Chaotic-Evil Neutral-Evil reporting in

[dvixen@lemmy.world]

Chaotic good. I have bookmarks, I just forget to use them.

I have a very old book (published in 1794) that has leaves, spiders, some writing, as well as fire and water damage. Not worth anything in the condition it's in, but it's mine and I love it. I've always wanted to know why there were spiders in it, but I'm thankful it's not bound in human leather.

Save for a few I bought second hand, and the first book I ever owned (I managed to have it signed by the author 20 years later) the rest of my books look like they are fresh off a bookstore shelf.

[hadriscus@lemm.ee]

I fold dog ears everywhere, in variable sizes. The bigger the dog ear, the more important the passage.

[hadriscus@lemm.ee]

You're right, plant material is going to decompose if there is any trace of humidity in the air and there goes your page...
I just stick a thin slice of smoked ham in there

[hadriscus@lemm.ee]

oh, my. Now that's hardcore reading

[currycourier@lemmy.world]

Interesting, was it always that way for you? I feel like for me with books printed on paper I'm actually a lot less picky but for e-readers (or any text on a screen really) the kerning, text size, etc. matters a lot more. The impact is definitely more pronounced for regular screens than e-ink though. Text size I find has the biggest impact on readability on screens for me in general.

[superkret@feddit.org]

Chaotic Evil would be ripping out every page you've read.

[sybilvane@lemmy.ca]

I do this. Sometimes I read in really short bursts, like for the length of an elevator ride. I don't mark it though, I just remember where I left off. I do this so much it's become easy to just get right back into the story even mid paragraph.

[septimaeus@infosec.pub]

Ok Screwtape

[kitathalla@lemy.lol]

Ugh, I feel unrepresented. I sort of remember where I was, read a bit to see if I recognize it, and then skip a little forward or backwards depending. I have definitely skipped entire chapters before because the style/sentences sounded like what I remember.

[corno@lemm.ee]

Lawful evil here since I have a habit of writing down reminders for random things on a notepad file

[qyron@sopuli.xyz]

I'm all over the board.

[qyron@sopuli.xyz]

Hey Satan, nice to hear from you! Welcome to the chat!

[jcbazpx@lemmy.world]

I'm pretty sure the story of the book spiders began with: "a spider walked onto the page."

[jasministmuede@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Here to represent lawful evil. Don't know when I used a bookmark the last time >:)

[jdeath@lemm.ee]

The only ones I haven't done (that i can recall) are "neutral good" and "chaotic neutral"

i do have a vague memory of pressed flower bookmarks when i was a youngster, probably was something my mom had.

[xoriff@lemmy.world]

Chaotic war-crime: dog-ear where you make the fold exactly big enough so it points to the line you left off on.

Yes I did this sometimes as a kid and I still feel bad for the librarians who had to see the devastation I wrought.

[grass@sh.itjust.works]

the main reason the ereader works for me is the ability to override pretty much every aspect of the text. I can do most non glossy paper and text but some books and especially textbooks are a real bitch and everyone thought I was just making shit up when I was in school. text size is usually ok but I tend to make it bigger so I dont need glasses

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

Book Darts are the way.

[dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm re-reading Eye of the World for the first time in about 15 year and see both CG and CE going on in spades...

[monkemischief@lemmy.today]

Thank you for sharing! That's hilarious and...diabolical. I'm going to bet it would be defective books anyway hahaha. What a dude.

(Although defect books would be perfect for those crafts people sometimes do where they cut up the pages artfully or whatever hehe.)