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[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.

[deepsix.livejournal.com]

Man, that sure is a lot of dick lit.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

God, that guy was lucky that the reason I was buying these books was that I wanted a relaxing evening in a hot bath with some mindless literature, so I didn't have the energy to do more than share an eyeroll with the bloke behind the register and just go home. I've been known to start arguing with these people, and it just never ends well.

[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!