THREAD: Inspired by this post, I have decided to do some investigation into photos of Bugman/Bugwoman bookshelves - or #bookshelfies as these vacuous NPC shells like to term them.
The more colour-coordinated the bookshelf, the worse the content will be. Real readers read books to learn, Bugpeople use books as decoration and for social status points.
Most of these “book-obsessed” Bugpeople are women. The vast majority of their books are emotional pornography AKA chick-lit. This pink selection is the female equivalent of a man showing off his vintage retro nudes.
Needless to say, the geek culture and fake book idolatry go hand in hand. Expect lots of adult graphic novels, Neil Gaiman, Harry Potter, self-help books, George RR Martin. Don’t expect: hard sci-fi, Russian classics, anything written before 1998, Bible.
Aspiring Bugwomen authors tend to write Young Adult Fiction or Fantasy cos they think it is easier to write plus it’s currently trendy. Instead of working on their craft they hope that surrounding themselves with similar books will help them instead. Heh, women...
Often these adults no deep in their hearts that reading children’s books is embarrassing, so that is why there exists an industry for kid’s books with “mature” covers in an attempt to add authenticity to their shallow geek culture.
Often these book collections are used as a replacement for religion. When hard truths and old religions are removed from the shelf, expect lots of “spiritual but not religious” whimsy... and lots of Harry Potter.
You will never find anything of value in these bookshelves. Just decor, Bugperson narcissism, and hijacking a once intellectual pursuit for social points. It’s literature as a tool for masturbation.
Let us cleanse our palates of this filth with a picture of a real bookshelf full of knowledge. The Bible, Marcus Aurelius, @bronzeagemantis... small, compact, insightful, and most importantly, NOT arranged by colour.
PS: Every. Single. Time.
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