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My book club spent 20 minutes arguing about the color of a fictional character's curtains
We were discussing a mystery novel and someone said the curtains in chapter 3 were blue. Another member swore they were grey. I mean, we pulled out the book and read the line, 'the faded drapes,' and still couldn't agree. It got so heated we had to take a cookie break. Has your group ever gotten stuck on a detail that didn't even matter to the plot?
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mason.julia3mo ago
Sounds like the curtains won that round.
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cooper.viola3mo ago
Our gardening club once spent a full half hour debating if a hosta in a magazine photo was 'Patriot' or 'Minute Man'. We had the issue right there, but it was just a background plant in an article about tomatoes. I guess when you really care about something, even the tiny stuff feels huge, right?
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jade_hernandez3mo ago
That line about tiny stuff feeling huge is so true. My book club once spent twenty minutes arguing over whether a character's curtains were blue for mood or just... blue. When you're deep in a hobby, those little details become the whole world for a minute. It's kind of nice to care that much about something.
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