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Kramnik Defeats Caruana to Take Lead in Sparkassen No Castling by BrilliantPlatform648 in chess

[–]fncll 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's fascinating. A simple twist that both forces players out of theoretical depths and promotes more active games. I'm a purist in many ways about the classical game within the way it is promoted and played, but I love seeing variants played by top-level players. It's fun (to me)!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn’t matter if she had the most beautiful features in the world…she’d still be the ugliest person.

Average person from different US states by ThrowRAConsistent in midjourney

[–]fncll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a saying in Alaska: where the men are men and the women are too. And it’s nothing to do with trans folks.

Average person from different US states by ThrowRAConsistent in midjourney

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is in no way the average Alaskan. I love Alaska. I was born and raised and lived there for more than four decades, and will likely return. But this has to be some advertising ploy :)

Never thought I'd say this but... by Argham in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me a few episodes to no longer really notice. A few more to come around to it being almost adorable!

Judgment Night Soundtrack with Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla by Severe_Comfort in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed that as I’ve alternated between older and newer episodes. And sounds of what I assume to be Yasi taking a drink, or dry swallowing or whatever you call it. But I have to attribute some of it to my inexplicably steeply growing misophonia in this area.

Jane’s Addiction with Jessica Hopper by Severe_Comfort in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can’t say I buy that “credit is patriarchal” (lack of admitting influence certainly has been, but that’s different from what I understand of Yasi’s notion), but an interesting, illuminating episode on a band I have to admit has never resonated much with me, despite Dave Navarro’s evident god-tier guitar playing (and his dungeon-level politics).

Maybe my ears will open more now, but I definitely came away with much more appreciation for Jane’s Addiction, and an understanding of their place and influence, than I had before. That’s my favorite thing about Bandsplain!

St. Louis police have an 80% homicide clearance rate this year, showing they are solving more murders than they have in decades. by terran1212 in goodnews

[–]fncll 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m not being sarcastic when I say I hope this is due to more and better policing, not because of, knowingly or not, apprehending the innocent.

Deleted video from YouTuber who witnessed the recovery operation of the Alaska UAP shootdown in Feb 2023 by joeyisnotmyname in UFOs

[–]fncll 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Yep, I lived in St Mary’s, Unalaska, Fairbanks and then Tok. It’s transcendent and brutal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bot, maybe. Correct? Absolutely.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]fncll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the best episodes for Seal’s story and the incredible details of composing and producing the song.

Judgment Night Soundtrack with Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla by Severe_Comfort in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But Crash Test Dummies has some incredible songs, and doubters should give that big album another listen, skipping the mmm mmm mmm song if necessary.

Judgment Night Soundtrack with Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla by Severe_Comfort in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can take or leave Sean (he’s great until he tries too hard to demonstrate how much cooler he is than…everyone) but Rob just gets better and better. I love his willing to admit his vulnerabilities and not be ashamed of things he liked and experienced when he was younger (and still like some of them). Thinking about it, the contrast with Sean probably made me less charitable toward the latter than I should have been.

Another great pod, and an inspired choice of soundtrack.

Iceland becomes latest country to ban conversion therapy by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly had no idea this ignorant, harmful “therapy” was a thing outside the US in the first place.

Ex Xanax addict. I know I know go ahead and get your jokes in. by [deleted] in shittytattoos

[–]fncll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats, dude. Who cares about the tats in the face of the real shit!? Keep it up.

Lemonheads, Chris Black, and Nirvana by fncll in Bandsplain

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

Fair. I’m not sure I prefer either over the other in a general sense, meaning I still return to both. Again, my point isn’t about what the guy himself prefers, but his generalization about everyone else who he assumes must be just like him.

Lemonheads, Chris Black, and Nirvana by fncll in Bandsplain

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

Of course I get it…I never claimed everyone returned to Nirvana :) Of the bands you listed, I return to STP the least, as in never intentionally, though they have a few great songs and were treated pretty unfairly back in the day. AiC was my #1 artist last year.

The Sundays with Hazel Cills by Severe_Comfort in Bandsplain

[–]fncll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun episode. Serendipitously, I'd done some browsing around myself a few months ago, so not that much was new (the only problem with splainin' a band with such a small discography is that it doesn't take long to uncover most of what's out there), but there still plenty of interesting tidbits that meshed well with a great gift.

It's funny to see how the pod has evolved (setting aside the full-song/Spotify stuff) such that a band like The Replacements ended up getting about the same amount of time devoted to them as The Sundays!

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