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Originally Posted by Jellby
Of course, in those places they don't ask, they just assume you are  |
In the south and the mid-west, I think it is considered rude to ask a stranger what they are reading. It would be as bad form as asking them about their underwear. At least that is how I was raised.
Maybe further east, intellectual and spiritual pursuits are considered more community property in nature. (remember, in PA, they eat scrapple, you got to assume that sort of inexplicable diet is going to affect judgement in a variety of ways!) It's hard to say, it hasn't happened a LOT anywhere, but where it happened to me was exclusively in Pennsylvania.