09-10-2012, 03:19 AM | #121 |
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Poor guy, he will never know what hit him!
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09-10-2012, 03:28 AM | #122 |
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09-10-2012, 04:22 AM | #123 | |
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I do think reading is an acquired taste, like fine wine or good beer (if there is such a thing, I wouldn't know - tastes all the same to me). To us reading is instinctive - glance at a block of text, know the meaning. But others need to work through it, line by line. It takes lots of time and work, thus it isn't enjoyable. (Of course, in the case of the OP, he was also ignorant. That's a different matter. I would think that nowadays everyone at least heard of eBooks.) -- Out of curiosity - what if the first sign of printed words on paper would have been comics? I do own books, but they're in a separate room not likely to be encountered unintentionally. A few of my comics are stored in the anteroom, though. (There were shelves available and the comics fit nicely. Why waste good space?) |
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09-10-2012, 10:29 AM | #124 | |
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Books are cheap - by weight, a used book might be cheaper than potting soil, and thus literally be dirt cheap. We teach reading in school. Most people have the ability to read. People can choose to read or not to read. And if reading is truly difficult for some, well some people are taller, some people are faster, some people are stronger than others, yet we don't expect them to apologize for it. Yet readers are often portrayed rather negatively. I'm not going to pick on non-readers, I'll leave them alone. My wife and I are readers, we discuss books quite often. It's like our own private science fiction panel. I don't consider reading to just be a hobby, it's an important part of my life. I don't think I would be happy in a relationship with a non-reader. Others are free to do what will make them happy. |
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09-11-2012, 12:15 AM | #125 |
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09-11-2012, 05:14 AM | #126 |
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09-11-2012, 05:34 AM | #127 |
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09-11-2012, 07:35 AM | #128 |
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Oh oh, the Sock Simian is going nutty again....
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09-11-2012, 10:15 AM | #129 |
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09-11-2012, 11:49 AM | #130 |
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09-11-2012, 10:46 PM | #131 | |
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Did you see his entire house/apartment? Perhaps he had an entire room just for hard-copy books. I know, rather doubtful. But I do wonder why he had never heard of a Kindle. Perhaps he wasn't into electronic "gadgets" and didn't shop on Amazon. Even non-readers can't miss all the information about Kindles on the various home pages. Although emphasis does vary (for example, look at Amazon Japan). And even if you find someone who reads, it doesn't mean they read the same amount and/or the same things. My SO of 12+ years does not read nearly as much as I do (but then I think I read too much) and his reading interests are usually much different from mine. Very little overlap. What I find interesting is why you think it would not have bothered you as much if it had been a woman. Edit: typo. Last edited by Indio777; 09-11-2012 at 10:49 PM. |
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09-12-2012, 12:33 AM | #132 |
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I try not to judge.
Many people i have met read and continue reading truckloads of books but read always the same variation of a single book, or only read a certain genre or are strangely fearful of books with flowery words of strange plots, structures, characters or ideas. I always have this idea of books serving as an enlightenment as well as a pleasure function that sometimes i feel completely absent in an avid book reader. It is the curiosity, the questioning and the search that attracts me on someone else's intellect, and unfortunately that does not come automatically by reading a "book". Sad as it is, some people read the same way as they eat or buy groceries, in a purely functional way. Anything new or unknown in a book is something to be disliked, feared even. Reading is way less worthy if it is not challenging, makes you question something, presents something new to you. Or inspires you. Having said this, i found not at all uncommon to find a non reader (or a non-big reader) more interesting and witty than, say, a person who only reads sci-fi, or romance, or the same contemporary fiction, or easy books, etc, etc. I also think there are books and books. Some books are terrible, while others sublime. And i think that although some variability in taste is normal i think there is a canon that defines the landscape where good literature might be or might obey and definitely a place where nothing but garbage is likely to grow. Subjectivism has its limits... so between someone who reads only garbage and someone who does not, i think actually the non reader might win! Fortunately, there are many ways to learn and be open to the world, though i think books are the best. So having books is a good start, but not a absolute sign. Absence of books is a thing to notice but not a deal breaker. It is the inside that matters. Last edited by Salgueiros; 09-12-2012 at 12:45 AM. |
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Almost everyone seems to be ignoring the elephant in the room: you followed a guy home within, presumably, a few hours of meeting him. I'm pretty sure any sort of long-term relationship was the last thing on his mind.
I would have enjoyed the night for what it could have been. But, as we know, each to their own. Edit: I am seriously curious: if lack of a 'bookshelf' is such a concern to you that you have to so dramatically lie in order to get out of what was surely shaping up to be a one night type of thing (after finding him interesting enough to follow home in the first place), why are reading habits not one of the first topics broached when you meet a potential suitor? Last edited by foghat; 09-12-2012 at 11:29 AM. |
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Here is where you get to scorn me. My values for looking for a mate was was she HOT and does she have ethical values. I don't care if we had little in common I can comprise, but with looks and ethics well there is little wiggle room there. I met my wife 25yrs ago and we've been happily together since. =X= |
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09-12-2012, 11:24 AM | #135 |
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For me, a house devoid of books is a deal-breaker. This doesn't imply that being a reader is a deal-maker. Consider this analogy: Having a car is a necessary condition to win a car race. It is not, however, a sufficient condition. Similarly, reading might be a necessary condition to for someone to be a candidate for a relationship. This does not imply that just because someone reads that they are automatically vetted for a relationship. I'd be bored with someone who didn't like science fiction. Someone else might find my interest in science fiction a turn-off. That's life.
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