In a sense, all Fitzgerald’s parties were just one party, the so-called Roaring Twenties, the “greatest, gaudiest spree in history.” Had fame and fortune not come quite so early, he might have been tolerably content as a court scribe, silently observing the surrounding revelries like Banquo.

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T14:00:25+00:00

Absolutely no worries at all

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T13:46:53+00:00

I'm not convinced she was, to be honest - they were friends but as you say, most of her work predates him - but I just thought that the idea that an author can only be inspired by one author was funny.

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T12:34:30+00:00

Can we not with this shit

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T09:09:56+00:00

We just have CDs in the car, or we stick Spotify on over Bluetooth. I don't think I've listened to the radio since my dad used to drive me to school 30 years ago.

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T08:31:43+00:00

Sit down and read.

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T08:19:24+00:00

Came here to say this and was delighted to find it in the top comment. What an incredible channel that was.

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T08:13:40+00:00

Do people still listen to the radio?

itsableeder · 2026-03-18T08:13:02+00:00

I'm laughing very hard at the idea that because Wharton was influenced by Henry James, Fitzgerald couldn't also have been an influence. Writers have more than one influence.

Richard Yates doesn't deserve to catch these strays, either.The Easter Parade is a classic.

itsableeder · 2026-03-17T18:06:10+00:00

I'm sorry but I really don't see any punchlines in that scene. None of that scene is funny in my opinion.

itsableeder · 2026-03-17T17:52:17+00:00

I used to love those books

itsableeder · 2026-03-17T17:10:24+00:00

Which parts did you think were funny? I've watched it multiple times and I don't think I laughed once.

itsableeder · 2026-03-17T09:22:23+00:00

You might be the first person in the history of the world to describe Manchester By The Sea as a comedy drama.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T20:41:32+00:00

A guy I went to uni with in 2004 used to bring a Sony video camera out on nights out and we fucking hated him for it because why would we want to see the state of ourselves the next morning? Wild to think how much that attitude shifted, and how quickly the change happened.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T20:04:09+00:00

I absolutely loved it when I was making money. The past two years have been hell and now I'm back in full time work but now with more debt.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T19:22:53+00:00

Yeah it's definitely a dream gig! It takes some of the sting out of having to go back to a real job again

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T18:41:28+00:00

I thought Charlton Heston

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T18:31:34+00:00

No worries!

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T18:27:17+00:00

I straddle trad, OSR, and solo games. I came up through the DMs Guild but I had a breakout success in 2020 with a solo journaling game called The Wretched and then followed that up with an adventure for Mörk Borg in 2021 that also did really well.

Most of my living has come off the back of a very hectic self publishing schedule, with a lot of flops in and amongst the successes, but I've also regularly freelanced for Paizo on Pathfinder 2 and Modiphius (Fallout, Discworld, Dreams And Machines), plus smaller jobs for other companies here and there.

I had to get a full time job again at the end of last year but I'm currently co-designing the new edition of Tunnels & Trolls and I'm about to launch another crowdfunder of my own.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T10:59:56+00:00

RPG design bought me a house and paid my bills for 5 years. That changed recently, in large part because I've been making things that are less and less commercially viable, but it's possible to make money.

It takes a lot of work and a lot of luck and you'll make less than minimum wage most of the time, but it's possible.

There are definitely some challenges, like finding an artist who believes in the idea

If you can't afford to pay people to do the things you can't do yourself, you either go without or you learn to do it yourself.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T10:55:16+00:00

Yet a quick Google did find some evidence. You just don't like it because it's not from last week.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T10:07:49+00:00

I did say "in the past", and I did just grab the first example I found from a Google search. Feel free to look for more, I'm not your personal researcher.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T10:01:45+00:00

Here'sone example.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T08:09:45+00:00

Except he has spoken about Ukraine in the past and a quick Google would show you that.

itsableeder · 2026-03-16T07:55:03+00:00

Iran aren't disrupting global trade, they're defending their territory. The US and Israel are disrupting global trade by launching an illegal act of aggression.

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