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Originally Posted by mezzanine
I'd never suggest there aren't many people who prefer to have many thousands of books on an ereader, merely that there is no rational reason to have that many books on an ereader.
There are many rational reasons to prefer ereaders over books. Decisions regarding travel/artistic/food choices usually have a rational component. Different category than a preference that has no rational basis.
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Don't know. I don't analyze my preferences and decisions as to how rational they are, or try to justify them to anyone, even to myself. If I want to do something and the advantages for me (usually emotional) are bigger than the drawbacks, then I do it. I don't care if it's rational or not, justified or not.
Just like I bought the two new Kobos. Did I need them? No. Was it a rational decision, given that I already had several perfectly working readers? No. I wanted to buy them and I did. Simple.
But then of course people are different and some do try to justify and rationalize everything they do. I've seen it plenty of times here as well.