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Barnes & Noble says sales of books related to anxiety are soaring.
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Anyone feeling anxious lately?
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Probably purchased by their own employees.
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I may be weird, but I find calmness in watching other people being anxious. It's no problem finding anxiety victims to observe these days. With TDS, the hysterical media, etc. I used to actually hit the malls on Christmas Eve near closing. Not because I needed to buy any more gifts, but because of the relaxation I felt sitting in the fat comfy mall lounge chairs watching all the panicked people running around. I tend to avoid crowds at all costs, but if I do get caught up in one, I find it a great relief to mentally transport myself to be the one "alone in the crowd". Not having a Twitter or Facebook account helps a lot too. Heck, my cellphone is a flip phone as well.
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I wonder if it's a ploy to make people feel anxious and buy books on how to deal with anxiety.
Personally I feel pretty good. I know we are in interesting times but I have popcorn ready and am going to enjoy the show. |
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Maybe Trump owns stock in B & N.
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I'd go for that. Their first step would have to be re-enabling me to download the Nook books I purchased so I could keep local copies as backups (you know, in case B&N goes under, as we see could quite well happen). I did manage to get most of my books downloaded as local copies by jumping through all kinds of hoops, but I won't give B&N the time of day until they make it universally easy to download/backup your purchases. Anything less, and I'm not going to be one of the mourners shedding tears when they pass.
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