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"That’s why my favorite book is Moby-Dick. No fru-fru symbolism, just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal."
I said this quote in a job interview and I immediately realized nobody understood the reference when one person wanted to strangle me.
Truly the most american book: Violent man has a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil