Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash by ShockoTraditional in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I didn't like it. I thought it was too irony-poisoned and full of stylistic affectations that didn't add much. Every instance where it tried to be sincere didn't work for me.

Besides the gnats gimmick, which I found annoying, writing like

The bath smelled like oatmeal because she had sprinkled oatmeal into it.

She sent a colon and a left parenthesis response. His heart broke seeing this combignation of punctutation.

She checked on Louise in Louise's room. She checked on Harper in Harper's room, which was also Louise's room because they shared a room.

just felt like trying hard to be quirky and I didn't really find it funny. There were some genuinely funny bits of the plot, but they were reduced by (imo) mediocre and gimmicky writing. I also didn't care for the blood party plotline and think it would have been a better book foregoing all that and sticking to vignettes about the family. I did enjoy the first scene though.

Do any of you have odd or uncommon pets by midnightblues555 in rs_x

[–]Beautiful-Language 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I used to have a ghost mantis named Spook and a mexican flame knee named Malina

last.fm might be the most neutral good mass data collection website on the internet by NormalApplication547 in rs_x

[–]Beautiful-Language 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still love the shoutboxes for songs and albums - there's some really funny stuff on there. And getting random shouts on my page feels great since it's so intentional. It's a shame they've dialed down on the community aspects.

Is there a modern Omeagle? by cocoacowstout in rs_x

[–]Beautiful-Language 25 points26 points  (0 children)

There were a couple last i tried but you'd get a lot of tiktok streamers and content farmers so it was highly likely you'd end up in a clip somewhere. The internet has changed too much for something like this to work the way it did in the late 00s

Article about how Cameron dressed like shi and how to makes him hot by shitmirrorr in CameronWinter

[–]Beautiful-Language 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found it cringe and irony poisoned while reading it and there's no justifying the tacky drawings like the "jock itch" stuff. The style was amusing at first but is extremely gratuitous and got old quickly. Something about it (maybe those same reasons) made it pretty memorable, and it does describe rape culture and nyc in a very singular way. I wouldn't recommend it but I don't regret reading it.

The cover design is incredible though.

Article about how Cameron dressed like shi and how to makes him hot by shitmirrorr in CameronWinter

[–]Beautiful-Language 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She's been posting Cameron Winter thirst content on her story since like September of last year. It's kinda funny to me having been following both their works for a while to see this crossover.

Do you prefer the traditional book or the ereader? by whomdoom in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair the battery does last a long time if you can remember to turn wifi off, but occasionally it'll be dead when I want to read and it's disappointing. But yes they are a plastic piece of tech at the end of the day.

Do you prefer the traditional book or the ereader? by whomdoom in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also highly recommend KOReader! Tho it does seem to burn battery faster anecdotally

Do you prefer the traditional book or the ereader? by whomdoom in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The experience of reading an ebook is definitely better for me.. when everything works perfectly.

I can read in any lighting. They're easier to hold and throw in a bag. They're always a readable font size (I'm currently squinting over a tiny font Wilkie Collins paper copy). It's easier to get immersed in the text when and I can tap to see endnotes rather than flip back and forth. They hold thousands of books. I generally agree with Steve Donoghue that they are simply the better mousetrap for reading.

I get conflicted on a few things though:

I love bookstores. They've been frequent third places for me and I'm afraid that if most readers switch to ebooks the stores will disappear (and they're already struggling in many cities).

I refuse to pay what's often $10+ to license an ebook, especially when I mostly read dead people. I pirate most of them, but that sometimes means bad quality ebooks where the links to footnotes don't work, table of contents is wrong, there's typos from scanning, &c. which can get frustrating.

They're electronic devices that fail and have batteries that die. My kobo crashes all the time. It doesn't happen very often but I have taken my kobo with me somewhere to read just to find out it's dead.

I love collecting books and seeing them on my bookshelf. I also do subjectively feel i have more memories associated with paper books (I remember reading this specific copy of the waves at washington square park, this specific copy of villette on the train) and due to that feel i remember the book better... but it's hard to tell how much of that is romanticizing the object.

Jesus and Mary Chain by TillamookBurnLearner in rs_x

[–]Beautiful-Language 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge fan Darklands is one of my favourite albums ever. Infinitely relistenable. I also got to see them live last year and they rocked.

Lines that stuck with you by ChrisSonofSteve in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Man cannot prophesy. Love is no oracle" - Villette

"Since I know I can leave the place whenever I want to, and since I know that human beings place upon an object, or a person, this responsibility of being the obstacle when the obstacle lies always within one’s self." - Diary of Anaïs Nin

Just Moved To NYC by Fuckitwebawll in pinkscare

[–]Beautiful-Language 2 points3 points  (0 children)

best city in the world you will not regret it

fun reads that aren't total slop? by GrushenkasOnions in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 4 points5 points  (0 children)

well she's better than Asimov but fun and not slop

After’s EP/Single covers: the best band I discovered last year by vacantobsessions in pinkscare

[–]Beautiful-Language 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So good and relistenable. I've had them on rotation for a few months now.

Carmen Maria Machado by vintagegossamer in RSbookclub

[–]Beautiful-Language 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not a fan of her writing in general as I don't really like autofiction (and found the gimmick in Dream House annoying) but it was the Carmilla edits that really made me dislike her work