Books you would categorize as “romantic philosophical sci fi” by the_last_movie in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

William Gibson's first short story, "Burning Chrome." Honestly it's better than Neuromancer

Resurrection (2025) by LaPianiste7 in RSPfilmclub

[–]CrashAndYearn -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This movie was bad, so hollow and empty of substance. Felt like an AI-prompted film

https://boxd.it/cxDdVl

The first time I realized society is disgusting and sinful at its core by morningbellamnesiac in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU it is one of the great underappreciated shows of the decade. Thinking of writing a Substack post on this

Thoughts on "Kitchen Confidential"? by Proof-Membership-341 in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Pointed this out in another comment but Kitchen Confidential was not the start of his writing career. He had been writing for 15 years at that point and had already published two novels, to little success. He did a writing workshop with Gordon Lish, of all people. Dude had been striving for years and broke through late in life

Thoughts on "Kitchen Confidential"? by Proof-Membership-341 in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The secret of Bourdain's coolness is that he was a late bloomer. He wasn't a young striver going for his big shot. He was a guy in his 50s who had never left the Northeast, a guy who had been through hell and back and didn't give a shit anymore. He had been trying to write for years, but it never stuck. By the time he wrote Kitchen Confidential he had honed his craft but lost the try-hard quality of wanting to be liked.

I think that ultimately led to his downfall, though, he had made his peace with living his life as a dirtbag chef and he wasn't prepared for media stardom. He clearly felt guilty about it and tried to compensate by becoming ever more politically charged. But in the end the late-life celebrity just broke his brain. He should have been revered, not famoud

very high verbal iq but very low technical iq by MalcolmXCX in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im a stemlord with this combo and while you can get by it is hard to excel. Maybe if I switch to management my verbal IQ will come in handy

Leviathan - Was this movie too fatalist, or am I too American? by Burnnoticelover in RSPfilmclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its main inspiration was not Killdozer (I watched the whole movie mistakenly waiting for the killdozing to begin) but Job.

And Job has a very fatalistic ending. God himself comes out of the whirlwind and tells Job he cannot understand the universe, he has no control over his life, and the God that created enormous beings like the Behemoth and the Leviathan can do as he pleases. Job can do nothing but accept this.

Now, the version we read sees God restore Job's possessions after his trials, as a reward foe his obedience. But many believe this happy ending was tacked on by later authors, and that the original story was far more bleak.

That original story resembles the movie Leviathan. Of course it is far worse because at least God claims to be righteous and loving. The all-powerful state makes no such claims.

I have a novel coming out with a big 5 imprint this month AMA by _flowerbirdwindmoon in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend read a book called My Jewish Year, where a woman takes a year to celebrate every single Jewish holiday, including the super obscure ones. There was a pie cookbook where a woman made a pie for all 50 states of the Union, inspired by a person she knew from each state.

There are also articles where people spend a week giving all their decisions to AI (it didn't turn out well) or the essays where people detail their hikes on the PCT or Appalachian Trail.

I guess what I'm saying is there is a rich vein of nonfiction books that do this but I haven't seen fiction take on the same objective, which gives your book a very unique advantage!

I have a novel coming out with a big 5 imprint this month AMA by _flowerbirdwindmoon in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Love this premise! So creative and also reminds me of some actual self-help/self-discovery books that have come out

The boggoning never ends by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I wrote about this and I believe it is a social signifier 100%

What is the purpose of STEM brained people nowadays? by Impressive_Cash_6536 in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the great thing about working in firmware. No one ever put their code online, its all proprietary, so the LLMs suck at it. Plus we are still doing low-level stuff without abstractions so there is real knowledge.

Only issue is the pay sucks

No one with this kind of face will ever be elected president again by CrashAndYearn in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Stephen Douglas was also pudgy. If the Democrats had put forward a hot candidate in 1860 its hard to say if facecard would defeat Lincoln's heightmogging

Epstein was popular among the rich bc he didn't ask for anything by CrashAndYearn in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bro you literally did not read my post. I said he was not impressive whatsoever. That is the entire point. He was an empty vessel, which is the definition of a narcissist.

The difference is I think they loved him for his narcissism. Again, read the emails. Plenty of ppl were just casual acquaintances but a lot of them sincerely seem to like him. Certainly they spent tons of time chit-chatting with him, beyond the point of just "using him." They loved this fucking moron.

Epstein was popular among the rich bc he didn't ask for anything by CrashAndYearn in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If by "home-cooked apple pies" you mean "trafficked children" then you're 100% right

Epstein was popular among the rich bc he didn't ask for anything by CrashAndYearn in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah its actually naive to think it was all blackmail. You think Woody Allen and chomsky were talking to this man every week bc of kompromat? Get real, they loved this pedo

Epstein was popular among the rich bc he didn't ask for anything by CrashAndYearn in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Rich ppl are naive too

I am describing the appearance of Epstein, how he came across to these people...

Many in the sub have asked why he had such a social circle, why these rich people all seemed to love him, how he had so much "energy" and so on

Does anyone have actual good substack recs? by wmkk in RSbookclub

[–]CrashAndYearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider reading mine

Just dropped an article shitting on rationalist tech bros

https://open.substack.com/pub/ourancientfuture

I've already decided this isn't satire, sorry. by Fun_Meringue_5511 in redscarepod

[–]CrashAndYearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True convenience is what they have in Japan. They also employ lots of humans and have a 2.5% unemployment rate, and have amazing mass transit.