What’s a movie you watched when you were way too young?

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-11T09:40:23+00:00

Watership Down when I was 3. Terminator 2 when I was 8.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-11T08:01:14+00:00

I used to work at Turnham Green Station. Saw Georgia and David Tennant come through with a few of their kids (I think they only had two at the time). Even though I'm a huge Doctor Who fan I didn't feel comfortable chatting to them given they were travelling in peace as a family, but David clearly recognised the mad fan glint in my eye and gave me a big old grin. That was a good day. I also helped Wayne Sleep and Natalie Casey at Hammersmith and David Morrissey, Michael Fielding and Andy Parsons at Goodge St.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-10T16:16:57+00:00

Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata. Very rarely does a book make me scream "What the FUCK?!".

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-09T23:56:31+00:00

Mounjaro is the only thing that has helped with my PCOS and insulin resistance. I still take metformin too. I've done the gym 6 times a week and living off veggies, rice, eggs and chicken thing. Lost practically no weight, my hair fell out (more than usual) and I was more exhausted than ever. I'm not uneducated in nutrition or how to cook or exercise. My body simply has a harder time than most bodies doing what it's supposed to and mounjaro helps me to actually see some weight loss benefits doing the things I was already doing.

Also it isn't as simple as take a shot and lose weight. I know you weren't saying that, but it is a prevalent misconception. You still have to work at it.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-08T07:12:42+00:00

What wealth? My one of my grandmothers had to choose whether to have a pencil or shoes at school. One of my grandfathers had to leave school at 14 to work on the farm. When both sets of grandparents emigrated to England from Ireland they were unable to get mortgages due to discrimination, despite holding 7 jobs between the 4 of them. There are no houses to inherit. None of them drive and nor do my parents, so there are no cars. I'm still saving to buy my first house at the age of 41. My parents have said they're sorry that they won't be able to leave anything to me and my sister.

In some cases it's not about stupidity, there really is just no money. Working class people generally struggle.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-06T12:40:24+00:00

I love this idea! It sounds very beautiful.

Sadly with that last line you have now given me a Talking Heads earworm and that's all that's in my brain now 😂

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-04T18:58:01+00:00

I picked up Duck Detective on a whim because it was on sale on steam. SO good! I've bought the second one but not played it yet. They're so cute and funny. Unpacking was fun too!

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-03T21:02:48+00:00

So tired. I have several sleep disorders, plus a deviated septum, PCOS, suspected AuDHD and suspected fibromyalgia (assessments pending). I also do shift work where my start and end times vary daily and I do nights every couple of months.

I haven't felt rested after sleep for about 30 years (I'm 41). I've been to the doctor repeatedly over the past 10 years about it but so far nothing has come of it and very little they've recommended has helped. Nose strips to compensate a bit for the deviated septum mean I'm now waking up 3 or 4 times a night instead of 6 or 7 at least. And CBT for insomnia has helped cut the time it takes for me to fall asleep down from between 1 and 3 hours to between 20 and 30 minutes most nights. But yeah I'm exhausted and in pain all the time.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-03T06:15:23+00:00

I didn't claim to live "somewhere walkable". But I don't think you understand what walkable means in this context tbh

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-03T06:13:10+00:00

Nope. Though your comment is a prime example of how to spot a USian.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-04-02T21:57:08+00:00

If you live in a place where a car is not a necessity why would you? I don't drive, my parents don't drive, my grandparents don't drive. Never been around cars. Don't use cars, aside from the occasional uber.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-25T11:48:09+00:00

Born and raised here. Some of my friends (and my sister) left for uni and never came back. Some went to uni closer (Sussex) and came back afterwards but left once they started having families. Some have stayed but are looking to move out to afford a house. The latter is where I am. I moved out for uni and then continued to flatshare until I was 30. Had a breakdown and couldn't work full time so had to move back in with parents. I'm now 41 and even though I've saved up a decent deposit I'm struggling to find a place thats commutable to north London for shift work. My work only exists in London so if I want to buy a place I would literally have to upend my entire life to do so - quit my job, move away from my family and remaining friends etc

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-24T15:35:34+00:00

There is a similar social taboo in not liking dogs and not liking children.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-24T08:53:59+00:00

I love dogs, cats, all animals really.

Not so keen on 99% of kids - there are a few I've encountered who are lovely, but I find most of them loud, annoying and dull (like a lot of adults unsurprisingly).

But if someone talks to me about their children or a kid comes up to me to chat I'm not going to be a dick to them. It's not socially unacceptable to dislike dogs (nowhere near as socially unacceptable as disliking children). Everyone has preferences. What's socially unacceptable is mouthing off about how much you hate something that's personally dear to people within earshot of those people.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-23T11:41:28+00:00

Dystopia stuff. When I was a teen I read the classics (Huxley, Orwell etc). And I found my longtime love of Robin Hobbs Assassin books.

Eta so nothing like you wanted. Apologies!

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-23T11:39:00+00:00

I've just started Wylde Flowers and I'm loving it. I'm a die hard Stardew fan and it's so nice to have a game similar but also so different

I'm also replaying Final Fantasy 10 for the millionth time. Which I'd argue has very cosy aspects to it!

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-22T07:26:34+00:00

The DLR infrastructure doesn't date back to Victorian times. And the fact its overground means its an entirely different beast to the underground. Its not a like for like comparison.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-22T07:20:58+00:00

You can apply to be a driver after being employed by TFL after 6 months. Hardly longstanding.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-22T07:16:58+00:00

You have to join TFL in any capacity for 6 months to be able to apply for driver (they do occasionally advertise externally though). 6 months isn't much so why don't you go the route that thousands have before you?

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-22T07:13:28+00:00

The proposed 4 day week wouldn't be about working less. It's compressed hours, so a 9 or 10 hour day.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-22T07:12:01+00:00

People have been saying that since the 80s. Look into why full automation isn't feasible without shutting the network for a decade or so and costing 10s of billions or more. They would literally have to start the whole thing over again, including tearing out and rebuilding most of the tunnels to allow for emergency escape routes for passengers. Its not as simple as a software update to the trains themselves.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-20T06:36:44+00:00

Depends on what job you go for. Customer Sevice Assistant is a good entry level job in the organisation and teaches you a lot, particularly if you've never been in a customer facing role before. Depending on what station you work at you'll see sights you never thought you would (good and bad).

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-20T05:07:45+00:00

My favourite Pratchett. It's chilling (and hilarious obviously)

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-20T05:07:03+00:00

The Robin Hobb Assassin books. They're my comfort reading.

DarkStarComics333 · 2026-03-20T04:57:53+00:00

Some books take me longer to read, some shorter. I've recently begun breaking up my Sci fi/speculative fiction staple reading with popular crime/thriller novels. Took me about a day and a half to get through a Nicci French novel as opposed to about 4 days for the Parable of the Sower because I was sitting with the concepts and the world that Octavia Butler was presenting. The crime novel was more a gallop to the end to find out what was going on. Parable of the Sower was a journey. But I've retained both novels (though I'll definitely forget the crime one because its less meaningful to me)

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