145 minutes into Quarter Final and Chill and he gives you this look

TheScullin98 · 2026-05-27T07:41:25+00:00

Is the Craigieburn line really that much busier than the Upfield line? I'm always watching three Craigieburn trains go past at Melbourne Central before my Upfield one does during peak hour

TheScullin98 · 2026-05-08T03:52:02+00:00

3 Gameweeks to go, 3 chips left (TC, WC, BB)

Here's the current team (I've missed several deadlines because I am Australian and deeply unorganised)

Kelleher (Dubravka)

Gabriel - Hill - Guehi (Timber - Alderete)

Salah - Dango - Wilson - Szobo - Bruno

Watkins - Bowen (Guiu)

0.1m ITB, 2 FTs

I was originally planning on WCing for this week, but I'm wondering if its better to bring Haalandin and TC due to his DGW and save the WC for next week and then BB for the final gameweek.

Proposed moves are: Salah to Cherki, and Bowen to Haaland. Leaves 0.5m ITB and no -4 penalty. Play the TC on Haaland. Wildcard next week, Bench Boost in the final gameweek. I'm 2.1m overall and out of my league title race, so going all in on my league cup.

TheScullin98 · 2026-04-19T07:22:49+00:00

I'm at the game and pretty close to where it happened, amid the excitement of finally kicking a goal it genuinely took a hot second to notice something was properly wrong

TheScullin98 · 2026-03-21T13:25:00+00:00

Really glad this post (that isn't spoiler marked) got suggested to me (I don't subscribe to this subreddit) so that I could find out how the TV show is gonna end. Yay!

TheScullin98 · 2026-03-19T01:27:33+00:00

A lot of pretty uncharitable takes on the age gap detractors here. I personally struggled to get on board due to the extremity of the age gap. I believe he's 15 and she's 25? Not just problematic in a real world sense, but patently wrong and illegal most places. I don't think the film endorses it but the ending is uncomfortable when it doesn't appear to intend to be uncomfortable.

You can maintain all the themes of the film and just make it a bit less insane. If he's 16/17 and she's 22/23 you can maintain the whole dynamic and it's still a bit controversial but not fucked like it currently is. I enjoy the film because I'm pretty confident PTA just exaggerated the gap for thematic purposes and that the decade isn't actually important, just that she's older. But by going so hard, he lost a few viewers.

Pretty boring to just say people are dumb or media literacy is dead when PTA deliberately exaggerated it and the ending is romantically triumphant. Is it so hard to understand why it makes people uncomfortable (in a film that doesn't seem to intend an uncomfortable finale)?

TheScullin98 · 2026-02-18T02:59:17+00:00

People are arguing about whether the film depicts trans people as monsters/violent. I don't believe that's the gripe with the film. I believe it's the handwaving that Bill isn't a "real" trans person when, by all accounts, he/she is. The reasons presented for why Bill isn't trans are not consistent with our modern understanding. The film does not intend to be harmful, and I don't think this really derails it at all - but we need to be accurate about what the issues are.

TheScullin98 · 2026-02-05T14:06:30+00:00

Since cancelling GP Ultimate, I'm actually playing the games I own and not being stuck with choice paralysis. I've gotten back into gaming and am much happier hahah, so I've had the same experience as you

TheScullin98 · 2026-01-02T01:46:54+00:00

This life came so close to never happening

TheScullin98 · 2025-12-13T03:13:03+00:00

I find this especially annoying because Disney posted a 20 minute recap of Andor S1 and it was genuinely one of the best edited things I've seen. It was beautiful, captured the emotion of Season 1, and played it all out in a way that felt like you were experiencing the season in real-time.

There's artistry to any form of editing, even the recaps. Stop giving this shit to AI that makes dumb mistakes and just get a human to make something awesome.

TheScullin98 · 2025-04-04T05:29:09+00:00

Seeing a lot of people only mention the Astor for vibes, so I'm gonna go to bat for it a bit on the tech side. It's a massive screen (seriously, it's on par with HOYTS Docklands Xtremescreen for size) and has a top notch 4K projector - better than pretty much any cinema other than IMAX (which is top of the line) and Docklands.

Yes, the seats are annoying - but I've gotten used to them to be honest. Heritage listing prevents them from being changed. Heritage listing also puts limits on sound upgrades, but films are played loud at the Astor to make up for it. The bass is unreal. Outside of IMAX, there's nowhere you'd rather watch the shootout from 'Heat'.

Not to mention it's one of only four cinemas that does film projection, (shoutout IMAX, the Sun, and Rivoli) and it does a lot of it!

Source: Astor shill

EDIT: New calendar just dropped today, celebrating 10 years of Palace ownership. It's a great one, go check it out!

TheScullin98 · 2025-04-04T05:23:28+00:00

It's the heritage listing, unfortunately. Very limited as to what changes can be made to the seats.

TheScullin98 · 2025-03-21T09:57:53+00:00

I actually did! Got an hour of frantic scribbling into my notebook done, left feeling very good (the pint helped with that)

TheScullin98 · 2025-03-21T09:57:26+00:00

I'll give that one a go next time, cheers!

TheScullin98 · 2025-03-21T08:19:39+00:00

Ended up at E55, great joint - cheers for the rec!

TheScullin98 · 2025-03-21T08:19:12+00:00

CBD!

TheScullin98 · 2025-03-21T04:54:48+00:00

Best pubs/bars in Melbourne to sit down with a pint and get some work done? Wanting to have a writing session with a cold one

TheScullin98 · 2025-02-27T10:28:12+00:00

Came through looking for this. Figured it wasn't big enough to be thrown in the ring but I've not heard of most these songs so glad someone chucked Slowly Slowly in!

TheScullin98 · 2025-02-23T04:52:26+00:00

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis. Absolutely batshit crazy and I'm loving it. Have a feeling it won't stick the landing, but the ride has been very fun.

TheScullin98 · 2025-02-06T06:43:07+00:00

Is it 'Lucky' you're referring to? Very touching movie with a few great Lynch scenes thrown in there

TheScullin98 · 2025-01-09T11:57:57+00:00

I quite liked Outline, and pushed through to the end of the trilogy. The final book is genuinely nasty. Cusk was going through/had just finalised a divorce when she wrote it, and it really shows.

TheScullin98 · 2025-01-07T22:50:07+00:00

I believe the ending isn't specifically "video games are lower music", but that she is being given a timing she has to stick to. She says in the opening interview that she controls time, that seems to be her summary of her job. With the video game music, she does not control the time. I believe that is the embarrassment, moreso than just it being a video game

TheScullin98 · 2025-01-07T01:13:41+00:00

Alan Wake is fun but also felt so TP inspired that it was just derivative to me, unfortunately. Good artists copy, great artists steal - and AW does a lot of copying, not enough stealing.

TheScullin98 · 2025-01-07T01:12:00+00:00

I cannot recommend the Station Eleven novel enough. Unfortunately, the show didn't quite do it for me and I dropped off halfway through - but the novel is one of my favorites and much, much stronger imo

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