modern ones are made differently and this does not apply

>> No.18114652

Extremely important, do this every time you purchase a new untouched book from the 1870s

>> No.18114653

>>18114644
Pathetic. I just tear my books in half for faster reading.

>> No.18114655

I’m pretty particular about my paperbacks. My sister used to do that thing where she rolls the pages around to the back, basically folding the book in half along the spine, and would crease the shit out of them. Fucking lunatic.

>> No.18114660

>>18114655
paperbacks are not made for looking good in the long run, they are made for convenience
your sister is in the right and you’re more of a lunatic if you’re being autistic over a two-dollar copy

>> No.18114662

>>18114646
One page at a time. Is it over?

>> No.18114671

>>18114660
I don’t have a retort for this, but I want to let you know that I’m mad.

>> No.18114674
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Nothing like cracking in a new spine

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>>18114662
you're done

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>>18114674
You deserve a fate worse than death.

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>>18114644
>not halving your books for portability and ease of reading
ngmi

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Oh God oh God oh God all my books are going to be ruined that's like $1500 dollars wasted SOMEONE HELP ME

>> No.18114750

>>18114644
You gave me flashbacks to first grade. We had to open our brand new science textbooks *EXTREMELY* carefully.

>> No.18114761

>>18114644
Absolutely essential. Take the pill

>> No.18114794

>>18114681
ahh no the £3.50 paperback...

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How it feels to absolutely annihilate a cheap paperback's spine so it opens up nice and wide

>> No.18114836

>>18114705
fair play

I'd much rather someone did this to a book and actually read it than keep it in pristine condition and never open it.

>> No.18114909

>>18114646
I crack the spine and then motorboat the centerfold to assert dominance

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>>18114674
you are a monster that should fucking die, little piece of subhuman shit.

>> No.18115882

>>18114674
based stoic dabbing on the ephemeral

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>>18114674

>> No.18116353

>>18114647
projecting

>> No.18116424

>>18114644
Always remember, a new book needs gentle treatment, much like a woman. If you break the spine of either one, you'll half its value instantly.

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>>18114705
I've done this a few times. Ted Hughes collected poems got cut into thirds; same with Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy. In both cases I had asked for them as a present and never dreamed the person would buy them in ONE GIGANTIC VOLUME. Madness.

>> No.18116465

>>18114674
Your mother cheated on your father with niggers

>> No.18116771

>>18116465
based

>> No.18116801

>>18114836
I always feel bad bc the books I reread again and again get beaten up over time, but I guess one could say that they are fulfilling their purpose that way lol

>> No.18117765

>>18114674
>that onions pincer

Looks like you need all the Stoic wisdom you can get bro

>> No.18117788

It’s not difficult at all to keep a book in good condition despite reading it. Some people are just Neanderthals

>> No.18118169

>>18114674
Cute hands. I'd love to see them around my cock ;)