Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?

Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by heyjamesknight on Monday October 07, 2024 @02:14PM (#41769117)

> I think you're dismissing the people such as myself that would note you as an idiot without comment and move on wanting nothing to do with you.

Sounds to me like you failed the test.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by giraffe_lady on Monday October 07, 2024 @03:59PM (#41770311)

Yeah you gotta go around assuming that anyone might lie to you about their favorite book in order to use your reaction to determine something about your personality. This behavior is normal and good.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by joenot443 on Monday October 07, 2024 @06:11PM (#41771617)

You missed the point, I’m afraid. What’s neither normal nor good is writing someone off as an idiot because their taste in books differs from yours.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by giraffe_lady on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @01:51AM (#41774178)

Exercising your judgement about how other people exercise their judgement is good actually.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by joenot443 on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @08:18AM (#41787065)

I think being judgmental towards people who aren't seeking your judgement is parasocial and weird actually.

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