Liar's [chat]

Bogart

So people lie all the damn time about everything. Here are the top twenty books people claim to have read but haven't because they're filthy liars.

1. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
2. 1984 - George Orwell
3. The Lord Of The Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
4. War And Peace - Leo Tolstoy
5. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
6. The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
7. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
9. Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
10. Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen
11. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
12. Harry Potter (series) - JK Rowling
13. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
14. The Diary Of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
15. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
16. Fifty Shades trilogy - EL James
17. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
18. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
19. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
20. The Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger

Do you lie about what you've read, you disgusting liar? Probably.

RMS Oceanic

Dammit, I was busy peeing.

I have read four of those. I am an uncultured swine.

zepherin

Leo Tolstoy makes liars of us all.

Neco

Hey! I have definitely read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! It’s part of my persona! Would I lie about that?

I believe we all know the answer to that.

simonwolf

I've read seven of those

earning that doctorate

Neco

Also: aww I had a wonderful, Neco-centric poll lying in wait! I just needed three more minutes!

simonwolf

anyway folks who want to vote on whether my race of spiritual-pacifist-xenophile space turtles become psychic monsters or master ＴｈｅＮｅｗＦｌｅｓｈ vote now because I'm going to lock in a choice before I go to bed

BeNarwhal

You're not RMS or SIG!

Also I have read 7 of the 20 items on that list, and that is not a lie

Also also I have parted ways with Ladyfish and now have no responsibilities of my own for half an hour - fear my capriciousness!

zepherin

I had to read 7 of those in high school.

Dang the school system has really gone downhill.

Bogart

I've read seven and have five more on my bookcase of unread books that I will one day get round to providing I live to be 354.

Neco

simonwolf wrote: »

anyway folks who want to vote on whether my race of spiritual-pacifist-xenophile space turtles become psychic monsters or master ＴｈｅＮｅｗＦｌｅｓｈ vote now because I'm going to lock in a choice before I go to bed

I say A!

Casual

who the fuck is lying about reading harry potter

wouldn't most people be lying about not having read it?

RMS Oceanic

BeNarwhal wrote: »

You're not RMS or SIG!

As a disgusting failer of duty Bogart is well within his rights to clean up my mess.

BeNarwhal

simonwolf wrote: »

anyway folks who want to vote on whether my race of spiritual-pacifist-xenophile space turtles become psychic monsters or master ＴｈｅＮｅｗＦｌｅｓｈ vote now because I'm going to lock in a choice before I go to bed

Psychic monsters, only because I believe genetic engineering would be more against their mores than psychic experimentation would be :P

BeNarwhal

I read the first 3 Harry Potters and then got to the big one and gave up

Neco

BeNarwhal wrote: »

simonwolf wrote: »

anyway folks who want to vote on whether my race of spiritual-pacifist-xenophile space turtles become psychic monsters or master ＴｈｅＮｅｗＦｌｅｓｈ vote now because I'm going to lock in a choice before I go to bed

Psychic monsters, only because I believe genetic engineering would be more against their mores than psychic experimentation would be :P

Agreed, except instead of for ethical reasons, it’s cuz they sound cooler

zepherin

Actually only 6 I haven't read total. And I tried to read War and Peace but it was so fucking boring that I just used it to make a blanket fort for a nerf war, and that's even better.

P10

@mods

BeNarwhal

Neco wrote: »

BeNarwhal wrote: »

simonwolf wrote: »

anyway folks who want to vote on whether my race of spiritual-pacifist-xenophile space turtles become psychic monsters or master ＴｈｅＮｅｗＦｌｅｓｈ vote now because I'm going to lock in a choice before I go to bed

Psychic monsters, only because I believe genetic engineering would be more against their mores than psychic experimentation would be :P

Agreed, except instead of for ethical reasons, it’s cuz they sound cooler

There's that, too

Neco

I also read Lord of the Rings and 1984, but in my defense, I was forced to read that Orwell tripe in high school.

Bogart

Casual wrote: »

who the fuck is lying about reading harry potter

wouldn't most people be lying about not having read it?

People are also lying about reading 50 Shades of Grey. I think for some of these it's the fear of not being in on a shared experience that causes someone to lie, rather than pretending to be more well-read than they are.

RMS Oceanic

Casual wrote: »

who the fuck is lying about reading harry potter

wouldn't most people be lying about not having read it?

Some perhaps have seen the movies and thinks that counts.

syndalis

Bogart wrote: »

1. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (I also read Jabberwocky / Through the Looking Glass)
2. 1984 - George Orwell
3. The Lord Of The Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien
4. The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
5. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen
7. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
8. Harry Potter (series) - JK Rowling (I only read the second book - the one with the big snek)
9. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
10. The Diary Of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
11. The Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger

So while not a rule, it does seem that I haven't read a lot of Russian books of "culture"

BeNarwhal

P10 wrote: »

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mods

In his defense, I suspect he feared I was waiting in the wings with one of my nonsense terrible filler [chat]s, and acted heroically to save you all from that fate

BeNarwhal

I wasn't, this time, but it's a legitimate fear to have

zepherin

Neco wrote: »

I also read Lord of the Rings and 1984, but in my defense, I was forced to read that Orwell tripe in high school.

1984, Cather in the Rye, The Diary Of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Pride And Prejudice and Oliver twist were all garbage I had to read in high school. I had to read the Great Gatsby too, but I enjoyed that one.

Bogart

P10 is correct. I guessed sig wasn't around and stepped in a minute too soon.

As punishment, I have to start and then moderate a thread about about plot inconsistencies in Star Wars movies.

simonwolf

okay that's three votes for the Punche opening their minds to the infinite void instead of shaping flesh as Wagyl molded us all

psychic monsters here we come

Zephiran

Story of O Hollywood film trilogy when.

RMS Oceanic

BeNarwhal wrote: »

I read the first 3 Harry Potters and then got to the big one and gave up

Stephen Fry telling you what happens in it counts.

Bogart

zepherin wrote: »

1984, Catcher in the Rye, The Diary Of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Pride And Prejudice and Oliver twist were all garbage I had to read in high school.

Those books are not garbage!

BeNarwhal

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

BeNarwhal wrote: »

I read the first 3 Harry Potters and then got to the big one and gave up

Stephen Fry telling you what happens in it counts.

Oh in that case I can 100% add it to my list!

Elendil

i have read five

several of them as children many years ago and long forgotten but it still counts

Bogart

P10 has also made a powerful enemy this day and I will pore over his every remark to find evidence to make him pay for his crimes. It will be petty, protracted and brutal.

BeNarwhal

Elendil wrote: »

i have read five

several of them as children many years ago and long forgotten but it still counts

That's a good point - how many of these have I read since I turned 20?

... Five, actually. That's not bad! My brain isn't fully decelerating just yet.

bloodyroarxx

I have not read any of those.

BeNarwhal

Bogart wrote: »

P10 has also made a powerful enemy this day and I will pore over his every remark to find evidence to make him pay for his crimes. It will be petty, protracted and brutal.

As is your prerogative and your right, Your Majesty

Sleep

I have only read 2 of those in full, and im pretty sure i purposefully forgot one of em.

Aioua

Bogart wrote: »

zepherin wrote: »

1984, Catcher in the Rye, The Diary Of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Pride And Prejudice and Oliver twist were all garbage I had to read in high school.

Those books are not garbage!

Oliver Twist might be

BeNarwhal

bloodyroarxx wrote: »

I have not read any of those.

Where did you go to high school?! :P

RMS Oceanic

Sleep wrote: »

I have only read 2 of those in full, and im pretty sure i purposefully forgot one of em.

How do you know if you've read it if you forgot