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Should I read anything into this other than the response making fun of the tone of the original message?
by Aeolun 3y ago
Should I read anything into this other than the response making fun of the tone of the original message?
- phoenixy1 3y agoThe context isn't fully spelled out, but Powell is describing the inspiration for "The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?" Those lines are the beginning of his novel and the novel itself is entirely in the form of questions.
- roughly 3y agoThe article’s worth a read, but no, I was just experiencing vicarious catharsis from the response.
- Dudhbbh3343 3y agoSo he's just mocking the melodramatic message of his colleague? As someone who's not that well read, I find his response nonsensical, so I imagine I'm missing a reference or two.
- briangray 3y agoI may be reading too far into it, but I think he _is_ mocking his colleague by responding to questions with similar questions. > Are your emotions pure? Are you thinking through this with clear thought and emotion? > Are your nerves adjustable? Do you feel so strongly about this that it has affected you this whole time, since spring? > How do you stand in relation to the potato? Can you not support yourself? Are you as wellrounded or less so than a potato? > Should it still be Constantinople? Can the outcome not change even when history repeats itself? The last one to me seems like the indicator that these questions are not nonsensical. As it is is direct reference to the colleague's question about history repeating itself and refers to a location which changed back and forth numerous times.
- boygobbo 3y agoNice reading!