Dude Gets Called Out After Dissing People Who Read in Bars

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Ada Elder
Feb 10, 2022 12:00 PM EST

Back in 2019, a wise Twitter user (@maplecocaine) once tweeted the following: "Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it". Truer words may never have been "spoken" on the app. It does seem like people make fools of themselves on a daily basis, whether it's by oversharing, saying something hateful, or just presenting the world with a really, really, bad take. This past Sunday, the main character was one Jeremy Schneider. 

What may seem like an innocent albeit stupid insult ruffled a whole lot of bookworm feathers on the bird app. Turns out lots of people like to read. And they like to do it with a drink by their side. While it's clear that Schneider wasn't really thinking when he tweeted his misguided sentiment, the tweet inspired others from people who seriously wondered why anyone would choose a bar stool over a reading nook. And Twitter users were quick to jump to the act's defense. Some single folks expressed the urge to get out of the home and be around humans. Others simply pointed out that there's a reason books are portable: you can (and should) read them absolutely anywhere. And then, of course, there were the people who chose to roast Jeremy. After a few days, even Jeremy admitted his offense was roastable, and issued a ten tweet apology explaining the error of his ways. We don't think the lengthy atonement was necessary. We're just here for the dumb drama. 


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  • 01
    Font - RemandedHat ... @Popehat Replying to @J Schneider How much of your life, expressed as a percentage, have you spent gesturing for women to take out their earbuds? 5:59 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 166 Retweets 70 Quote Tweets 5,830 Likes
    via @Popehat

    This person (@Popehat) seriously came for Jeremy Schneider, insinuating that he is the kind of person that feels women owe them attention. 

  • 02
    Jaw - Cherie Priest ... @cmpriest Replying to @J_Schneider nobody who brings a book to a bar is looking for your approval, my dude 2:29 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 56 Retweets 5 Quote Tweets 6,308 Likes
    via @cmpriest

    Newsflash: we don't want your approval.

  • 03
    Organism - queen of this boring dystopia @nurseasaurusrex ... Replying to @J_Schneider As a former bartender, i have to disagree, readers tip and they're easy 12:30 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 23 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 2,992 Likes
    via @nurseasaurusrex

    Bartenders were quick to come to the defense of their more bookish clientele. It's hard to cause problems when your nose is behind a book. 

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    Font - BLACK Nandini Requests You Read Her... @nandelabra ... LIVES MATTER Replying to @J_Schneider Reading in a bar is one of life's great privileges but I'm just here for the ratio. 3:21 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 213 Likes
    via @nandelabra

    The drama excited a lot of Twitter addicts. You know you're on the site too much when you react gleefully to a tweet's "ratio."  If you're unfamiliar with the term, in this scenario "ratio" refers to an unofficial Twitter law that if the amount of replies to a tweet greatly outnumbers the amount of retweets and likes, then the tweet is bad. 

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    Smile - BetterProcessBetterResults ... @process_better Replying to @J_Schneider "See tho if you're in a bar, like in a public area, people expect to be able to talk to you so you shouldn't have a book, that's rude" 6:23 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 19 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 983 Likes
    via @process_better
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    Font - the elusive robert danbe ... @ danbe Replying to @J_Schneider I don't think l've ever brought a book to a bar but it seems like a completely chill, harmless thing to do so l'm thinking you're the one people don't like 1:41 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 435 Likes
    via @_danbe

    Got him.

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    Font - ... Jacob Shamsian @JayShams WITH IMPACT INSIDER Serious question, don't yell at me: why would anyone read a book at a bar instead of at home? 4:39 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for Android 27 Retweets 457 Quote Tweets 1,379 Likes
    via @JayShams

    Amidst the criticism, @JayShams copped to being genuinely puzzled by the act, and asked why people would choose to read at bars rather than at home.

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    Font - Screen Slate ... @ScreenSlate Replying to @JayShams I used to work a crazy job and would decompress by taking a long walk home and stopping at a bar around the corner from my house and reading. Basically something to break up the wake up / go to work / go to bed cycle. 5:09 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 16 Likes
    via @ScreenSlate

    The reasons, especially from city dwellers, are pretty compelling. 

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    Organism - Alexander Chee O @alexanderchee Replying to @JayShams There was a bar I loved near my apartment in Hells Kitchen, Druids, with a garden in the back. It was a huge pleasure to sit back there with a book and a beer, to see people nearby when I looked up, to be outside when l'd been home too much as a writer in a studio apartment. 10:56 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 2 Retweets 505 Likes
    via @alexanderchee
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    Font - Alexander Chee O @alexanderchee Replying to @alexanderchee and @JayShams NYC apartments are small. Work life can be small. A bar or restaurant cafe is like a living room or garden or fantasy space you lease by the beverage or meal. 11:52 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 5 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 368 Likes
    via @alexanderchee
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    Font - Akilah Hughes O @AkilahObviously Replying to @JayShams The same reason someone might go to a coffee shop to write instead of doing so at home. Because they want to go out. 7:54 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 3 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 1,370 Likes
    via @AkilahObviously
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    Font - Glenn Kenny @Glenn_Kenny ... Replying to @JayShams I dunno, man. Why read on the subway? On a bus? If you're drinking and reading maybe you want your drinks mixed for you and you don't have the income to hire a gentleman's gentleman. What's a guy supposed to do in a bar? Get into a conversation with YOU? 6:42 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 4 Retweets 238 Likes
    via @Glenn_Kenny
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    Font - Jill Filipovic O @JillFilipovic ... Replying to @JayShams Because it can be really pleasant to sit at a bar, around other people but not having to actually talk to them, and read / drink / people-watch (also my favorite bars have food, so it's basically just going out to dinner by yourself, which ranks among the greatest things). 5:00 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 9 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 1,278 Likes
    via @JillFilipovic
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    Font - Broad Eye View ... @broadeyeview Replying to @JayShams If as a female if you want good bite to eat and cocktail by yourself, a book is a great way to not have dudes bugging you because you accidentally made eye contact. A lone female is easy to impose on. So I'll scroll my phone or some might take a book. Its a form of self defense. 7:19 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 3 Retweets 242 Likes
    via @broadeyeview
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    Font - Brooke Binkowski ... @brooklynmarie Replying to @JayShams Because you want to have a beer and a change of scenery from the inside of your home but you also want to read a book 7:01 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPad 669 Likes
    via @brooklynmarie
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    Facial expression - • 16h Shiv Ramdas Traing To Rite... Replying to @JayShams ... because I want beer but I also want to read my book 4 27 3 526 Flarvik Knürdmann @Flarvik · 16h A bit of a finer point: I want someone to bring me beers while I continue reading, while surrounded by other humans doing whatever makes them happy. That's me, ... at least. 1 433
    via @Flarvik
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    Font - Olivia Messer O @OliviaMesser Replying to @JayShams If you're single and live alone it's a positive change of scenery 5:07 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter for iPhone 246 Likes
    via @OliviaMesser
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    Font - Alissa Wilkinson ... @alissamarie Replying to @JayShams because an actual good bar is a nice place to engage in the world's most portable art form 5:10 PM · 2/7/22 · Twitter Web App 178 Likes
    via @alissamarie
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    Product - Jeremy Schneider O @J_Schneider After three days of reflecting on this tweet and an evening spent reading at a bar, I have some thoughts. 12:17 PM · 2/9/22 · Twitter Web App 238 Retweets 484 Quote Tweets 3,257 Likes Jeremy Schneider O .** Replying to @J_Schneider @J_Schne... 10h First off, this tweet was mean. Uncharacteristically mean. "Nobody likes you?" I don't talk like that in real life, why would I tweet that? And saying it to people minding their own business reading a book? Yea
    via @J_Schneider
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    Product - Jeremy Schneider I'm glad I tried reading in the bar, I still don't quite get it. I struggle to read if I don't have quiet. That doesn't mean other people don't like it. I always say "don't yuck somebody else's yum," why should I yuck somebody else's bar behavior when it isn't affecting me? @J_Schne... · 10h 99 14 17 21 1,322 Jeremy Schneider I once had a friend tell me he brought a book to the bar to pick up girls. It was the most insufferable thing I have ever heard. I started seeing
    via @J_Schneider
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    Font - Jeremy Schneider I love reading! This tweet somehow @J_Schne... · 10h became construed as an attack on reading. If it weren't for reading, I wouldn't have a job. And I love books! l'd like to write one one day! I just prefer to read them in quiet places. 17 8 843 Jeremy Schneider @J_Schne... · 10h This 77-character tweet made me The Main Character on Twitter, and it sucked. I was Brandon Knight, Twitter was DeAndre Jordan. My mean tweet was met with some funny tweets and lots of mean twee
    via @J_Schneider
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    Font - Jeremy Schneider O @J_Schne... · 10h So please know, if you're someone who brings a book to the bar... people like you fine. In fact, you have numbers. And they're ready to back you up on the ... internet. 10 27 78 2,257 Jeremy Schneider O @J Schne... · 10h ... And if someone ever writes a book about the worst Twitter draggings of all time, l'll be happy to sign your copy, right on the chapter about me. I promise I won't tweet about you if I see you reading it at a bar. 162 17 45 2,663
    via @J_Schneider

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