🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoAnon judges books by their coverssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down17
arrow-up1376arrow-down1imageAnon judges books by their coverssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·edit-22 days agoA book’s cover really only has two functions: Protect the book Tell you little bit about the book so you can judge whether or not to read it
minus-squareZulu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoPrecisely. Some folks role play ‘normal’ people in public to make it easier. Others rp as ‘crazy’ people to make you keep your distance. When a book stops just being a ‘book’ and instead becomes ‘lord of the rings’, that’s when cover-judging no longer applies. In that same way, a person becomes a friend/coworker/family. Until that happens, the only thing you have is the cover.
A book’s cover really only has two functions:
Protect the book
Tell you little bit about the book so you can judge whether or not to read it
Precisely. Some folks role play ‘normal’ people in public to make it easier. Others rp as ‘crazy’ people to make you keep your distance.
When a book stops just being a ‘book’ and instead becomes ‘lord of the rings’, that’s when cover-judging no longer applies.
In that same way, a person becomes a friend/coworker/family. Until that happens, the only thing you have is the cover.