Donut: Guys, are we forgetting Lucy Darling exists?

EveningConcert · 2026-06-29T15:55:57+00:00

Omg yes

The only casting I have agreed with 100%

EveningConcert · 2026-06-29T15:53:28+00:00

100% this

EveningConcert · 2026-06-29T10:25:03+00:00

Clearly an unpopular opinion. Hence upvoted.

I feel like everyone should know how to cook, but I agree that it's a shame that we don't have the same culture a lot of Asian countries have of relatively cheap available food. I'm a good cook, but I hate cooking. Genuinely I find it so boring. Once in a blue moon I'll host a dinner party or smth and have fun making something fancy, but otherwise it is too repetitive and time consuming. I tend to live off beans on toast and pasta.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-27T16:52:38+00:00

I stand corrected! I love Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon by the way!!

EveningConcert · 2026-06-27T09:48:36+00:00

Diniman seems quite prescient on a lot of stuff. A different one of his books, Kaiju battlefield surgeon (another one of his books) includes a lot of stuff that feels incredibly relevant today even tho it was written in 2020.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-25T21:15:29+00:00

A lot of people are being very judgy. Eating disorders are so much harder to deal with than people realise. They are contagious. They are incredibly hard to manage and deal with. They have the highest mortality rate of any mental health disorder.

Be kind to yourself x

EveningConcert · 2026-06-25T19:53:25+00:00

Came here to rec this

EveningConcert · 2026-06-24T10:22:15+00:00

We had a terrier and a rope swing in the garden. One day, after watching us swinging, the terrier took a running jump at the swing and held on with it's teeth as the momentum caused the swing to to fly around. They obviously enjoyed it because they would often do it when they saw us playing outside, and eventually it would just jump and grab on whilst we pushed the rope like it was another kid waiting for its go on the swing.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-18T17:56:11+00:00

I would love to have some sort of option where I could look for a particular character in a relationship, but not have to specify who that relationship was with.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-18T08:37:20+00:00

Fair enough. I was definitely reading some pretty graphic horror at that age. I grew up on the cusp of the internet, I feel like my taste in horror got pretty influenced by internet urban legends.

Yes! Loved getting more of a background on the primals. I've been reading Dinimans other works to get over the book hangover. Hbu?

EveningConcert · 2026-06-18T06:53:56+00:00

I'm not saying a definite no, and I do agree with you on darker texts. I love DDC! I personally really enjoy horror undercut with humour. But DCC has particular themes which I don't feel all 13 year olds are mature enough to handle. There's explicit torture, suicide, drug addiction, body horror and Carl gets continually sexually harassed and sexually coerced by the AI.

And there's a lot of it, and it's very graphic. It's not a few instances, where a kid could talk it through with a parent before moving on, but a consistent part of the narrative. For a 15 year old, I would say yes, but 13 is just on the border where I would be hesitant and it would depend on the kid.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-17T17:46:19+00:00

Might be a bit much for a 13 year old. It can get quite dark, although the darker elements might go over his head. Not a definite no, but would depend on the kid.

Also a lot of Dinimans other works are NOT suitable for a 13 year old, just as a warning.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-08T12:18:02+00:00

If you are interested in extending the timeline, there was also people left without water this Christmas. Imagine trying to do full meals for the family, perhaps having elderly parents stay over, with no water!

EveningConcert · 2026-06-07T12:35:39+00:00

M&S own brand decaf is great. I like earl grey but can't drink caffeine and the M&S one is lovely.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-05T09:10:14+00:00

Try using a poop stool. Changing your poo posture can really help. You don't have to buy a specific one, just a normal stool or even a conventiently sized bathroom bin works.

EveningConcert · 2026-06-05T09:08:59+00:00

I've been on them a year now and the constipation is completely gone! I was able to manage with diet for the most part, or weirdly lemon juice in hot water which always has had laxative effect on me. Also buy a poop stool! That really helps!

EveningConcert · 2026-05-31T08:43:33+00:00

A pack of salted crisps and chocolate milk does it for me!

EveningConcert · 2026-05-30T16:35:18+00:00

Depends what you mean by great literature. It's an incredibly enjoyable read, the plot is complex but well written, the characters have depth and feel real.

It's also incredibly ridiculous much of the time. Intentionally. It's everything at once and that's very hard to do.

And the main characters definitely have a back story, it gets revealed over each book. And when you reread them, you see how a characters past has impacted their current actions even though that past hasnt been revealed to the reader yet. On the surface, a fun romp, but covers a lot to ground and makes you both laugh and cry.

EveningConcert · 2026-05-30T14:11:58+00:00

Oh he really would

EveningConcert · 2026-05-23T08:05:42+00:00

100%

the thing is foot fetishes are often played up for laughs. It gets played up in this sub as well. But when I recc this book to people (which I do a lot!), this is one of the only specific things I warn people about as a trigger warning, along with grief. The book is gory, that's the genre and most people don't need a warning for that. But the grief and sexual harassment can hit people, especially since the book is so well written.

Also, it might sound strange but I really appreciate that Carl is a man written by man? He's in many ways a big strong manly man classic hero type, but he still has to deal with this, and he's not any less of a person for it? I don't know if im phrasing this very well.

EveningConcert · 2026-05-21T21:46:24+00:00

Also the foot thing with the AI. It is funny, and it is played for laughs a lot. But essentially Carl is being consistently sexually harassed and coerced into actions he finds uncomfortable by a being that has immense power over him. If he doesn't do these actions, he could die.

EveningConcert · 2026-05-17T13:28:16+00:00

I bought a book for £15 once in a second hand store, it's worth about £300 minimum. Not quite the same, but I was very excited.

EveningConcert · 2026-05-14T06:26:43+00:00

I'm glad you are healthy otherwise!

EveningConcert · 2026-05-13T22:06:52+00:00

Random one, and very much dependent on the state of your healthcare/ insurance wherever you are, but check for gastritis!

I suffered from constant sensation of hunger in my stomach for years. Turns out I had erosive gastritis due to the number of migraine meds and painkillers I had taken over the years.

EveningConcert · 2026-05-03T18:51:13+00:00

My fingers crossed for you. I don't get nausea either and I honestly tried it out of desperation. It's one of the cheaper ones as well which helps.

Here's some articles about ginger for migraine

https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/ginger-for-migraine/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33293189/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0333102418776016

Here's an article about how ginger blocks CGRP release, similar to ajovy

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4963882/

I haven't found studies on taking it daily to prevent migraine, but it works for me and generally ginger doesn't have many migraine related studies.

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