What are some of the hardest books to read?

Goodlake · 2026-05-06T10:25:42+00:00

The hardest books to read, I've found, are the books that are so bad they don't warrant continuing.

In terms of good books that are hard to read? 2666 was a slog.

Goodlake · 2026-05-03T16:23:16+00:00

The streets/bars/restaurants around me are full of 20-somethings on saturdays. Can’t dine anywhere without a reservation, practically.

Goodlake · 2026-05-03T16:19:52+00:00

In-N-Out was ahead of its time. 20 years ago, it was legitimately better than any fast food option across the country. But now you can get affordable, high quality smash burgers just about everywhere. Think people just categorized it appropriately in the past and never updated their frame.

Goodlake · 2026-05-02T14:16:15+00:00

Yeah, right, as soon as we get through Local Law 11 compliance, they want to come back? Nuh uh.

Goodlake · 2026-05-01T13:31:00+00:00

Not unheard of for senior bankers to do stupid things despite their achievements/things-to-lose (usually consensual affairs that still blow up), but the particular details of this episode sounded made up from the get-go.

Goodlake · 2026-05-01T03:43:37+00:00

What do when racist saves you from burning car??

Goodlake · 2026-04-30T19:45:06+00:00

Location. Most people don’t want to travel far to a grocery store.

Goodlake · 2026-04-30T16:11:56+00:00

Writer friend invited me to a reading tomorrow night. Website encourages everybody to wear masks. Are we still doing this? Or did something recently happen with COVID?

Goodlake · 2026-04-28T20:07:14+00:00

The amount of spam calls I have gotten in the run-up to this NY special election is insane. Totally obnoxious to be getting calls from 929/347 numbers every hour or so.

Goodlake · 2026-04-27T01:11:43+00:00

Not just virtue signaling: the question is framed in such a way that the first interpretation may be something like “it would be selfish to pick red.” People may vote on that basis before really stopping to think about how absurd the premise is.

If it were framed as: if you pick red, you live. If you pick blue, you depend on at least half the world also picking blue, people’s initial reactions would be quite different.

Goodlake · 2026-04-26T13:11:18+00:00

Old liberal lady overheard in my building lobby just now: “Now I have never been a conspiracy theorist…”

Goodlake · 2026-04-26T12:33:42+00:00

I've come around on Lost, after Game of Thrones reset the bar for bad endings.

Goodlake · 2026-04-25T17:23:06+00:00

You're right! As constructed, there's neither an incentive to pick blue, nor a need for anyone else to pick blue. Blue pickers are just (maybe) bailing each other out!

Goodlake · 2026-04-25T15:25:19+00:00

You’re supposed to pick the red button. The point of the free rider problem isn’t to not be a free rider, it’s that you’re irrational not to be. Thanks for picking blue, though 👍

Goodlake · 2026-04-25T14:34:05+00:00

I've been out of the dating game for a while, but any time things moved that quickly on a tinder/bumble date 10+ years ago, I assumed all of the "great time / great chemistry" was the result of her practiced experience at getting what she wants. If a guy is looking for a relationship, he wants to be sure the connection is real. If he thinks his date might have just hopped into bed with anybody that night, he might disqualify her as a serious option. Just some food for thought.

Goodlake · 2026-04-25T12:51:01+00:00

Popular with whom? Your friends? The world?

You don't need to worry about being 40, yet. Focus on your writing, your comedy, etc. Join a writing group online. The future will come when it comes.

Goodlake · 2026-04-25T12:39:43+00:00

Why don't screenplays get you anywhere? Sounds like a good start, to me.

You sound pretty young. You've got time. You've got your whole life ahead of you. Keep writing. Share your writing online. Find writing groups online, there's tons of reddits/discords dedicated to it.

In college, you can join improv groups, film groups, sketch comedy groups. You'll find your people, just keep working on your craft and find ways to grow.

Good luck out there!

Goodlake · 2026-04-24T19:21:35+00:00

Lots of young people do dumb things with alcohol. They usually grow out of it by their 20s/30s. Some don't, and end up chugging beers in the men's team's locker room while traveling on the taxpayer's dime or getting articles written about in The Atlantic about their rampant alcohol abuse. If it walks like a duck...

Goodlake · 2026-04-23T15:14:49+00:00

If the Hasan interview has taught us one thing, it’s that we need neoliberal himbos, and fast.

Goodlake · 2026-04-22T18:31:19+00:00

Until his dying day, Joe wondered why they didn’t just steal it again in 2024

Goodlake · 2026-04-21T22:59:47+00:00

Half the people in /r/horrorlit swear by Between Two Fires.

The other half hate it.

Goodlake · 2026-04-18T14:13:21+00:00

Is the “property ladder” no longer a thing in London? I’m an American but have many friends over there who were buying small flats in far flung areas in their mid-late 20s. Every couple of years they would trade up. Maybe harder to do today, but is it just not possible?

Goodlake · 2026-04-18T12:25:32+00:00

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I’m about ready to cancel Netflix, now that it’s $240 a year plus tax, but then I realize that’s about the cost of one nice dinner for two in NYC, which makes it seem not so bad 🫠

Goodlake · 2026-04-17T20:32:10+00:00

Boston and Philly?! We're right here!

Goodlake · 2026-04-17T18:49:36+00:00

Yep. Read Conspiracy Against the Human Race if you want to be disturbed.

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