We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is Heartbreaking

Re:We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is H... by throw6383878 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @12:10PM (#34039726)

I got like 30000 books in pdf form and laser printer. Maybe boomers with huge houses are too sentimental to throwaway old paper, but many people have other problems.

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Re:We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is H... by willnonya on Sunday December 18, 2022 @12:32PM (#34039975)

"people have other problems"

You certainly seem to have some.

I have a large digital library but that does not mean that they approach the value of an actual bound book. Especially one with fond memories attached.

I am not a boomer but i found your remark teeming with ignorance and misplaced emotion.

You'll see this same attachment in people who keep drawers full of old phones or just keepsakes from old trips and adventures that an outsider would only see as garbage.

Really, it just seems ironic to come on here being bitter and hateful while complaining about boomers...

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Re:We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is H... by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @12:36PM (#34040037)

Don't feed the trolls; just flag it or email the moderators and let them deal with it.

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Re:We’re Drowning in Old Books. But Getting Rid of Them Is H... by throw6383878 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:03PM (#34040373)

>owns 12,000 books, mostly fiction, kept in 19th-century wooden cases with glass doors in her New York apartment

Maybe I should write it from "privilege" point of view. Many people do not have their own rooms, sleep in their cars, or stay with abusive partners just for housing. They do not haul around any books, but that does not mean, they are any less educated.

I really do not see why people expect congratulations or sympathy, for their book hoarding. Rich people problems!

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