Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid 🤔
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats To think we're now living in a world where I reckon more people might be familiar now with Wikipedia than the word "encyclopedia"... And a decade from now, who knows if Wikipedia per se will still be around...
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I think that's how I view the whole internet!
We had Children's Britannica. And of course I read it!
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
*Raises hand*
Read the encyclopedia set, read the dictionary, also read the Time-Life books (the digestive system book was my favourite) and all of Dad's Popular Mechanics books, too.
I love Fedi because it's full of my people.
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@FlockOfCats My father spent a night in jail in an American small town for selling encyclopedias door to door in the late 1960s.
@softicecreamlesley @FlockOfCats If your dad is still alive (I hope he is), please tell him that I have a respectful crush on him for this.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats You almost say that like it was a bad thing.
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@FlockOfCats Back in the day new parents were haunted by pushy salesmen who convinced them that they were neglecting their newborn by not immediately purchasing a set of encyclopedias.
@Barbramon1 @FlockOfCats And the Fedi crowd turned out awfully well so perhaps they were right!
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@FlockOfCats My mom had a complete OED when I was a kid. It came with a magnifying glass because the text was so small.
@Elleaster @FlockOfCats I have (genuinely) always dreamed of having a complete OED.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I still do it.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats Does that include reading a thesaurus for fun as a youngster?
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats
If we all would have done that, the world would be a better place. -
@FlockOfCats Does that include reading a thesaurus for fun as a youngster?
We’ll allow it, permit it, and assent to it.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats My mom always put me in time-out in the room with the encyclopedias, so I started reading them. Watching her face when she caught me was amazing. No, that's not why she put me in there, but also, I was reading and learning things. LOL!
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We’ll allow it, permit it, and assent to it.
@FlockOfCats Most grateful.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I am in this picture and I'm proud of it.
(1963 Brittanica. I still own it.)
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats Compton’s Encyclopedia, every volume.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats ::blushes::
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats We could only afford A-C. But I m see memorized all three!
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I still do
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats
My teachers talked to my parents during COVID, because I was distracted during online classes, reading Wikipedia... -
Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
The full Britannica, 1964 edition.
That, and reading every Vonnegut book multiple times in grade school, helped prepare me to face the challenges of our modern dystopia.
