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[Edgelord Vampire]

"aesthetic" color gradient shelves

It's always weirdly driven me up a wall when I see bookshelves arranged like that.
Sort them alphabetically or by favorites like a normal person (or don't sort them at all).

 

[Booger1488]

speaking of rooting for injuries, smarmy jew and alan alda soundalike anthony gramuglia has issued a devastating response against fanfiction-hating post-wall pickme karen hilary layne:

TLDW: fanfiction is actually good because you're racist or something. also did you know jk rowling is evil?

I didn't realise he was a jew, thought he was a wog.

 

[Greedy Fly]

It's always weirdly driven me up a wall when I see bookshelves arranged like that.

The only thing more horrifying are the """people""" who turn them backwards so you can only see the pages.

 

[Edgelord Vampire]

The only thing more horrifying are the """people""" who turn them backwards so you can only see the pages.

Oh my god I hate that shit so much, it pisses me off to no end.

 

[Mola Ram]

I didn't realise he was a jew, thought he was a wog.

He's got a dago name for sure but he is the most Jewish-sounding guy I've seen in a while. Oy, what a shande, I'm glad he ain't one of ours, Vinny.

I have no desire to watch both of these videos, I think I'm just going to pretend I don't know they exist.

EDIT: "Mediums" and "thesises"? This guy is a fucking retard, Jew or dago or generic NYC fungus.

 

[Elite Kipchak]

This guy is a fucking retard, Jew or dago or generic NYC fungus.

all of the above

 

[boustrophedon]

The highlighting is so weird to me. Is that just a hold over from public education/college? I understand when you're dealing with a non-fiction book, but for genre fiction? Excessive. Or is it just so they can skip to the "spicy" parts when they're beating off?

It seems to me as some kind of cross-pollinization from the 'dark academia' tumblr-girls. The romantization of reading as a whole is very adjacent to that. Romantizicing the act of taking notes seems like a logical conclusion.

I'd bet dollars to pennies that the intersection between the two groups is significant.

 

[Old King Koaleamos]

It's always weirdly driven me up a wall when I see bookshelves arranged like that.
Sort them alphabetically or by favorites like a normal person (or don't sort them at all).

I sort em by genre, then alphabetically.

 

[neverendingmidi]

I sort em by genre, then alphabetically.

I just try to have series together... so I'll have my Discworld books all on one shelf, but Pratchett's other work might be elsewhere. And series are either in publishing order... or by internal timeline.

 

[Old King Koaleamos]

I just try to have series together... so I'll have my Discworld books all on one shelf, but Pratchett's other work might be elsewhere. And series are either in publishing order... or by internal timeline.

I kinda want to do that ngl.

Maybe a bookcase dedicated specifically to books in a series, which would get pretty tight.

 

[Bulk Bogan]

When I finally organized my bookshelves by series, with other books grouped more by genre than name, I found myself having a much, much easier time finding books when I wanted them. It won't work for everyone, but your library isn't a municipal library and doesn't need to be sorted alphabetically if you have a system that works better for you.

 

[Old King Koaleamos]

When I finally organized my bookshelves by series, with other books grouped more by genre than name, I found myself having a much, much easier time finding books when I wanted them. It won't work for everyone, but your library isn't a municipal library and doesn't need to be sorted alphabetically if you have a system that works better for you.

Oh yeah, I think my issue is just that I raid used bookstores every month (trading in random stuff I've been given, or stuff picked for free elsewhere) and use the trade in credit (weirdly a good deal) to get stuff. It's resulted in a fair amount of old books of all kinds.

I'm thinking of just cutting out an entire bookcase for Series+ Pulp Magazine characters/authors at this point.

 

[Grayback]

The only thing more horrifying are the """people""" who turn them backwards so you can only see the pages.

But why?
To what end?

 

[Ice Mountain]

But why?
To what end?

This is becoming increasingly popular due to the current fad of special edition books with fancy sprayed edges, in order to show off said fancy sprayed edges.

 

[stupid frog]

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But why?
To what end?

 

[Edgelord Vampire]

Which comes at the cost of the books' fucking spines, especially when shoved into a packed bookcase.

Sprayed edges are pretty but they're not worth destroying books over for "aesthetics".

It triggers the same visceral rage in me the same way people laying vinyl records flat does.

Also who wants to bet that the people who do this shit don't actually read even a quarter of what's on those shelves?

EDIT:
.....Are you fucking shitting me right now. Clear off the dumb ass trinkets and make sure all your books FIT PROPERLY first.

Oh my god there are multiple set up like this on this bookcase, I can't with this level of retardation.

 

[stupid frog]

I've seen book girls say they put books they haven't read with the pages out too. It's just anarchy with this broads.

 

[Greedy Fly]

But why?
To what end?

It's also a thing among decorator types to make the shelf look super neutral and uniform. Luckily I believe it's on its way out of style, as people realized it's fucking stupid and maximalism is on the rise.

 

[Goonon]

But why?
To what end?

I don't anymore but when I was a kid I didn't like feeling watched, so anything with a character's face on the spine got turned around. Same for DVDs and the like. I'll take my puzzle pieces now

 

[Shaneequa]

It's also a thing among decorator types to make the shelf look super neutral and uniform. Luckily I believe it's on its way out of style, as people realized it's fucking stupid and maximalism is on the rise.

I think I've seen that done in movies to prevent copyright issues