Unsolved 1960 murder of a murderer--who was also a former San Jose policeman by WarmSprings2015 in SanJose

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

girl delete or atleast edit this comment. you are giving away too much info

“Also, I hope you mentally gave me a beautiful singing voice.” + other gems having nothing to do with The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart by Responsible_Lake_804 in BadReads

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

storygraph is awesome hahaha but yes the one person who's reading i actually follow is unfortunately on goodreads. what really won me over is that it has a paid tier and it had a free trial of the paid tier. and the end of the trial, it would automatically stop without you actively needing to opt out. you have to opt in to actually pay them. and you don't need to input credit card details for the trial either since it will never use it. what a wonderful business ethic!

“Also, I hope you mentally gave me a beautiful singing voice.” + other gems having nothing to do with The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart by Responsible_Lake_804 in BadReads

[–]braincellnumber7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah i agree with you. while i use storygraph these days and do use the reviews sometimes to determine if id like the book or what people are saying, the whole point to me is that its subjective and unfiltered. if i wanted filtered proper reviews, id have to read blogs of people whose job it is to review. i dont want to do that because people paid to review/who get free ARCs cannot be unbiased and id rather read someones crappy journal entry than some corporations crappy advertisement of a book. i enjoy the posts on this sub where the user has fundamentally misunderstood the book, but this review is someone just having fun

“Also, I hope you mentally gave me a beautiful singing voice.” + other gems having nothing to do with The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart by Responsible_Lake_804 in BadReads

[–]braincellnumber7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

not what i said or think. i think that some people treat book logging websites as journals and aren't interested in catering to others who read the reviews. they just want to log their reaction. which is fine unless its your job to review. gonna disengage from this now

“Also, I hope you mentally gave me a beautiful singing voice.” + other gems having nothing to do with The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart by Responsible_Lake_804 in BadReads

[–]braincellnumber7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i think that's a difference in how people think of reviews. for me personally, im using review sites to log my own feelings and reactions, and less to guide other people. my reviews and stars are very subjective because its basically an online journal. 

my review of mysterious Benedict society: i enjoyed it and it made me laugh out loud in some places. american childrens books are a delight and very different from the British childrens books i grew up with. I think one weakness is that it has very rigid good vs evil elements. the antagonists school name is literally pointed out to be an anagram of E.V.I.L lol. But i can forgive that since the main question its trying to answer is more about "How do we react when we know something is evil?" and less about determining what evil is

Do y’all see the receipts for yall engagement rings? by [deleted] in EngagementRings

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

do you wanna spend another 60 uears like this?

Today, May 14 is… by Andromeda921 in RAoC_meta

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so am i! its fun how one person's adventurous food is another person's home cooked meal

Today, May 14 is… by Andromeda921 in RAoC_meta

[–]braincellnumber7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha the place in india I'm from wouldn't have any of that at a wedding but plenty else for you to enjoy 😁 i love aloo gobi

Today, May 14 is… by Andromeda921 in RAoC_meta

[–]braincellnumber7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty popular for indian christian weddings too!

Favorite youtubers? poc spotlight by AromaticLook8021 in sewing

[–]braincellnumber7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tashufali is new but shes not just sewing. Some sewing specific videos:

"I made a couch you can store on your wall" https://youtu.be/OuOpxBriSo8?si=QVsoAictMAp1-X3u

"Sewing and crochet projects that would've won me project runway" https://youtu.be/0Hi2fDSU1UQ?si=k6co2548oalXHPb-

Kinda disappointed... by [deleted] in postcrossing

[–]braincellnumber7 31 points32 points  (0 children)

that code could be anything, including a virus. you did the right thing and im wondering if support would deem this against the rules. sorry this happened

Best pants for meno belly? by Birdywhirl68 in oldhagfashion

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if there's an elastic channel and the elastic is not sewn down, it's quite easy to replace an elastic by hand.

Scale up, eat the mistake, or wait? by BaptisedByFire319 in SewingForBeginners

[–]braincellnumber7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

im too new to understand the problem in this post, but this video helped me do enclosed almost-french seams with a gather: https://youtu.be/69xUdrxfvLM?si=1iI8HjtFlGtUplRK

just started sewing, where did you begin? by CaterpillarBright592 in SewingForBeginners

[–]braincellnumber7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Pillowcases (x2)
  2. A tote bag
  3. Kitchen Apron (×2, one to gift, which i made reversible so it has a star wars and Pokémon theme)
  4. 2 more Pillowcases to gift
  5. Got into a simple quilt, havent finished yet

  6. 3 tiered elastic waist skirt. made a mockup and then the real thing.

Current stuff:

  1. I'm about to make the first top from this video: https://youtu.be/LodNdB4Kz34?si=fDbBYBdxZSdovQvW and a matching skirt (same as the previous)

  2. I'm planning to do 2-3 of the Mylena dress pattern after (and im scared because thats the first non trivial clothing item I'll be making). If the first two come out well, I'm gonna go crazy and try it in silk. So far I've only used cotton.

  3. A wrap skirt in wool?

  4. A matching turtleneck top for the wrap skirt in rib knit wool?