Finally finished the third volume of Capital. Not going to lie, it was a challenge and quite a journey, but well worth it. Rip to the many, many highlighters that gave their lives for this endeavor.

marx-hi AMA!

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    I crack the hell out of the spine before reading cause it keeps the book open easier

    • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 months ago

      Apparently there are some people who tear out a page when they're done reading it

      I'm not saying that there's a book hell, but I am saying that you would definitely go there for that

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        4 months ago

        That is incredibly strange behavior. Books ain't cheap and the library really won't approve of it.

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        4 months ago

        Goddamn, I was coming here to call you a blasphemer for defacing your books with highlighting but that is some ninth circle shit.

        • Antiwork [none/use name, he/him]
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          4 months ago

          Marking up books is good and everyone should do it when reading. Fiction and non fiction. You're actively engaging with the material. Of course unless it's a shared book or ya just don't want to

          • Wertheimer [any]
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            4 months ago

            I get why people do it, especially for dense texts like these, but to me it’d be like hard-coding a commentary track from someone who hasn’t seen the full movie.

            • Antiwork [none/use name, he/him]
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              4 months ago

              I think that’s part of the fun. You go back and read and see what you missed or realize you still don’t understand a concept or learn that you now understand and want to dig deeper. If now you understand and find the commentary unhelpful you erase.

            • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
              hexagon
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              4 months ago

              I don't generally highlight when I'm reading for my own edification, but I can't read something dense like this without doing so. It just helps me slow down and think about what is actually important in what I'm reading

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      You can 'break in' a spine without breaking it!! You stand it on its spine, ready to read, with all the pages closed. Then you open a few pages from the front to the table. Then a few pages from the back. Then a few from the front. Then the back. Etc, etc, working towards the middle. It stops the spine warping, too.