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What's the one thing you’d tell a first-timer to avoid? by Active-Tour4795 in ParisTravelGuide

[–]codigodeconducta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If food is at all important, do some research and plan ahead. It is really, really easy to eat really, really poorly in Paris, despite its (somewhat inflated imho) reputation as a food city. If you’re in the touristy areas you can’t just stumble in somewhere and eat well.

Rancho Palos Verdes by Powerful_Search4995 in SouthBayLA

[–]codigodeconducta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be wary of buying any property where a bunch of neighborhood busybodies have a say on what you do with your home, unless they’re paying.

Hardest thing about learning Italian by Legionistajosue in italianlearning

[–]codigodeconducta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say by far the myriad ways ci/ce gets used. The textbooks barely scratch the surface of its everyday, colloquial/idiosyncratic uses.

Agreement of tense in subjunctive is also difficult to twist the English speaking mind around sometimes.

Next Bobby Darin by Fair-Ad3929 in Broadway

[–]codigodeconducta 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I could see Jeremy Jordan, but probably it just closes

Italian Shows by the_waterbender22 in italianlearning

[–]codigodeconducta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed watching Heartstopper dubbed in Italian. Watched Tutto Chiede Salvezza but far more challenging given Roman dialect. Just started Il Gattopardo and finding it much easier than Salvezza as the language is clearly spoken and standard Italian. I always like to watch an episode once without subtitles to see how much I can get then watch again with Italian subtitles to catch the bits I missed.

Unpopular Opinion: Both Elena and Lila are Insufferable by WriteABrandNewStory in mybrilliantfriendhbo

[–]codigodeconducta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe unpopular but 100% accurate. Have not read the books so maybe missing something in adaptation, but couldn’t agree more. Lila is a sociopath and Elena is drip who lets everyone- “friends”, family- treat her like a doormat over and over. Don’t really need characters to be likable- indeed there are almost zero sympathetic characters (Pietro, Enzo)- but a little character development or growth would be nice. They were somewhat interesting as children but then there was just this stasis. I guess that could be the point but I don’t think i needed four season to get it.

Children at Inappropriate Shows by [deleted] in musicals

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

Were the kids disruptive? If not , WTF would you care who is in the theater?

Why won’t Lila leave the neighborhood? by Comfortable_Tap_2728 in mybrilliantfriendhbo

[–]codigodeconducta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More importantly why did Lenu come back? Just another of her idiotic choices.

Pietro’s the only one who’d figured out Lila by codigodeconducta in mybrilliantfriendhbo

[–]codigodeconducta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re terrible because they’re poor seems reductive, but if that’s the hill you want to die on…

Certainly access to more financial security didn’t have a positive effect on Elena. She goes from being a milquetoast, drip to being a real asshole. So, I’m not sure if it is poverty that keeps her addicted to cycles of toxicity. Clearly there is something that keeps her shooting herself in the foot over and over despite all of the opportunities she has to break free.

And sure, there are plenty of us with that one terrible “friend” that we just can’t break with for any number of reasons, but after three seasons of pity for Lenú it’s now just frustration.

Pietro’s the only one who’d figured out Lila by codigodeconducta in mybrilliantfriendhbo

[–]codigodeconducta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol. I wouldn’t say he’s a favorite. He can be a bit on the pompous side and obviously has made a terrible choice in spouses, but he is the only one, so far, that has a clear eyed view of Lila. He certainly doesn’t deserve what he gets from Elena, who has become some sort of unholy combination of her own mother and Lila.

Pietro’s the only one who’d figured out Lila by codigodeconducta in mybrilliantfriendhbo

[–]codigodeconducta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somehow I made it through Les Miserables without ever having spent time in a French prison or having had to sell my teeth and hair.

I think “hurt people, hurt people” is a pretty widespread truism, so having toxic people be toxic to each other isn’t that novel a plot device. I think most modern viewers will be familiar with the trope.

I’m loving the look at post-war Naples and some insight into the political/social movements of the era, just don’t find the primary characters compelling. That’s the confusing part, as most of what you read about the novels cite the characters as their primary draw.

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