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minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoBut what if the thief steals the books not to read them, but just to fill their house with books and make themselves seem erudite and intelligent? I’m imagining the most extreme version of this, where a man is living in a house that is a veritable library. Yet, they’re actually illiterate.
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThat’s common as a backdrop for offices and stuff, they sell books by the pound for that.
But what if the thief steals the books not to read them, but just to fill their house with books and make themselves seem erudite and intelligent?
I’m imagining the most extreme version of this, where a man is living in a house that is a veritable library. Yet, they’re actually illiterate.
That’s common as a backdrop for offices and stuff, they sell books by the pound for that.