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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beer, Goosebumps, giant Guiness Book of World Records no one can afford and crazy pencil toppers? Hell yeah they underestimated the demand.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reportedly this is where some kids found gems like Roller Coaster Tycoon in just a CD jewel case, too. :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Man.....kid me got fucked over.... weren't no games at the ones I went to! In fact some Karen complained about Goosebumps books so much after the one when I was in 4th grade that in 5th grade there weren't any. There WAS a letter handed out to every kid full naming the person who killed Goosebumps for everyone....

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

So is this like a place where you can buy Animorphs and Goosebumps, and there's also beer on tap?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does "adult scholastic book fair" mean?

Is it a book fair for adult shoppers?
Or a fair of adult content books?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, I think I would misunderstand it too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Never let anybody tell you books are dead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Ok...books are goth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

So you're telling me the trees are still alive after we make them into books? That's pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You need to read more Terry Pratchett.

Of course, everyone does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sure, sure... but it all seems to be an interconnected web.

I could read in release order, but that can get rather disconnected... There doesn't seem to be a good starting point.

So, that is what has stopped me.

Like knowing you need to clean up a disaster, but you just look at it and have no idea where to even begin approaching it. Throw in some executive dysfunction issues, and it seems the only time I can "find" to read for pleasure is when I have something else more important to do that I'm unable to start on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago
  1. The Colour of Magic
  2. The Light Fantastic
  3. Everything else
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Libro.fm has them in DRM free audiobooks for fairly inexpensive. Start with The Colour of Magic, then I guess, pick one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How did you know I ran out of toilet paper, I feel targeted. I do, but just to dry after. Got a cheap bidet a couple years ago, and now I don't pay enough attention to having toilet paper back stock. But you definitely want it, because no one wants to walk around with a wet bum

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Weird tangent on the main post but I just got one of those "bum guns" off one of those unsold merchandise auctions and it's been life-changing. Ridiculously simple to install. Literally like one of those kitchen sink sprayers just T-jointed onto your toilet water supply. Why isn't this standard?!

I now no longer fear the bizarre crisis reaction of the masses that is "Make a mad rush to hoard all the TP."

And I'm hoping being nicer to myself will avoid unnecessary embarrassing future doctor's visits...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

I always worried about having a small toilet and it being a pain to get underneath myself so mine is just one of those connect under the seat thing. 5 min install, plugged into the toilet water just the same, no power. Simple, and a small lever to adjust front back in the side. It was less than $30 at Walmart at the time. I never really went to doctors but I know I got hemroids around 18 from stress/riding a motorcycle long distances I think at the time. I used to get flair ups quite often. Hardly ever get any of those now if that's what you mean

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just mentioning it because I think that toilet paper as a single use item billions of people use at least daily is a much bigger issue of wasting trees than books - which last for decades and are very useful

There are modern toilets with integrated automated bidets and dryers. But they are unfortunately a bit expensive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, nah I wasn't saying they were a waste of life or something, I was just acknowledging it sounded strange in my head to say something never dies that is already dead.

Trees are renewable though, so they'll hopefully always be more. The dryer thing sounds nice for a bidet.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I see images with a caption above.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

And sometimes like this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It literal says bluesky

It is just a screenshot of so random guys post

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

It's a self replicating unit of cultural information

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It covers 2 of the epic Bs of my life. Beer and books. I can see why this is a hit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's the total number of epic Bs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

So far five.

Beer Books Boobs Butt Bed

If I got all five, I couldn't be a happier man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Beer and Books joins with Butts, Boobs, and Babies to make the epic B pentafecta.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is what we've always wanted since we left grade school.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With a food truck selling personal pan pizzas.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Jesus Christ, YES.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but only in the 18+ section.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rightly so, those books are traumatic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They were kinda dark for kid's books, weren't they?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Applegate outright said she wanted to hammer home the message that war is hell and changes you in ways you can't heal. She did it effectively.

Edit:typo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The children yearn for stories of body horror

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Scholastic has been publishing a series of Animorphs graphic novels recently and the art for the morphs is grotesque. Well drawn, just horrifying.

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