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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 103 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Organizing books by color with no regard for book series is insanity.

[–] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 95 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It makes perfect sense to people who don't need to find a book because they don't actually read.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 30 points 1 day ago

As I said: insanity

[–] smeg@feddit.uk -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Or people who know what colour their books (so can find them when they need) are and also want their bookshelf to look nice

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand how sorting just by color alone would look nicer than putting the books in order where the size of the books, color coordination and things like color of the title font are considered as well

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's personal preference, so it's entirely arbitrary, right?

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Found the insane person.

Opinion:

I think bookshelves look better when they're full of books that are clearly being used, rather than a sterile layout that implies those books are nothing more than decor.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My ex-partner had her bookshelf sorted with "perfect disorder". No two tall books touching, no two red books touching. As chaotic as a bookshelf could possibly be, with a pointed disregard for series or even genres. 100% vibes Based disorganization.

I hated that fucking shelf. I swear it nearly gave me an aneurism trying to find anything on it.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I swear that's a hard math tesselation problem

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 1 day ago

At least it had

A E S T H E R I C S

It's extraordinarily un-OCD. I think that's the point here. People seem to have forgotten what the D stands for in OCD.

Not being a total slob doesn't mean you have a disorder.