MEMO

[bubosquared]

To: Bloke Behind Me In Line At Waterstone's
From: Irate
Re: Book Snobbery

Yes, I bought several True Crime books. What of it? At least I, not having been raised by earworms, have the good manners not to loudly snort when other people's tastes don't match my own.

FYI, apart from True Crime, I also read non-fiction on (Roman) history, Shakespeare, and a whole mess of fantasy and science fiction, though I don't suppose genre fiction of any kind would pass your standards, would it? Here's a clue, asshole: I read a lot, so I can't really afford to ignore books just because they're "trashy".

In the future, kindly shut up, or I will have you killed.

With a pinecone!

No love,
That girl you snorted at, loudly

Comments

[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

Man, I *hate* people like that. I'm all "at least I'm reading and not dealing crack somewhere, bitch!" I mean, not that I *would* be dealing crack, but, you know, the *potential* exists.

...or not. I'm the whitest of white boys. Crack? Never even gets *mentioned* around me. Heh.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yeah, I'm so painfully middle class that I probably couldn't sell crack if I paid people to take it.

And yeah, it's just. Reading TC means you're white trash/a ned, reading Shakespeare means you're an intellectual, and reading SFF makes you an escapist. Which I suppose makes me an intellectual, escapist ned. Good to know!