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this pretty much delineates the three categories:
• bad books i'm glad i read, it's because i learned from them
• bad books i regret reading, it's because something about them is actively stressful—disturbing (or actively triggering) content or exceptionally poor basic writing skill, for me
• bad books i don't care about are mostly just not compelling. nothing especially hateful beyond a lack of especially positive qualities

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david copperfield, for example, is an incredibly dull read (imo). but it doesn't actively bother me having read it, and sometimes knowing how it goes comes in handy. so overall i don't care about it but i'm situationally glad i read it

the wizard knight, by contrast, combined poor writing quality with stuff i found highly disturbing in a way that means i can't entirely get it out of my head. literally just the knowledge that i read it is stressful. i regret having read this book

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Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? It's ok, he woke up.

there's a fundamental difference between a bad book you're glad you read, a bad book you don't care about, and a bad book you regret reading. and there's no easy words to distinguish them from one another

Me: [looking at the International Prototype Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures] What an absolute unit

@Alexis i mean given the choice i'll typically eat something cold over microwaving and rarely have the spoons for more than that. but yeah, that should work—as with all oven heating, ofc, careful not to dry things out too much

@Alexis i'd generally advise against microwaving (but then, i'm not fond of microwave), but it should almost certainly keep decently well for a couple days if you're refrigerating it

@skelltan@hellsite.site no not a remainder as in non-fractional division stuff. like a remainder as in what's left over

@skelltan@hellsite.site oh yes absolutely. couldn't agree more. but what would you do with the remainder?

@skelltan@hellsite.site if it's fullscreen why would i tab out that always swotzes things

@skelltan@hellsite.site well then there's no top of the window thing to look at is there

@skelltan@hellsite.site yeah on the, like, main menu probably

@skelltan@hellsite.site do i look like the kind of person who does silly things like "remembering" and "names"

@skelltan@hellsite.site if i'm trying to stay in character, actually saying hi to a cute girl in person is absolutely off the table

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