Finally finished the third volume of Capital. Not going to lie, it was a challenge and quite a journey, but well worth it. Rip to the many, many highlighters that gave their lives for this endeavor.

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I crack the hell out of the spine before reading cause it keeps the book open easier

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Apparently there are some people who tear out a page when they’re done reading it

I’m not saying that there’s a book hell, but I am saying that you would definitely go there for that

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Apparently there are some people who tear out a page when they’re done reading it

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That is incredibly strange behavior. Books ain’t cheap and the library really won’t approve of it.

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Goddamn, I was coming here to call you a blasphemer for defacing your books with highlighting but that is some ninth circle shit.

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Marking up books is good and everyone should do it when reading. Fiction and non fiction. You’re actively engaging with the material. Of course unless it’s a shared book or ya just don’t want to

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Do that but use every page to roll a joint and try to finish capital

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That’s just… A lot of effort for no real benefit.

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You can ‘break in’ a spine without breaking it!! You stand it on its spine, ready to read, with all the pages closed. Then you open a few pages from the front to the table. Then a few pages from the back. Then a few from the front. Then the back. Etc, etc, working towards the middle. It stops the spine warping, too.

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