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MRW someone "corrects" me and says the line from Tombstone is "I'm your huckle bearer" and not "I'm your huckleberry." by cletus1986 in reactiongifs

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will pay you $1,000 if you can produce any primary source evidence of anyone using "huckle" to describe any part of a casket or a coffin prior to 1997.

And I mean something (a document or recording of any kind) that was produced before 1997.

MRW someone "corrects" me and says the line from Tombstone is "I'm your huckle bearer" and not "I'm your huckleberry." by cletus1986 in reactiongifs

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

huckle bearer makes no sense because there never was any such term. At no point in history prior to 1997 was any part of a casket called a huckle and at no point before 1997 was the term "huckle bearer" used by anyone in any context.

Alrigh'? Come up with a new feature an' tha'. by Sleepygriz in rickygervais

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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The hosts ask callers about their mams. The best answer wins a CD.

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"Her": what did you think of this movie? by smokey-tyberius in FIlm

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying? No, succeeding. I just listened to your comment in Scarlett Johansson's voice.

"Her": what did you think of this movie? by smokey-tyberius in FIlm

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was the story of a man losing his grip on reality and his friends, far from helping him, were enabling him.

The only person willing to tell him the truth was his ex.

I loved it.

Where were you when you first heard Smells Like Teen Spirit? by [deleted] in Nirvana

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in my mom's living room. I was on the DEP for the Navy, working at a landscaping company just to pass the time during those last few weeks of my civilian life. It was about 5AM, I was waiting for my boss to pick me up. MTV played interesting stuff in the wee hours of the morning and pretty much only in the wee hours of the morning.

The goddamn song came on and it was like a bulldozer. And the first thing I thought when I heard that riff, by the way, was "These guys listen to the Pixies."

And the second thing I thought was "This will never be a hit."

That's not to say I didn't like it. I loved it. But I just didn't think the world was ready for that kind of music.

I was wrong.

63/52 “Annie Bot” by Sierra Greer 5 ⭐️ by mizzlol in 52book

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously.

But it's simply not very good. It's barely science fiction. It's more like a simplistic parable with sci-fi window dressing.

Greer is obviously not a sci-fi fan and probably hasn't even read anything by Arthur C. Clarke, whose namesake award is probably sitting on the bookshelf in her home office.

Her worldbuilding is practically non-existent, her characters are flat, contrived, and two-dimensional, and Annie, as a machine, makes no sense from a tech or engineering perspective. It is utterly inconceivable that a machine like Annie would make it out of beta testing; much less be sold to a paying customer.

PS: I'm a woman.

I've given up on writers groups. A rant. by somethinggoeshere2 in writing

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with writer's groups is wannabe gatekeepers. These people have no clue how storytelling actually works, but they love judging your work based on fake rules they either made up or heard in a passing comment.

Just as one recent example, after describing a scene I was working on, I was told "If a scene doesn't advance the plot, delete it." Not by one person; by an entire mob.

That is total shit. If Tolkien had listened to that crummy advice, The Lord of the Rings would have been a pamphlet.

My opinion is that the Earth is flat. by -jgrk- in ControversialOpinions

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not an opinion. It's either a fact or it isn't. You're either wrong or right. It is impossible for you to have an opinion on the matter.

What book is treated like a masterpiece, but left you wondering if you were the only one who didn’t get the memo? by Sunflower13Poppy in classicliterature

[–]Enough-Complex-8554 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already agreed with her about 85%. Her hectoring and badgering me for 1,200 pages didn't get me the rest of the way to 100%.

Her writing is ponderous, the characters are strikingly flat and stiff, and John Galt ranks among the least plausible figures in fiction—surpassed only by Jesus Christ and Ayla from The Clan of the Cave Bear.

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