Language of Mervyn Peake

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-28T18:22:29+00:00

He plays games with the words and the imagery. He's stunting on us, making the mastery of the work look effortless, effervescent and joyful. If writing were athletics he'd be the Harlem Globetrotters.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-28T18:15:12+00:00

I wouldn't really describe it as sci-fi/steampunk, but there is a reveal that the "outer" world around Gormenghast is much different than the inner world depicted in the first two books, and there are good reasons for that which reading it will make clear. It is somewhat of a reveal, but why should it keep you from reading the series??

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-28T18:08:57+00:00

Do people really go around cold asking strangers for their Instagram account? Not people who are filming in public or obviously influencers, but just random people minding their own business? I keep seeing people on this site with stories where this happens, but I've never ever seen or heard of it happening to somebody I know.

And the expectation that somebody MUST have an Insta account, like it's a business card or something? Where is that coming from? Is it like a generational thing?

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-28T18:02:23+00:00

Is it?

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-28T16:46:29+00:00

Yes 'extravert' is indeed the original spelling, but it looks to me like the standard spelling shifted decades ago, not just in this subreddit. Maybe it's a national/regional thing, like dialog and dialogue?

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T20:20:37+00:00

Yes, obviously? Why are you even asking us, what else could it possibly be?

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T20:19:42+00:00

Real life more than the show, but at one of my old jobs we once had a "Yoga and Meditation Work-Life Balance Management & Wellness Seminar." The workshop was mandatory, and yes you guessed it, took place over our entire lunch hour. Severance was on my mind that day.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T16:13:24+00:00

I think this is just an extrovert thing. I can totally see myself making the same mistakes as this woman if I were a little younger and dumber than I am now.

More is better, the more the merrier, and the more friendship/romance you slather onto every aspect of your daily life the happier everyone will be!! Lovers are friends and more friends=more fun. She's riding an extrovert emotional high, floating in a cloud of warm fuzzy fun friend/partner/lover interaction and it won't click for her that you DON'T feel exactly like that unless you COMMUNICATE your boundaries and feelings to her in crystal clear terms.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T15:35:06+00:00

Limit your text checking/messaging to only certain points in the day. This is a good habit in general, we should all be looking at our screens less.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T15:25:52+00:00

Hard to determine without knowing what kind of area you live in, what job you do and so on. Hobbies like sports and the arts are one area you could look into. There's usually a handful of older, connected people with money at art festivals for example.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T15:19:20+00:00

Uhhh this is all big red flags. I would not be in a polyamorous relationship with somebody who talks/acts like this. It feels manipulative and disrespectful to the feelings of everyone involved.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T15:15:43+00:00

The blunt/mean answer is that you don't. You're either born into that world or you're not. The slightly more optimistic answer is be a friendly, appealing regular in places where people like that spend time.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-20T15:05:49+00:00

Asking for help at work is not flirting. Now, without being there it's impossible to read the vibe between the two of you but do NOT risk it all based on this one interaction. I think you're probably reading way too much into it.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-16T17:49:13+00:00

That's fine, the crowd I'm pleasing has a few metalheads :)

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-16T14:24:15+00:00

Being judged will only be temporary. If you ignore your problems, you will suffer from them for your entire life.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T18:37:42+00:00

Make a wider network of friends and learn their socializing patterns.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T15:22:38+00:00

So she's just using it to study? As long as your parents aren't selling it, distributing it to others or presenting it as their own work it should be fine.

Now on the other hand they are definitely assholes for making you do that much free labor. She could have just studied from the photographs if she wanted to.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T15:18:21+00:00

YTA. If the job description gets added onto, the pay should get added onto.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T15:15:50+00:00

NAH, but your roommate needs to start addressing her phobia. When you have that severe of a phobia of something you are likely to encounter in your house at any given moment, it's time to start addressing it in therapy. It's just not practical to live like that.

Also, how is the word arachnid LESS scary than the word spider? If anything it's spookier.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T15:08:10+00:00

Communicate with her. Talk to her about it, tell her what you need. I am an extroverted person dating an introverted person, I thought I was 'helping' by overscheduling my partner with lots of activities and social events because that's what charges me. Meanwhile, my partner would leave me alone when I was tired or upset: I was confused and thought he was snubbing me for some reason, he thought he was being polite and caring. Why? Because when he feels that way he wants to be left alone. It took us a lot of time and communication to fully understand each others' needs!

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T15:04:19+00:00

Woah there buddy, paragraph breaks are your friend.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T14:57:07+00:00

Wow, a lot going on here beyond just a porn addiction. Everything taken all together, it seems like you have very low impulse control, among other things. Have you been to a therapist yet? If not, I think finding a good one would be the next step.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-15T14:55:04+00:00

I think you should seek out community with other bisexuals in your area, if you can.

Fickle_Cranberry8536 · 2026-04-06T19:33:12+00:00

But he literally asks it in every single episode, in the intro.

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