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I think I couldn't possibly agree more with this list than I do. (infosec.pub)
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@read-and-be-merry List of Books to Read Before You Die

  1. Any book you want
  2. Don’t read books you don’t want to read
  3. That's it
  4. Congratulations you did it

@iammewhooaryou | really like this list. All my favorite books are on it.

@ read-and-be-merry Thanks | worked really hard on it

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

TIL 'books' only means safe fiction and not scholarly works.

So, you're saying it's okay for people to avoid fiction books by LGBTQ+ people, or Africans, or any book that might upset their ideas?

We should only stick to things that don't upset us?