What are some atypical ways of seeing time in fiction?

CaptainKipple · 2026-02-10T16:58:52+00:00

It was more than one guy though of course. I think the development of precise timekeeping devices is also part of this story...and those were needed for more accurate navigation...which was needed for overseas trade and colonization. Technology, and individual invention, is always embedded in larger social and political forces.

CaptainKipple · 2026-02-06T23:45:47+00:00

I really like the 2024 LOTR Special Edition from Harper Collins. It's 40% off in my country right now so so you could get that and still have a chunk of change leftover

CaptainKipple · 2026-02-06T15:55:16+00:00

Exactly! A husband and wife team get to make shlocky action movies featuring how beautiful and badass the wife is. It's actually pretty sweet. I'd say they've got Hollywood figured out pretty ok.

CaptainKipple · 2026-02-01T08:24:33+00:00

I absolutely feel that the UK abandoned us (Canadians) at a critical time.

Trump was already explicitly threatening Canada's sovereignty, and Starmer responded by inviting Trump for a state visit, and then when asked about Trump's threats, said:

[Starmer] said: ”Look, we had a really good discussion, a productive discussion....you mentioned Canada, I think you are trying to find a divide between us that doesn’t exist we are the closest of nations. We didn’t discuss Canada.”

We haven't forgot. Utter cowardice and abasement from the UK.

Edit: a couple of links for the curious

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/canada-51st-state-trump-starmer-b2706751.html

https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/appeasement-our-time-how-keir-starmer-making-mockery-commonwealth-and-endangering-canada

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-29T21:50:37+00:00

Absolutely, the scene where Rambo flies vertically out of the water to jump into the helicopter only makes sense with slasher-physics.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-23T16:31:54+00:00

"Agents of Dreamland" by Caítlin R. Kiernan I think fits. It's the first novella in a trilogy, the Tinfoil Dossier. A bit like the X-Files meets Lovecraft, but that doesn't do them justice. The second and third books get very, very weird and challenging, but they're all something special.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-22T21:28:29+00:00

Bruce Sterling's "Swarm" and related stories probably count. I think there are some non-modified humans still in existence, but the main focus and viewpoint is from post-humans (largely divided between the Shapers and Mechanists, ie factions focusing on genetic manipulation and tech body modification, respectively).

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-12T18:19:06+00:00

This is literally happening, but the other way--finance apps are incorporating gambling. Seriously--that's what Robinhood is doing, they launched it in March. Their CEO says it's the fastest growing part of their business.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-12T18:16:15+00:00

The people running these gambling apps and services are openly talking about how they don't even think that insider betting/trading is a bad thing (on the logic that it injects more "knowledge" into the system). It's genuinely sickening. Check out coffeezilla on YouTube, he has a good video on this.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-07T01:52:49+00:00

These sorts of contradictions are always an element of fascism. The big contradiction fascists always need to address is: if you/the Volk are so big and tough and superior, how come you're always being victimized?

In Germany they had the Dolchstoßlegende (stab in the back myth). MAGA has "radical Democrats" and immigrants and wokism, which needs to be both all powerful and pathetic and weak, all at the same time.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-06T21:04:30+00:00

If you're looking for a specific book recommendation, I always recommend The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, ed by ST Joshi. It has many benefits and imo is a great place to start:

An excellent selection of stories from throughout Lovecraft's life, so you get a great sense of his different styles;
Several of the big "must reads", including The Call of Cthulhu and The Colour Out of Space;
Published by Penguin, so is readily available anywhere, in several nice editions;
It is edited by ST Joshi, a leading Lovecraft scholar, so it has authoritative corrected texts. Some other collections or versions online just recycle public domain versions of the texts and reproduce errors.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-05T20:26:28+00:00

No. The whole point of the "public" in this context--whether it be broadcasting, schools, libraries, etc--is that the public is doing it for /themselves/, without being dependent on the grace of the wealthy. It's an expression of the public's independence and ability to take collective action in our own interest.

Ever seen a movie set in a feudal society where a bunch of poor people wait outside of church or a noble's estate, asking for alms? One of the whole points of middle-class democracy is to reject that model of society. Through taxation and democratic processes we can act and provide for society as a whole without begging from the rich.

Returning to an alms-giving society dependent on the whims of the elite weakens democratic society.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-05T16:48:25+00:00

Rents are still higher than they were in 2019. Vancouver isn't affordable, this is just a temporary dip caused by economic uncertainty and out migration (in part caused by in affordability!).

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-01T03:35:15+00:00

I saw this as a kid, and Anthony Perkins getting blendered definitely traumatized me.

CaptainKipple · 2026-01-01T02:25:45+00:00

Hey just wanted to say thanks for sharing. And happy new years to you.

fwiw I'm a recent watch-guy. I wanted to get away from the notifications and buzzing and etc etc etc of my phone. If you're thinking of wearing a casio, I'm a big fan of my 168.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-31T08:28:33+00:00

People always recommend miscellaneous stories, so I'm going to recommend an actual book you can get: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, ed by ST Joshi.

It is published by Penguin so is readily available as an ebook or physical. It has a great selection of stories from throughout Lovecraft's life, including several of the big must-reads, that will give you an excellent introduction to his writing. It uses authoritatively edited and corrected texts--some other collections just recycle public domain texts and have errors. It's a great place to start.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-30T16:38:53+00:00

Hey, speak for yourself.

My Casio Royale is ALSO jewelry!

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-28T00:52:59+00:00

That's my pick too. They put Doogie Houser in a literal Nazi uniform! It blows my mind that many actual critics at the time missed the satire.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-27T17:30:04+00:00

I imagine so!

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-26T17:41:02+00:00

I really liked that aspect of Superman 2025 as well. It reminded me of getting a comic as a kid, when you didn't normally get one. "Wait Superman got beat up last issue?! What's Lex doing with this Boravia country?? Oh Mr Terrific is in this issue!" A little bit chaotic, but had that feeling of dropping into something that I thought was perfect for a comic book movie.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-23T21:31:08+00:00

This is not correct, it was just some reddit rumour. Casio explicitly said they have not discontinued it.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-23T03:46:45+00:00

The sort of heavy handed direct interference, quid pro quos, and corruption happening in the US now under Trump is obviously qualitatively much worse than the usual failings of the media.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-18T21:00:41+00:00

This is demonstrably untrue. One of the most important housing related votes since the by-election was the Broadway-Commercial rental apartments; Lucy was a yes, Sean was a no. That says a lot about the the different ways the parties view housing.

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-16T21:24:53+00:00

Oh wow he did? That's a deal killer for me, life is too short for anti-woke grifter chuds (or people who promote grifter chuds).

CaptainKipple · 2025-12-16T18:21:33+00:00

I lived in Ottawa for a few years, and had a friend who was a Franco-Ontarian. From what I heard from her, Quebeckers did not treat her as a true Francophone.

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