What about a sentient bowl of petunias that is falling to its “death”, again, and is the reincarnation of a rabbit, whale, fly, and cow? Or an android monk believing everything was the same shade of pink, making it too early to move from the spot it was on for fear of falling off a cliff, so it sat on the back of the (manufactured, organic) horse it was riding?

Yes, there can be multiple books that are weird or have weird stories. It doesn’t have the be the weirdest one to still be weird.

This bit has nothing to do with America, we don’t have that kind of space between floors in residential buildings, either. You have plenty of real things to shit on us for, but this isn’t one of them.

Have you tried wearing socks on, shoes off? I have never in my life been at a point where my feet were too cold for just socks indoors, have mostly lived with hardwood or tile flooring, and also live somewhere with fairly cold winters.

I just cannot fathom shoes-on arguments. Shoes can be so uncomfortable when lounging around the house.

No no, it’s not based on income, it’s based on social and spacial awareness. That’s just an example of one of the stores for the demographic left out of OPs idea!