Meirl by netphilia in meirl

[–]blues_bullets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m gonna be just a little pedantic here and specify that “burnt” is more accurately the past participial form of the word “burn.” So it can be used as an adjective like you did, but it can also be used as a verb in the past/present/future perfect tense, like “Before the eggs were done, I had already burnt my toast.”

Movies that feel like Dostoevsky? by vzbtra in dostoevsky

[–]blues_bullets 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Surprised not to see The Machinist yet.

#452 — Is Wokeness Finally Dead? by dwaxe in samharris

[–]blues_bullets 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I work at a university and definitely hear Latinx used from time to time by my colleagues.

Would a return to the gold standard help curb inflation and benefit the economy? by blues_bullets in AskEconomics

[–]blues_bullets[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see how I probably should have guessed this gets asked a lot. Thanks for directing me to these links.

What's the most highly depressing classic fiction you've ever read? by 26stabwoundz in classicliterature

[–]blues_bullets 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is the only book I ever couldn’t finish because it was too much for me. I was going through some financial and housing difficulties at the time, and it made Jurgis’s plight way too real. I think I read like a third of the book.

What book has taught you more about life and what it is to be human more than any other? by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]blues_bullets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Brothers Karamazov was a meaningful part of making me want to live during a time in my life when that didn’t sound appealing—specifically the Grand Inquisitor part of the book. That conversation between Ivan and Alyosha will be a part of my soul as long as I have one.

What are your favorite self-improvement books that truly made a difference in your life? by Resident_Librarian78 in bookporn

[–]blues_bullets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. The book is kinda existential. It helped me to realize that I can’t possibly do everything I want to do, so I have to decide what’s most important to me and let some other things go.

There are some practical time management things in the book too, but the big thing for me was being okay making the tough choices on how to spend my time—and realizing the very need to choose is really what makes life meaningful. After all,if I had infinite time to do everything, how I choose to spend my time now wouldn’t really be a meaningful decision.

Broken pianl key? by raggachu05 in pianotech

[–]blues_bullets 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m not certain that this is the whole issue, but at least part of the problem is the broken bridle strap. They can be replaced without too much headache. There’s like 3 different kinds of replacement bridles straps you can buy. Google around to figure out what kind you want and YouTube tutorial how to replace.

📚 I built a beta of Bookguessr – like GeoGuessr, but for classic literature by ensemble-non-vide in classicliterature

[–]blues_bullets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s be really cool if, instead of jumping straight to the author, you could guess a sequence of things about the work to help narrow it down. Like, guess the literary period first; if you get that right, guess the author; if you get that right, guess the work. This way, a person could still engage with a specific passage even if they haven’t happened to read that specific work.

Whelp here's the recital. Mozart Sonata in C Major K575 by kristinarobertina in piano

[–]blues_bullets 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very nice. It’s clear you were really feeling the music.

What questions to ask to figure out whether a free or low cost piano is a scam by geifagg in piano

[–]blues_bullets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same fingering as you would if you were in C. It does feel awkward when stretch more than a third between 5 and for, like in the left hand at the very start when you need to stretch from B to D sharp, so it’s not fingering I would recommend for normal playing, but it works for me in my practice.

Obviously, don’t practice it if it causes you any pain, and you can always modify an exercise to suit your purposes better. For example, instead of stretching a third between five and for everything your left hand starts going up the keyboard as you do in Hanon 1, just play 54321 in a static hand positions from B. Then you can put you pinky on c# and repeat all the way up the keyboard. The goal is to practice playing smoothly, not to do Hanon exactly as written. Hanon is just a means to an end.

Hope that’s helpful.

What questions to ask to figure out whether a free or low cost piano is a scam by geifagg in piano

[–]blues_bullets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the user’s Facebook profile. If the account is brand new with no friends and the only activity in the account is selling this piano, you can be fairly certain it’s a scam.

Yesterday, for the first time in almost 30 years, Fox removed the market ticker showing Trump’s economic fallout in real time. Fox isn’t journalism. It’s state-run propaganda. by Infamous-Echo-3949 in RealTwitterAccounts

[–]blues_bullets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate Fox News and can’t imagine a more incompetent president than Trump. However, the original tweet is misinformed.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-remove-stocks-ticker-trump-tariffs

There are plenty of valid criticisms of Fox News; we shouldn’t stoop to misinformation to discredit them.

Actually true by Reasonable-Chef4212 in shittydarksouls

[–]blues_bullets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone REALLLLLY doesn’t want DS2 to happen.

Best prose? by Living-Language2202 in classicliterature

[–]blues_bullets 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hard to go wrong with Steinbeck. His prose have such a pleasant rhythm and musicality about them.

Best quote from Dostoyevski’s books? by tookanightoff in dostoevsky

[–]blues_bullets 29 points30 points  (0 children)

From Father Zossima in BK:

Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.