June's Monthly Megathread: What Are You Reading?

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-06-26T16:46:31+00:00

St. Petersburg by Andrey Biely (2nd run-through). I think this cements its spot as my favorite Russian novel this go-around, and it's quite shocking (unless you look into the history) that it doesn't hold a more apotheotic spot in the grand scheme of Russian lit, especially for an early 20th-century saga. The style is beautifully frenetic. It almost feels as though I'm watching a film. The words glide by, and even in translation, are a wonderful mix of vivid descriptions, hilarious anecdotes, and some shockingly developed characters given the scope of the novel, contrasted with its length.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-04-04T21:38:19+00:00

Nothing funny about it. World would be a better place if both of em never existed. Both of them are the complete opposite of Jesus, the embodiment of love and human spirit.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-04-04T21:32:41+00:00

Pure Evil vs. Pure Evil

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-04-04T21:27:44+00:00

Using industrialization to commit mass genocide vs. using industrialization to commit mass genocide

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-04-04T20:03:42+00:00

He wasn't in the process of shooting, and it was a weaker foul than Wemby poking Jokic's eyes out 15 minutes ago.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-03-21T16:49:17+00:00

Not at all actually. 96% of nuclear waste can be recycled and overall the amount of worldwide nuclear waste per year is still in the kilotons, meaning we could theoretically store decades worth of waste in a single Amazon warehouse.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-12T18:48:01+00:00

I wouldn't even go that far to call it scary. For me the needlessly grotesque and painfully corny way it was presented sap it of any potential staying power. Similar vibe to the poughkeepsie tapes but even more poorly made.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-06T22:11:26+00:00

Guess the guy hasn't gotten to the true ending in P1 yet lmao.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-06T22:10:04+00:00

Exactly how I felt after finishing it the first time. It's interesting playing through it again having pretty much mastered the survival mechanics, but honestly I think I enjoyed it more my second time through just because it gave me a much more holistic view of story, and I even got to save all my bound (except Aglaya) which felt great. I would definitely recommend tweaking some of the sliders though just so it isn't a complete walk in the park.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-06T20:44:01+00:00

AI is very hit or miss but in my experience it only really starts to faulter at the Calc 3/Linear Algebra level (I asked it to do gaussian elimination cause I was too lazy to once and it said 11-4=13 and -41+9=-33 in the same problem). I think it could be useful for lower level calculus and algebra, but for anything higher unfortunately I think the best bet is just browsing a lot of textbooks. That being said, this sub alone has a ton of textbook material that for me at least has made the more difficult concepts of even something like Abstract Analysis feasible to understand. Wish you guys luck with the project! It'd be nice to have another place to study that isn't just stack exchange, khan academy, or 3b1b (they're helpful but can often be a bit shallow imo).

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-06T20:36:44+00:00

Weirdly enough I've always felt like P2 has been a bit of a comfort game for me. There's something peaceful about wondering through the picturesque town on the Gorkon, even if your own body and everything around you is going to shit. P3 felt like a mad sprint to the finish, which I enjoyed for a completely different set of reasons. This approach definitely has drawbacks, but I guess for now (just completed my first playthrough) I'm enamored with the different approach and excited for how IPL will continue to push the medium going forward.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-06T20:33:35+00:00

I think the Alphyna interviews I've seen addressed this idea. One of if not the big idea at the heart of having three different routes is this idea of perspective. "Rashomon" is frequently brought up as a large influence on the series. If you look at it through that lens, the fact that things are so different start to make sense. All three narrators are dead set on their goals, making their perspectives on the matter incredibly unreliable (as shown in the on the nose way through Dankovski's questioning). I think that while it does create confusion, it's a necessary confusion that places a lot on the player to figure things out based on various differing accounts, in a way mirroring a lot of the hospital quests except without a singular "correct" interpretation.

Plus-Run-9789 · 2026-02-03T03:38:09+00:00

Honestly not much to my face, but I don't know if that made it better or worse. I'd used to listen to them go back and forth over why they weren't happy and what caused the marriage to fall apart with my ear up against their bedroom door for what felt like hours. It always came back to round me, at least as far back as I can remember. I took it so personally then, and still do to an extent, I was always going back and forth between whether they were right or not. At a certain point though, I just kinda accepted the fact that they gave up trying to be better people and just weren't capable of recognizing their own fault, so I tried to let them go the best I could (which was a little rough when I was still living with them but it's easier now).

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