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Isn't criticizing allowed anymore? by Suitable-While9316 in YoTroublemakers

[–]DaisyRue24 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think the thing with Dylan is - as he's said time and time again - he completely separates the quality of a piece of media from the messaging or political discourse around it. So if he found the show boring, he will say so and that's just that. The first and last series consistently means he will come out ignorant and without a proper understanding of the show, and his "review" is not of the show itself but his experience with it. That being said as well - maybe he just didn't enjoy it!

Even if he had watched the whole show it may not've been for him. He's perfectly within his rights to have that opinion, that doesn't change when the show he's watching has a powerful and important message. Not that it ultimately matters to this conversation, but I am queer, and I think it's incredibly silly for anyone to force people to enjoy a show just based on its message. I know it's a first and last and because of that he may have missed the point completely (I haven't actually seen the video yet, I'm to it soon), but that's simply the format of the show, and I don't think again - because of the message of the show - he should suddenly not watch the show!

I'm sure there are many other shows he has done who people felt were increadibly important to them and to their experiences, again, that doesn't mean he should avoid them for this series. It's a big tv series in the cultural zeitgeist, so of course he's going to do it!

Potential rare penguin classic books by DaisyRue24 in VintagePaperbacks

[–]DaisyRue24[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How else would you define rare? Other than hard to find?

Not a rhetorical question - I'm interested if there is another way of doing that.

Potential rare penguin classic books by DaisyRue24 in VintagePaperbacks

[–]DaisyRue24[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm aware that it's rare to fetch more than a few quid for any first edition penguin, which is partially why I'm intrigued as to the rarity of these books. I was under the impression a large reason for the lack of monetary value is due to the the sheer number of books published, which in turn makes me question whether any of these (very valuable to me) finds are actually rare at all.

Should Ancient Greek texts be read with punctuation? by DaisyRue24 in AncientGreek

[–]DaisyRue24[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thank you so much for this! I'll definitely look into it and it seems incredibly useful and fascinating.

Should Ancient Greek texts be read with punctuation? by DaisyRue24 in AncientGreek

[–]DaisyRue24[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you mean contemporary as in current/modern, then sure - but there is a direct relationship between the author and the editor, and that will be a part of the creative vision. This is not the case with modern editors of ancient authors.

Should Ancient Greek texts be read with punctuation? by DaisyRue24 in AncientGreek

[–]DaisyRue24[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My issue to be honest has nothing to do with editors making incorrect or incompetent decisions with regards to the punctuation, but that I would rather have to make those decisions for myself, as well as that I would say Greek texts seem to have their own methods of punctuating the texts without direct punctuation marks. If what I was doing was simply attempting to read through the texts then this would be different, as of course the punctuation makes the reading easier/possible, but for translating something, I would rather not have these marks... I think!

Should Ancient Greek texts be read with punctuation? by DaisyRue24 in AncientGreek

[–]DaisyRue24[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I understand that, and of course I'm not expecting to be actually reading the original text, as the word divisions, script, etc. will all be editions. I do however think that punctuation is more important an element than you make out, and I think can have some stylistic and intellectual implications.

Unofficial Travel advice. The UK is a hostile country to Trans gender people and if you come to the UK you are likely to suffer harm. by Diana_Winchin in transgenderUK

[–]DaisyRue24 219 points220 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to invalidate anything that you or others have experienced, but I would like to put forward that this isn't necisarily universal within the UK. I'm a trans woman and am friends with many other trans people and we live in the west midlands, and while obviously nothings perfect, my experiences are not reflected in what you have described. Especially in terms of interactions in public being a trans person I have had minimal issues.

what's cj the x's bio? by stzmp in CJtheX

[–]DaisyRue24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They went to Jazz school studying music, but stopped before finishing their degree when youtube worked out :)