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I used to spend Monday afternoons going to the local used book store and then going to the pub two doors down, sitting at a booth, and enjoying my new books with pints of delicious beer. Much better and quieter than the pretentious coffeeshop nearby where you can't get a seat because of all the hipsters writing their screenplays or novels or w/e I'd recommend it but the book store closed years ago
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I have a couple of stories about drinking at the bar: 1) When I lived in Chengdu a couple of years ago one of the expat bars was this place called the Bookworm, which had it's walls covered in English books for the patrons to read whilst they drank and ate. It was ACE! 2) Once, (truth be told more than once, but this one time), I got very very drunk and embarrassed myself at a bar. The next week, to prove to myself that I am not an alcoholic, and that I can drink without getting stupid, I went back to said bar, this time with a book. I had a civilised time with 3 or 4 pints reading my book and all was well. Reading in a bar is a fun thing to do. But it depends on the book.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 07:50 |
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lol
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 08:09 |
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i go to bars to drink alcohol
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 08:17 |
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Are you posting from a bar right now?
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 08:23 |
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The Sphinxster posted:Are you posting from a bar right now? no im in a tree
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 08:24 |
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Hobo Pyro posted:no im in a tree As long as you aren't paying retail to get loaded!
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 08:28 |
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staberind posted:I met my ex-wife reading in a pub after work. lmao
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 10:25 |
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The Sphinxster posted:As long as you aren't paying retail to get loaded! i dont know what this means but i wanted to let you know im really rooting for vorian atreides right now
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 11:00 |
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proctorbot posted:Ive read at a bar before. Maybe its weird? Whatever, after work, chilling out with a happy hour beverage, who cares? I already know I am not cool and a little strange, I dont have anyone to impress. As long as its not late night shoulder to shoulder party time I think its fine... maybe not the coolest thing in the world... sometimes its nice to just soak up the ambiance of a place while enjoying a book? Same. There is a nice growler bar right around the corner from my local bookstore, I get some sample pours, read and buy a growler of whatever tasted good at the moment and GTFO before it becomes the local meat market for the late 20s-early 30s crowd.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 15:15 |
I think it kind of depends on the time of day and nature of the bar. You hit up a place that has some decent food for lunch, say, and you sit at the bar and read a book while you eat; nothing strange about that. If you were to walk into a bar on a friday night when it's loving packed and you sit down at the bar and start reading, that is pretty strange.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 15:17 |
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Do whatever you want, the judgement of others doesn't matter.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 15:21 |
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I like to sit at bars and read The Bible. Only God can judge me.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 15:25 |
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I would kill everyone here to live near a cafe that serves alcohol
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 16:26 |
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Do whatever you want, the judgement of others doesn't matter. Actually it does matter and if you aren't constantly worrying about your social standings or physical appearance then I strongly suspect you will not climb the ranks.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 16:30 |
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notZaar posted:Actually it does matter and if you aren't constantly worrying about your social standings or physical appearance then I strongly suspect you will not climb the ranks. The bar I drink at is full of end stage alcoholic rednecks in their sixties, their judgement does NOT matter.
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 18:15 |
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i read a book at a bar once, it was called HAVING SEX WITH THE OPS MOM!!!!!!!!!!
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 18:47 |
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its weird but harmless-weird
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 19:39 |
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Nooner posted:i read a book at a bar once, it was called HAVING SEX WITH THE OPS MOM!!!!!!!!!! She said it was a short story
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 20:11 |
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ArbitraryC posted:This thread kinda makes me wonder if some goons have only seen bars in movies or something, there are plenty of low key day drinking places that people read or even study at laid out like a coffee shop. There are certainly bars where you wouldn't do this and it'd be kind of weird at night but i can think of several places i went to frequently in grad school that had bookshelves you could borrow stuff from. One place in particular was pretty sweet cause they also had real good coffee and live smooth jazz for a solid atmosphere. Yes, but did you go to grad school? I don't think you've ever said so in any posts and the worlds gotta know
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 20:29 |
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Parity warning posted:Yes, but did you go to grad school? I don't think you've ever said so in any posts and the worlds gotta know i went to rad school
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 20:33 |
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RideTheSpiral posted:i went to rad school me too and now I wear neon 80s skater shirts and pull some sick tricks on the half pipe!! and then I smoke a full pipe!!! whoa!!
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:26 |
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MiracleWhale posted:me too and now I wear neon 80s skater shirts and pull some sick tricks on the half pipe!! and then I smoke a full pipe!!! whoa!! youre back!! we all missed you MW (:
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:36 |
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Nooner posted:youre back!! we all missed you MW (: it's good to be back nooner good buddy! I missed you and the rest of the fine posters on this site too =)))
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:42 |
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i would say no but i'm weird so
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:43 |
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Shaquin posted:an empowering bit of information if it is within your means and doesn't sound like total derangement when you say it out loud, it doesn't matter if something you wana do is a little weird or whatever. Most humans on this earth are very much concerned with their own business and while they might silently cast a judgement your way in their inner monologue ultimately they will not give a poo poo. there will not be a secret cabal of people meeting to talk about the weird guy who reads a book while nursing single malt at the older folks bar. no good dirty feelgoodnik
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:44 |
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let me be clear i have more than once read a book at a bar by myself
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 21:45 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:41 |
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read a book at Starbucks today and drank at a friends house but would be lying if I didn't think of day drinking at a booth in a bar on a day off
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