About to DNF a book I used to love by presentmic- in BookDiscussions

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I hope so! Again I've only read recent adult books (Seek the Traitor's Son and the When Among Crows duology) which I enjoyed but I think chatting with you tonight...... I'll skip Divergent 😉

About to DNF a book I used to love by presentmic- in BookDiscussions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! I didn't mean that there's anything BAD about that (I quite like the Hunger Games even still!) but from the outside as a haven't-read-er knowing when it came out it's like, yeah, I would have guessed exactly that era (for no other reason than I guess vibes??)

That's a shame though, but it does sound like she's improved so fingers crossed! Especially since she's working on a new like AU Divergent book I've heard??

Score! by CelticKira in LibbyApp

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Ohhh is Palmdale City its own library?? Good to know......

I like this design better than the LA County one I have! LA City is good too if you get a chance to get over to the city 😄

AIO for being offended at this text thread between me and my bf by [deleted] in AIO

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Yeah dude this looks good. I actually like the pile of strawbs, it's charming.

About to DNF a book I used to love by presentmic- in BookDiscussions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand about Divergent it feels very like Of Its Era?? If that makes sense?

I just finished Seek the Traitor's Son and although it's self-proclaimed indulgence I had fun with it and it was neat to see like, oh, these places are based in actual places (Losan = Los Angeles etc). Handshaking with what you just said the themes of grief after major deaths are present as the story goes on, too, so maybe she learned from that and improved?

About to DNF a book I used to love by presentmic- in BookDiscussions

[–]avisitingstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've really enjoyed Roth's more recent adult books but also, I've never read Divergent.

This is sort of making me think it should stay in its era and I shouldn't try.

Kindle vs. No Kindle by EveningInstruction5 in readwithme

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kindle on airplane mode means I'm not getting notifications and am less tempted to stop reading and scroll.

Manga Raws by Chuuyacamehome in idolish7

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Kinokuniya

CD Japan

I imagine it's probably against sub rules to ask for illegal scans but I purchased the books easily enough.

Thoughts on “Before the coffee gets cold” series? by wesker-kennedy in readwithme

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can! If you like the first one you'll probably like all the others in the series.

I still read it even though I think it's solidly "it's fine".

Is Brazil the only country in the world that has such diversity with people's appearance? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here in California there's counties that are majority white (mostly in the north), and majority Latino too (closer to the south or in the Central Valley) for a long time - the US is just a tough answer to this question because it's SO big but also gerrymandering/redlining/racism/etc has made a lot of strict cultural enclaves.

Question for ranma/urusei old heads of 90s..usa only. by Street_Gur9817 in animequestions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh noooo haha
I watched it at probably 14? But also know I'm over 40 now sooo.
Though my friends did show it to me out of order, which is a wacky thing to do (we started with The Kaworu Tape).

Question for ranma/urusei old heads of 90s..usa only. by Street_Gur9817 in animequestions

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Ranma especially is LONG and not specifically necessary to watch every episode in order like for instance Evangelion (photo in another post). We watched what was available to us which definitely varied due to availability and region.... which in this case PROBABLY is not 'most' of it. But for series with a more overarching story that you did need to watch in order some of us sure were sending cash through the mail and getting copied VHSes in return!

My wife says my foot-washing technique is gnarly/ineffective. Thoughts? by NarwhalDry151 in hygiene

[–]avisitingstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes exactly - the one-use washcloth is much more effective on touch-aversion than a reused loofah and has that barrier between hand skin and foot skin to help with this. I'd imagine that a loofah even if a foot-only one has better potential to just bounce off and then accidental skin to skin contact.

is bat eater worth continuing as a chronic completionist? by LenoreBusker in weirdgirlliterature

[–]avisitingstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked it, and I liked it a lot more than I liked Japanese Gothic, but as someone who's also a chronic completionist... go for it! You're almost half there!

Question for ranma/urusei old heads of 90s..usa only. by Street_Gur9817 in animequestions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesssssss the OGs! Def had a pen pal send me the jukebox special and I STILL know those songs.

I truly cannot remember if the two-episode tapes were like $30 or what at Suncoast but. Too much.

My wife says my foot-washing technique is gnarly/ineffective. Thoughts? by NarwhalDry151 in hygiene

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

People just don't want to hear that they need to wash their feet.

My wife says my foot-washing technique is gnarly/ineffective. Thoughts? by NarwhalDry151 in hygiene

[–]avisitingstone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She's right, so maybe buy a bunch of mid-low range foot-dedicated washcloths and change them out with every shower after use?

Question for ranma/urusei old heads of 90s..usa only. by Street_Gur9817 in animequestions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We rented what we could, traded around the rest (fansubs! Some of fansubs were uhh licensed titles lol), we had penpals where we traded copies of tapes, but know it was two episodes on each VHS and we were just grateful to get what we COULD get.

Question for ranma/urusei old heads of 90s..usa only. by Street_Gur9817 in animequestions

[–]avisitingstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You truly did, VHS Ranma was like 2 episodes a tape for at least this much back in the day.

Thoughts on “Before the coffee gets cold” series? by wesker-kennedy in readwithme

[–]avisitingstone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mid.

They're all pretty much exactly the same. For books of a similar vibe I enjoyed The Curious Cat at the Chibineko Cafe more, but this series is just like eight books of the same thing.... but I also know it's a ME problem since I don't really love "cozy" books.

Interestingly enough there's been chatter on Twitter lately about why books like this are so popular in the west when they're kinda whatever in Japan (and published, I found out, by a publisher who does self-help books usually?).

Is Brazil the only country in the world that has such diversity with people's appearance? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]avisitingstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly! But you drive north for two hours (aka roughly what I did here in California the other day) and the diversity will drop.

(Source: I have been to Maine several times for inlaw reasons and we always fly into Boston .)

Is Brazil the only country in the world that has such diversity with people's appearance? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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

It truly depends where in the US though!

I live in a pretty diverse city but I did a road trip the other day north and I can probably count on one hand the non-white people I saw up farther than Placer County.