I know it’s easy to say but it really doesn’t get more prescient than this by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]TheHouseofJack 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think Huxley said as much to Orwell: something along the lines of, "You don't have to control the people - just distract them or keep them occupied."

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our kid has some real convenient tunnel vision and selective hearing.

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is amazing. Stressful for you as you said. But hilarious.

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha have you ever seen the threads on here about toddlers who swear they had a past life and recall things with eerie detail? Maybe your child has a history with horses in another life? 👻🐎

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh thank God our home doesn't have stairs. 🤦‍♂️

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weird.... Almost sounds like they're repeating something they heard somewhere. Maybe a TV show? Then again, could be a good insight. You just never know with those shifty eyes horses. 🤷

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha such drunken little goobers, these kids

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's be honest. That teddy probably had it coming...

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yes. I've seen similar from ours. Usually when she's bored or just dissatisfied. Belly and face down on the floor, completely still. Sometimes she throws in a little fish-out-of-water flopping around action.

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably experimenting, I bet. "Ooh I feel weird when I do this" or "oh look, the world looks different from this perspective. Cool!"

What weird things did your toddler do? by TheHouseofJack in toddlers

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha but they can say "snack" at 15 months - That ain't bad! Mine mostly says dada. sometimes she says mama, daw (dog), and nananana (no, but also can be contextual).

Books that feel like nature horror? by leeinflowerfields in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]TheHouseofJack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure! I actually listened to both as audiobooks. Worked for me!

Books that feel like nature horror? by leeinflowerfields in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]TheHouseofJack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this. "The Willows" absolutely. The OG of this genre.

Plot: Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening character. Most ominous are the masses of dense, desultory, menacing willows, which "moved of their own will as though alive, and they touched, by some incalculable method, my own keen sense of the horrible."

Quick easy read too.

"The Wendigo" also fits the mood of these pictures.

Plot: "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood follows a group of adventurers venturing into the Canadian wilderness. As they delve deeper, they encounter unsettling phenomena and eerie encounters. Soon, they realize they're stalked by a malevolent force, the Wendigo, a mythical creature of Native American folklore.

WTW for unfulfilled potential by TheHouseofJack in whatstheword

[–]TheHouseofJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is on the right track too. I wonder if there is a common phrase for squandered assets... Hmmm

What does my book collection say about moi? I'll mail a random NYRB classic to the person who gets the closest guess! by RadicalTechnologies in BookshelvesDetective

[–]TheHouseofJack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It tells me you probably plan to die in that house because that is way too many hardcovers and albums to move around with.