I've given people that look, it doesn't work 😂

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An old painting of a woman holding a book and looking unamused. Caption: When someone assumes that when you are reading a book, that you are "doing nothing" and therefore can be interrupted. Repeatedly.

I've given people that look, it doesn't work 😂

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Stop interrupting my brain movie.

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What’re ya readin?

Your future obituary I’m assembling in my mind.

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It’s difficult for some people. Not everyone.

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Being silent in the same room with someone else is the easiest thing in the world for me. Literally zero effort!

Libraries and their rules about silence made them my favorite place to hang out as a kid.

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When I was reading printed books in public transport, people much more likely talked to me. Now that I have eBooks, this barely happens anymore. People know at least something about you. I often read English books and sometimes people talked to me in English as if you wouldn’t read a book in your second language.

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i read paper books all the time in public and nobody bothers me.

mostly because I don’t read popular stuff. If I read Dune or something, than i’m constantly harassed. part of why i don’t read popular books anymore.

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If the interruption is for instance by strangers saying how nice the weather is, the complaint is valid, some interruptions are frivolous.

But if the book is more important than personal contact with friends and family, you are the problem.
IMO some people need to get over themselves, the book auto pauses when you look up, and you can continue at the exact same spot at any time. It’s not like you will be missing something and not understand the rest of the book, because you missed a key element.

If you don’t want to be disturbed go somewhere private.

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Depends entirely on the context. In a social setting, of course, conversation is expected and it would be rude to start reading. But in most other situations, other people are not conversation slaves and it is rude to expect them to drop whatever they are doing and act as entertainment. People should not have to lock themselves away in remote, quiet corners in order to read.

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My brain movie is more important than your petty human concerns.

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I am to excuse the swearing, fucking *theatrical* when one of my children interrupts me reading. I'm like a cosplay Great Uncle Bulgaria from the Wombles, and I faff with my glasses and get up from repose like I'm being winched by poltergeists.

I'd say it has over time decreased interruptions by about 5-10%

edit: I say "My children, on reflection I mean.. anyone"

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It is sad that you find the book more important than your children.

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@Buffalox It's a case by case basis. My children would eat me alive and make soup from the bones if some lines were not drawn.

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