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Re:The Best Place to Drink Is the Emptiest Bar in the City by bjornasm on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:06PM (#36508491)
>I went for a walk while visiting my mother and decided to stop for a quick Guinness while reading my book. I wasn't on the second page when a passing woman stopped to ask me what I was reading. I explained it was in Dutch and we had a whole conversation about her brother working in Amsterdam. I couldn't believe it!

As an Scandinavian I must admit that this sounds less than ideal. When are you going to get time to read your book if people keep interrupting you? (50/50 joke/serious).

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Re:The Best Place to Drink Is the Emptiest Bar in the City by AlecSchueler on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:28AM (#36520072)
If I really didn't want to be interrupted I'd read at the library, a cafe or at home rather than a public house. If I wanted to read with the bustle of people around me then I'd probably opt for the bus station.
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