“Oh look at this guy reading a BOOK at the cafe, he must think he’s sooooo cool! I get he thinks a woman will sleep with him cuz he’s so smart and cultured.”
Or maybe my roommate is having their partner over and they kicked me out and I’d rather do this than just be on my fucking phone for two hours?
this is shadowboxing, no one is paying this much attention to you
A horde of mean teens ridiculed me for reading William Shakespeare’s Star Wars at the cafe last week. Saying “look at this nerd shit” and held the book over my head as I begged them to at least not remove the bejewelled butterfly bookmark.
They removed the bejewelled butterfly bookmark.
Coffee beans in my coffee from the cafe, yes.
I imagine 99% of people don’t give a fuck but that 1% sure do like complaining about it
Probably masking their self consciousness about their self-perceived low intellect.