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pryelluwtoday at 4:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Your argument is that in order for you to have a better experience the previous owner should not “ruin” the book for you. I’ve read better arguments on bathroom stalls.


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Diogenesiantoday at 4:21 PM

No, my argument is that it's totally obnoxious to lend or resell a book that you've written in, and it's a shallow way of taking notes to begin with. It is precisely what Socrates warned us about.

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jMylestoday at 4:22 PM

> bathroom stalls

That's like, elite literary territory though. Let's stick to the discussion on books.

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