Fair enough, that interpretation makes sense to me, and I’m glad so many people found a book they enjoyed so much. Also thanks for the recommendation! I really enjoyed both Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat’s Cradle by Vonnegut, so I’ll have to check that one out.
I liked this one fine, but not enough to understand all the raving people do about it. I enjoyed it, but I definitely don’t consider it a must read, and I probably won’t reread it. I’ve heard people say that they have a hard time finding other books they enjoy as much as Blindsight, and I just don’t exactly understand what stands out about it to so many people. I also was kind of turned off by the evo-psych vibes the narrator gave off when talking to his girlfriend. Idk, I’m not a hard science person and it’s certainly hard sci fi, so maybe there were some aspects of it that flew over my head in that regard.
While this is absolutely true and I don’t wanna sound at all like I’m downplaying things, does anyone have information on why we haven’t seen any deaths yet despite the high fatality rate?
Eating in bed is like: oh god oh fuck there are crumbs everywhere and this is a sensory nightmare someone please make it stop
The anti lunch break stance makes sense for a tory politician, but what does she have against sandwiches? She claims she eats steak for lunch, does she cook it the night before and eat a cold steak at her desk while she works? Does she cut it up into bite sized pieces before as well? Because there is no way you can cut up a steak and eat it while working. You can sit at your desk and pretend you’re working, but you cannot cut up a steak and eat it while working unless you have three hands. None of this makes any goddamn sense.
You can also put a billion tons of garlic and cheese on anything and it will be delicious so I’m gonna have to hand it to the Italians here
I can’t speak to the quality of the prints from this publishing house, as I’ve never owned one, but they are cheap and have consistent design so they’d probably look good on a shelf. Regardless of quality, in this day and age I think 7 dollars for any book is a steal.
I love how every artistic rendering of Trump done by conservatives makes sure to shave off a nice subtle 50 pounds at least
By living in California and being completely unaware that the weather can be something other than perfect. Someone else already said it, but I fucking hate California and Californians.
I don’t think that’s true. Cringe comedy certainly punches down sometimes, as many types of comedy do, but to say it is “inherently down punching” seems pretty rediculous to me. There are plenty of examples of cringe comedy where the majority or all of the cringing is being done at bad people, or people who hold power over others. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a good example. That show definitely has problematic aspects, but pretty much 100% of the cringe moments in it are because of awful stuff the awful main cast are doing. Even going back to the Office, which I don’t really like either, I’d argue the majority of cringing that happens is at the expense of Michael, the racist, sexist boss. Obviously both these shows have problematic aspects like most comedy does, and I’m not defending them, but I do think it’s kind of rediculous to say that cringe comedy is inherently reactionary, or that it inherently punches down on marginalized people. I won’t deny many examples of it do, but that’s not because of some inherent flaw in the medium, it’s because we live in a deeply racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic and transphobic society, and our popular media reflects that.
I understand not liking cringe comedy but can you explain why you think it’s morally bad?
To be fair it is cringe comedy so the fact that it is cringe is undeniable but also on purpose.
Listen, I may be racist, but at least I respect the norms and procedures!
100% agree. The rationalization for school group projects is always “well you’ll have to work together in the workplace” except group projects are not at all the same. In a workplace you are all in the same place at the same time and it’s time dedicated for you all to work on it. Very rarely in a workplace are you required to coordinate all your different coworker’s free time to work on a project together outside work. Group projects are good when you get class time to work on it, like you said. But unfortunately that’s pretty much never because of how condensed academic schedules are.
To be fair it also feels different because its 24 degrees out and people are wearing shorts and tank tops and I’m sweating in my Halloween costume
Going to events, hobby meetups, clubs, etc, is always going to be 100x more effective at meeting people than the accursed apps. They have a financial incentive for you to be unsatisfied and keep swiping. Obviously don’t be that person who shows up just to try to pick up people, but seriously you gotta go outside. I understand if maybe you live in a remote area and there aren’t many things going on, but in almost every situation going outside is more effective and less demoralizing than the apps. Especially if you can find something that’s regular and you can attend weekly or monthly or whatever. That’s how connections form naturally, by being in the same place as other people and slowly getting to know them. This thing where we look at some photos of people and then immediately try to talk intimately with them is extremely unnatural, it’s no wonder it doesn’t work very well.
Curated tumblr is undoubtedly one of the most insufferable subreddits on that accursed site. Practically every post on there is just “actually sweaty it’s really privileged to be a radical leftist and not a feckless liberal. Against the status quo? Wow your privilege is showing” 
If the stripes and crosses are saying something, it’s pretty safe to discard their opinions
Leaves belong on your lawn. Stop being a bourgeois loser who cares how your grass looks.
Some of my favourite sci fi I’ve read so far includes The Dispossessed, A Memory Called Empire, Solaris, and Dune. I’ve been reading a lot of sci fi the past year or two, but have been trying to branch out a bit in the new year. I loved The City and The City, and am currently really enjoying House of Leaves, but I’m not sure I’d call either of them sci fi exactly.