Random Rants OA - I Have 71 Problems, But This Thread Ain't One

[Valka D'Ur]

My brain is my bookmark. I have had a ton over the years and I've barely ever used any of them.

Which? Brains or bookmarks?

I use the receipts I generate when buying the book in question.

I'd do that when buying a book in a physical store. I buy most of them online now, so they don't intend to include receipts, just invoices/return labels.

@Arakhor When you have an abundance of Aunts and Uncles who are big on gift-giving but equally big on me just sending them the Amazon link, I never have to buy my own books!

Must be nice.

I remember the last time somebody bought me a novel. It was back in 2001, when I was in the hospital and my mother knew I'd be going nuts without something to read. So she asked which book I'd like, and I made a list of 5 options - just pick one.

She ended up getting me House Atreides, the first book in the nuDune Houses trilogy. I think she'd have been in a better mood about it if I'd asked for some sappy contemporary romance; she never did understand science fiction or why I like it.

It seems to be a fad with bookshops here but they always seem to give me at least as many bookmarks as books I've bought from them. Each time.

Do the bookmarks have the store's name, address, phone number, and email address? If so, it's for advertising purposes and to remind you to come back and buy another book from them. Some of the Amazon Marketplace sellers do this.

I've given lots of books as gifts over the years and always include a bookmark (not one of my own handcrafted ones, though; unless it's a special gift to someone for birthday/Christmas, those are strictly for sale).

 

[Takhisis]

Do the bookmarks have the store's name, address, phone number, and email address? If so, it's for advertising purposes and to remind you to come back and buy another book from them. Some of the Amazon Marketplace sellers do this.

Well, yes, obviously it's free advertising, but there's no point in giving me that many bookmarks.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Well, yes, obviously it's free advertising, but there's no point in giving me that many bookmarks.

You can always decline them.

 

[Takhisis]

Oh, you've been spoiled by all these online purchases. I have to deal with retail staff in person. The poor saps.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Oh, you've been spoiled by all these online purchases. I have to deal with retail staff in person. The poor saps.

All it should take is "I would prefer not to have bookmarks included, thanks."

Any reasonable clerk should accommodate that, and if they insist, it's probably some store rule they have to follow. You can always give them away later, or throw them out.

Seems wasteful, though, to give bookmarks to someone who doesn't want them, or to toss them when they're useful.


This reminds me a bit about business cards. I collect ACEO cards as well, and a couple of the artists I've regularly purchased from on Etsy and eBay will include a business card that has some really beautiful artwork on one side of it. It's like getting an extra card for free. There are a couple of them that I put up on display stands alongside the cards I actually paid for.

 

[Hygro]

I use the receipts I generate when buying the book in question.

gross

 

[Cutlass]

Many of my books come from the library these days. The system now generates a receipt like a store receipt when you check something out. So I can use that. Until the cat take it. She loves receipt paper for some reason.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

If the book has a dust jacket, sometimes I'll use that.

Right now, the "bookmark" in the Outlander novel I'm reading is part of the wrapper from a package of Halls cough drops. I literally didn't have anything else at the time, and didn't want to dog-ear the book.

 

[Traitorfish]

Do the bookmarks have the store's name, address, phone number, and email address? If so, it's for advertising purposes and to remind you to come back and buy another book from them. Some of the Amazon Marketplace sellers do this.

That's where I get mine. It was helpful at first, because as a kid I was always using scraps of paper, but now I have about two dozen, and I refuse to throw them out in case what if I need them.

It's like how kids who grew up in deprived households often end up a bit hoarder-y, just, specifically with bookmarks.

 

[Hygro]

receipt paper is toxic with loose estrogenic plastic that rubs off on your fingers worse than plastic water bottles left in the sun.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I have a hangover from basically 3 drinks.
Oh man, what's wrong with me?

Happens to me too. It's just you getting older.

 

[Takhisis]

That's where I get mine. It was helpful at first, because as a kid I was always using scraps of paper, but now I have about two dozen, and I refuse to throw them out in case what if I need them.

It's like how kids who grew up in deprived households often end up a bit hoarder-y, just, specifically with bookmarks.

STOP LIVING MY LIFE

 

[Valka D'Ur]

That's where I get mine. It was helpful at first, because as a kid I was always using scraps of paper, but now I have about two dozen, and I refuse to throw them out in case what if I need them.

It's like how kids who grew up in deprived households often end up a bit hoarder-y, just, specifically with bookmarks.

In my case, I grew up with grandparents who were young(ish) adults during the Depression, and they learned (and passed on to me) that you never throw something away that can be repurposed when it's no longer fit for its original purpose.

So yeah, I hardly ever toss the bookmarks I get from the Amazon sellers, either.

 

[Gori the Grey]

In my case, I grew up with grandparents who were young(ish) adults during the Depression, and they learned (and passed on to me) that you never throw something away that can be repurposed when it's no longer fit for its original purpose.

So yeah, I hardly ever toss the bookmarks I get from the Amazon sellers, either.

If you ever need to give someone a receipt, you could write it on one of the bookmarks, I suppose.

 

[The_J]

Happens to me too. It's just you getting older.

As ranted somewhere in between: Seems to be actually not the case, I caught a gastritis instead (probably from some of the chicken I ate).
Because 3 drinks should really not be enough. No matter how old (well, above 16 or so) you are.

EDIT: Also seems I need to load the mouse traps again, since that beast just didn't magically vanish.
Should've guessed so, but since I've been hanging around at home all day I also just saw it again.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

If you ever need to give someone a receipt, you could write it on one of the bookmarks, I suppose.

They're covered in text and/or images, so that wouldn't work. Besides, I have a receipt book.

Considering that I usually have at least 2-3 books on the go at the same time, plus needing a LOT of bookmarks due to some of my NaNoWriMo projects being fanfic based on SF/F books I own, they get used (my fanfic stays as true to the source material as I can possibly manage, so I'm extremely detail-oriented regarding accuracy and continuity).

 

[Mouthwash]

I've just watched half the first episode of Jessica Jones season one, thinking it was the second. Only 12:30 am.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

As ranted somewhere in between: Seems to be actually not the case, I caught a gastritis instead (probably from some of the chicken I ate).
Because 3 drinks should really not be enough. No matter how old (well, above 16 or so) you are.

EDIT: Also seems I need to load the mouse traps again, since that beast just didn't magically vanish.
Should've guessed so, but since I've been hanging around at home all day I also just saw it again.

I don't know, I've felt hungover (though not massively so) over just a couple of beers. I usually chalk it up to not being hydrated but in any case it just didn't happen when I was younger.

 

[The_J]

A "couple" means for a few friends of mine ~10.

And yeah, drink enough before going to bed, helps a lot .

 

[civvver]

I don't know, I've felt hungover (though not massively so) over just a couple of beers. I usually chalk it up to not being hydrated but in any case it just didn't happen when I was younger.

Same here, lack of sleep and hydration + small amounts of alcohol = mild hangover. I don't drink a lot of anything during meals as it makes me full, so sometimes I don't have a glass of water from like 3-4pm on, and I sleep around 11-midnight. Easy solution though, just have a half or full glass of water for every beer and you're good. I try to do this at parties too, though you'll be in the bathroom a lot!

I had a friend who always told me you can drink or stay up late- pick one.