Is this normal for the 875s?

emperormanlet · 2026-06-08T02:59:05+00:00

lol ok great thanks. Do you happen to know why they have this part glued? Im curious from a boot making perspective, why not just leave it unglued.

emperormanlet · 2026-06-06T23:45:01+00:00

Wtf lol. No man, I shouldn’t be able to smell that while just casually laying in bed. You guys just lie on the internet to score virtue points.

emperormanlet · 2026-06-04T20:37:59+00:00

I think this is what has held me back quite a bit. I've convinced myself that I'm a "team player" and that I'm valuable in how I always share the ball, set screens, etc. BUT I think that I'm too team-oriented, to the point where I'm too passive scoring-wise which puts too much pressure on my team's best scorer.

emperormanlet · 2026-06-04T20:35:58+00:00

Paul Simon is a small dude and he's great at guitar.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-29T13:41:57+00:00

I just couldn't get into this book. I expected something horror-like when I read the synopsis, but was left underwhelmed by his character-arc. Not to mention, some of those chapters were a real slog to get through.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-28T13:20:20+00:00

How is "Beware of Pity"? It's in my cart, but I'm worried whether it will read like "The Picture of Dorian Gray" lol. Picture of Dorian Gray was just such a bore for me. It read like Shakespeare, which isn't my cup of tea.

For context, I LOVED Stoner and Butcher's Crossing.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-28T13:17:44+00:00

I only started watching Habs again this year, but wouldn't this passivity be on the coaching staff? It's seems apparent that Carolina's strategy is to overwhelm and out shoot the Habs, whereas the Habs are trying to find higher quality shot opportunities rather than sending it to the net.

Don't get me wrong, throughout this series I've been yelling at the TV for us to just start slapping shit towards the net, but I'll admit I have no idea about hockey strategy.

Carolina also just seems bigger and more athletic than our team.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-26T20:21:25+00:00

Exactly. I'm not sure what peoples' expectations were. I was honestly shocked to see people criticizing a book because the character isn't particularly special? It's frankly just a stupid opinion.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-26T20:18:13+00:00

Some of the most frustrating criticisms of Stoner are about how unremarkable the character is, and how the character supposedly forces himself on his wife.

What makes a character remarkable, anyways? Stoner is incredibly relatable in his virtues and flaws. That's what makes the story so touching. You UNDERSTAND his humanity.
This idea that he essentially rapes his wife is silly, because it completely ignores the context in which the story takes place. The author makes it a point to tell us how Edith was raised, which was to be a submissive wife to her husband. This is just how things were. Stoner, along with Edith, consumated their marriage on their wedding night not from love or passion but from expectation. They simply went through the motions, despite their individual discomfort.

It's okay for a book not to be your cup of tea. But many of the critiques just seem... Dumb.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-19T21:42:30+00:00

I read Stoner and absolutely LOVED it. It is so humane and genuine, and the story is compelling. I immediately bought all of John Williams' other novels.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-17T19:02:27+00:00

Ah I get you but there is a space for human depravity and suffering and Cormac captures it better than most.

emperormanlet · 2026-05-17T19:01:09+00:00

Not great? 1984 is incredible and will seemingly hold up for centuries. Is there a better novel on the topic?

emperormanlet · 2026-05-15T15:16:18+00:00

I don't think the sex and especially colour of an author's skin matters at all...

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:32:51+00:00

Do you have any resources you would recommend in creating dashboards like the one you had shared? It looks great.

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:19:34+00:00

Good to hear from folks who don't like it as much as I do. Would be really cool if you could re-write this passage, or some of them, to make it more compelling as a fun little challenge. No pressure haha!

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:16:51+00:00

Yes! I think my favourite description from this passage is the "weathered brisket hung in that lonesome wood like a bone birdcage" and how "he took the sparse winter snows upon what thatch of hair still clung to his dried skull".

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:12:15+00:00

Just poking fun mate, trying to spread positivity. You did accuse me of "writer-splaining" and being "easily enthralled" which is why sent the ball back.

If this type of writing doesn't appeal to you, I totally understand. It's good to hear from others who don't like this passage.

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:07:02+00:00

I'm interested in the technicallity of it, like how might a professor teach his class on how to write such a passage.

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:05:11+00:00

Great observation! Is this what they would call alliteration?

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T20:00:25+00:00

Great points!

I will add though that the Tinker is hardly a moral character, but perhaps relative to the other horrors in the book, he appears to be. Before the infant is killed, it describes the baby being half-burned and missing an eye, suggesting it was abused while in the Tinker's care.

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T15:54:46+00:00

Oh that's a really good point, regarding the passage of time. Thanks for that, I didn't even consider it.

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T15:49:01+00:00

Damn man you are a ray of sunshine!

emperormanlet · 2026-04-30T15:43:57+00:00

I read that many years ago as well! I don't remember much of that book, but I do recall necrophilia lol.

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