Fuzzy wrote:
You know what horrifies me? When people WRITE in books.
Absolutely! Especially if it's a novel or not even their own book!
I occasionally do scribble comments in the margins of my own non-fiction books if the author has made a particluarily stupid mistake or comment. It's not mature, but it does make me feel better (plus if it ever gets sold/donated second-hand, the new reader has the correct data at hand).
I hate it when people are deliberately cruel to toys or objects. I mean, a toddler chewing teddy's ear, that's fine, but a teenager who's anthropomorphising it, whilst pretending to eviscerate it- that does upset me. It's stupid I know; people tell me it's just a lump of plastic, but hey, everyone else is just bone and protein.
I think this may be linked to aspergers. if you have aspergers, you have to learn to differentiate emotionally between object and animal, and sometimes the borders can get confused (like an optical hallucination).
I'm sure some go with the view that
all things they encounter are objects and treat people the same way, but I like to think most err on the nicer side and just turn objects into people too, and thus get upset when everything is harmed (especially if it looks like an animal and is being made talk or move by the perpetrator).