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		mgiampapa on July 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted... You can also buy books by the linear foot. Apparently when WFH got going big time it caused a huge spike in demand as people wanted filled bookshelves as a backdrop for video calls.

MinorTom on July 9, 2022 [–]

Wow. I remember reading about buying books by the foot in a communist satire book, I didn't expect reality to catch on that quickly.

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