Side note:

Last time I suggested a book

First thought

What I used to read as a kid

Realized they were advanced and a lot of them were about war

Second thought

Books currently on my shelf

The person responded with shit about joining the army

- well I already thought that part through

Final decision

Chess machine

For the pun + lulz

In my mind, most things are so insanely predictable shit becomes boring.

The only way to mitigate this is by attempting to do something "random" -- however, it doesn't always work ... in fact, it has the opposite effect.