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Comment on Meta wins emergency arbitration ruling on tell-all book, Careless People by former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams - book promotion to be limited in ~books
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Comment on What works do you think should be added to the literary canon? in ~books
Asinine Link ParentYeah, I remember the frustrated feeling. I tried to read it since it was so "cool" after just having seen Conspiracy Theory, but it was such a struggle to finish.Yeah, I remember the frustrated feeling. I tried to read it since it was so "cool" after just having seen Conspiracy Theory, but it was such a struggle to finish.
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Comment on What works do you think should be added to the literary canon? in ~books
Asinine Link ParentNot gonna lie, I remember very little from Gatsby... something about a car wreck, possibly involving the rich dude's cheating wife? Maybe a secret room in the mansion... I just know I remembered...Not gonna lie, I remember very little from Gatsby... something about a car wreck, possibly involving the rich dude's cheating wife? Maybe a secret room in the mansion... I just know I remembered thinking that Nancy Drew held my attention better. Granted, 40s me likely would see it much differently than early 20s me, so I really ought to give it another go.
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Comment on What works do you think should be added to the literary canon? in ~books
Asinine Link ParentI should read The Great Gatsby again and see if it maybe is more tolerable. That also goes for Catcher in the Rye. I just finished Kerouac's The Sea is my Brother and it falls into those books'...I should read The Great Gatsby again and see if it maybe is more tolerable. That also goes for Catcher in the Rye. I just finished Kerouac's The Sea is my Brother and it falls into those books' category... I feel they're just stories of boring day-to-day life [with some odd abnormalities thrown in to move a plot] that I think I'd write if I wrote a book. I feel that this is likely because I can't really create anything, just kind of regurgitate what I know with a few different flavors (pun totally intended).
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Comment on What are some good, non-microtransaction riddled mobile games? in ~games
Asinine Link ParentThat it is, but at least earlier levels are doable on the phone.That it is, but at least earlier levels are doable on the phone.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
Asinine LinkI've never seen this weekly discussion before... glad it got started and/or somehow got into my feed! I've been actually doing a steady routine now for almost two years. My work has a gym (HUGE...I've never seen this weekly discussion before... glad it got started and/or somehow got into my feed!
I've been actually doing a steady routine now for almost two years. My work has a gym (HUGE perk!) and I'm the only one there at 5am every morning. I work out for one hour then head to the showers and am usually at my desk by 6:20. I'm looking for new things to just swap around. I'm not trying to bulk up and the belly fat is beyond help (I keep telling myself that I have a nice 6-pack hidden behind my gutcoozie though!), and at my age , I just want to have strength for just life, and be somewhat toned/fit. Not that a bathing suit is in my future, just a personal goal. (For reference, I'm a mid 40s female, 5'9"/175cm, and on the upper edge of "not overweight".)
That being said, my routine usually consists of 100 bicycle crunches, 30 deadbugs with 5lb weights, usually an additional arm workout, generally about a couple sets of 20-30, and around 20-40 russian twists with a 12 lb medicine ball (mostly until I feel like my back is approaching unhappy). This takes about 10 minutes. I then I'm on the treadmill, usually around 4.3 mph (just under 7 km/hr) at a 3 or 4% incline for the rest of the hour, though if I get there early (i.e. I woke up before my alarm) I will do the full hour on the treadmill because it times out then.
The reasons I'm trying to change things is up is: I have back issues and I also have to watch my knees (I actually run into problems with them first if I do planks, which I need to get back into). My balance is crap, and I'm feeling arthritis in a lot of joints. I suck at yoga in general and most poses I've tried are either impossible to maintain (or even get into) or they don't do jack. But I have a decent set of dumbbells and some machines to work with. Does anyone have any non-yoga suggestions (preferably with pictures or videos) for some stuff I can change things up with? I don't have the space for lunges, which I really would love to do more of, but I get 3 (so 2 one side, one other side) before I have to turn around... the room isn't huge, and it's mostly packed with stuff, and my legs are decently long. Just little things like that, any suggestions?
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Comment on Movie recommendations? in ~movies
Asinine Link ParentThat actually reminds me of The Abyss although I'm not sure it fits in here. The genre is not really my thing, although I loved the Matrix after being forced to watch it a few times... I saw it...That actually reminds me of The Abyss although I'm not sure it fits in here. The genre is not really my thing, although I loved the Matrix after being forced to watch it a few times...
I saw it (the Abyss) for a friend's half-birthday in March as his birthday typically landed when school started back up. And his family had a friend with a full surround sound and a laser disc... which apparently had a lot more than the in-movie or VHS options had. Now that I think of it, I suspect this was around '95, so I may have some false memories...
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Asinine LinkI grew up hating cooked cereals, but I've lately loved having some frozen berries in raw rolled oats with some milk and a dash of sugar. It's a serving of fruits and decent carbs (I generally...I grew up hating cooked cereals, but I've lately loved having some frozen berries in raw rolled oats with some milk and a dash of sugar. It's a serving of fruits and decent carbs (I generally avoid carbs but eh), and I can throw it together with minimal effort after my crap drive home from work.
I was doing overnight oats with steel-cut (also would add the berries and sweetener), but ran out of the oats and the store didn't have them when I went back. So when I'm done with the rolled, I'll get the steel-cut again.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Asinine Link ParentMy superpower is determining what the main questline is then avoiding it like the plague. I've always hated being railroaded, and KCD was amazing to play for me. Obviously your mileage seems to...My superpower is determining what the main questline is then avoiding it like the plague. I've always hated being railroaded, and KCD was amazing to play for me. Obviously your mileage seems to vary, but if that's an aspect that appeals to you, it does well.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Asinine Link ParentI gave my Deck to my SO, because I've always been more of a desktop gamer than a handheld/platform one. I originally bought a bunch of recommended-for-Deck games (and a couple I wanted that were...I gave my Deck to my SO, because I've always been more of a desktop gamer than a handheld/platform one. I originally bought a bunch of recommended-for-Deck games (and a couple I wanted that were ranked great for it) when I got it, and interestingly enough I didn't care for most of them in the long run (that is, played on the desktop). The top were Ryse Son of Rome (I actually think I'd like it if I played on desktop, just haven't tried yet... 2 years later haha. I actually did try but the controls were a bit much for keyboard so I tried on the Deck a bit to figure what was what then lost interest), Horizon Zero Dawn (watched the SO play it but the vibe is just so... I dunno, not jiving with me - even on desktop. On the Deck I couldn't read the text, which was blurry, despite it being verified), and Hollow Knight/Braid. Also I learned I really just don't like platformers.
I also got Super Blood Hockey which was basically all I played, but I'd have to make an effort to do so. Kind of lame overall, which is why I gave it up.As @notcoffeetable stated, it's a where, not what. I got into PSX and Xbox/Xbox2 a bit, but I've never really been into the portable options, except when my cousins would bring their Game Boys at Christmas and we'd play Tetris.
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Comment on Grammar errors that actually matter, or: the thread where we all become prescriptivists in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on Dystopian book recommendations in ~books
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Comment on What were some artists, groups or albums that had an influence on you before you were old enough to choose for yourself? in ~music
Asinine Link ParentI got really good at chopping and cutting and whatnot, and even was pretty pro with the honing steel. I have since nicked my thumb good enough that I only didn't chop off the tip because of my...I got really good at chopping and cutting and whatnot, and even was pretty pro with the honing steel.
I have since nicked my thumb good enough that I only didn't chop off the tip because of my thumbnail, and I've wrecked my fingers a whole lot since. And I can't hone anymore... :)
But yeah, it helped me learn how to cook, and I learned that I loved to do it.
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Comment on What were some artists, groups or albums that had an influence on you before you were old enough to choose for yourself? in ~music
Asinine LinkI grew up with a mother who gave me my 10 seconds of national fame when I was a year old when she was on Name that Tune. She lost (I saw the recording once, and while there was a lot of "she was...I grew up with a mother who gave me my 10 seconds of national fame when I was a year old when she was on Name that Tune. She lost (I saw the recording once, and while there was a lot of "she was cheated" banter regarding it, I only remember the other contestant not knowing an answer so it swapped to her turn, so she just started blurting out options trying to brainstorm. She knew the answer but it was "on the tip of her tongue" and knowing her now, she'll just start spewing out everything similar until she gets it. She was doing that and the other guy said the answer even though her turn wasn't over, and they gave it to him. At like age 7, even I knew that's not how the game worked), but she got a "year's supply of Peppermint Patties" and a pretty sweet stereo system my dad was still using even 10 years ago.
I remember she had Stevie Wonder's double album Songs in the Key of Life because it was one of the few she kept that we'd listen to. Naturally, it had "Isn't She Lovely" because that was my song and also every other girl who was born after late '76 for a while...She got "saved" in the early/mid 80s, which cut out all music that wasn't Christian (and also homeschooled us, which I don't really think is correlated and I am very happy that happened... the homeschooled part, not the ditching good music part). But I remember her listening to a lot of R&B and some disco, though I believe I only know the disco memory because she'd sing quips to us during bits of our life (my brother and I loved baseball, so if we were playing and ran and tripped/fell, she'd sing something like "ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!" or if I was fanning a polaroid pic, she'd sing "Shake shake shake, shake that booty!") Granted, despite a lot of the crappy Christian music, some reminded me of Jim Croce as well.
Around 10 or 11, I remember hanging with my neighbor across the street and she introduced me to how you could put other tapes in Teddy Ruxpin. It didn't quite work with her new favorite tape, so we usually listened to NWA in a normal boombox. (Later, I'd get my older cousin to show me it could be done with a band called Black Sabbath. Nothing quite like NWA, but I did like their music.)
At 16 (in the 90s), I finally got my drivers license and found a local radio station I liked. It had a lot of R&B, pop, etc... I remember re-hearing some Madonna and learning TLC, Salt N' Pepa, etc... I loved it. But soon I started working my first job at a local pizza joint where I was basically the prep cook. Business was miserable and they went out of business within a year, but... one coworker would swap the radio station from the "classics" the owner insisted playing (Frank Sinatra, et al) to rock. I preferred the rock but didn't really pick up much of anything, though I knew a few stations that I'd listen to by then... then this song came on.
He immediately was like... uh, I'm gonna change this song. It boggled my mind, and I told him it sounded awesome. He chuckled and said we could leave it on but we'd have to change it if anyone came in. I asked why... turns out, the main chorus states "I want to fuck you like an animal".
Interestingly enough, soon after I swung fully into grunge, rock, and that stuff but still had a soft spot for rap and R&B.
So, long story short: I found Napster, moved out, and got DSL. An online crushed recommended me this one band Muse, and I loved their first album. I dated a guy who showed me I hated the Shins before they were cool. Grunge and rap still hold a huge spot in my heart, though a lot has changed since then. I guess this got ramble-y.
Short story long: anything by Dickens.
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Comment on What were some artists, groups or albums that had an influence on you before you were old enough to choose for yourself? in ~music
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Comment on Recommend me a racing/driving game on PC in ~games
Asinine Link ParentI'm happy someone recommended ETS2/ATS. Definitely can be thought of as a racing sim, or a destruction derby with the AI fubar fun.I'm happy someone recommended ETS2/ATS. Definitely can be thought of as a racing sim, or a destruction derby with the AI fubar fun.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Asinine Link ParentAs Pistos mentioned, the DLC is definitely worth it if you can get it for a decent price. Woman's Lot actually has a lot of additional play, though I found Teresa's rather dull, and the saving...As Pistos mentioned, the DLC is definitely worth it if you can get it for a decent price. Woman's Lot actually has a lot of additional play, though I found Teresa's rather dull, and the saving point was you get a bit of backstory. Johanka's was the opposite; I found it more fun, but as she was sort of a person of note for a bit then not, the story wasn't as appealing to me.
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Comment on I hate the new internet. I hate the new tech world. I hate it all. I want out, and I can't be the only one. in ~tech
Asinine Link ParentI'm glad someone posted what I'd have posted in response. I resonate so much with the OP. Thanks for summing up most of what I wanted to say, plus some great links!I'm glad someone posted what I'd have posted in response. I resonate so much with the OP.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Asinine Link ParentThat is also an issue, but as I typically never pre-purchase and/or wait until years after release, I hadn't actually thought about that haha.That is also an issue, but as I typically never pre-purchase and/or wait until years after release, I hadn't actually thought about that haha.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Asinine (edited )Link ParentThis is one of (maybe my most?) favorite rpg/fps games (first person swordsman, that is). The realistic feel was captured so well, though I've heard a lot of people gripe about the combat....This is one of (maybe my most?) favorite rpg/fps games (first person swordsman, that is). The realistic feel was captured so well, though I've heard a lot of people gripe about the combat. Honestly, I started a second playthrough on hardcore after maybe getting through 1/3 or maybe 1/2 of the game and it was a blast learning how to fight basically blind (you get a little reticle with cues and whatnot otherwise). Also learned how to read the compass without the letters.
Then I got all the DLC for basically a steal of a price, and I just played it all through again last year, completing all the achievements. And honestly, I might actually see myself playing it again in the future.But I'm cheap and won't touch the new one at least for now.
EDIT: Hah! My SO bought it and it's available on Steam Family Library... so I will be touching it, probably this weekend. Maybe. I still have RDR2 I bought 2 weeks ago and haven't touched...
Mmm, legalese.
Should? Okay cool, but I shan't. Looks like I need a copy as well; thank you Barbara!