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2234465 No.2234465 [Reply] [Original]

>talking to guy in my class
>start talking about which authors we like
>tell him i like faulkner
>he nods in agreement and says 'yeah he's really good'
>minute later he asks if he's the guy who wrote 'young goodman brown'
>mfw

>> No.2234473

>talking to person from class
>they ask me my favorite authors
>i say a few of them, then ask them theirs
>they stare at me awkwardly and say that they have no idea who anyone i just mentioned is
>i just shrug it off and say it happens, ask them again who their favorites are
>they never speak to me again

Happened on more than one occasion and it makes me sad.

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2234477

>dat feel i don't know something the other person just mentioned and don't ask to not seem stupid and they talk about it for hours

>> No.2234478

>talking to a guy in my class
>start talking about which directors I like
>tell him I like Herzog
>he nods in agreement and says 'yeah he's really good'
>minute later he asks me if he's the guy who directed 'Fight Club'
>mfw

>> No.2234479

>>2234473

I can tell by how you type that your voice would be really irritating.

>> No.2234480

>talk to people
>don't know what the fuck to do

an excessive consumption of media has ruined my social skills

>> No.2234482

>>2234473
Aww. Just tell them there are tons of authors out there. No big deal.

>> No.2234484

i'm pretty sure one of my professors think i'm a fucking retard because i can't help stuttering every time i talk to her... and it's only her. what the fuck.

should i go at the end of the semester and tell her i'm not a fucking retard?

>> No.2234492

>>2234484
"Hey, teacher. I uh. I just thought I'd let you know, uh. I'm not retarded. K, have a nice summer!"

>> No.2234498

>talking to people
>2011

I srsly

>> No.2234499

I'm writing a paper on "Young Goodman Brown" right now, actually.

So you're saying this isn't by Faulkner?

>> No.2234500

>>2234492
>"have a nice summer!"
>it's the start of winter
>teacher is now certain you're a 'tard

>> No.2234501

>>2234465
>forget who wrote Young Goodman Brown
>go to wikipedia page
.One of Hawthorn's good friends; Moby Dick comments on the underlying depth of the story "you would of course suppose that it was a simple little tale, intended as a supplement to 'Goody Two Shoes' Whereas it is as deep as Dante."

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2234504

>Talking to guy about books
>He asks me what I like to read
>I like literature and a bit of science-fiction mostly, what about you?
>Matthew Reilly, Tom Clancy, other shit
>We respect each others tastes and talked about films instead
>mfw
Learn2communicate, you 'tards.

>> No.2234536

>>2234479
I'm sure it's possible. I've never been told so, but who knows.