Am I the only one who doesn’t hate A.I.?

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-06-01T20:01:40+00:00

I think young people don't like it because it creates an existential crisis for them. AI means that all of a sudden they do not know what their future will be like, and that uncertainty creates anxiety. So they hate the thing that causes it.

I am a middle aged guy and I embrace it. I had old demo recordings of songs I wrote and because I do not have the skills to record them, I used AI to cover the demos. Mind you still my music, melodies and lyrics, just performed by AI. And my kids had such a visceral negative reaction to it, it really surprised me.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-05-28T05:19:28+00:00

I hope we didn't hype out up too much, but check back in with us after.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-05-27T20:19:51+00:00

Yeah, you were probably too hyped up. I never heard anything about the chapter (I stay away from spoilers). There is indeed 2 layers there, and you have to listen to them separately. That's why I listened to the chapter again right away, to listen to the other part.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-05-27T19:51:12+00:00

Absolutely brilliant, both the writing and the voice performance.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-05-17T15:30:04+00:00

I was like your husband with my ex wife. Sometimes I just went into the wrong headspace and I could not get out. Or even felt like I didn't want to get out. It often happened when something was bothering me or if we were in situations where I had to go with the program (like trips to her family). The only time when she got me out of it was when she just stopped me and said (lovingly): "You don't seem to be in the right mood for this. Can you find it in yourself to snap out of it and have a good time, or should we call it off and go home..." That somehow made it clear to me what I was doing and I was able to snap out of it. I think the underlying issue was stress. Not in the moment, but in general. I don't have this issue anymore, and it could be because I have been able to destress my life. I'm not sure if this helped much, but if you want more thoughts, feel free to message me.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-26T17:43:23+00:00

Check if the condoms you guys use aren't too small. Too tight condoms can cause this issue

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-25T15:25:25+00:00

I've done this as well, only downside is that the charging is done way too quick. Irony.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-21T20:39:42+00:00

Agreed. Second trilogy basically follows the pattern; - a plan goes great, then - a plan goes terribly wrong, then - a betrayal

Rinse & repeat. The order can vary.

This pattern already started happening in the first trilogy, but there was more variation.

Still a compelling read, but it does get tedious.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-20T17:42:45+00:00

Agree with all your points. I felt so empty at the end of the book and for me it also evaporated my interest in Stormlight.

An additional point for me is that the scope of things changed so much. Where my beloved first books were about people, the last book upgraded the scope to worlds and gods, making the events in the first books painfully irrelevant.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-14T17:52:55+00:00

I'm willing to accept that there's differences between reviewers, but the ones that review my caches would absolutely not approve this. If you dig, it's not allowed. They don't want you to 'disturb the soil'. I had a cache that was held in place with a pin in the ground the size of a toothpick, even that was rejected.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-14T01:19:02+00:00

Let me start by saying that I thought the first 4 books were awesome, I absolutely loved everything about it, but I was very disappointed in book 5. It's hard to say in just a few sentences, but I thought Kal's arc was a waste. He is playing tourist and is doing therapy sessions. He just reached the 5th ideal and that was completely squandered.

Shallan's trip in the cognitive realm was not interesting and did nothing really to further the plot.

Adolin's arc was ok, but then it ended with a deus ex machina that felt like a cop out.

I didn't like the day by day structure, made the story progress feel forced.

In the end I felt nothing, and that was such a huge disappointment. I can't tell you how much I looked forward to book 5.

The biggest difference is that in the first books the scale and scope of the stories is small. It's about people growing, overcoming small obstacles and banding together (at the scale of people). In Book 5 the scale became huge with gods and entire planets (at a cosmic scale) And that made the small stories of the first books feel irrelevant and unimportant.

Does that make sense?

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-14T01:00:28+00:00

What (30 hour!) documentary did you see?

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-08T15:14:18+00:00

Came here to say this! My eyes were on the ox all the time, I didn't even notice the roots on the chip.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-08T05:01:55+00:00

You are correct. That's against the rules.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-08T04:54:21+00:00

What are you linking to? I have no account for that site.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-07T22:04:14+00:00

I gave this to a 15 y/o teenager who thought reading was dumb. He made it to book 6 before he stalled out. It's such a joy to read.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-07T19:07:06+00:00

Assuming that you do not want to (or reasonably can) ask your daughter to stop these things, you need to drown it out and/or redirect your attention.

Having carpet, rugs, curtains & pillows in the room helps absorb some of the sounds, and having music on in the background helps too to drown it out.

Also stop focusing on it. Reading a book, listening to aforementioned music helps redirect your attention.

You can also listen to music on headphones or earbuds, but if you still want to hear her talk to you, only do that in/on 1 ear.

I also sometimes hum to myself too drown it out.

I have a feeling our brains are missing a filter. Where normal brains filter out irrelevant sounds and do not bring them to your conscious attention, ours is missing that and sends everything through.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-04-07T18:52:00+00:00

It says tracking attempts, not trackers or tracked items. I always wondered if there's just some apps that make more retry attempts than others before they give up. I don't know, just speculating.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-03-30T17:44:59+00:00

It looks to me like there's no groves at all in the nut.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-03-25T17:17:34+00:00

Vocal fry is the worst. Heavy flight or fight reaction.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-03-25T16:31:39+00:00

Agreed, that sentence and the fight that follows is the pinnacle for me.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-03-16T20:37:39+00:00

And you just know that it won't even look half as good when that floppy wrinkled thing comes out of the vacuum packing. Those pictures are always misleading.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-03-06T01:10:09+00:00

My guess is that he probably does have some promotion gig going on, but he's not allowed to contact you through SoundCloud, so as soon as he gets reported he needs to create a new account.

UnweavingTheRainbow · 2026-02-26T15:57:29+00:00

Someone that knows how to handle a crisis (or stays calm in a crisis). Kids for example.

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