Every book collection reflects its owner’s personality. A unique mix of gothic novels, engineering manuals, romantic poetry and cookbooks are like strands of DNA. Just as people change, book collections also evolve.

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That’s a moronic take if I ever saw one.

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The title is in reference to some random John Waters quote and has very little to do with the post itself. A more apt title would be “I Got My Apartment Renovated: Intellectual Masturbation by The Bookshelves”.

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The other commenters won’t know this, because they don’t read or get laid.

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“looks at bookshelf of completely unread books.” Oh… Yeah I love books!

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I know you’re joking but it’s absolutely possible to love books even when most may be unread. Umberto Eco sings the praises of the so-called “anti-library” here: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

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I only got eBooks. Do I show off my epub and pdf collection then?

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Does an ereader count?

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Sexting only in that case!

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Yeah, I gave all of my physical books to the library and have like 1k books on my Kindle.

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I don’t know, but that’s a good question 😅

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