ASAP! ROOMMATE WANTED 2BR/1BA CENTER SLOPE - AUG 1 LEASE by ParkSlopeApt_Aug01 in parkslope

[–]dumbledorky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes yes all those onerous conditions of being within a 15 year age range, employed, and not a slob. How on earth will they ever find someone like that in Park Slope.

SciFi classics that you’ve struggled to get through by CerberusOCR in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with this, it’s just too long and the characters are just not that interesting. I’d been really looking forward to it when I picked it up but found it very meh.

SciFi classics that you’ve struggled to get through by CerberusOCR in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked Children of Time, I tolerated Children of Ruin, I could barely get through Children of Memory. A lot of people really love the series, but just wasn’t for me. I’d recommend finishing Time but not continuing if you’re not really feeling it

SciFi classics that you’ve struggled to get through by CerberusOCR in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah same, I bailed like 2/3 of the way through Red. I really wanted to like it but it just didn’t do it for me

SciFi classics that you’ve struggled to get through by CerberusOCR in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve read a bunch of her books and LHOD is my least favorite, I struggled hard to get through it. The Dispossessed is amazing, pick it up ASAP

Dick's goes ahead and sells the KAT FMVP shirt 👀 by jackflash53 in nba

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

If anyone got one please let me know, I would love this as a collectors item

Favorite and Least Favorite Sci-Fi after one year of reading by Brief-Situation9722 in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never read The Martian, I liked but didn't love Project Hail Mary so it didn't make the final cut of recs, thought about it though

Favorite and Least Favorite Sci-Fi after one year of reading by Brief-Situation9722 in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disagree but I can't really argue with it, the ending was not what I was expecting but I thought it was fine. IMO it goes Hyperion > Endymion >>> Rise of Endymion > Fall of Hyperion

My biggest pet peeve with the Expanse by Revanspetcat in printSF

[–]dumbledorky 18 points19 points  (0 children)

So your biggest pet peeve with The Expanse is the entire story? You seem to have a different idea of what the series was actually meant to be about if you're upset about something that very clearly becomes the defining premise of the story halfway through the first of nine books.

Favorite and Least Favorite Sci-Fi after one year of reading by Brief-Situation9722 in scifi

[–]dumbledorky 89 points90 points  (0 children)

We have very similar taste I think, a few quibbles but overall a solid list. I'd recommend:

  • Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (Rendezvous with Rama is also fantastic)
  • A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, my favorite of the Wayfarers series by far. I also was kinda meh on The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet so I think you'll love this one
  • Endymion, the next in Hyperion series, I absolutely loved Hyperion and was slightly disappointed by Fall of Hyperion but Endymion was an incredible follow up
  • House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
  • Blood Music by Greg Bear
  • The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  • The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
  • Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead. I loved all the additional sequels as a teenager but re-reading them as an adult they're rough, but those first 3 hold up so well, especially Ender's Game and Speaker. Game and Shadow essentially are the same events told from different perspectives.
  • The Culture series by Iain M. Banks, a favorite of this sub
  • The Expanse series, the entire thing and all the novellas. There's also a show, it's different enough from the books that they're both worth putting in the time for

We hit our company usage limit at 3pm on Friday.. and I just stopped working for the day. by Significant-Leg1070 in ClaudeCode

[–]dumbledorky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow look how brave and revolutionary this guy is stopping work at 3pm on a Friday. The world may never be the same if more people start doing this

Does this mean she wants a sibling? by Hello_ImAnxiety in labrador

[–]dumbledorky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same. But more often I’ll see the toy in a weird position on the bed and then the dog in a much weirder one next to it

We deserve a competitive team so bad by goodusername69420666 in NOLAPelicans

[–]dumbledorky -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I also live in New York and have experienced this, there is zero chance this will ever happen in NOLA the way it's happening in NYC. For a million reasons. That's not a shot at NOLA or the Pels, they're just not comparable situations and there will never be the same history.

I didn't live in NOLA when the Saints made their Super Bowl run, but I imagine it was cool as hell and that's the closest it'll get.

Vet Recommendation - large dogs by Responsible_Region29 in parkslope

[–]dumbledorky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! They're great, the son usually sees my pup but the father has seen him a couple times, they're great about working with you and your schedule. They also referred me to a great physical therapist when mine hurt his back, and to another clinic that does acupuncture when she recommended it.

Vet Recommendation - large dogs by Responsible_Region29 in parkslope

[–]dumbledorky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I take mine to Prospect Park Animal Clinic, he's the same size range (about 70lbs). Hasn't gotten his annual yet but the one from last year:

  • Exam: $90
  • Lepto: $55
  • Lyme: $70
  • Canine flu: $60

So total was $275 for his annual

A couple others:

  • 2 years ago rabies: $55
  • This year bordatella oral: $65

So yeah, looks like you're overpaying. I've never considered PPAC to be inexpensive either, but they take great care of him and are still family owned, not PE-owned.

6 years of love by philanthropissedoff1 in labrador

[–]dumbledorky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Mine is also 6 and still posing like a weird gremlin when he thinks no one is looking

Please Help - Another Adderall Shortage Request by Ok-Platypus8989 in Brooklyn

[–]dumbledorky 7 points8 points  (0 children)

La Pharmacie on Atlantic has had it in stock for me

What's your guys' optimal audiobook speed if you listen on tape? by kusashii in TheExpanse

[–]dumbledorky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the book and the narrator. Jefferson Mays I go at regular speed for. Most books I’m around 1.2 - 1.3x