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    5 months ago

    We had something like e-readers and they didn’t need recharging as they were made out of dead trees. But each one held just one book, so you had to take a bunch of them to the bathroom with you.

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        5 months ago

        Right. There were also Ace Doubles, but you had to be good at reading upside down if you wanted to use both halves.

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      5 months ago

      This reminds me of the time I checked out all the Dune books from the library, they were all hardbacks and the stack was nearly 2 feet high. The librarian was like, “You’re not going to read all that before they’re due” She was right but she let me check them all out anyway.