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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
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Comment on Do you think there should be more customization of user profiles on Tildes? If so, what should be added? in ~tildes
Aemilia LinkI would like a placeholder/fake display name. Both RES and Lemmy has this feature, at which I put “Reddit” and “Lemmy” respectively. This way, when someone walks past my computer, they won’t see...I would like a placeholder/fake display name. Both RES and Lemmy has this feature, at which I put “Reddit” and “Lemmy” respectively.
This way, when someone walks past my computer, they won’t see my real username “Aemilia”. This won’t affect other users though as they will still see the real username in posts and comments.
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Comment on Netflix has quietly removed its basic streaming plan from Canada in ~tv
Aemilia LinkCancelled my Netflix subscription two weeks ago in protest of the password sharing policy. Thought I would miss it but I really don't. It's liberating to not feel like I needed to watch something...Cancelled my Netflix subscription two weeks ago in protest of the password sharing policy. Thought I would miss it but I really don't. It's liberating to not feel like I needed to watch something everyday for my money's worth.
Will I ever go back? Probably only for the new season of Stranger Things or Squid Game. But even then it's a 50-50 thing.
Max and the Multiverse, got it for free from the Kobo app. I'm a quarter in and the fun writing style reminded me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
It's a story about Max, a teenager that would wake up in different parallel universes everyday. For example, religion didn't exist in one of them. As for how that happened, it could be traced back to 3 paleolithic era neanderthal brothers. One of them passed away in a hunting accident so the other two, Ookanook and Erkamek were burying him.
Erkamek laid his late brother's broken spear and a few of his favourite tools to be buried with the body. The following conversation happened (copy pasted from the book).
"Why did you put those there?" Ookanook said.
"So he can use them in the afterlife," Erkamek said.
"The what?"
"The afterlife. The place you go after this life."
Ookanook thought for a moment, then turned to Erkamek and slapped him across the cheek. "That is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Those are perfectly good tools down there and a corpse sure as stink doesn't need them. Now climb your dumbass back down there and retrieve them."
With a single open-handed palm to the face, Ookanook had snuffed out religion on planet Earth and paved the way for a hyper-advanced global society.
I thought that was amusing. Max and the Multiverse is a fun book for some light reading, for now. I'm still only a quarter in heh.