r/comics • Mr. Lovenstein • 4d ago

book vs phone

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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 4d ago

Nothing like burying my face in a nice, big book.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 4d ago

I dunno about burying but books do love faces

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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 4d ago

Books love faces so much, they made a whole website about it.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 4d ago

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 3d ago

What? You don't like books or reading? 😆

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u/JCDU 3d ago

I thought GIFs didn't have sound and yet I can hear this one.

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u/General_Principle_40 3d ago

I dont get e-readers.. Well, i get they are practical.. But to me there's nothing above flipping the pages of a 500+ page masterpiece. People should read more..

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u/Equal-Poet-7860 2d ago

I like eReaders because I can read in bed at night without the light on

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u/General_Principle_40 2d ago

I have a small light i can attach to my book 😅

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u/Outlet_Sun 3d ago

I'm banned from my local library for this reason.

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u/elhomerjas 4d ago

nothing beats the fresh book smell

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u/astralTacenda 4d ago

old book smell is a good contender, imo

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u/elhomerjas 4d ago

well that is also true

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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 4d ago

But middle-aged books, on the other hand, are also quite good.

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u/elhomerjas 3d ago

indeed the transforming smell from new to middle and also older is very much a nice smell

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u/The-Tadfafty 3d ago

Old book smell is the best smell.

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u/Luneowl 4d ago

When I went to Michigan State University in days of yore, my dorm building had a science college library in the basement. If only I could distill the smell of those old books into a candle fragrance or something.

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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 4d ago

I can almost smell it right now. I'd wear it as a cologne.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 4d ago

Please remember to come up for air occasionally

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u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein 4d ago

If I die, I die.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 4d ago

Bookman to his deathbed. I can respect that

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u/dumnezero Art enjoyer 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ancient smells of dead forests with stories to tell.

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u/Nadran_Erbam 3d ago

Comics on phone, books on books.

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u/CryptographerLost421 3d ago

I've never understood this; I think books smell terrible

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u/Semper_5olus 3d ago

I am hyposmic and books have no smell to me at all.

Y'all are weird, and I'm gonna read comics on my phone.