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Finally finished the third volume of Capital. Not going to lie, it was a challenge and quite a journey, but well worth it. Rip to the many, many highlighters that gave their lives for this endeavor.

marx-hi AMA!

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[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

Apparently there are some people who tear out a page when they're done reading it

I'm not saying that there's a book hell, but I am saying that you would definitely go there for that

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago

Apparently there are some people who tear out a page when they're done reading it

gulag

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

Goddamn, I was coming here to call you a blasphemer for defacing your books with highlighting but that is some ninth circle shit.

[-] Antiwork@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Marking up books is good and everyone should do it when reading. Fiction and non fiction. You're actively engaging with the material. Of course unless it's a shared book or ya just don't want to

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

I get why people do it, especially for dense texts like these, but to me it’d be like hard-coding a commentary track from someone who hasn’t seen the full movie.

[-] Antiwork@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

I think that’s part of the fun. You go back and read and see what you missed or realize you still don’t understand a concept or learn that you now understand and want to dig deeper. If now you understand and find the commentary unhelpful you erase.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

I don't generally highlight when I'm reading for my own edification, but I can't read something dense like this without doing so. It just helps me slow down and think about what is actually important in what I'm reading

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

My Volume I is littered with post-it notes that stop abruptly after Chapter 10. side-eye-1

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

That's where you entered THE ZONE presumably comfy-cool

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah. Smooth sailing from there until the end. That's the ticket!

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

That is incredibly strange behavior. Books ain't cheap and the library really won't approve of it.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Do that but use every page to roll a joint and try to finish capital

That's just.. A lot of effort for no real benefit.

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