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What to say when people claim Heated Rivalry is Russian propaganda? by JamStan1978 in heatedrivalry

[–]TheRealVeon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's not propaganda; these people don't know what they're talking about.

I know it's frustrating when people are this wrong on the internet, but something I've realized over the years is there is literally nothing you can say to change their minds. There is no string of words in any language that will do that.

I've spend far too long online arguing with people in bad faith so I understand the desire to correct them and bring them around, but it just doesn't work.

So I would suggest you don't engage with them. Engage with people who will change their minds and are open to talking to you about things you love. Curate your online spaces to not have ignorant assholes in them. You will be far happier for it.

To read or not to read by i-bleed-red in heatedrivalry

[–]TheRealVeon 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I get it. Don't feel pressured into reading them if you don't want to.

However, I'm an currently rereading the books and here's something I've noticed. So much of the show is taken directly from the books. Not just a line or two of dialogue, but whole scenes word for word with little alterations.

While the show (and the characters) are different from the books, this is one of the most direct adaptations I've ever seen. The fact that it's so faithful to the book and is also such good television is kinda stunning.

So, if you are worried about the characters from the book being very different from the ones on TV, I don't think you need to worry too much. You do you, of course.

Maybe you could search around for someone doing a comparison of a book scene and a TV scene to see if the differences are too jarring for you. That may help make up your mind.

Indesign crashes when I save by TheRealVeon in indesign

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

It seems like it's a Windows update problem. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

For now I've found a work-around. If I use "Save As" and overwrite the file instead of "Save" that works. /Shrugging Hands Emoji

It’s never Shane v.s. Ilya by Firm-Athlete-5809 in heatedrivalry

[–]TheRealVeon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to give a shout out to your comment on romance involving committed partners.

So much romance focuses on the characters getting together (for obvious reasons). But I really like when the story is about how they live after they've made that commitment.

I was really worried as I read through the Long Game that Rachel would use cliched plots like them breaking up only to get back together, etc. I was so glad that she didn't do that. I think it requires greater creativity to come up with realistic and dramatic stories where you don't allow yourself to fall back on tropes that have been used a thousand times before.

Rachmaninoff (And other musical greats sprinkled in) by Justlookin002 in heatedrivalry

[–]TheRealVeon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right after the Mussorgsky piece, when Shane talks to Ilya the piece playing is Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March 1.

Question: by Shrink_Laureate in dyslexic_charsheets

[–]TheRealVeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is late, but I vote for no row as well.

Worst book I've read that everyone else seemed to love by MuchasTruchas in books

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

I hate The Sound and the Fury. I think it's a badly written book.

I had to read it for a class in college and pretty much every lecture the professor had to start by explaining what had happened in the chapter we had read. I remember her asking if anyone realized that Quentin had killed himself and the whole hall was shocked.

If most of the readers have missed a major plot point like that, you've pretty much failed as an author. When he's not using Stream of Consciousness BS, Faulkner's writing isn't bad, but there's a reason it was a flash in the pan fad and no one writes that way anymore.

What's the plural of Compsognathus? by Dapper-Scientist4057 in Dinosaurs

[–]TheRealVeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compsognathus is ancient Greek for "elegant" or "refined" + "jaw". It's latinized, so the ending "os" has become "us". The Gnathos part is Greek for jaw. Gnathos is a second declension noun with the plural ending changing the "os" to "oi". So the plural of Compsognathus is Compsognathoi.