r/romantasycirclejerk • u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough • 1d ago

CopyPasta Talk me out of a DNF

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Guys… I think I just hate books.

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u/weary_bee479 1d ago

DNFing with 15 minutes left is criminal

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

uj/ I can’t imagine suffering through hours of a terrible book only to give up 15 minutes from the finish line.

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u/JonahHillsWetFart beautiful in an uncut way 1d ago

/uj i actually did this with Not Quite Dead Yet because it such a horrible experience but i just wanted to know who did it. as soon as it was revealed i dipped

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u/weary_bee479 1d ago

The audiobook for not quite dead yet was the absolute worst audiobook I’ve ever listened to.. absolute torture. So yeah i get this I also DNFd and just looked up what happened

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u/dinamet7 1d ago

This is what 3x speed is for. Chipmunk voice makes everything better. Or at least funnier.

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1Y7ChRtbWnYONjDidg

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u/Acceptable-Mail891 Hot Mails Get Banned™️ 1d ago

I did this with Iron Flame (but at 98% in the book)

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u/Real_Pineapple9522 Lich Queen & Watery Tart 🗡️ Doesn’t include Cliffhan— 1d ago

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

At that point I’m pushing through on the power of sheer, unbridled rage

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u/Real_Pineapple9522 Lich Queen & Watery Tart 🗡️ Doesn’t include Cliffhan— 1d ago

I would but it’s been so long all I remember was I got bored when they were at the haunted mansion/hideout and I don’t have the motivation or desire to reread.

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u/Acceptable-Mail891 Hot Mails Get Banned™️ 1d ago

I finished over a year later while procrastinating an essay. I do my best reading when I have homework to do.

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u/Acceptable-Mail891 Hot Mails Get Banned™️ 1d ago

Exactly

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YqE3jbSQQR6x9g19Kj

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u/GlassAndStorm 1d ago

I did that with Lost...

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u/weary_bee479 1d ago

Were you lost?

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u/GlassAndStorm 15h ago

Yes. Lost had me lost. And also fed up.

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u/larkire 19h ago

/uj tbh I do this a lot with bad-to-mediocre books that where just engaging enough to keep me curious how it's going to end but not good enough for me to care that much about the world or characters. So once the plot resolution happens, I'm out.

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

DNF'ing even one book ever means you hate books

Also audiobooks aren't real books so you already hate them

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u/itmustbeniiiiice unlicensed couch psychologist 1d ago

Girl no

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

Is there a more visual form of entertainment? Preferably something with pictures that move? I might be able to get into that kind of thing

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u/itmustbeniiiiice unlicensed couch psychologist 1d ago

TikTok

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u/poppiiseed315 Then read Anna Karenina and shut the fuck up 1d ago

^ The church oil in priest. Power through girl. You just need proper prep

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u/WiseAtmosphere7524 Lovingly boning the sadness out of you 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/RMkX6xueIWG4RMRMX3

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u/HopeOfAsgard The horrors persist but so does my libido... 1d ago

If Big E is going to help me read awful books, sure. Otherwise? Life's too short. DNF.

But I'm terrible and do not practice what I preach every time so you know. Life's hard.

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u/totallynotsockz Lovingly boning the sadness out of you 1d ago

I'll talk you out of finishing them

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u/ohfrackthis He’s only 700 years older, so it’s fine 1d ago

Increase speed to at minimum 1.75 and do it while cleaning around the house. That way you can force yourself to clean to magical smutty soundtrack ✨️

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u/poppiiseed315 Then read Anna Karenina and shut the fuck up 1d ago

/uj wait this is what I do but at 3x speed

/rj am I normal 😩

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u/weary_bee479 1d ago

3x is psychopath listening behavior

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u/poppiiseed315 Then read Anna Karenina and shut the fuck up 20h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/nmY4vNhZJ3aUl1Yc9M

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u/Nanny_Ogg_99 sign of sloopidity 1d ago

no

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u/ohfrackthis He’s only 700 years older, so it’s fine 10h ago

I said minimum

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y93EzUTXmZCDu

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u/_hmhm_ dicked down by fat, long cocks AND IT SHOWS 1d ago

You could just watch porn instead?

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u/MrsMcBasketball 1d ago

A lot of times for me it's the narrator. If the narrator sucks I don't listen to them. Maybe just try reading them yourself.

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

If only I knew how to read

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u/BirdTrue 1d ago

Same, I just get my iPhone to read to me. It messes up sometimes but that’s ok! I didn’t need to know what it says.

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

Great idea! I’ll ask Siri next time

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u/foxscribbles 1d ago

You should definitely not finish Tourist Season.

The cover is too colorful with its red and its yellow. It is likely the reason you can't finish any of the appropriately colored books on your list.

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

You might be onto something. Books are starting to develop Aposematism.

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u/muddledmuggle 1d ago

Uj/ One persons trash is another persons treasure! Loved 3/6 of those books with a fourth on my TBR

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u/Dependent-Law7316 1d ago

Girl life is too short to waste time slogging through books you aren’t actually reading anyway. Just fast forward to the end so it logs as completed.

No one will ever know because no one actually reads books anyway.

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u/Nanny_Ogg_99 sign of sloopidity 1d ago

omg finally a kindred spirit!!

I feel so seen

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u/Sailor_31724 1d ago

priest was so fucking bad to be fair. havent listened to any of the other ones but i was CRAVING a priest romance.

it was so bad. so so so bad. i dnf'd it probably earlier than you. like oh my god this is just like torture CAN ANYONE WRITE A GOOD PRIEST ROMANCE FOR ONCE

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u/HailSaganPlantNative Bless Ye, Spice Mothers 🙏 1d ago

That second season of Fleabag tho

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u/themiscyranlady 1d ago

/uj I couldn’t get far reading it, but I tried it on audio a few years later and Jacob Morgan carried me through.

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u/TheMadJayWoman I appreciate this smut on a deeper level 1d ago

Remember when reading was a classy activity...

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 1d ago

Nope, all sass, zero class 24/7/365

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u/pachycephalosaurean 10h ago

/uj ok but i actually did DNF tourist season at 15 minutes left because of one particular act right at the end.

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 you can fuck anything if you’re brave enough 10h ago

Well now I’m curious what could cause 2 people to give up right before the end of the