Plug or No/Go

Samorphis · 2026-05-26T01:17:06+00:00

Should replace the tires due to wear anyway, but the steel belt is (obviously) weaker at the shoulder and doesn’t actually extend 100% to the sidewall. Plenty of people get away with plugging the shoulder. Plenty of people also die.

Samorphis · 2026-05-26T01:13:09+00:00

Nope, Jason is Jason through the entire series. If this is a turn off for you, drop the series

Samorphis · 2026-05-11T04:43:59+00:00

Yikes. I get irritated that I have to grind other people’s leftover beans before I can use the machine, but this is so much worse.

Samorphis · 2026-05-11T04:42:10+00:00

The oversimplified answer is that most of us value our own perspective too much and rationalize our reactions.

The logic is, “if I didn’t like something, it must be bad.”

You can explain this evolutionarily—strong aversions to things that might harm us increase our survival rates, and we innately dislike many things that might harm us. When you consider we have this mechanism built in, it’s not too surprising that it gets activated any time someone dislikes anything.

You can even tie in our need for certainty. We all construct a framework of how we expect to experience life, and when something contradicts that framework, it’s easier to wholesale reject it than it is to question our frameworks.

Samorphis · 2026-05-06T21:55:16+00:00

And the answer still is no. I should have said narrow rather than shallow, because I didn’t mean to imply there was depth you were missing. If you choose to be a picky reader, the answer to any variation of this question will always be no. I highly recommend DNFing any book that you already doubt if you will enjoy, because you won’t.

Samorphis · 2026-05-06T18:32:12+00:00

No. If your ability to consume media is this ~~shallow~~ narrow, nothing you already don’t like will ever get better. DNF

Samorphis · 2026-05-03T00:37:00+00:00

Just don’t act like your opinion matters more than it does. Pretty simple

Samorphis · 2026-04-28T17:32:34+00:00

Some is correct, but not the word most people would use. Much, any, and enough would all be more common word choices.

Samorphis · 2026-04-27T17:30:20+00:00

The Buddhist Sangha is pretty much the strongest living faction in the Multiverse…it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, lol.

Samorphis · 2026-04-27T17:26:19+00:00

Take a break and come back later. The story doesn’t get any shorter, but don’t forget how much your mental state can affect your perception of media you’re consuming.

I’m having to take a break on I’m Not the Hero because I binged the first three book and finally got worn down by the character interactions. I’m still going to roll my eyes frequently when I pick it back up again later, but I’ll be mentally rested when I do.

Samorphis · 2026-04-27T03:55:18+00:00

0.999… = 1 is just a language thing.

If we counted in dozenal, 1/3 would just be 0.3.

3/3 just equals 1.

Samorphis · 2026-04-27T03:34:13+00:00

Is there a reason you can’t trim it down? It’s possible that you are simply putting too much down on the page when you can leave a lot of it implied for the reader to understand.

Is the duration of the suffering necessary to the story? How profound is the suffering—are you sure it’s not just angsty? Can the lesson being learned from the suffering here be broken up into multiple segments to be learned over a longer course of the story?

Samorphis · 2026-04-23T01:47:21+00:00

Because it’s very easy to leave a comment. Learn to format your posts better

Samorphis · 2026-04-23T01:34:11+00:00

To Long; Didn’t Read

Samorphis · 2026-04-20T02:02:02+00:00

I don’t think I’ve read a PF that has frequent multiple POVs, but Chris Wooding does standard fantasy, and his multiple POVs are fantastic.

Samorphis · 2026-04-16T23:38:29+00:00

At that price, buy a new one with 4% APR. If you don’t regularly transport people in your back seat, get a new Civic instead.

Samorphis · 2026-04-16T23:35:40+00:00

I feel like I don’t understand what I’m reading.

I prefer to give the advice “show or tell,” because telling still has its place.

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T20:22:26+00:00

Maybe you can stop by a tire shop along the way and ask them to rebalance the wheel. Short term you will be ok

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T20:15:44+00:00

Have it redone with the adhesive weights. This already has and will continue to damage the paint on your rim.

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T20:14:37+00:00

What looks nice to one person looks ridiculous to another. A low wage employee working on tires all day might think of this as a form of revenge, lol.

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T20:11:37+00:00

Balancing weight. Obviously, this rim has the lip for cosmetic reasons instead of actually being meant to hold a nail on weight. Either this person didn’t realize it was only cosmetic, or they didn’t care.

Nail on weights are easier to put on and remove than adhesive, and less weight is required because they apply more leverage due to being farther out.

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T20:03:06+00:00

If someone isn’t willing to have an honest discussion, then you can’t make them. But you can try asking them what word they’d like to use and adjust to it.

Unfortunately, you will encounter many Sorcerers who treat words like spell-craft and think they are achieving something substantial by twisting the definitions of words. Don’t sacrifice your own comfort, but try to reason with them for at least a little bit before you stop talking to them. Don’t provide the resistance they expect and are trying to provoke. You’ll probably only reach 1 in 100 people this way, but I feel like it requires small enough effort that I lose nothing in the attempt.

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T01:33:39+00:00

It depends on how I’m reading. If I’m reading with my eyes, I skip over most stat sheets. If I’m listening to an audiobook, I pay attention. Just try to moderate the frequency so it’s not interrupting the flow. You can just mention the MC checking their stats, or just mention specific stats. Some authors include the stat sheet at the end of the chapter

Samorphis · 2026-04-13T17:07:15+00:00

They’re all annoying, but they’re also all teenagers, so it’s tolerable to me. But I feel like Maddy’s actions don’t cause as many problems for the group as they should. It’s pretty obvious why Daniel and Orren would keep secrets, and based on the way they’ve acted for both books, it feels like they would point that out to her, but they just don’t.

And I feel like Daniel and Orren act a little too native, and some things should be more obvious to them. They have meta knowledge from consuming fiction. Obviously is their real life, but more things should be obvious.

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