BTCML - Emma Straub #6
23 May 2026 · 1 min
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Emma Straub remembers reading a joke book at seven or eight and taking it completely seriously, convinced everyone else missed something deeper. That book changed how she saw everything.
Emma Straub remembers reading a joke book at seven or eight and taking it completely seriously, convinced everyone else missed something deeper. That book changed how she saw everything.
I was 7 or 8 years old and I just really, I mean, it's a joke, like it's a joke book, it's a humor, it is a work of humor. And yet I immediately, I was like, oh no, no, no. People who are reading this just as humor, it's very funny, but people who only see that are missing, are missing the point. I took it so seriously. I just like— I, I— it went straight in. It truly was transformative to me.
