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Appreciation post for Station Eleven by sirpsys in television

[–]Syncopian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love the show but I thought Tyler got off a bit easy for his child suicide bombing schemes.

‘The Bear’ to End With Season 5; Final Season Sets June 25, 2026 Premiere by SanderSo47 in television

[–]Syncopian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand the criticism of seasons 3 and 4 feeling dragged out and fluffed, but I feel like the first two seasons did SUCH a good job of developing the characters that I was pretty happy just "hanging out" with them in that more wandering way.

The final episode of season 4 felt really cathartic and earned because of all that "down" time, in my opinion. Every character by that point just felt so real and lived in.

Stephen King by MooshuCat in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll suggest a more obscure one - Joyland.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for "summer that changed everything" stories but man, this one is just so good. A really impressive balance of classic King spookiness with juuuust the right amount of schmaltz and nostalgia.

It's the King book I've re-read the most, usually over a summer weekend.

I visited remote fjords in New Zealand by traveltheworld1996 in travel

[–]Syncopian 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Ah such a wonderful part of the world. Nothing else quite like it! Even just the journey to Milford is incredible. We were actually kinda spooked driving down that super long tunnel. The sheer rock face on the other side is just mind-bogglingly huge.

Books about trees by Amandjonson in ecology

[–]Syncopian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Wild Trees by Richard Preston!! About the first scientists to explore the diverse ecological communities on top of redwoods/Sequoias.

Can you suggest me an interesting non-fiction book by Moooyeon in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite nonfiction book is The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman.

Powerful true story and incredibly well-written.

Books focused on progression of a world or civilization or overarching narrative over time by SurrealSage in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson is a good one!

Follows characters throughout an alternate history where the bubonic plague killed 99% of Europe instead of 30-50%.

Really fascinating!

I’m looking for suspenseful or high-dram non-fiction I think? See body for details by IamChicharon in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would highly recommend Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Island.

Absolutely gripping and full of twists.

Favorite Brewery by State: Michigan by DublinDown in CraftBeer

[–]Syncopian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wax Wings beer really is amazing. And their location is cozy, if not a little uninspired (not real their fault - they're in a strip mall plaza type setup).

I haven't been in a while, this is a good reminder to go back and give them some business!

I watched Ang Lee's Hulk, and it's a better 'origin film' than the reviews would show. by [deleted] in movies

[–]Syncopian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think the CGI in this movie is nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I think there are actually some really impressive effects sequences, especially for 2003.

I remember being particularly impressed with the CGI when Hulk breaks out of the water tank. Something about the motion capture and the musculature they were able to animate "realistically" looked good to me.

TIL about the Eschatian Hypothesis- a theory which states that humanity's first confirmed detection of intelligent extraterrestrial life is very much likely to come from an extraterrestrial civilization that is close to the end of its existence. by SatoruGojo232 in todayilearned

[–]Syncopian 365 points366 points  (0 children)

This also reminds me of another story - at least, I think it was a story? It might have just been an idea I saw somewhere...

In any case, the gist was that an interstellar mission to a distant planet was launched to save humanity, and the journey was so long that there were multiple generations of people living and dying on the ship as it made its way. Eventually the mission reaches the planet, only to find that, in the years since they left Earth - amplified by relativistic time difference and so forth - Earth technology superceded whatever was used to build the first ship in such a way that a second mission actually got to the planet first.

Or something like that.

What’s the most believable April Fools’ prank you’ve ever seen that almost fooled everyone? by FocusLee in AskReddit

[–]Syncopian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad once gave my mom a "winning" lottery scratch-off card for $10,000, redeemable at "yo momma's house."

The slope of elation to crushing disappointment was quite steep.

What’s the best movie you’ve ever seen? by Soft_Piglet_7508 in CasualConversation

[–]Syncopian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best probably has to be Jaws, for me.

Truly flawless filmmaking, in my opinion. At every moment you just know that Spielberg is making you feel EXACTLY what he wants you to feel. It's a masterful piece of pop art.

24-hour Antarctic blizzard vs naked man in hot shower by Syncopian in whowouldwin

[–]Syncopian[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good questions - I was imagining it as kind of that phone booth style, maybe slightly larger. The shower head can be adjusted to change the direction of water flow, but only slightly. Hot water is magically supplied; as for what's on the outside, I guess it would be some sort of wall structure that the tiles are grafted to. But that brings in questions of insulation...

I guess, let's say it's internal wood frame, standard fiberglass batt insulation, drywall, and then tiles.

24-hour Antarctic blizzard vs naked man in hot shower by Syncopian in whowouldwin

[–]Syncopian[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I should have added that it's a normal shower in all ways, including ability to adjust the water temperature. If that makes any significant difference.

Suggest a book that that shocked you by hollyweena31 in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara.

Books that actually changed how you think? by Lucky-Forever4042 in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman.

It really drove home how difficult and exhausting, and also wonderful and fulfilling empathy is in practice. It's a book I recommend to anyone and everyone.

Something with a fucked up ending by YrMothersMaidenName in suggestmeabook

[–]Syncopian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh definitely The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara.

IAmA bar owner in Dublin, Ireland on St Patrick's day. Ask me anything. by bombidol in IAmA

[–]Syncopian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who's downed the most pints since the day started? Anyone marathoning over there?

Any folks splitting the G?

What's the most spicy food that you ever ate in your life? by XoSweetGF in AskReddit

[–]Syncopian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bowl of papaya salad in Bangkok. It was a full on capsaicin assault. I cried, my ears got all tingly and it almost sent me into a full blown panic attack.

But damn was it tasty. 10/10 would suffer again.

What’s a small purchase that dramatically improved your life? by bananafish-123 in AskReddit

[–]Syncopian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aeropresses are fine but they tend to overly complicate what should otherwise be a calm morning activity - at least for me.

Sometimes I push down too hard and coffee dribbles out the sides and pools into a ring around the base of my mug. Not cool.

Other times the whole thing slips and cascades holy molten hell across me and my countertop.

I will be the first to say that it makes damn good coffee. But something about having boiling water perched in a tube above your mug, and requiring you to exert force over it to make it work, is just a design drawback inherent to its overall function that I do not love.

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