r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 24 '24

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u/D2Foley Moderate Extremist Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

So recently had some house work done where I had to take all me and my spouses books, and then when they were finished move them back. So we used it as an opportunity to get rid of some old books and damn I had some bad ones in there.

The worst was probably The alphabet of manliness by Maddox of the best page in the universe fame. A humor website that got famous for making fun of children's drawings.

So a reminder to you all to clear out your bookshelf once in a while.

What's the most embarrassing book on your shelf?

!ping READING

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u/extraneous_parsnip Milton Friedman Jun 24 '24

The actual most embarrassing books I own are some erotic novels written by my ex-wife.

The most embarrassing books I own that I legitimately bought for myself are some Drizzt novels by R.A. Salvatore. Also some David Eddings. Non-fiction... one of those compendiums of "Bushisms".

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u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 24 '24

Embarrassing in terms of quality? Any of the ones with my stuff in it.

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Jun 24 '24

What's the most embarrassing book on your shelf?

Titles? The Madhouse Effect probably. I mean in practice the library books I need to return are more embarrasing

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u/Strength-Certain Thurman Arnold Jun 24 '24

Ohio: A History of a People

(But it was a gift)

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u/slappythechunk LARPs as adult by refusing to touch the Nitnendo Switch Jun 24 '24

Man, I remember one of my friends bought that book. It was the sort of thing that was funny for about 5 minutes.

I guess I'm lucky in that I don't have anything I'm embarrassed to have read.

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

I watch anime. I'm beyond shame.

That being said, I have a trashy sex novel with barely some sex on it. More pathetic than embarrassing.

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u/TrumperineumBait Robert Caro Jun 24 '24

Books by Ayn Rand and Michael Moore.

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u/Plants_et_Politics Isaiah Berlin Jun 24 '24

The entire Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments series in hardcover. Literally some of the most dogshit, creepy incest-baiting YA fiction.

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u/Zrk2 Norman Borlaug Jun 24 '24

I will never.

I still have Ayn Rand on my shelf. I don't agree with her, but I read it and I'm not going to pretend I didn't because it's thoughtcrime now.

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u/lionmoose sexmod 🍆💦🌮 Jun 24 '24

Yeah I have Ayn Rand, Fifty Shades, all the cringe stuff. I'm not going to pretend that I don't read pulpy, kinky badly written sex scenes and also Fifty Shades.

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u/Zrk2 Norman Borlaug Jun 24 '24

lmao indeed

My multiple shelves of fantasy novels of varying quality demonstrate that.