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Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:47:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:28:04 -0700, Paul S Person wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:57:51 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
> <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:32:33 -0400, Tony Nance wrote:
>>
>>> More signs of madness in this crazy world:
>>> 
>>> I just ran across the results of a poll that asked 29,000 Americans
>>> about their book-owning habits, and friends, I am shocked — shocked! 
—
>>> to report that there are people who have absolutely no organizational
>>> system whatsoever. Worse — worse, I tell you — there are some who 
sort
>>> their books by color. Color!
>>> 
>>> Here’s a link to the main source (published in October):
>>> https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/47712-how-many-books-
>>americans-own-and-how-they-organize-them
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>
>>
>>Then there are people who heard about this, evidently,
>>and tried it out.
>>https://wapo.st/463w5h9
> 
> It's guarded by a dragon. Even being referred by "a WaPo reader" isn't
> enough, it wants /my/ email for "free" viewing.
> 

Sorry about that. I'm not surprised, though, the Post is more
aggressive about pushing ads on its own subscribers than is the
New York Times.

> Here's a clue, WaPo: if I have to give you something to get something,
> it ain't free.