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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point you've defeated your own purpose.
Yep - I think the best strategy is what Richard Stallman suggested in 2005 - don't give her money under any circumstances.
I'd suggest not giving the works any form of oxygen; definitely don't buy the books or watch the movies for money, including on a streaming site that pays royalties, or buy branded merchandise. But also don't borrow them from a library (libraries use that as a signal to buy more), promote them by talking about them in any kind of positive light, don't encourage your kids dress up as a character (builds hype and creates demand), use analogies drawn from the books, or otherwise support them.
As far as books about wizards and educational institutions, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is way better anyway - they have more realistic character interactions and social dynamics (despite being a comic fantasy), and it makes for a much better read.
why does that 2005 article reference events from 2009?
People burning books usually burn other people's books, not their own.
What about shooting cases of Bud light
:shrug: Someone bought them.
Not necessarily. They could go to the store and burn all the stock of one particular book.
*citation needed
Citation provided
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
Not seeing where the books came from in any of the accounts of book burnings, but even if they're in a bookstore, the publisher's already got the money, as has the author. It's all performative nonsense either way.
Performative nazism, lol.
Anyway, just for educational purposes. Bookstores usually not just buy books in bulk and hope not to go bankrupt for a bad purchase. They do not take all the risk. When books are bought by a bookstore contracts are made, usually the store pay the publisher after a set amount of time, and if books are not sold, they return the books to the publisher. Contract between publisher and author tend to imply a percentage of sells, so if that books were not sold author won't see the money either.
In this case if books are burn by a mob, the bookstore might just not be able to pay the publisher, so the publisher won't be able to pay the author.
Not to even begin with editions and batches. A bookstore won't buy all the books they pretend to sell on a single batch, they will be buying by batches. If at some point they get raided they just will stop trying to buy more batches. Same fron publisher perspective with editions. They will print out more editions depending on the sales. If a book is not being sold, because it's being burned, they won't print more editions. No more editions = no money to author either.