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[Anonymous No.18303179]

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[Anonymous No.18303253]

>>18303179
>This page unintentionally left blank

[Anonymous No.18303259]

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[Anonymous No.18303332]

>This book intentionally left blank

[Anonymous No.18303419]

>>18303253
>that page is lying

[Anonymous No.18303633]

>>18303259
why do I laugh at this image so hard?

[Anonymous No.18303929]

>Message from the author;
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Was he doing okay?

[Anonymous No.18303935]

Why do they do it though?

[Anonymous No.18304191]

>>18303935
It's used more frequently in reports, and as 'this space intentionally left blank' in order to make readers aware that blank space is a formatting issue that allows another section to start on the next page, or if there's a large table that can't fit in the remaining space on a page.

There's really no reason to print that message on an entire page though, because (1) if it's a bound book, you can just look and see the other adjoining page that has text on it, and (2) if it's not bound, there's no need to have the blank page at all.

[Anonymous No.18304221]

>>18303935
It's for spitting on. You're supposed to spit on the first page for good luck. If you don't the story turns out badly.

Tell me you knew this OP...

[Anonymous No.18304668]

>>18303419
You're right, it should say

>This page unintentionally left not blank.

[Anonymous No.18305055]

>Bibliography:
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[Anonymous No.18305074]

>Foreword/Introduction longer than 2-3 pages

[Anonymous No.18305248]

>>18305074
>start reading book
>get tired on page 70
>when closing the book, notice that chapter 1 starts in page 80

[Anonymous No.18305273]

>>18305248
>Chapter 2 starts on the second-last page

[Anonymous No.18305350]

>book just starts right away without a preface.

[Anonymous No.18305371]

>>18305350
Holy based, Batman!

[Anonymous No.18305428]

>>18305350

[Anonymous No.18305902]

>Book has a chapter 0

[Anonymous No.18305939]

>note on an empty space

DFW is truly a genius

[Anonymous No.18305941]

>>18305248
Currently reading On the Passive Synthesis by Husserl, there are two intros, second ends p. 94, and the section notation changes every 30 pages or so.

[Anonymous No.18305967]

>>18304668
>that page is lying too

[Anonymous No.18306076]

>This page intentionally left blank
>it quite clearly says "This page intentionally left blank"

[Anonymous No.18306943]

>>18303259
>this book intentionally left blank

[Anonymous No.18306955]

>>18305350
>book starts on the cover

[Anonymous No.18307005]

>Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books, and the terror and woe that the Baudelaire orphans felt after Esmé pushed them into the elevator shaft is one of those most dreadful circumstances that can be represented only with two pages of utter blackness. I have no words for the profound horror the children felt as they tumbled down into the darkness. I can think of no sentence that can convey how loudly they screamed, or how cold the air was as it whooshed around them while they fell. And there is no paragraph I could possibly type that would enable you to imagine how frightened the Baudelaires were as they plunged toward certain doom.

[Anonymous No.18307010]

>>18303935
Because everyone else does

[Anonymous No.18307031]

>>18306076