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Comment by WillAdams

10 hours ago

Well, one can damage a hardcover by not opening it properly the first time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/7sry7v/open_a_ha...

(which was a lesson in 2nd grade, when we got our first-ever hardcover textbooks)

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yoz-y  2 hours ago

Wow. I’m almost 40 and never knew this!

  • WillAdams  22 minutes ago

    Yeah, really, Barnes & Noble marketing is missing a beat by not printing that as a bookmark to include with new book sales after asking the question at the register, "Has the person you are buying this hardcover for ever opened a new book correctly?"

    Oblig. XKCD:

    https://xkcd.com/1053/

    (which I kind of wish was comic #1,000 so it was easy to remember/link)