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3508698 No.3508698 [Reply] [Original]

>reading Infinite Jest
>try to underline a new word
>the ink spreads into a huge blot, masking the text on both sides of the page
>try to repair the damage with an ink eraser
>it eats away 3 words' worth of printing pigment while leaving the ink untouched, with addition of a giant sickly yellow stain around it
>consider killing myself

Seriously, why is every edition I've seen printed on toilet paper? Now I need to buy a new book.

>> No.3508709

>>3508698
>not using a pencil to mark things in your books

>> No.3508716

Just deal with it, man. It will have been destroyed by the time you finish it anyway, so better start early and do away with the worries now.

>> No.3508722

>>3508709
I tried that with a mechanical pencip first, but it shredded the paper into an unsightly mess. Still better than ink, tho.
>>3508716
But m-muh OCD...

>> No.3508741

>>3508722
Just use a normal pencil. You can undo it if you fuck up, and it doesn't spread everywhere in huge blots.

>> No.3508801

>>3508722
>but it shredded the paper into an unsightly mess
Are you annotating this book or stabbing it?

You don't need to apply much force to make a pencil mark

>> No.3508810

>marking with ink

You might as well use a machete

>> No.3508817

>>3508698
>Infinite Jest
>why is every edition I've seen printed on toilet paper?
lol

>> No.3508822

>marginalia with pen
Shiggidy

>> No.3508842 [DELETED] 

Are you a nigger? Who writes in books? Niggers! How hard is it to keep a small piece of paper with a book? You can even use it as a bookmark. BAKA!

>> No.3508847

>>3508842
Stop bunking off school, Jeremy.

>> No.3508888

>>3508698
>why is every edition I've seen printed on toilet paper
Because it should be used accordingly.

>> No.3508918

You could just download the ebook version

>> No.3508929

>ink eraser
>it eats away 3 words of printing pigment
troll, or you are reading a counterfeit edition.

>>3508918
highlighting text on the nook is a hit-and-miss ordeal.

>> No.3509029

Don't you have a dictionary app on your phone? Or an internet browser? Or a notepad app?

Marginalia is so 19th century.