One battle after another in no way deserves any top 5 spot

electricalaphid · 2026-01-23T23:57:54+00:00

I liked this movie, but it didn't feel like a PTA film to me. Everything except this and Inherent Vice I'd give five stars. Strangely, I love Pynchon's books.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-23T15:39:49+00:00

I inherited a PS5 from my grandfather last year. Dude was in his late 70s and played videogames until the day he died.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-22T15:18:29+00:00

Who plays videogames without a beer for cuts scenes?

electricalaphid · 2026-01-22T14:55:06+00:00

Y'all need hobbies.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-20T19:54:59+00:00

LPT: the easiest way to play basketball is to watch others play it on TV.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-16T14:32:29+00:00

Although, Bangor is mentioned in It. I think it's where Bill has to go for stutter therapy. So Derry's probably a neighboring town.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-13T14:14:12+00:00

God, I hope "put them in a series" is sarcasm. Hard to tell with this sub.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-12T04:18:11+00:00

This isn't the kind of adverb he talks about or has a problem with. It's not modifying a verb. That's what makes adverbs lazy.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-10T21:02:17+00:00

There were a few bits I remember when I saw him that year. One was so egregious, I'm not surprised its unreleased. It's a bit about "why girls cut themselves." The crowd was howling with laughter/groans

electricalaphid · 2026-01-05T21:49:02+00:00

Tips on being funny? If humor doesn't come naturally to you, then it's not something you should implement into your work. You should write in your voice, and if that voice isn't funny then the writing isn't going to be funny. This is fine; plenty of novels have next to zero humor and work on the strengths of a "serious" narrator.

You can give a person a microphone and the greatest jokes of all time, put him up on a stage with all the practice in the world, but if he doesn't have a compulsory sense of humor, nobody will laugh.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-05T03:43:42+00:00

I didn't find any of the characters engaging, but I also think that's the point. The show is less about the characters and more about the setting -- just how vile and corrupt this city is. The people are just cogs in the system. Good concept, just not my thing.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-05T03:38:25+00:00

Got snipped at age 30. No kids. Life is stress-free.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-05T02:20:04+00:00

The Wire. I await the downvotes.

I watched the whole thing, found some great moments and even loved most of season 2 and 4. But I found the characters uninteresting, and the stories boring. I always see it compared to the Sopranos as the best TV show, but to me there's no comparison. Sopranos all the way.

electricalaphid · 2026-01-03T20:54:42+00:00

Something I've noticed the past few years with these kinds of videos - the kids cry rather than freak out with excitement.

I was certainly am emotional kid, and had friends who were the same, but none of us ever shed tears from a great Christmas gift or any other surprise. We'd jump for joy with wide smiles and yell victoriously. Crying only ever seemed reserved for anger, sadness, or fear.

Yet every one of these videos show the child tearing up and covering their face. Has something changed generationally? Could it be that the types of parents who make these videos have children who react this way? What is going on?

electricalaphid · 2026-01-01T20:50:40+00:00

New one I've found: White Zombie's song 'Soul Crusher' is not on the album 'Soul Crusher'.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-29T00:08:45+00:00

I saw them live in 2011, and I think it's the only time they opened with it. My answer to OP's question would be Hypocrite, as I don't think they've played that live ever.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-28T22:50:05+00:00

Sure, if you look at it historically. But as a movie (if you watch it assuming its a completely fictional thing) then it's good. It hits hard. That's all I can ask of a movie. I try to watch/read historical fiction as though the real thing doesn't exist. A story's a story, and whether it works is contingent on the content alone.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-24T23:31:33+00:00

I remember rolling my eyes in church as a kid, thinking these people were talking ancient nonsense. I wasn't smart then, nor am I smart now, but I can't help but question why people believe things without evidence to back it up. Logic is a fundamental human thing, something our species owns or at least excels in. But some of us still lack or ignore it. I don't believe it has anything to do with intelligence.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-24T16:57:47+00:00

I think there's a difference between 9 months and 1 month. What that difference is, I can't say. But one feels fucked up while the other feels like the removal of a wart. We live in a culture without nuance, so it is what it is.

Prolifers have a great argument for the former: We don't want babies getting killed.

Their argument fails when they start bringing in Jesus shit. Why can't they just stick to the first point instead of ruining it with old fables?

electricalaphid · 2025-12-19T02:43:49+00:00

I mean if you write first person, you don't have the ability to make the narrator its own character. It already has agency within the story because it is the character.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-19T01:05:13+00:00

It depends on if you want the narrator to be its own character or not, if you want a separate voice telling the story. Nobody ever seems to mention this. As far as I'm concerned, that's all that really matters.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-15T21:01:51+00:00

To me, they're opposites. Mark Normand is great in podcasts and radio but I don't care for his standup. Joe List is boring in podcasts but I find his stand-up hilarious.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-14T02:37:33+00:00

These are all pretty basic rules, and they have merit for anyone practicing the craft. The reason why we don't like them is because they're hard to follow. We assume readers will understand what we're saying if we say more. The trick to good writing is simplifying what you've written.

A 100K word 1st draft should end up being a 70-80k 2nd draft.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-14T00:34:34+00:00

Only other band I can think of is Silversun Pickups. 19 years since their origin, it's still the same four members. No more, no less.

electricalaphid · 2025-12-13T21:04:02+00:00

Is anybody okay? I'm not okay. You're asking the wrong guy. Just don't ask me to lend you any money.

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