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How is this different from having “inappropriate” books in your book shelf?

by baxtr 6y ago

ceilingcorner 6y ago
Because your bookshelf doesn’t automatically rearrange itself, then send the data to a corporation optimized for making you read as many books as possible?
- griffoa 6y ago
  Yet...
  - drdeadringer 6y ago
    ... I need you to finish because I can't read your mind.
    - TeMPOraL 6y ago
      That wasn't a "yet" like "and yet, [something]", but a "yet" like "[something isn't happening]... yet".
      - drdeadringer 6y ago
        Ah. Thank you.
  - musingsole 6y ago
    This year from IKEA, introducing the subscription powered AutoShelf! Tired of curating your own collection? This bookshelf keeps track of what and how long you read using ultrasonic pulses to determine spine-crackage. Once a month, a crate of new books will arrive. Simply attach the crate to the AutoShelf to restock your collection. Once its done, leave the crate (now filled with your old, dusty books) on the curb for our gig-service to pick up!
  - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
    Don't give Amazon ideas.
watwut 6y ago
You just put them on the back or inside cupboard so that people dont see.
vixen99 6y ago
I'm curious to know what apart from pornography (volumes of which have been part of comprehensive book collections for eons as in https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oxford-university-obscene-books-scli-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oxford-university-obsc...) is included in the term 'inappropriate'?
- theshrike79 6y ago
  If the person in question only owns a dozen books, all are pro-Nazi stuff and they're prominently displayed for example? We're not talking about people who have a thousand books from all genres and walks of life having Mein Kampf in there.
  - Veen 6y ago
    Last year's media scrutiny of politicians' bookshelves undermines your point a little. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/michael-gove-and-sarah-vine-criticised-on-twitter-for-having-76414 https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/michael-gove-an...
    - inglor_cz 6y ago
      Interesting that they consider Ayn Rand alarming enough to name her right next to David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, or, more precisely, diminisher. Edit: I, too, have one book by David Irving in my bookcase - among 900 others. I read it, I found his way of twisting of the sources disturbing, but I am not going to burn it in the name of Love and Peace. But unfortunately I can see this being used against me in a court of Twitter.
      - theshrike79 6y ago
        The Holy and Unerring Court of Twitter is the reason I've got a cron job deleting my old tweets automatically. I've seen people in more prominent positions than me being badly burned by a 10 year old tweet. I see no point in saving stuff I've said 6 months or a year ago. If it's something worthwhile, I'll make a blog post out of it and store the markdown file in git.

How is this different from having “inappropriate” books in your book shelf?

by baxtr 6y ago

How is this different from having “inappropriate” books in your book shelf?

Because your bookshelf doesn’t automatically rearrange itself, then send the data to a corporation optimized for making you read as many books as possible?

griffoa 6y ago
Yet...
- drdeadringer 6y ago
  ... I need you to finish because I can't read your mind.
  - TeMPOraL 6y ago
    That wasn't a "yet" like "and yet, [something]", but a "yet" like "[something isn't happening]... yet".
    - drdeadringer 6y ago
      Ah. Thank you.
- musingsole 6y ago
  This year from IKEA, introducing the subscription powered AutoShelf! Tired of curating your own collection? This bookshelf keeps track of what and how long you read using ultrasonic pulses to determine spine-crackage. Once a month, a crate of new books will arrive. Simply attach the crate to the AutoShelf to restock your collection. Once its done, leave the crate (now filled with your old, dusty books) on the curb for our gig-service to pick up!
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  Don't give Amazon ideas.

watwut 6y ago

You just put them on the back or inside cupboard so that people dont see.

vixen99 6y ago

I'm curious to know what apart from pornography (volumes of which have been part of comprehensive book collections for eons as in https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oxford-university-obscene-books-scli-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oxford-university-obsc...) is included in the term 'inappropriate'?

theshrike79 6y ago
If the person in question only owns a dozen books, all are pro-Nazi stuff and they're prominently displayed for example? We're not talking about people who have a thousand books from all genres and walks of life having Mein Kampf in there.
- Veen 6y ago
  Last year's media scrutiny of politicians' bookshelves undermines your point a little. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/michael-gove-and-sarah-vine-criticised-on-twitter-for-having-76414 https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/michael-gove-an...
  - inglor_cz 6y ago
    Interesting that they consider Ayn Rand alarming enough to name her right next to David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, or, more precisely, diminisher. Edit: I, too, have one book by David Irving in my bookcase - among 900 others. I read it, I found his way of twisting of the sources disturbing, but I am not going to burn it in the name of Love and Peace. But unfortunately I can see this being used against me in a court of Twitter.
    - theshrike79 6y ago
      The Holy and Unerring Court of Twitter is the reason I've got a cron job deleting my old tweets automatically. I've seen people in more prominent positions than me being badly burned by a 10 year old tweet. I see no point in saving stuff I've said 6 months or a year ago. If it's something worthwhile, I'll make a blog post out of it and store the markdown file in git.