If I told you I read Tolstoy's entire bibliography how would you react?
I would talk to you only after you've read the entire Dostoevksy.
if you read the english translations? with utter disgust.
Several cases come to mind.
1. I already know you, or know of you:
1.1. I already know that you've read Tolstoy's entire bibliography:
1.1.1. You do not know that I already know: I would or would not inform you of it, depending on the situation.
1.1.2. You know, but have memory problems that I know about: I would or would not remind you of the fact that I already knew this, depending on the situation.
1.1.3. You know, and have no memory problems that I know about: I would ask you why you are bringing up this fact now.
1.2. I do not know that you've read Tolstoy's entire biography:
1.2.1. I know that you can read Russian: I would await your further pronouncements on the subject of Tolstoy.
1.2.2. I do not know whether you can read Russian: I would ask for a confirmation that you can read Russian.
1.2.2.1. Your confirm that you can read Russian: see 1.2.1.
1.2.2.2. You inform me that you cannot read Russian: laugh, spittle, bend, knee-taps.
1.2.2.3. Neither confirmation nor denial comes: as good as a no, see 1.2.2.2.
2. I do not already know you, nor know of you:
2.1. We were engaged in a conversation to which your statement of having read Tolstoy's entire bibliography is relevant: see 1.2.
2.2. We were not engaged in such a conversation:
2.2.1. We were engaged in a different conversation, to which your statement of having read Tolstoy's entire bibliography is not obviously relevant: I would ask you why you are bringing up this fact now.
2.2.2. We were not engaged in any conversation: I would either nod, shrug, or ask what you are hoping to achieve by approaching random strangers with this fact, depending on the situation.
Note: the outcomes to which I have provided alternatives depending on the situation may take into account any such factors as your outwards appearance, poise, behaviour, clothing, sex - apparent or implied, apparent age, smell, voice, medical state, country of origin, etc., in no particular order.
>>8153059
autism speaks
>>8152977
Next.
>>8153059
this is the new sincerity
>>8152977
I'd ask for nudes and then if I was satisfied I would follow it up with a marriage proposalso long as you are white
will you accept Asian?
>>8152977
that's a pretty adorable sulky ermine
10/10, would pet
I would take a step backwards and wink a few times then I'd walk away.
>>8153134
I'll never settle for a silver medal
>>8153059
Dude, you should try writing a book and getting something published, I'm not even joking, I think you have serious skill.
how many entire bibliographies have you read /lit/?
>>8153162
Dostoyevsky and Joyce here
>>8153162
Rimbaud. But that's all in one volume.
>>8153172
Do you know all 45 languages used in Finnegans Wake?
>>8153162
once i read amerika i'll have finished kafka's.
>>8153261
seriously consider suicide because even joyce didn't
>>8153059
>mfw generative use of memes
>>8153162
Camus, except a couple volumes of his diaries
>>8152977
Why?
I've read most of the fiction. But theres some stuff that you'd read strictly to be able to say "i've read his bibliography" and that makes you a doofus-- speaking of, I think DFW claimed he read all of Tolstoy.
I would talk to you about the scene in Karenina when Levin and Kitty are writing on the felt or I would mention how interesting it is that in War and Peach, each of the three main characters are associated with a sphere (Natasha has the moon, Andrei has the shell, and Pierre has the blue orb in his dream)
>>8153059
It's good to be thorough.
>>8152977
Can you tell me what you thought of god sees the truth but waits?
is reading bibliographys for the sake of it pleb?
>>8153002
Is that impressive? Dosto fags are the worst, they literally are the same as wes anderson and quentin fags. They should be shot, forgetting a whole nations /lit/ in exchange for popularity
>>8153699
>forgetting a whole nations /lit/
Do you have some sort of point
>>8152977
OP is a fag. He wears a rubber bag. And when he plays some counter-strike he has lag lag lag.
>>8153134
I think I have a crush on you. Gonna have to start reading some Tolstoy in case we ever meet.
>HOLY SHIT A TALKING WEASEL
Probably
>>8155341
oh reddit you're so funny
>>8153134
Uncensored fucking where?
>>8153059
>Several cases come to mind.
On a second read this sentence really stands out (in a good way).
i would keep scrolling and not reply but joke's on me
>>8155420
Here's how to sleuth that knowing it's been posted here before:
>use filename > failed
>use dimensions coupled with keywords > found
https://warosu.org/lit/thread/8149570
