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Whenever a chud says "Oh you're a communist? Read a book, moron!" I've started asking "Which do you recommend?" but I've never gotten a reply ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿค” (hexbear.net)
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[โ€“] 87 points 8 months ago (6 children)

a lib who got lost and wandered into hexbear once did the "read a book" thing about China, so I asked them what book they recommended and they recommended a completely unrelated novel and asserted they just meant read any book, not a non-fiction book about China

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  • [โ€“] 53 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    lmao this was very funny

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  • [โ€“] 36 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I wish I could remember what book it was, I think it was one of the english literature "classics", the kind of thing you recommend without reading when you're desperate to sound smart and well read

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  • [โ€“] 32 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    So it could have been any George Orwell novel.

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It could have been but I recall it was completely unrelated in any way, it was genuinely like Dickens or something

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