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Showerthought: My niece called our old book club 'a polite echo chamber'

Honestly, she said we never really argued, just politely agreed on everything for 10 years. Now I'm wondering if we missed the whole point of reading together.
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karenb97
karenb972mo ago
Shared quiet agreement" is the new luxury.
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the_thomas
the_thomas2mo ago
My old book club in Chicago ran for 12 years just like that. The whole point was to have a calm space to share a love for the story, not to fight over what it meant. Sometimes you just need a break from arguing about everything. That shared quiet agreement was its own kind of friendship.
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rowanhernandez
shared quiet agreement" is such a real thing.
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