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1282960 No.1282960 [Reply] [Original]

You're checking out an online dating profile. What "favorite books" are a deal-killer for you?

>> No.1282966

Atlas Shrugged

>> No.1282968

>>1282966
This and if I see another grown woman mention Twilight, I will stab a kitten.

Also anything by Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, because I know she's lying.

>> No.1282974

Twilight.

>> No.1282980

Women read?

>> No.1282983

The Shopoholic series. I have a female friend that is, otherwise, intelligent and interesting. She loves those books. I want to punch her in the throat.

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1282995

>he looks for intelligence in potential mates

>> No.1282997

Catcher in the Rye, Bukowski, Palahnuik, or a list that is ENTIRELY sci-fi and fantasy.

>> No.1283001

Catcher in the Rye or Twilight.

>> No.1283005

>>1282997
Bukowski isn't even bad, he is just 2deep4u.
You most likely haven't even read one of his novels.

>> No.1283004

What's the problem with Catcher in the Rye?

>> No.1283019

>>1283004
These guys are too retarded to have read it. Or they thought it would be "cooler" or "edgier" than it was.

>> No.1283024

>>1283005
It's not so much that I hate his novels, I just don't like the type of people who would have a bunch of them listed as their favorites. Same goes for Palahnuik.

>> No.1283048

>>1283024
>can't be someone's favorite for reasons other than toughguy
>still showing they don't get Bukowski
You're just digging a hole for yourself.

>> No.1283055

>>1283048
Hey, I don't mind. I freely admit I've never read one of his books. That doesn't change the fact that having him on your 'favorite books' section on a dating site would drastically cut chances of me messaging you.

I'm not really sure why you care so much though.

>> No.1283069

>>1283019

Retarded? It's required reading for like, 9th grade.

Never mind the fact that it's absolute trash.

>> No.1283118

>>1283048
>implying most people listing Bukowski on dating websites "get" Bukowski
>implying he isn't a hack who's more renowned for his lifestyle than the quality of his work
>implying his poetry isn't merely a way for hipster alcoholics to feel "deep"

>> No.1283379

"books? lol who reads?"

>> No.1283402

>>1283379
>>1283379
This.

>> No.1283435

>>1282980

Of course not, we're all gay here.