What is your response to someone who says “it’s JUST a book”..?
What is your response to someone who says
“it’s JUST a book”….??
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What is your response to someone who says
“it’s JUST a book”….??
Clearly you haven’t read anything good, here let me help with that
Love this response. I get so caught up and sad when my books end and I HATE that so many people say “it’s just a book, read something else”. I’m over here like IM MOURNING A LOSS LEAVE ME THE EFF ALONE
Monique Erika have them read A Little Life and ask them how they feel when they are done with it. They’ll never say “just a book” ever again.
@Monique, sure is. She is a rescue, I got her when she was 4, now 14. Unfortunately, she is starting to have some pretty serious physical issues and I’m not sure how much longer I’ll have her, best bet, a year. Are you familiar with the breed? I have had a Shorthair, one at a time, since 1973. This is Chloe and she is my fourth one. LOVE the breed!
@Betty I’m so sorry she is having some problems. We LOVE the breed. Currently have 3 and a litter of 9 !!! They are such an amazing breed!!
@Monique , OMG! You are so lucky. I am single and now retired. I just can’t afford to have more than one at a time in order to give a dog all they deserve. Also, I am now 72 and my only hope of having another GSP would be to adopt a senior, tho’ I’m also thinking about just fostering after Chloe is gone. I just cannot imagine not having a dog and, especially, a GSP.
Say something like, “yes, it’s just a book, a magic portal to other times and places, a gateway to other’s thoughts, a wonderful tool to expand my mind and life. I’m so sorry you’ve missed out”!
“And you’re just a stupid head!!”
This is literally something I would say ??
It’s JUST oxygen.
“And hell is just a sauna” (stolen from 10 things I hate about you)
“And hell is JUST a sauna”
And you’re JUST another dumb ass (donkey)
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?…
‘You’re just a human.’
Depends on context
“0h! But what a book.
And Hell is just a sauna ?
Throw the book at them.
To me it’s a lot more. It’s what makes me happy.
You lost the chance of undergoing another experience…
opinion are like arseholes, everyone has one but some talk shit more than others
“It’s just a sports team.”
“It’s just a video game.”
“It’s just make up.”
You attack what makes me happy I’ll attack what makes you happy. “COME AT ME BRO!” ???
Like that response ?
I happen to like the books more than you?
My reaction is non verbal, otherwise I might need bail, lol ?
Okay story time:
5th grade this happened to me at the lunch table. Stupid boy said the same thing to me while I was reading. My response? I threw his sandwich away and said “it’s just food. You don’t need it to live or anything.”
I got detention but I got a high five from my mom so it was worth it ?
I say ‘you’re just an idiot!’ ? never mess with someone else hobby or love for something.
No response…there’s no use…Cast ye not pearls before swine I always say!♥
It is just a book. But a book you surely had no privilage to read it.
It’s your loss. I’ll be starting my next book!
I think that soccer etc is just a game so I get that others don’t see reading the way I do. I would point out to the person that we all have different interests and priorities and to me there is no JUST a book – its my entertainment, friend, sanity …
I do not think we can be friends anymore
And hell is just a sauna
*slap
Nothing bcz I’d know then that, they know nothing.
You stay away from that person.. no one needs that much negativity!!
?? no it’s life……..
its never just a book
“You obviously don’t get it.”
*punch to the face* it’s just a hand!
When people say they don’t read and think TV is better it chaps my arse
If it’s not a Gutenberg Bible or signed by Paul McCartney, I pretty much agree.
Usually I just smile, nod my head, and keep reading.
Starting singing Reading Rainbow! ?Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high, Take a look it’s ‘a book?Until they have no choice but to read a book.
I feel pity ?
“And ur just an idiot! I’ll cry if I want to. Be pissed if I want to. So shut ur mouth!”
It’s the same as “it’s just a dog”. These people hate themselves. And I hate them too. ? ? ? Just a book? No one has ever said that to me. If they did…they just better not, ok?
In the wise words of Thor – I bid you good luck & farewell morons.
I just roll my eyes. It’s not worth the fight. It stopped bothering me a long time ago.
Ugh no it’s SO much more than that !!!
Then hell is just a sauna ?
A Paddington stare ?
Oh….do you like to read?
and you are just a human
You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life. That person is not your friend. 😉
I think most people who say that, haven’t read a book that made an impact.
Unfriend, disown, sign off!
The other statement that makes me cringe is , “Oh, I never read “, as if this is a great achievement. Once was told that I was wasting my whole life away, reading so much. There are just no words …
They are not worth my time to respond.
I agree, @Kathryn !
Plus, it is too late now , anyway. I have been a daily reader for 64 lovely years! ???
Me too at 63.