Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agoWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down17
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat books would you describe as nothing burger?Cactus_Head@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days agoMy exact thought as well. It was mandatory in HS, and i just never got the hype. Holden Caufield is a whiny phony.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoIt’s fun irony to try to have a bunch of angsty teens read a book about an angsty teen. I bet it would come across very different to read it as an adult.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoIt’s only fair. They whined about reading a book by a 51-year old author (Black Beauty). Now they get a taste of their own medicine.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoI probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoNope. Came out of the womb at 37.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoA little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoI don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoHuh, she said the same thing…
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoYou may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoYou always left me satisfied.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 days agoI liked it because it’s a journey with a traumatized teenager. As a teenager who didnt realize I had cptsd it hit hard for me
My exact thought as well. It was mandatory in HS, and i just never got the hype. Holden Caufield is a whiny phony.
It’s fun irony to try to have a bunch of angsty teens read a book about an angsty teen. I bet it would come across very different to read it as an adult.
It’s only fair. They whined about reading a book by a 51-year old author (Black Beauty). Now they get a taste of their own medicine.
I probably wouldn’t have killed John Lennon if that was the case.
So you don’t remember being a teenager?
Nope. Came out of the womb at 37.
Is your mom okay?
A little bowlegged, but otherwise fit as a fiddle.
I don’t know what I expected. Still hilarious, though.
Huh, she said the same thing…
You may have just overthrown Steve Carell as the champion of “That’s what she said” jokes.
You always left me satisfied.
I liked it because it’s a journey with a traumatized teenager. As a teenager who didnt realize I had cptsd it hit hard for me