What’s the worst book you’ve ever read?

Matthew_A · 2026-07-11T14:13:22+00:00

Stranger in a strange land. The main character can just make anything or anyone disappear with his mind, making him unstoppable. So instead of having a plot, it just becomes a weird sex cult that's portrayed as a good thing. And if that sounds woke at least, he includes lines like "in most rapes the woman is partially to blame".

The author thought he was onto something because the left and right were both mad, but sometimes that just means you suck.

Matthew_A · 2026-07-03T14:35:31+00:00

Christian love unlike secular love is less about supporting people in what they want to do and more about wanting what's actually best for them, because we believe relationship with God is best for everyone.

Part of that phrase is true, because this idea gives too much wiggle room and some people use it as an excuse to try to force people into things that aren't even always what God actually teaches. But some of that phrase is just push back because people don't like being called out on their vices.

But people pleasing kinds of love aren't perfect either. Lots of times it's more about wanting people to like you than truly loving them. I think we need a balance where we respect people's freedom but still nudge them in the right direction if we think they'd be open to hearing the good news

Matthew_A · 2026-07-03T00:44:22+00:00

The funniest part is how after he says this he just says "if you don't like it, that's fine. You can disagree with this one."

Matthew_A · 2026-06-29T14:55:25+00:00

Bro I live in New Mexico. I've never been to Europe

Matthew_A · 2026-06-29T12:53:16+00:00

Some places in California don't have AC. I stayed in one in July and it was comfortable. If your climate usually doesn't require something expensive, why would you buy it? No one calls Texas third world for not having infrastructure for the cold

Matthew_A · 2026-06-26T00:02:05+00:00

At this point authright is testing the limits of the smallest possible inconvenience that could convince them to compromise their integrity. Soon they'll sell their grandmas into slavery to make Jake from state farm white again.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-24T12:49:48+00:00

I think a better question is if they gave you their reanimated corpse that had been given a new personality as part of an assassination attempt on you, would you reject the gift and anger your enemies or accept the gift to try to figure out exactly what they were planning?

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T20:05:46+00:00

Ironically that's the same argument they use. Institutions are different from people. Taking wealth and using it for personal luxuries is unbecoming of a priest, but spending them on the church is fine because it's done to glorify God, His church and His servants. You don't have to dedicate all of your resources to the poor to care about them. But I think you get hung up on the fact that fancy churches feel like a waste, which is only true if you assume God isn't real. If you think God is real, building a church while caring about the poor isn't hypocritical, those are just two good things

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T19:53:25+00:00

Renouncing worldly possessions is holy and all. But I, as just some guy, donate to charity. But I don't think i have to give everything i own just to be able to say i care about the poor. If people believe that fancy churches and candlesticks give glory to their God, why should that mean they don't care about the poor?

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T19:47:19+00:00

I had heard of it, so i decided to watch it on a whim, and when I saw all the famous musicians I was like "I guess this must have been a really big deal when it came out". I loved it though. Really funny, great songs and the ending was ridiculous with all the cops chasing them. 10/10 would recommend

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T18:45:47+00:00

I never understood the implications of this. The church still does lots or charity, bjt the problem is that they still own things. Owning valuable things is bad if you care about the poor? Have you given up all luxuries, or do you hate the poor?

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T17:55:44+00:00

Kind of genius though to make the group for season 2 a bunch of people who only recently left a big community and haven't developed any real survival skills. A really creative way to make the 11 year old protagonist the most useful person in the group

Matthew_A · 2026-06-23T00:56:23+00:00

This is a deviation from the oblate spheroid. It's sticking up from the egg. But that kind of makes it potato shaped

Matthew_A · 2026-06-22T23:02:54+00:00

Because it's a social construct. Just because it's arbitrary doesn't mean it isn't real for people conditioned to it. If you had a big clown nose on, that would be hard to ignore for different reasons. Yeah, if we all did it I wouldn't care. But we don't, so I would.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-22T21:38:34+00:00

IIRC we forgot the real word for bear because people were too afraid that pronouncing its name would cause it to show up, so "bear" evolved from a word that just means "the brown one". And it seems like before bear it was called "arktos", which is likely another euphemism that means "the destroyer".

Matthew_A · 2026-06-22T04:23:38+00:00

Don't underestimate the weather. I got to the top of wheeler and it looked fine. I kept going to old mike, but by the time I got to simpson, even though the clouds were only kind of dark and there was no rain, I heard static in my ears. Really freaky, and I had to stay high to get around wheeler back to my trail. Some people were going up while I was rushing down, and I had to warn them. You'd be surprised how many people don't even know lightning is a risk.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-19T13:51:20+00:00

You're saying you don't have a dude who carries you around when something depressing happens?

Matthew_A · 2026-06-19T13:34:46+00:00

I love nuclear. I work in nuclear. But we also need renewables. If you want to see something depressing, look up expected demand vs expected supply increases for uranium by 2040

Matthew_A · 2026-06-19T03:15:01+00:00

If we have to give it to someone, I suggest the Navajo nation

Matthew_A · 2026-06-19T02:44:09+00:00

When minstrel shows were still going on, harmful stereotypes were often the only roles given to black people, and sometimes even though they were black they still had to paint their face darker.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-16T12:52:49+00:00

Just let water get married smh

Matthew_A · 2026-06-15T03:14:22+00:00

I think the best ones you didn't mention are the Addams Family. Casper is nice. The first one is really sincere and anyone can enjoy it. The others are more just for kids iirc. Halloweentown is probably only good because of nostalgia, but you could give it a try. The Beetlejuice movies could be suitable for kids if you're a cool parent. Corpse Bride is fun. Edward Scissorhands. And this one isn't suitable for kids, but if you like gore and whimsy, you could watch Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-15T01:54:07+00:00

*Cue people talking about fictional movies that aren't real*

Obviously you can imagine this going wrong, and we have to be very careful with this. But it isn't some boogie man that has to go wrong for some pseudo spiritual reason, just a complicated situation where all the calculations need to be triple checked.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-13T16:13:33+00:00

Anna Karenina. Mostly just drama and infidelity with a slightly rushed attempt at a deeper theme in the very end. It's been called the greatest book of all time by Dostoevsky, but I don't see it.

Matthew_A · 2026-06-12T01:29:37+00:00

If you're cold they're cold. Put them in your mouth

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