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ok i've tried like 10 times to watch this show, and i never made it past 10 minutes. it's just so awful. this time i persevered all the way to 19 minutes.

people thought you were trolling because it's impossible for you not to be trolling

if something is boring and awful, no one would "try again" and hope it somehow changes when they watch it again

09-10-2017 , 11:28 AM

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IBeDrummin

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09-10-2017 , 12:26 PM

#154

Booker Wolfbox

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

if something is boring and awful, no one would "try again"

Could you go back in time and talk some sense into my high school English teacher?

09-10-2017 , 12:47 PM

#155

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox

Could you go back in time and talk some sense into my high school English teacher?

Come on, nobody read the books they were supposed to in English class. Even before the internet we somehow found a way to write essays about the works of Thomas Hardy without ever actually reading the novels of Thomas Hardy.

09-10-2017 , 12:51 PM

#156

Eric

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Originally Posted by kokiri

Thank heaven for Coles/Cliffs Notes.

09-10-2017 , 01:19 PM

#157

DonkDonkDonkDonk

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nothing can make you hate good literature as much as being forced to read it for English class.

09-10-2017 , 01:56 PM

#158

Carl_Spackler

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Hello pub!

If you haven't already, please take a moment and fill out my survey to be used in a POG guesstamania game. Ten quick yes or no questions. However, please don't say in the thread if you have filled out the survey or not.

I’m trying to get a large cross-section of POG people, so I’m spamming this survey post everywhere I can think of. Sorry if you keep seeing it.

Survey link

Thanks, and don't forget to play the game after the data collection is complete!

09-10-2017 , 03:59 PM

#159

Eric

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Originally Posted by DonkDonkDonkDonk

nothing can make you hate good literature as much as being forced to read it for English class.

There is truth in that, but I have to admit I surprised myself with how much I liked some things. To Kill A Mockingbird (possibly the greatest English novel), The Reavers, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, even Moonfleet are pieces I really enjoyed. Then there were The Stone Angel (possibly the worst English novel) and Death of a Salesman and other unmitigated pieces of ****.

09-10-2017 , 04:07 PM

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Bloobird

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whoa whoa whoa what do you have against death of a salesman?

siege of krishnapur stands out as the book I hated the most of the ones I had to study at school

09-10-2017 , 04:38 PM

#161

kokiri

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Funny, I read Seige Of Krishnapur a year or two ago and loved it. The whole trilogy is awesome.

Last edited by kokiri; 09-10-2017 at 04:39 PM. Reason: Proves D4's point, I guess

09-10-2017 , 06:06 PM

#162

Eric

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Originally Posted by Bloobird

whoa whoa whoa what do you have against death of a salesman?

It had no likeable characters, or even sympathetic or interesting characters. They were all grey pieces of ****.

Addition:
I will concede: the fact that I had to read it made me disinclined to try to get past all these problems and find some nugget worth appreciating.

Last edited by Eric; 09-10-2017 at 06:13 PM.

09-10-2017 , 07:49 PM

#163

Kaze13

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I read Invisible Man in a week when we had like 2 months to read it in high school. Book sucked me in man

09-10-2017 , 08:03 PM

#164

iversonian

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In 20 years, high school students will be analyzing episodes of Friends.

09-10-2017 , 08:34 PM

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IBeDrummin

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Mariano's has your back, Booker.

09-10-2017 , 09:58 PM

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D1iabol1cal

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looks like ibd has committed his own cardinal sin of not rehosting images

edit: or maybe he did rehost? image isn't showing up anyway

09-10-2017 , 10:24 PM

#167

IBeDrummin

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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal

looks like ibd has committed his own cardinal sin of not rehosting images

edit: or maybe he did rehost? image isn't showing up anyway

Weird, i checked it before posting and everything. Oh, it was because of imgur.com instead of i.imgur.com.

Quote:

Originally Posted by IBeDrummin

Mariano's has your back, Booker.

09-10-2017 , 10:27 PM

#168

Booker Wolfbox

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I went to Wal Mart today and you know what they had on the shelf?

Spoiler:

09-10-2017 , 10:36 PM

#169

Crossnerd

quite smart as well

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kokiri

I've chanced upon many a questionable post since I transitioned to lurk mode, but this is by far the most egregious.

09-10-2017 , 10:40 PM

#170

Mark_K

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox

I went to Wal Mart today and you know what they had on the shelf?

Spoiler:

A perfect complement to my pumpkin spice latte!

Last edited by Mark_K; 09-10-2017 at 10:41 PM. Reason: And maybe also light a pumpkin spice candle

09-10-2017 , 10:45 PM

#171

DonkDonkDonkDonk

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Is a pumpkin spice latte worth ordering? Ive heard so much about it. I have no idea whatpumpkin spice even is.

09-10-2017 , 11:03 PM

#172

eyebooger

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Crossnerd

I've chanced upon many a questionable post since I transitioned to lurk mode, but this is by far the most egregious.

Welcome back to posting mode?

09-10-2017 , 11:28 PM

#173

Mark_K

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DonkDonkDonkDonk

Is a pumpkin spice latte worth ordering? Ive heard so much about it. I have no idea whatpumpkin spice even is.

Not really. Think pumpkin pie flavored drinks. My wife and daughter I guess likes them but I'm more a coffee guy or sometimes an occasional mocha.

09-11-2017 , 12:26 AM

#174

Sun Tzu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by e_holle

I had to read Tess of the ****ing Durbervilles

09-11-2017 , 12:54 AM

#175

filthyvermin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by e_holle

i thought death of a salesman was written as a play. reading plays is generally awful imo. they need to be scene and heard, performed by great actors.

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