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Liar's [chat]

BogartBogart Streetwise HerculesRegistered User, Moderator mod
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.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Dammit, I was busy peeing.

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

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Leo Tolstoy makes liars of us all.

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    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.

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    I've read seven of those

    earning that doctorate

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    Also: aww I had a wonderful, Neco-centric poll lying in wait! I just needed three more minutes!

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    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

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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!

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    I had to read 7 of those in high school.

    Dang the school system has really gone downhill.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    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.

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    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!

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    edited May 2018
    who the fuck is lying about reading harry potter

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

    Casual on
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    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.

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    I read the first 3 Harry Potters and then got to the big one and gave up

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    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

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    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.

  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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 :wink:

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    I also read Lord of the Rings and 1984, but in my defense, I was forced to read that Orwell tripe in high school.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    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 OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    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.

  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    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"

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  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    P10 wrote: »

    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

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    I wasn't, this time, but it's a legitimate fear to have

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    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.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    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.

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    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

  • ZephiranZephiran Registered User regular
    Story of O Hollywood film trilogy when.

    Alright and in this next scene all the animals have AIDS.

    I got a little excited when I saw your ship.
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    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.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    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!

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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!

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    i have read five

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

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    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.

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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.

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    I have not read any of those.

  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    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

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

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    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

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    I have not read any of those.

    Where did you go to high school?! :P

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    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

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