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[athlondreams]

I find it distressingly difficult to try to hold a conversation with someone whose entire repertiore of allegory is drawn entirely from comic books, science fiction, and fantasy novels. The topic of discussion doesn't particularly matter, the person in question will always use at least 3-4 references from one or more of those sources

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[cygnia]

I'm almost afraid to ask...

[athlondreams]

Bear in mind that I'm not angry, or anything like that. It takes me years to work up a good steam of anger. I just needed to let out a squeak of frustration. It wouldn't be a problem except he and other people try to start conversations with me, and he goes of on allegories based on things I've never read, but could now give you a fairly decent synopsis of. The boy has quite a mind on him, but he chooses to squander it.
Squeak.

[justbeast]

But..butbut...
Science Fiction Saves.

And comics.
What else could there possibly be of value, out there?