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SpiralDrift 05/31/17 11:24:22 PM #1:	Aside from 1984. --- Do unto others what your parents did to you. <cite>SpiralDrift posted [p:880181946] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Aside from 1984.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
InstaReturns 05/31/17 11:28:58 PM #2:	The Road --- I am Instagig. <cite>InstaReturns posted [p:880182180] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The Road</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hadoken92 05/31/17 11:29:50 PM #3:	I almost wept during The Fault In Our Stars. I still haven't figured out if I'm gay or not. --- To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. <cite>Hadoken92 posted [p:880182215] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>I almost wept during The Fault In Our Stars. I still haven't figured out if I'm gay or not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gossipgirl 05/31/17 11:30:53 PM #4:	InstaReturns posted... The Road I found it sort of touching. --- You know you love me... XOXO <cite>Gossipgirl posted [p:880182273] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>InstaReturns posted...</cite> <quote>The Road</quote> I found it sort of touching.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bluster 05/31/17 11:31:02 PM #5:	The Brothers Karamazov ended with Ivan literally fucking insane, Mitya in jail for a murder he didn't commit and the only person able to prove his innocence committed suicide, and Alyosha being the only one remotely able to move on with his life but he just witnessed a kid pass away from an undiagnosed illness. Mitya was supposed to escape his Siberian exile, but Dostoevsky never got to finish the series because he killed himself. :\ Actually, probably more depressing is Blindsight because ~~it ends with the last sentient species in the Universe getting wiped out entirely, which is kind of a bummer.~~ --- The artist formerly known as Luster_Sly http://i.imgur.com/svnvY.jpg <cite>Bluster posted [p:880182281] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The Brothers Karamazov ended with Ivan literally fucking insane, Mitya in jail for a murder he didn't commit and the only person able to prove his innocence committed suicide, and Alyosha being the only one remotely able to move on with his life but he just witnessed a kid pass away from an undiagnosed illness. Mitya was supposed to escape his Siberian exile, but Dostoevsky never got to finish the series because he killed himself. :\ Actually, probably more depressing is Blindsight because it ends with the last sentient species in the Universe getting wiped out entirely, which is kind of a bummer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LysistrataMedea 05/31/17 11:32:16 PM #6:	The Bell Jar was quite depressing, also in Private Citizens ~~a dude with a porn addiction goes blind~~ so that's pretty depressing. I guess Blindness is also up there. --- yeah yeah those punks are tough <cite>LysistrataMedea posted [p:880182353] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The Bell Jar was quite depressing, also in Private Citizens a dude with a porn addiction goes blind so that's pretty depressing. I guess Blindness is also up there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forlorn_Ass 05/31/17 11:37:18 PM #7:	Johnny Got His Gun --- Her cheeks wobble around like water balloons on a trampoline. <cite>Forlorn_Ass posted [p:880182601] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Johnny Got His Gun</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZCheveyo 05/31/17 11:42:29 PM #9:	Baby by Patricia MacLachlan. I read it in like 6th grade or something and it still fucks with me when I think about the ending. --- "There's nothing gay about liking a nice feminine penis." crazygamer21 <cite>ZCheveyo posted [p:880182894] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Baby by Patricia MacLachlan. I read it in like 6th grade or something and it still fucks with me when I think about the ending.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirkDiggles 05/31/17 11:43:55 PM #10:	Johnny Got His Gun Where the Red Fern Grows (not depressing as much as emotional) Flowers for Algernon The Road Night A Farewell to Arms --- http://i.imgur.com/jJ4fn99.gif http://i.imgur.com/Boxw8r4.gif <cite>DirkDiggles posted [p:880182978] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Johnny Got His Gun Where the Red Fern Grows (not depressing as much as emotional) Flowers for Algernon The Road Night A Farewell to Arms</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZCheveyo 05/31/17 11:44:58 PM #11:	DirkDiggles posted... Flowers for Algernon Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school. --- "There's nothing gay about liking a nice feminine penis." crazygamer21 <cite>ZCheveyo posted [p:880183037] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>DirkDiggles posted...</cite> <quote>Flowers for Algernon</quote> Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Butterfiles 05/31/17 11:45:21 PM #12:	LysistrataMedea posted... The Bell Jar This --- http://www.last.fm/user/PigBun 56k warning <cite>Butterfiles posted [p:880183065] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>LysistrataMedea posted...</cite> <quote>The Bell Jar </quote> This</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Life Sympathy 05/31/17 11:46:15 PM #13:	The Anatomy of Melancholy. I didn't make it past Chapter 0 --- We're surrounding you. We see you, but you probably don't see us. And if you see us, we're not letting on that we see you. <cite>Life Sympathy posted [p:880183124] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The Anatomy of Melancholy. I didn't make it past Chapter 0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HBKick18 05/31/17 11:46:38 PM #14:	Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth --- Proud fan of the worst team in American professional sports history: the Chicago Cubs. <cite>HBKick18 posted [p:880183143] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 05/31/17 11:47:53 PM #15:	Flowers for Algernon, the book was better than the audiobook. The way the book is planned out has a better impact on the reader IMHO. --- http://i.imgur.com/OlAyuQb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KnLuqux.jpg <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:880183225] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Flowers for Algernon, the book was better than the audiobook. The way the book is planned out has a better impact on the reader IMHO.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 05/31/17 11:48:11 PM #16:	Where the Red Fern Grows --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:880183240] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Where the Red Fern Grows</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 05/31/17 11:49:54 PM #17:	This Changes Everything --- an aspirin the size of the sun. <cite>Antifar posted [p:880183320] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>This Changes Everything</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirkDiggles 05/31/17 11:50:18 PM #18:	ZCheveyo posted... DirkDiggles posted... Flowers for Algernon Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school. Yeah, he went ~~from being dlow and have a few friends to super genius and having no friends~~ --- http://i.imgur.com/jJ4fn99.gif http://i.imgur.com/Boxw8r4.gif <cite>DirkDiggles posted [p:880183352] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>ZCheveyo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DirkDiggles posted...</cite> <quote>Flowers for Algernon</quote> Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school.</quote> Yeah, he went from being dlow and have a few friends to super genius and having no friends</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gguirao 06/01/17 1:12:55 PM #19:	All Quiet on the Western Front. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>gguirao posted [p:880210678] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>All Quiet on the Western Front.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pogo_Marimo 06/01/17 1:15:24 PM #20:	The Road --- // BEAUTY IS NOT LOVE - LOVE IS NOT MUSIC - MUSIC IS THE BEST - WISDOM IS THE DOMAIN OF THE WIZ--WHICH IS EXTINCT // http://www.last.fm/user/Pogo92 <cite>Pogo_Marimo posted [p:880210861] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The Road</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MACisBack 06/01/17 1:18:40 PM #21:	Catch 22 --- "There is wife assisted suicide. Get married and every day you die a little more" -teltec http://i.imgur.com/8snn2TX.jpg <cite>MACisBack posted [p:880211047] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Catch 22</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GiftedACIII 06/01/17 2:33:00 PM #22:	Lonesome Dove --- </topic> <cite>GiftedACIII posted [p:880215161] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Lonesome Dove</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkdamental 06/01/17 2:46:23 PM #23:	Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks. --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0 <cite>Funkdamental posted [p:880215944] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
John_Galt 06/01/17 2:47:24 PM #24:	thronedfire2 posted... Where the Red Fern Grows --- Who is John Galt? <cite>John_Galt posted [p:880216012] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote>Where the Red Fern Grows</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myzz007 06/01/17 2:47:39 PM #25:	harry potter the half-blood prince? that or we the living. <cite>myzz007 posted [p:880216025] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>harry potter the half-blood prince? that or we the living.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 06/01/17 2:50:49 PM #26:	Of Mice and Men Where the Red Fern Grows I remember almost nothing about that book. Hell, I remembered almost nothing about that book before I even finished it. They ~~buried a dog~~ or something. All Quiet on the Western Front. You thought so? I loved the book but I didn't really find it depressing. The ending was almost kinda happy in a weird way. --- http://backloggery.com/devsbro/sig.gif http://i.imgur.com/kU5vu5N.png Never pepper popcorn <cite>DevsBro posted [p:880216196] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Of Mice and Men <quote>Where the Red Fern Grows</quote> I remember almost nothing about that book. Hell, I remembered almost nothing about that book before I even finished it. They buried a dog or something. <quote>All Quiet on the Western Front.</quote> You thought so? I loved the book but I didn't really find it depressing. The ending was almost kinda happy in a weird way.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SolKarellen 06/01/17 2:51:17 PM #27:	Weirdly, I've done a lot of reading but I can't think of a time where it made me that emotional. But it's probably happened and I just can't think of it. Video games and movies are something else... I'll hand in my man card and admit that ~~I got a little teary-eyed when the young girl died in the first Hunger Games movie. But more so from her sector's response after watching it happen than the actual act.~~ EDIT: I can think of a book now. It's a Native American memoir named The Woman Who Watches Over the World detailing the author's hard childhood, struggles with alcoholism, and raising her two adoptive daughters, with the most most depressing segments being how the author repeatedly describes how "broken" one of her daughters is due to her upbringing. The sections where the author describes how bad this daughter's psychological issues were was very, very sad. It was very somber. Native American literature usually is. I never want to go to places like Montana due to Winter in the Blood. --- We were thinking of naming the baby Ellipsis, but it seemed so...typographical. <cite>SolKarellen posted [p:880216224] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Weirdly, I've done a lot of reading but I can't think of a time where it made me that emotional. But it's probably happened and I just can't think of it. Video games and movies are something else... I'll hand in my man card and admit that I got a little teary-eyed when the young girl died in the first Hunger Games movie. But more so from her sector's response after watching it happen than the actual act. EDIT: I can think of a book now. It's a Native American memoir named The Woman Who Watches Over the World detailing the author's hard childhood, struggles with alcoholism, and raising her two adoptive daughters, with the most most depressing segments being how the author repeatedly describes how "broken" one of her daughters is due to her upbringing. The sections where the author describes how bad this daughter's psychological issues were was very, very sad. It was very somber. Native American literature usually is. I never want to go to places like Montana due to Winter in the Blood.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
davyheinz 06/01/17 2:53:10 PM #28:	DirkDiggles posted... ZCheveyo posted... DirkDiggles posted... Flowers for Algernon Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school. Yeah, he went ~~from being dlow and have a few friends to super genius and having no friends~~ Came here to say this book. Also, ~~At the end, the mouse dies after losing its intelligence and then the main character finds out that he will regress and it's really sad~~ --- Currently playing: The Saboteur, Bioshock Infinite, Breath of the Wild <cite>davyheinz posted [p:880216324] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>DirkDiggles posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ZCheveyo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DirkDiggles posted...</cite> <quote>Flowers for Algernon</quote> Is that the one with the slow janitor who has the operation that makes him much smarter? If so, that was required reading and I hated that book. I did not want to read something like that in school.</quote> Yeah, he went from being dlow and have a few friends to super genius and having no friends</quote> Came here to say this book. Also, At the end, the mouse dies after losing its intelligence and then the main character finds out that he will regress and it's really sad</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePieReborn 06/01/17 3:10:24 PM #29:	The individual accounts littered among the historical commentary in Bloodlands usually mandate at least a couple swigs of whiskey. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! <cite>ThePieReborn posted [p:880217218] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>The individual accounts littered among the historical commentary in Bloodlands usually mandate at least a couple swigs of whiskey.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Firewood18 06/01/17 3:16:30 PM #30:	Ethan Frome Forced to read it in school. Gotta be my least favorite book of all time. The Rum Diary Now this is a good depressing book. --- Nobody is perfect. Well, one guy was but we killed him. <cite>Firewood18 posted [p:880217558] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Ethan Frome Forced to read it in school. Gotta be my least favorite book of all time. The Rum Diary Now this is a good depressing book.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iosifsvoboda 06/01/17 3:22:40 PM #31:	Bridge to Terabithia --- ^_^ <cite>iosifsvoboda posted [p:880217885] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Bridge to Terabithia</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 06/01/17 3:26:05 PM #32:	Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook --- http://i.imgur.com/iwo6yR9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uqXNtk6.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:880218075] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
davyheinz 06/01/17 3:29:47 PM #33:	Doe posted... Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook Yeah, it's a short book. I think the copy I have is just over 100 pages. --- Currently playing: The Saboteur, Bioshock Infinite, Breath of the Wild <cite>davyheinz posted [p:880218274] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>Doe posted...</cite> <quote>Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook</quote> Yeah, it's a short book. I think the copy I have is just over 100 pages.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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davyheinz 06/01/17 3:31:48 PM #35:	DuranOfForcena posted... davyheinz posted... Doe posted... Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook Yeah, it's a short book. I think the copy I have is just over 100 pages. there is both a short story and a novel Oh really? Any major difference or just a super short abridged style thing? --- Currently playing: The Saboteur, Bioshock Infinite, Breath of the Wild <cite>davyheinz posted [p:880218379] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote><cite>DuranOfForcena posted...</cite> <quote><cite>davyheinz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Doe posted...</cite> <quote>Wait, is Flowers for Algernon a full length book? I thought we read it in like 8th grade but it was a short-ish story in our Literature textbook</quote> Yeah, it's a short book. I think the copy I have is just over 100 pages.</quote> there is both a short story and a novel</quote> Oh really? Any major difference or just a super short abridged style thing?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 06/01/17 3:32:23 PM #36:	Of Mice and Men Flowers for Algernon Looking for Alaska --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:880218406] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Of Mice and Men Flowers for Algernon Looking for Alaska</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 06/01/17 3:32:52 PM #37:	Fuck, no way did we read the full thing I think they must've reimgagined it or something. For us it was presented as a series of journal entries by Charlie addressed to a girl where he notices himself getting smarter and, less so, regressing. ~~The scene where the crowd makes fun of a disabled dishwasher and Charlie freaks out really stuck with me~~ --- http://i.imgur.com/iwo6yR9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uqXNtk6.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:880218432] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Fuck, no way did we read the full thing I think they must've reimgagined it or something. For us it was presented as a series of journal entries by Charlie addressed to a girl where he notices himself getting smarter and, less so, regressing. The scene where the crowd makes fun of a disabled dishwasher and Charlie freaks out really stuck with me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
davyheinz 06/01/17 3:34:52 PM #38:	My brother watched the movie, think it is called "Charley" or something like that. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly --- Currently playing: The Saboteur, Bioshock Infinite, Breath of the Wild <cite>davyheinz posted [p:880218552] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>My brother watched the movie, think it is called "Charley" or something like that. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pitlord_Special 06/01/17 3:35:27 PM #39:	Would also say Of Mice and Men The Idiot by Dostoevsky was also pretty depressing (more so than the already mentioned Brothers Karamazov to me) <cite>Pitlord_Special posted [p:880218590] in Most depre... [t:75408388]...</cite> <quote>Would also say Of Mice and Men The Idiot by Dostoevsky was also pretty depressing (more so than the already mentioned Brothers Karamazov to me)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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