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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentOK, might give it a second try later then, I'm a sucker for good male relationships (I mean all good relationships but male relationships just hit a certain way)OK, might give it a second try later then, I'm a sucker for good male relationships (I mean all good relationships but male relationships just hit a certain way)
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentI started (and finished) watching "Midnight Diner" - without the "Tokyo stories" part. Really cozy show, but not sappy enough. I did really enjoy it for all the slurpy eating, I love the Japanese...I started (and finished) watching "Midnight Diner" - without the "Tokyo stories" part.
Really cozy show, but not sappy enough.
I did really enjoy it for all the slurpy eating, I love the Japanese (and also other cultures) way of eating. It feels so good to eat that way.
The small cooking tips at the end of every episode are adorable but in the end I don't feel like I ever get to know the recurring cast. Each episode is about a stranger.
And while most stories are fundamentally sappy, the lack of continuity from episode to episode makes it more cute than sappy for me.
Good show, would recommend, but for other reasons than sappyness.
Now I will start with the show you actually recommended and we'll see how that lands.
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentI started watching Psych but it is too comedic, not sappy enough. I know you recommended it as being close to Scrubs and that was true, same vibe.I started watching Psych but it is too comedic, not sappy enough.
I know you recommended it as being close to Scrubs and that was true, same vibe.
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
fnulare Link ParentSorry for being unclear. It is my understanding that in Iceland people get -daughter or -son depending on their assigned sex at birth. (But I have no idea if it is actually true and how it is seen...I'm vaguely aware of Iclandic last names in that regard, although I didn't know about daughters being called '-son'.
Sorry for being unclear. It is my understanding that in Iceland people get -daughter or -son depending on their assigned sex at birth.
(But I have no idea if it is actually true and how it is seen or read culturally)
In other countries, like Sweden where I live, only -son is used.
It has lost it original meaning of "male child to" the prefix which was the fathers name: so someone named Sven would name their children Svens-son (the final "s" in Svens is possessive - showing ownership of)
Nowadays all these are just names, and almost no one think of them as part of the patriarchy (neither local or global!)
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
fnulare Link ParentOh, I have reservations about the use of procrastination as a useful phenomenon and word in general but specifically for cases like this there is no way that it fits well. I have been toying with...Oh, I have reservations about the use of procrastination as a useful phenomenon and word in general but specifically for cases like this there is no way that it fits well.
I have been toying with the idea to change my surname in a socially non-accepted way for over 15 years!
I haven't decided yet because I struggle with decision-making and I can't be sure if I just want to do it to be a contrarian and if so if that is a good enough reason to do it!
It feels to me like the weight of getting a tatoo, although I know I can change my name back.
The name I have been thinking of is my mothers first name followed by the word "daughter" as is customary in Iceland, but with the twist that I am a son (as is customary that many daughters have "son" in their name where I live)
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare (edited )Link ParentSorry, I snapped a bit, having a bad day. My apologies @Plik This is just a case of wanting to cry because I feel like crying :) Original severely unfriendly comment Nope, the Trump presidency...Sorry, I snapped a bit, having a bad day. My apologies @Plik
This is just a case of wanting to cry because I feel like crying :)
Original severely unfriendly comment
Nope, the Trump presidency doesn't affect me at all, too jaded, old, and anarchist (the socialist European kind) to GAF about your local "turbulence" over in the US.
This is a case of wanting to cry because I feel like crying :)
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Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk
fnulare Link ParentI was off by one day: its the 6th of January! El dia de los reyes magos also celebrated in at least Mexico, probably other central- and southamerican countries.I was off by one day: its the 6th of January!
El dia de los reyes magos also celebrated in at least Mexico, probably other central- and southamerican countries.
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentYes! Thanks for reminding of Scrubs, on to the list it goes!Yes! Thanks for reminding of Scrubs, on to the list it goes!
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentThank you! Many interesting shows here <3 I should probably rewatch The good place from the beginning, it is a good show, but not quite sappy enough for this purpose!Thank you! Many interesting shows here <3
I should probably rewatch The good place from the beginning, it is a good show, but not quite sappy enough for this purpose!
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentI haven't really watched any real anime (ATLA doesn't count imo) so will definitely add it to my list, thx <3I haven't really watched any real anime (ATLA doesn't count imo) so will definitely add it to my list, thx <3
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
fnulare Link ParentI'm glad you like it, it is a very fun and cute game. I am hoping the developer decides, or rather finds a good way to have the unlocking part be more interesting. Like having secret combos that...I'm glad you like it, it is a very fun and cute game.
I am hoping the developer decides, or rather finds a good way to have the unlocking part be more interesting. Like having secret combos that unlock stuff or something. (I hope for this because it would be more fun than just life time points and because they have stated that they have drawn inspiration from Vampire Survivors)
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentWell, I do enjoy other stuff too! I'm just needing to do a lot of crying at the moment and sappy family dramas is thr best tool for that that I've found.Well, I do enjoy other stuff too!
I'm just needing to do a lot of crying at the moment and sappy family dramas is thr best tool for that that I've found.
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Comment on Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes in ~tv
fnulare Link ParentWell, Virgin River is actually too sappy! And somehow, can't put my finger on exactly how, it is too gender-essentialist, coupling-is-everything and christian-family-values-in-your-face for me....Well, Virgin River is actually too sappy!
And somehow, can't put my finger on exactly how, it is too gender-essentialist, coupling-is-everything and christian-family-values-in-your-face for me. (And I quite enjoyed 7th Heaven back in the day!)
Maybe it's something with the ratios, because Parenthood doesn't lack those aspects at all!
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Recommend me a sappy TV drama with preferably >100 episodes
I like crying to sappy bingeworthy tv dramas. I've just finished Parenthood, and before that I binged a lot of hospital ones like The good doctor, New Amsterdam, etc. The setting isn't really...
I like crying to sappy bingeworthy tv dramas.
I've just finished Parenthood, and before that I binged a lot of hospital ones like The good doctor, New Amsterdam, etc.
The setting isn't really important, except I can't stand law enforcement settings.
Spoken language doesn't matter as long as I can find it with subtitles.
The important thing seems to be stories that are reasonably realistic where people live their lifes and care about each other.
What do you recommend?
Edit: below is a list of recommendations, mostly for me to have an easy spot to find them
- Bunheads
- Friday night lights
- March Comes In Like a Lion
- This is us
- Shitt's creek
- The crown
- Brothers and sisters
- Scrubs
- Midnight Diner
- The good place
- Virgin river
- Gilmore girls
- Dawson's creek
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
fnulare LinkI'm enjoying the new Team fight Tactics set called "Cyber City" that was released a week ago. TFT has become my base game, the game I always get back to. The game is updated every two weeks (next...I'm enjoying the new Team fight Tactics set called "Cyber City" that was released a week ago. TFT has become my base game, the game I always get back to.
The game is updated every two weeks (next patch in 8 days) and even in my low levels it is remarkably more fun for the first few days of the new patch as it gets "solved" quite fast and the solutions trickle down. (When the game is "solved" it is harder to play for fun and find fun interactions or combos as you get eliminated more quickly by players playing meta comps)
I often find new games in these topics or on Hacker News or clicking around on itch.io. Two smaller games I've enjoyed lately are: Dragon Sweeper and Breakout71.
I mostly play on an android phone nowadays but I would like to get a good console set-up (doesn't need to be an actual console, but it has to be sofa + large screen + multiple controllers), but there is soooo many things to do and projects to finish and now spring is here again! So, we'll see
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Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk
fnulare Link ParentYou obviously know, as you did it correctly here (at least according to what I was taught) , for when it could be its own sentence really, or you just need a small break in tempo. : for when what...You obviously know, as you did it correctly here (at least according to what I was taught)
- , for when it could be its own sentence really, or you just need a small break in tempo.
- : for when what comes before refers to what comes after.
- ; for when what comes after refers back to what was before.
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Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk
fnulare LinkFinally! I was rummaging through my mind to find something that I could say here, but I couldn't find anything that is this level of important to me. Like something worth mentioning while still...Finally!
I was rummaging through my mind to find something that I could say here, but I couldn't find anything that is this level of important to me. Like something worth mentioning while still not rage-inducing (I should probably look into that: regulating feelings, the handbook. Anyone got one?)Most companies, where I live, that make sandwich meats for consumers have probably never used their own products (which somehow makes sense as they know what's in it!).
The batch of slices in the package is almost always up side down wrt to how to package is opened. Like if they where the other way around you would have a way to easily pick up one slice without having to interact with the rest of the slices, while now you either have to turn the package an extra time or touch several slices.
It's not only inefficient but also wasteful as the more you have to poke around the bigger risk of pathogens getting into the package and turning the meat bad.
Hey! Yay! Another barefooter! High five!
The other day someone tried to tell me about the trend of being barefoot in ones shoes (a.k.a not wearing socks) as a way to find similarities to bond over. I said that makes as much sense as me saying I'm naked right now, cause under my clothes I'm naked.
As for the injury risk being talked about in a sibling-thread I'd like to add the perspective of someone that seems to be a bit less good at not hurting myself (like I bump into stuff daily, almost always cut myself a tiny bit when cooking, etc): it's just a small wound, at worst I'll wear shoes for a couple weeks (to keep the bandages clean and in place). If it would have been a large wound "normal" shoes would not have helped anyway.
I'm trying to strengthen my pinky toes (and the whole outer part of my feet), but I'm not very consistent so it's a slow process. I would also love to twist them back, but I fear I'm too old for that and that I started too late with being barefoot. I also don't go barefoot long on snow/ice or when it's too cold so 2-3 months a year I wear shoes outside.
I started to help with back pain and that has been great but the best parts are: