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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how??? Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:26:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <v73ijp$j5g$1@reader1.panix.com> References: <v738di$n4rq$1@dont-email.me> <v739mf$n4rq$2@dont-email.me> <v73a31$n4rq$3@dont-email.me> <v73fh7$oeem$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:26:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="19632"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2936 Lines: 52 In article <v73fh7$oeem$1@dont-email.me>, Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: >On 7/15/2024 10:01 AM, Tony Nance wrote: >> On 7/15/24 9:54 AM, Tony Nance wrote: >>> On 7/15/24 9:48 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >>>> In article <v738di$n4rq$1@dont-email.me>, >>>> Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> 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 >>>> >>>> I could read the link, I suppose, but I wonder how many people actually >>>> have a sufficient number of books such that they need to be organized. >>> >>> That is indeed a point mentioned in the article. >>> - Tony >>> >> >> Whoops - I thought I hit "draft" while I looked it up, but instead I >> must have hit "publish by accident" ... anyhow: >> >> That is indeed a point mentioned in the article: >> "One in five Americans (20%) say they own between one and 10 physical >> books, while 14% own between 11 and 25 books, and 13% between 26 and 50." >> >> Tony > >An example of this method of saying 'I don't actually read': > >https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/r9fc7p/this_book_collection_sorted_by_color/ If they are young and have mostly ebooks, they may be fans of control f. Several of my young co-workers rely on search over organization. No proper file structure to organize files, just one big folder. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll