Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 1199

On February 18 2014 19:03 Alaric wrote:
I onesidedly decided that thse were covert references to Rin and Emi after people mentioned KS again.

We "read" Les Misérables in French classes, that is to say we received a very condensed (~400 pages?) version that contined only narrative chapters (not all of them, and no commenting/critiquing ones). Not sure what was the point apart from making us read a "classic", but then again I guess they didn't believe 15/16 year olds would take an interest in social commentary (Cheep gonna say they're right or something if I profess I hated Suskind's a year later Perfume).

I should finish the Count of Monte-Cristo, read a bit more than half then I moved so I was away from the library and I never bothered to check if the one in my new town had the same edition (it doesn't, but as long as it has a complete one I could work around it), I remember a diner scene near the beginning where well-off people discuss about Napoleon being vanquinshed and how fortunes are undone and people are going to see their true allegiances revealed, this kind of post-conflict thing, was pretty interesting (and petty too, burns everywhere but only on those not present). Then there's Faria and the whole willing suspension of disbelief being pressured hard.

On February 18 2014 21:50 WaveofShadow wrote:
I'm up super insane-o early because I'm sorta used to it, but holy shit my guy slept the night (he got up twice but went back down as opposed to staying up for 3h)!!!
It's gonna be a good week.
Mebbe I just relax and play HS today or something and save Dark Souls for streaming.

On February 18 2014 19:03 Alaric wrote:
I onesidedly decided that these were covert references to Rin and Emi after people mentioned KS again.

We "read" Les Misérables in French classes, that is to say we received a very condensed (~400 pages?) version that contained only narrative chapters (not all of them, and no commenting/critiquing ones). Not sure what was the point apart from making us read a "classic", but then again I guess they didn't believe 15/16 year olds would take an interest in social commentary (Cheep gonna say they're right or something if I profess I hated Suskind's Perfume a year later).

I should finish the Count of Monte-Cristo, read a bit more than half then I moved so I was away from the library and I never bothered to check if the one in my new town had the same edition (it doesn't, but as long as it has a complete one I could work around it), I remember a diner scene near the beginning where well-off people discuss Napoleon being vanquished and how fortunes are undone and people are going to see their true allegiances revealed, this kind of post-conflict thing; was pretty interesting (and petty too, burns everywhere but only on those not present). Then there's Faria and the whole willing suspension of disbelief being pressured hard.

Wow so many mistakes in this post.

On February 18 2014 20:55 Doctorbeat wrote:

I'm currently stuck in Anna Karenina. Also have Brothers Karamazov to read after that.

On February 18 2014 22:58 Scip wrote:
Russians es #1 at everything except hosting winter olympics

On February 18 2014 23:19 Nos- wrote:
wtf is all this snow shit again I can barely see the building next to me

On February 18 2014 23:15 Alaric wrote:
People are trying to rationalise that their should be cooperation and people taking turns playing so that the game progresses faster.
Everybody else tells them what somebody said: "Then what's the point of having 70k people playing a game at the same time?"