Society Isn’t Doomed

mix Buzzfeed‘s “23 Things that Prove Society is Doomed” with Salon‘s “War & Peace on the Subway: How Your iPhone is Saving Literature,” then angle it through my publicists’ rose-colored glasses, and you end up with something a lot  like: 1. Sitting together and reading still counts as socializing: ↳ Via quoteinvestigator.com, once upon a time. 2. It’s considered polite not to read over your date’s shoulder: ↳ Used to be via empoweredteensandparents.com. 3. Fill the steps between class and the bus stop with a book: ↳ I wonder if these kids know they’re in the original of this image from betabeat.com? 4. Books, for all the many time-outs and half-times of the sporting events you attend: ↳ Somebody here forgot their book . . . (Originally via umhoops.com).  5. “There’s such a glare in here, we’re all having to hold our phones at odd angles to see the pages of these books”: ↳ Used to be from picsofaznstakingpicsoffood.tumblr.com, but the internet broke because the URL was too long. 10. Sometimes chivalry is a race. She’s trying to gift him the book before he can buy it himself: ↳ Originally via 98kool.com, which has to be either a radio station or a cigarette. 11. Sure, Thomas Cole is good, but if you want zombies, you’re going to have crack a book open: ↳ Originally via carrotsbridgeshorizons.wordpress.com.  12. When you don’t know what to say, maybe a book can help: ↳ Used to be via saketvora.com. And no, I’m not getting paid for the product placement. Though I am now thirsty. 16. They’re reading so fast  . . . → → →</a