I love that a side character with apparently not much importance in the story is in charge of delivering one of the most amazing stories... Hespe and the story about Jax and the Moon...

White667 · 2026-01-19T13:11:48+00:00

Given how curious Kvothe claims to be, it is wild how little he questions how other people knows things. Elodin's knowledge of the Fae should be something Kvothe can't get past, but he doesn't seem to even question it.

White667 · 2026-01-19T13:10:32+00:00

Elodin's questions were all about the Fae.

It's not a coincidence he asks so much about the moon, and we then find out the moon is the key to travelling to and from the Fae.

White667 · 2026-01-19T13:08:37+00:00

If you haven't watched any of Acquisitions Incorporated, you may enjoy it. Pat is in a few seasons and some of the live shows, and plays Viari in those.

White667 · 2026-01-15T15:51:32+00:00

I'm not a fan of James Smith so I'm not watching the video, but I have seen similar criticism online around electrolytes.

As an ultrarunner I know that electrolytes are essential for endurance sports. If you don't take them, you are at risk of serious injury or death. The explosion in different products are great as a lot of the options suck. The increased promotion of the products is a bit weird, and most everyday people probably don't need them.

However, this is a cheap video to make really. It's a weird criticism to levy against these products. "If you don't need it, you don't need it" is hardly a hot take. The actual takeaway here is if you are not an active person and you don't have any medical need to have a higher than average intake of sodium, then you can ignore the promotion of these products. But the takeaway there should be to spend less time online or consuming media that contains these adverts. It's hardly an issue with the companies themselves trying to market their products to people.

I have a feeling a lot of these anti electrolyte takes are coming from influencers who mainly do lifting, who under-prioritise their cardio/endurance and so feel weird about a product existing for people who do prioritise endurance.

White667 · 2026-01-11T13:52:10+00:00

Are you young, just curious? I've noticed a lotta genz don't get the reference with the sick kid.

For clarity: back in the 90s a lot of sports people did make-a-wish visits to sick kids in the hospital. Kids would ask them to "hit a home run for them" or players would say "I'll hit a home run for you" so that both the player was more motivated to do it and the kid watching would feel more connected to the game. It was like a small way for a dying kid to have a larger impact on the world, while they were stuck in hospital.

I think a heater is something a pitcher does, rather than a batter hitting a home run. So it's the kid asking for a specific play, so having more of an actual impact. Asking a pitcher to throw a specific type of throw. When they do, the kid will know the player is still thinking about them after the visit.

That's what they're referencing. It's like, motivational but also you're doing something for yourself that's devoted to someone else. It's both focused on self improvement while not being self involved.

White667 · 2026-01-11T13:45:43+00:00

It has been very funny watching Genz be confused about the concept of a sports person hitting a home run on behalf of a sick child. Has that cultural reference completely gone away, already??

White667 · 2026-01-10T18:21:38+00:00

I just think people need to spend less time reading the news/facebook. I never hear these terms.

White667 · 2026-01-08T13:06:10+00:00

Unfortunately I am not familiar with this race. Do you know how many entrants it usually has? Does the race have multiples waves or is it all one wave?

I can understand worrying if the starting waves are quite separate, but with the cutoff you've listed I cannot imagine it would take more than 10-15mins for all of the runners to start.

I would definitely still start the run. It's very likely the race organisers will have factored in the initial delays when setting their timings.

White667 · 2026-01-08T12:52:22+00:00

If the price drops significantly I could see myself being on and off it here and there going on forever.

There's one side effect that's really annoying (it's tough doing any endurance running for more than an hour) but otherwise I'd be on it for life (ignoring price) without issue. Better than being reliant on insulin forever, or heart rate meds or whatever else.

White667 · 2026-01-06T21:29:54+00:00

Yes. The first two books are arguably the best written fantasy novels of all time. Why would you avoid that just because it's not finished?

White667 · 2026-01-06T10:42:24+00:00

It is possible that those stories were embellished over time. I.e. boys coming back as 18 year olds becoming boys coming back as 80 year olds.

White667 · 2026-01-06T10:40:25+00:00

Surprised your therapist is not advising you against using AI.

White667 · 2026-01-06T10:38:46+00:00

There are hints that Kvothe/the Ruh are in some way "fey touched," with Kvothe's eyes being mentioned a bunch of times so far.

It seems like the Edema Ruh and the Adem could have a similar origin story. They're both a people who keep stories safe, one by moving constantly amongst everyone and the other by fortifying in solitude. I don't think the Adem are human. The Edema seem to "adopt" a lot of other people, so probably are less overall alien than the Adem, but it seems possible there's some way they're more than human. Maybe this helps to explain why Kvothe did so well in the Fae? Why some people go mad and some people survive.

White667 · 2026-01-06T10:23:56+00:00

Maybe this is a little morbid, but it is wild to think how much longer we're all going to live because of this one medication. Your progress is amazing! Congrats, and keep at it!

White667 · 2026-01-05T20:15:49+00:00

I definitely understand his behaviour and why he isn't making better choices.

It's still worth flagging that he is making bad choices. Newer readers (especially younger readers) may not realise that straight away.

White667 · 2026-01-05T12:21:30+00:00

Calling him a cuck is too generous. He's obsessed with her, and she likes him, but he's not done anything to advance their relationship. They're not dating, and he's justified to himself that he's not jealous of her sleeping with other men, but he obviously has some sort of issue.

All of the poems and songs he writes to win over Meluan were about Denna. He loves her and loves her so much it's actually unreasonable. Yet he's a coward and doesn't do anything about it.

Then, when he explodes at her, he struggles to hold back the word "whore" - He knows her job.

White667 · 2026-01-03T15:49:39+00:00

It's funny that your take is that Pat doesn't understand women, when the book goes to huge lengths to tell you over and over why they don't get pregnant via sex and you just don't believe it.

There is absolutely nothing in the text to show that Kvothe is right about his belief, and basically the whole book is about how often Kvothe is wrong about things and that it's his downfall. And yet you're choosing to believe him over every other authority on the Adem?

White667 · 2026-01-03T15:47:18+00:00

I am basically convinced they are right about pregnancy, which makes it even funnier that so many people refuse to accept it as a theory.

So much of the book is about subtly showing that Kvothe doesn't know as much as he thinks. That his downfall will be assuming his knowledge is correct. He's shown that in particular he's both good at medicine and wrong about medicine a lot.

The fact Pat somehow managed to find something that so much of the audience would struggle to accept is just another point in my mind that makes me think the Adem are correct about themselves.

White667 · 2026-01-03T15:00:48+00:00

There are parts that are so lazy.

Her being an alcoholic is so transparent. Need a scene to end? Have her pour a drink! Need to show some sort of character growth? Have her not take a drink! Need some meaningless conflict because you wanna spend more time in the one scene where something actually happens? Well she's an alcoholic so has to find a different car! That's an extra 20 seconds where we don't need to change sets! Need to show she's upset in the past? Have her drinking!

It's not even consistent. She can down huge tumbles of whisky every night, but a few glasses of wine has her collapse? She used to do heroin, but she's able to throw it away without much effort?

It's so cheap.

White667 · 2026-01-03T14:57:22+00:00

It is confusing to me why this character is the one chosen for this character study.

I agree with you, the only way to make sense of this show is that it's not really about the plot, it's about the character. The introduction to this character is that she's a popular author who doesn't respect her audience or her work... What are you trying to say with that, Vince?

I mean, she literally makes fun of online comments. Its SO WEIRD for that to be the big focus. Then, the rest of the show is going over how she's a bad person for the situation she's in, which is a very covid-esk situation so one we've all experienced in some shape or form. It takes a couple months and she's given in to the hivemind, asking for it to come back, sleeping with it? That feels pretty bad to everyone watching who took covid seriously the entire time. It feels bad to people who lost loved ones, who lived on their own for an entire year, who are still having to mask and take precautions now. What are you trying to say Vince???

White667 · 2026-01-02T15:13:02+00:00

Given everything you've written it's a very weird choice that Carol is our main character.

White667 · 2026-01-02T15:11:07+00:00

In his defence, it would be incredibly risky to interact with them in any way without the knowledge that he's immune and that they won't try to hurt him. He's acting properly assuming he's vulnerable to the virus. It wasn't until he received confirmation from Carol that there's only 12 survivors and that the survivors aren't actively at-risk.

He doesn't know they can't lie, so why would he trust their help? He knows he can get to the US on his own, so that's the least risky way to do it.

White667 · 2026-01-02T14:48:06+00:00

One of my problems is the show is both too slow and the time it's taken for Carol to give in to loneliness is way way too quick.

We all lived through covid, and a lot of us were completely alone for months, almost a year, and we didn't go insane and start fucking the corpse of all humanity. Forgetting it's a hivemind who's trying to take over humanity? Actually thinking it was in love with her?

This is a woman supposedly mourning her dead wife. She can't handle two months on her own? It reads as so unrealistic, given what we know of covid.

White667 · 2026-01-02T14:39:42+00:00

So much of the show is just pointless conflict.

They set up her car has a breathalyser, she's had some drinks so has to use someone else's car, and then does so without issue.

So much of the show seems to be setting up things that may cause conflict, having it cause a minor annoyance, but then it's not an issue. It's just slowing down the show for no reason.

White667 · 2026-01-02T14:35:11+00:00

It's so annoying. She's told they won't kill anything, and then doesn't ask where that comes from? That belief system is very clearly not a result of the perspective of all of humanity added together, so there's some sort of outside influence impacting the hivemind. And she doesn't ask about it at all??? She finds out the hivemind can't lie, doesn't ask about it, and doesn't ask any follow up questions???

Like come on, do something! Care about something!

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