Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid 🤔
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@FlockOfCats Oh god. My grandmother had this humungous unabridged dictionary, and I did read it as a kid. Oh god.
@aspeed I still read dictionaries sometimes, and I'm 41
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats @shansterable I *knew* I was in the right place!
We never had an encyclopedia until 10th grade when my dad remarried and we moved into my stepmom’s house.
My stepbrothers were partying and playing sports and dating girls, but I was no good at those things, and besides, have you seen the encyclopedia???
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@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.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats dies world craft count? I think that is what those were
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
Guilty.
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@FlockOfCats Oh god. My grandmother had this humungous unabridged dictionary, and I did read it as a kid. Oh god.
@aspeed @FlockOfCats There's a book about the making of that dictionary.
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_06/true_color.html
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats Pick me! Hard bound 1956 Encyclopedia Brittanica that my parents bought for my much older sibs. I wasn’t even a twinkle in 1956
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats Is true for me.
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@FlockOfCats @shansterable I *knew* I was in the right place!
We never had an encyclopedia until 10th grade when my dad remarried and we moved into my stepmom’s house.
My stepbrothers were partying and playing sports and dating girls, but I was no good at those things, and besides, have you seen the encyclopedia???
@markc568
We had a full set of Funk and Wagnalls plus my aunt gave me a full-color illustrated encyclopedia that was about 8 inches thick that I used to peruse at my leisure LOL. -
@FlockOfCats Dictionary, but yep. It me.
@wcbdata @FlockOfCats Me too! (Plus the Brittanicas)
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I did, now that you mention it.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
My parents kept *three encyclopedia sets* - I think 1911, 1946, 1980? And a one volume attempt from the 1890s.
The lot of them partly to see how What We Know changes, but also they had different good stuff.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats it all makes sense now.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats why wouldn't a person though. So juicy!
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats How so? Who to follow?
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I feel seen.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats I feel attacked.
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats Sign me up!
Encyclopedia and dictionary…
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats yeesh. Read me for filth why don't you
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Mastodon/Fedi is the social network for people who read the encyclopedia for fun as a kid
@FlockOfCats HEY
