Why Does My Reading Make People Mad? - Page 3

Razzmatazz13 · 03-30-2009, 08:35 PM

Actually, I know exactly what you're talking about. I don't take books into work for my breaks because I can't stand the 20 questions game I have to play with EVERYONE about the books I'm reading, and I also can't stand them "looking down" on me being antisocial. So instead, I stare into space, and pretend to check messages on my phone. Ugh.

jinx · 03-30-2009, 08:41 PM

If you listened to audio books you wouldn't even hear the questions....

Crimson Ghost · 03-30-2009, 08:56 PM

See, what you need to do is make shit up about the book you're reading.

"Oh, is that the new Dean Koontz book?"
"Yup. And this one is real good. Ya see, Mary is a reformed hooker turned nun, and Steve is a transsexual serial killer who volunteers his time with 'Habitat For Humanity'. Now, is seems that Mary was convicted of killing Steve's husband from when he was a woman. But Steve doesn't know that. Mary's sister.... Hey, where ya going? Don't ya want to know.....?"

DanaC · 03-30-2009, 09:24 PM

Generally speaking, if people encounter me in a reading mood more than once then they learn to decide if they're really that interested in what I'm reading. If you ask me about it, be prepared for me to talk about it.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2009, 12:08 AM

I just saw this Cellar cookie.

Quote:

Some people read because they are too lazy to think. - G. C. Lichtenberg

Tulip · 03-31-2009, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juniper

If I am in public, say, in a waiting room, reading a book seems to attract everyone and make them desperate to talk to me. "What are you reading? What's that about? Oh, I never can find time to read. I like mysteries, don't you? Blah blah blah blah."

I read in the waiting room too, but no one ever approached me. Perhaps you're just pretty?

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-02-2009, 03:36 AM

It's hardly constructive, but if you've really got your bridge-burning mean on, you might say to them, with some emphasis, "I live to offend the stupid." Let it sink in for a beat or two, then, "Are you offended?" and ostentatiously return to the page. Now there is true, intentional rudeness, more or less in the Wildean mode.

Trilby · 04-02-2009, 03:48 AM

Let's see:

Smart is the new thin

Whore is the new love

Bipolar is the new black.

I WIN! I WIN! I WIN!

que http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA

03-30-2009, 08:35 PM	#31
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Actually, I know exactly what you're talking about. I don't take books into work for my breaks because I can't stand the 20 questions game I have to play with EVERYONE about the books I'm reading, and I also can't stand them "looking down" on me being antisocial. So instead, I stare into space, and pretend to check messages on my phone. Ugh. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

03-30-2009, 08:41 PM	#32
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	If you listened to audio books you wouldn't even hear the questions.... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-30-2009, 08:56 PM	#33
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	See, what you need to do is make shit up about the book you're reading. "Oh, is that the new Dean Koontz book?" "Yup. And this one is real good. Ya see, Mary is a reformed hooker turned nun, and Steve is a transsexual serial killer who volunteers his time with 'Habitat For Humanity'. Now, is seems that Mary was convicted of killing Steve's husband from when he was a woman. But Steve doesn't know that. Mary's sister.... Hey, where ya going? Don't ya want to know.....?" __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

04-02-2009, 03:36 AM	#37
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	It's hardly constructive, but if you've really got your bridge-burning mean on, you might say to them, with some emphasis, "I live to offend the stupid." Let it sink in for a beat or two, then, "Are you offended?" and ostentatiously return to the page. Now there is true, intentional rudeness, more or less in the Wildean mode. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

04-02-2009, 03:48 AM	#38
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Let's see: Smart is the new thin Whore is the new love Bipolar is the new black. I WIN! I WIN! I WIN! que http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-30-2009, 09:24 PM	#34
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Generally speaking, if people encounter me in a reading mood more than once then they learn to decide if they're really that interested in what I'm reading. If you ask me about it, be prepared for me to talk about it.

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