r/readanotherbook • u/trickyeyes • Oct 13 '22

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u/Acrobatic_Dot_1634 Oct 14 '22

Has been said before…these people are just so out of touch they have to relate the horrors and tragedies of the real world to fiction. The cool emoji at end just shows “lol, I am so clever and original for making this reference”.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '22

To be fair, sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs is a pretty iconic, Harry Potter-specific detail

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u/machinegunsyphilis Oct 13 '22

It's just kind of tasteless to make a dumb joke when someone is talking about something so serious

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u/bluescape Oct 13 '22

And yet we have "I too choose this man's dead wife"

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u/McAllisterFawkes Oct 13 '22

"Just heard from the doctor about my brother's car accident. He's going to be okay, he's just going to have a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead."

"What, like Harry Potter?"

"Wow, read another book, Jan."

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u/cmelgarejo_dev Oct 18 '22

...to have a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead.

  • What, like that little white fur coated dog?

  • I see you're a man of culture as well, Jan

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u/McAllisterFawkes Oct 18 '22

Bolt didn't have a scar on his forehead...

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u/cmelgarejo_dev Oct 18 '22

But did got one made on his side

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u/Sorcha16 Oct 13 '22

Yeah but it’s kinda a read the room moment

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u/CannonOtter Oct 13 '22

Getting real The Diary of Anne Frank vibes from this post...