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<p dir="auto"><strong>Uncreative</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:12 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I started it last night and immediately noticed something oddly familiar.<br />
-It takes place in Louisiana<br />
-The main character is a guy named Ignatius Reilly. An overweight unemployed man in his 30s with an unusual fashion sense.<br />
-He's entirely certain that he's morally superior to everyone else around him.<br />
-Completely dependent on a family member who he bullies into buying him excessive amounts of snacks.<br />
-Doesn't know how to drive. Riding in the car at all makes him nervous.<br />
-Constant references to his ex who is now long gone<br />
-Has panic attacks at the thought or suggestion that he should get a job.<br />
I can't quite place it but I feel like I've seen that character somewhere before.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I have not read it, but it's on my list. I just recently read the bio of the author, John Kennedy Toole, on Wiki. Wild story in its own right… Comedy-tragedy.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I read it some years ago. It's one of two novels that made me laugh out loud. The other is Catch-22.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I don't know how to read!</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119599</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119599</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f471.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--person_with_blond_hair" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":person_with_blond_hair:" alt="👱" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fb.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-2" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-2:" alt="🏻" />‍<img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2640.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--female_sign" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":female_sign:" alt="♀" />️ Christina 1986-05-20 <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f467.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--girl" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":girl:" alt="👧" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-3:" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f471.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--person_with_blond_hair" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":person_with_blond_hair:" alt="👱" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fb.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-2" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-2:" alt="🏻" /></strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 22, 2025 01:51 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I went to 3 high schools! I go on adventures of going back! and changing my schedule. It's like the one I had worked best. My main thing now is doing French all 4 years and doing Spanish the last 2 years..<br />
½ S/N Asian (40%+ Chinese) ½ Norwegian/Danish-Irish Swiss (Amish/PA) German French Dutch? French+Dutch Celtic-Irish English-Irish? <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f1ee-1f1f9.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--flag-it" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":flag-it:" alt="🇮🇹" />..?</p>
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<p dir="auto">I guess you had a better school than I did.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119597</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119597</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f471.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--person_with_blond_hair" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":person_with_blond_hair:" alt="👱" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fb.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-2" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-2:" alt="🏻" />‍<img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2640.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--female_sign" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":female_sign:" alt="♀" />️ Christina 1986-05-20 <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f467.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--girl" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":girl:" alt="👧" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-3:" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f471.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--person_with_blond_hair" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":person_with_blond_hair:" alt="👱" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fb.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-2" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":skin-tone-2:" alt="🏻" /></strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 09:11 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Yes, in English V.<br />
½ S/N Asian (40%+ Chinese) ½ Norwegian/Danish-Irish Swiss (Amish/PA) German French Dutch? French+Dutch Celtic-Irish English-Irish? <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f1ee-1f1f9.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--flag-it" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":flag-it:" alt="🇮🇹" />..?</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119596</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119596</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Innocent User</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 08:54 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Great find, sir.<br />
We have a new name for Fagassy.<br />
This post was sponsored by<br />
ChatGPT<br />
. Boiling the frog one prompt at a time.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119595</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119595</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Uncreative</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 08:39 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">#2, 3, and the last one probably apply to at least a dozen people on here. It's the rest of the list that really solidifies the character.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119594</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119594</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>hungryinconway</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 08:32 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">70% match to Sophie but 98% match to fugazis<br />
The Lion does not give a fuck. Bring. More. Sheep.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119593</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119593</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Uncreative</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 08:25 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">It's a near perfect description of Fugazi.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119592</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119592</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Sophienoire</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 05:27 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">that was my initial thought actually<br />
the sound of your racing heart</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119591</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119591</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Uncreative</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 05:27 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">If he was born poor then maybe.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119590</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119590</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>soapbox original gangster</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 05:04 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Trump family biography?</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119589</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119589</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>∂³∑x²</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:59 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Call me ∑</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119588</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119588</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:59 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I like you.<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119587</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119587</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>∂³∑x²</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:53 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Doubt away<br />
Call me ∑</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119586</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119586</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:41 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119585</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119585</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>∂³∑x²</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:39 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I'm not sure about ChatGPT but I welcome your healthy scepticism<br />
I have the 2011 print with a foreword by Walter Percy and front cover illustrated by Gary Taxali. Find anyone you know with it (Or get it from the library) and ask me any page number and word on it and I'll rectify your doubt<br />
Call me ∑</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119584</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119584</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:32 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Is chatgpt getting dumber?<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119583</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119583</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>∂³∑x²</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:30 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">It's an exceptional book which recently caught fire again after Billy Connelly, the Scottish comedian, mentioned it in passing during a casual interview.<br />
He apparently got in in a charity shop back in the early 1980's and loved it.<br />
Anthony Burgess used to sing its praises too.<br />
Much like the formidable Lovecraft and Van Gogh the artist died unrecognised and penniless. It was his mother who found his manuscript after his suicide and put it to publishers who, after some cajoling from people with their finger on the pulse, published it to a much welcomed fanfare.<br />
It's a modern classic and one of the contenders for the Great American Novel (Which will never officially get recognised as such, but that's another story - pun intended) and, as such, is a pathetic attempt at an insult to compare anyone against its protagonist.<br />
It's like calling someone Don Quixote in its short-sightedness.<br />
Perhaps username checks out is appropriate on this occasion Uncreative<br />
Call me ∑</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119582</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119582</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>∂³∑x²</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 07:51 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Have you blocked yourself?<br />
I don't mean cockblocked because you don't have the nuts to cut them off<br />
Call me ∑</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119581</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119581</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Sophienoire</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:39 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">You have blocked this loser<br />
You have blocked this loser.<br />
the sound of your racing heart</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119580</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/119580</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Has anyone read Confederacy of Dunces? on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 year ago(January 21, 2025 04:39 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">It's the male version of most women, who leech off men.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">lol<br />
My password is password.</p>
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