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Too Many Books?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/style/too-many-books-new-york-city-apartment-scholar-landlord.html

by paulpauper • 11 days ago

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pinewurst• 11 days ago

https://archive.ph/DmTkO

tim-tday• 11 days ago

Guy has too many books Gets evicted Moves books into parents’ house The end

Blackstrat• 11 days ago

Why is it too many? Books are an experience that no digital medium can’t replicate or even imitate. Plus one owns their books in perpetuity, unlike digital that is merely licensed and ephemeral.

dlcarrier• 11 days ago

That's more of a structural hazard than a fire hazard. Books don't burn any better than solid wood, and you could even build a functional firewall out of a wall of books, except that if the wall of books is even a foot high, it'll exceed the 40 pounds per square foot design of residential floor.

redwood• 11 days ago

Hilariously written article

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