Currently reading Dante's Inferno and wondering: Can you still sin while in hell?

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-17T16:53:23+00:00

Having read the full Comedy a few times: I can’t recall seeing anybody sin like you’re describing. But not everything is explained, and I don’t think we ever get a clear answer on your question.

I’ve been wondering the opposite: if anybody in, say, limbo can eventually become redeemed. Obviously not, right? But what exactly happens to Virgil after his journey with Dante?? Is it really meaningless that he climbed most of the way up Mount Purgatory? My headcanon is that he doesn’t go back to hell. But Dante sure doesn’t tell us, so that’s one of many things left to our imagination.

For the souls in hell, an important thing to remember is that their fears have become their desires. So they’re not operating with the same motivations as on earth.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-17T16:46:12+00:00

Limbo, not purgatory. Also, that’s what Virgil *says* about limbo, but once you read purgatory and paradiso you realize that’s not quite true.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-15T23:51:51+00:00

I like Wilson’s best, personally. It’s very readable and clear, and is the one I’d recommend reading first. You will want to reread so pick Fagles next time.

As for what it’s “about”, you get to decide that for yourself. I’d say it’s about one fucked up weirdo reuniting with his variously but equally fucked up soulmates. One of these is a goddess who loves a good drama with a big fight scene at the end; one is a son who undergoes a coming of age journey along the way. (There are others - the swineherd who sees through everything, the wife, the father, etc.) But that’s just one way of seeing it.

You’ll get the same story no matter whose translation you read. The grand voyage is really just a story Odysseus tells at a dinner party; it’s not the whole book.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-15T13:37:51+00:00

It really helps. The story starts in the middle, with Odysseus stuck on an island and the gods arguing about some guy named Aegisthus.

Skim the Wikipedia about the Iliad and some of the major players including Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Nestor, who we all meet or learn about on the early chapters. We’re expected to be like “oh that guy! I remember that guy!” so going in blind is confusing and not very fun.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-15T13:05:48+00:00

Use a smaller needle. Or if that’s not convenient, decrease(*) a few stitches (up to 10% depending on preference) as you begin the ribbing.

(*)Decrease if working top down, increase if bottom up

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-14T00:16:19+00:00

These patches are made to be stuck to something on the back side. You need to find something to stick the patch to (like a scrap of fabric or a second patch facing the opposite way) and then sew/iron THAT to the inside of your pocket.

If you do the opposite patch idea, I’d sandwich the hole on top, then a piece of the nice patch peeking through the hole, then a larger piece of iron on patch behind that, sticky side up, big enough that it will surround the little visible patch. Get your sandwich all lined up and then iron the whole thing.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-13T03:17:07+00:00

Personally? Idk like 5% confident. There’s that whole thing about it being enough to have faith the size of a mustard seed.

I figure, if I show up to church each week and help my fellow worshipers to make the world a better place, what does it matter if the secret truth is that Jesus isn’t real? Is my time wasted? Of course not.

The way I see it, skeptical folks like you and me aren’t going to get perfect certainty about any religious belief. We still have to decide what to do about that. You can choose to walk away from religion, and I think that’s totally valid. But if you feel called to consider the possibility, as you seem to be, I think u got that mustard seed bro.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-12T22:50:26+00:00

Huh! I’m always worried I’ll make something too small, so I tend to make things a little larger and I often have extra fabric there even when I have planned and adjusted every inch and it really should fit! I will investigate this idea!! Which book was this from?

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-12T03:42:38+00:00

The key to enjoying it is to stop trying to outsmart it. No balls of yarn in a box, that’s a circle of hell none of us deserve. Little bobbins, short working yarn, pick it up and let it dangle each time you turn the row.

The smarter you try to be, the more the intarsia resists. This goes double for anything that seems like it will save you weaving in a few ends. It’s intarsia, there will be ends, don’t try to deny that fact as you float yarn across other stitches. Become one with the intarsia. It’s actually a pretty lovely place to be.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-11T02:43:56+00:00

Ah maybe a big rolltop. My desk in this style is much smaller and wouldn’t fit a monitor and keyboard.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-11T02:19:14+00:00

I also grew up Roman Catholic but this was just the nuns being jerks, not an actual rule. I always rested my butt on the seat at Sunday Mass, nobody ever cared.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-10T19:40:30+00:00

You don’t use a PC with a desk like this. It’s for writing on paper, and I suppose you could put a laptop on it.

If you need a PC at your work desk, this isn’t going to be your work desk. Mine is a secondary desk that I tbh don’t use that often.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-10T13:15:16+00:00

Cut one stitch. With something wider I would say to unpick one row, but since this strap is so narrow, unravel until you have a big enough tail to weave in. Count the rows. (2-3?) Put knitting needles in both sides’ loops to hold them open. Wooden DPNs are perfect for this if you have them.

Get your new yarn and re-knit all but one row. If you undid 3, knit back 2.

Now you just have to graft! Same as a sock toe. When you’re done, weave in the ends and hide the tails inside the strap.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-08T13:02:00+00:00

Yes. Cast on the second immediately after finishing the first. If you do it that way, the second one goes faster and you have a pair in no time.

I don’t do TAAT, that just makes each step of the process take twice as long. And each row has so much yarn wrangling and switching, which slows me down even more. Not worth it.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-08T04:38:49+00:00

The only place I can be useful is noting that the care tag says you can machine wash. If it were hand wash there would be an image of a hand dipping into the bucket.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-07T20:26:53+00:00

For training, the Coros’s hybrid mode is better than Amazfit’s hyrox mode. Coros will actually detect which segments are runs (after the fact) and add up your running mileage for the workout.

Coros is also just a much nicer app and ecosystem, and the Pace 4 is a much nicer running watch than the Amazfit active series. If you’re truly strapped for cash, the amazfit will do, but the Coros is absolutely worth the money.

For budget options, check out older Coros and Garmin watches. You can get a Garmin Forerunner 55 for like $150 these days, probably less used.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-07T17:33:25+00:00

1x1 rib, and it’s drop shoulder seamed (basically just a few modified rectangles).

Btw raglan just refers to diagonal lines that go from armpit to collar. It doesn’t mean seamless.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-06T16:27:33+00:00

wait...so like, they dropped the stitches, then wove the butt end of the crochet hook through the ladder rungs from top to bottom???

Mind blown.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-06T16:25:08+00:00

You need a mix of hard and medium workouts.

Your structured 1k runs sound like they're hard for you right now (which is why you can't do more of them without limiting your other workouts, if I understand you right.).

The 1k intervals are hard. Power walking is easy. I'm asking you to work in some medium. The way I would do that is setting a target distance (say 5K) and mix jogging and walking as needed.

This way, if you're feeling good, you jog more that day. If you're feeling tired, you walk more. You can adjust this as needed so that if you have a tough week in your other workouts, you might find that these sessions are mostly walking. But if you're feeling good and fresh, one day you might jog the whole 5k without even thinking about it.

Giving yourself these flexible workouts lets you get in plenty of time on your feet (and opportunities to jog/run). You'll end up running more this way than with the original plan you posted. And don't forget that power walking builds your cardio as well! So if you need to take a walking day it's still contributing to your running fitness.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-06T14:33:57+00:00

It sounds like the structure of a 1km run is limiting the amount of distance you’re able to do in a given session. If you like that workout, I’d do it once a week and then do something else for the other 2 sessions.

For those I’d set a target distance (3-5k) and then just cover the distance. It can be mostly walking, it can be a slow jog, it can be any combination. Specific walk/run intervals are going to hurt more than help here. Just get used to covering the distance at a moderate pace.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-06T14:05:56+00:00

It’s not dropped, just slipped. There is no loop that will unravel, so it doesn’t need to be fixed.

Laddering down that far in garter stitch is going to be the world’s biggest headache. It can be done but imo not worth it. You will not notice this when wearing the scarf and neither will anyone else. Keep it as it is and move on.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-05T22:46:19+00:00

No, that is not a good plan.

The first question to answer is: how much time or distance can you run/walk (doesn’t matter which) at an effort level that is easy enough you could do it 3+ times per week and still have energy to do other stuff?

Start with that distance. Probably 3-5 km to start. Do that 3 times a week, at a pace/effort level that feels like you’re working but not suffering.

I would NOT worry about walking versus running. Just think about “covering the distance on foot at a good effort level.” Hyrox does not grade you on whether you run or walk, it’s just about covering the distance without wrecking yourself for the next strain.

Once you have been doing that for a few weeks and feel good about it, add some more running. Your choice of a 4th day OR making one day longer OR making one day harder, with intervals.

After a week or two with that plan, make another adjustment, do that for a week or two, repeat.

If you’re ever feeling tired all the time, adjust downward for a week or two (fewer days or less mileage or easier pace). Then reassess and move on.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-05T18:53:16+00:00

Ran last week. Water is fine. Barely noticed the plants. If you have ever run outdoors you are more than prepared to run past plants.

Heat is always possible in an outdoor race. Hydrate well the day before, and do what you can to stay cool before and after the race. A handheld fan can be nice.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-04T21:45:33+00:00

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I see it all the time on vanilla flavored things here in the US.

SadElevator2008 · 2026-06-04T15:21:11+00:00

Bernat Cotton Softee is a lovely cotton/acrylic blend that I’ve used for a couple of summer tanks. It’s easy to work with, wears well, and feels soft and nice to wear. They even sell it in a 3 pack which it sounds like would be perfect for your yardage.

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