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>On bus home from work.
>Everything is fine, but boring.
>Decide to read the novel I'm carrying in my bag.
>After a few minutes, look up to see where the bus is.
>Realize that at least three different people are scowling at me.

Why do people hate books?

>> No.2801890

What were you reading?

This is vital.

>> No.2801888

Probably you were breathing incredibly loud while you were reading fifty shades of grey.

>> No.2801897

>I read book
>People scowl at me
>They hate books

See what you did there, faggot?

>> No.2801898

>Reading a book on the bus
>Haven't kept up with the latest in hipster trends
>Don't know whether it is cool or not to show the cover to people
>Find a happy middle ground and only show the back cover and let people work it out for themselves

Dodged a bullet there.

>> No.2801899

>>2801890

The Great Gatsby

>> No.2801911

>>2801898
>showing covers
>any year
ereader or get out

>> No.2801921

>>2801898
I try my best to not be flashy about the cover, holding the book angled down or near desk/table level. When I read I don't want people to think that's how I represent myself, as a reader.

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>>2801899

>> No.2801928

Do you live in a deprived area? Poor people don't like it when other folks intrude with their cultured upbringing.

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2801931

I learned my lesson

>> No.2801932

>>2801899
Pretentious faggot. there's not excuse for reading that post-fifteenth birthday

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>>2801899

well that's a faggot book for faggots no wonder they're scowling at you. You should have chosen a more popular novel like shogun, that's a book for men.

>> No.2801936

>Murica

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2801941

hahah why do you care?

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>>2801899
>The Great Gatsby
What is this grade school?

>> No.2802050

>Hating on the great gatsby.

Yeah, I know it's cool to say everything that's widely known is entry-level, but seriously, you guys are taking it a bit far.

>> No.2802077

>implying that the opinion of a person who scowls at someone reading a book is even worth considering

Everyone hates something. You're not going to please everyone.

>> No.2802089

>giving a fuck
>2012

>> No.2802105

>be lightly intoxicated reading Gide at the busstop
>milf with a trumpet in her hand walks up, sits down next to me
>asks what I'm reading
>offers me a cigarette
>we talk literature and music and the arts in general for a while until her bus arrives
>say goodbye refreshed and with pleasant nicotine levels, thinking the world isn't such a lousy place

Learn to be a good representative of the readers association, OP.

>> No.2802110

Who the fuck are you guys quoting? I can't make heads of tails of this shit.

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>>2802110

haha :D

>> No.2802172

I really don't believe that story OP. half the people are reading whenever I'm on the subway. maybe it's different in Americlap though.

>> No.2802189

>>2802172
It is different in America, yes. Very different.

>> No.2802194

I like reading on buses and I've had co workers try and mock me for this. It has no affect.

>> No.2802196

>>2802172

OP here.

Yeh, I'm an American. The most popular activity on public transit is yelling really loud about sexual intercourse and sneakily drinking beers in the backmost seats.

>> No.2802198

>>2802189
I dunno lots of people read on buses in my city.

>> No.2802202

>>2802194
>It has no affect.

^Moricarp^

>> No.2802204

>>2802196
>sneakily drinking beers in the backmost seats

Drinking in trains is allowed, I hope? Where I live I can get a tall can of cold beer on the railway platform and drink and read on my commute.

>> No.2802206

>>2802204

I meant on buses.

Public drinking (which includes public transit) is illegal in my city. You can get arrested or heavily fined if you're caught.

>> No.2802235

Get an reader for your phone that way you can be in boring/shitty situations and just look like you're browsing on the phone, which is perfectly sociallbly acceptabe

>> No.2802238

why do you assume that people hate books?

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2802246

it was this book wasn't it?

they were doing you a favor by deciding which one was going to strangle you right there on the spot

>> No.2802256

In Australian culture most school-children grow up thinking reading on the school-bus is something social retards do. Which, in the case of the school-bus it sort of is, because you should be talking with your mates.

Unfortunately, they take that attitude with them onto actual buses. Which is retarded, because most of the general adult population reads on buses.

In university that whole situation takes a huge turn-around, because reading is associated with style and fashion.

At least, that's what it's like in Canberra. Young people hate others reading on the bus. Mature people don't give a fuck. I can imagine it's like that in other places.

>> No.2802260

Dunno OP, when I am on the bus or train and read my book, I read the book and don't look around how people react to me reading.
Seriously, what do you care if people scowl at you for reading in public?