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What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?

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SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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The question was what’s a popular book everyone buys but no-one reads. Plenty of people read 1984.

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Summzashi@lemmy.one
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It’s quoted to death on the internet, most of the time in completely the wrong context that would be obvious to anyone that actually read it. It’s become a popular strawman, sales rocketed since 2016. If everybody actually read it, it wouldn’t be so misunderstood.

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lud@lemm.ee
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I assume they don’t buy it though.

And most misquotes and references are sarcastic.

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Summzashi@lemmy.one
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Assume these nuts nerd

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