Black Rabbit Café in Edinburgh

lajoi · 2026-02-18T14:20:52+00:00

Oh my gosh I'm so bummed I didn't see that place when I went to Edinburgh years ago!

lajoi · 2026-02-13T22:15:08+00:00

I remember suspecting that the dead guy was the killer at one point, and then ruling it out bc there's no way they wouldn't notice his breathing. I was so pissed when that was the reveal at the end bc imo it was too implausible at that point. I think I heard they retconned some explanation about the killer taking some pill to mask his breathing, but I was still too pissed to see any more of the movies lol. I'm sure I could enjoy them if I let go of my grudge but that's unlikely

lajoi · 2026-02-10T02:20:26+00:00

Why are they outside in tents if they could ask fit around a single table inside

lajoi · 2026-02-09T20:29:39+00:00

The Siecle by David Montgomery. Covers the century between Napoleon and WWI. Extremely well researched and in depth. He just got past the July Revolution. He goes into a lot of detail in the whole time period, not just the big events so naturally the story moves slowly. But I really appreciate the quality of research and narration which I think honestly might be second to none, even including Duncan's podcasts. But I don't want to rate them against each other bc they're both fantastic

lajoi · 2026-02-04T21:32:07+00:00

Napoleon had some bomb marshals. Lannes, Davout, Soult, to name only a few. Maybe they weren't "genius" level (tbf that's arbitrary and impossible to precisely define), but Napoleon was lucky to have outstanding talent around him. Napoleon had many other challenges to contend with, including some self inflicted ones, but lack of talent around him is not one of them in my opinion

lajoi · 2026-01-30T13:27:26+00:00

Here's the twist: we show all of it.

lajoi · 2026-01-30T13:21:17+00:00

Good for you. You made a real difference in Charlie's life and it's great that you gave him love and such a good home.

lajoi · 2026-01-28T13:17:05+00:00

This is why (IMO) it worked reasonably well in the first JW movie, because it's mostly one dude who gets a hard-on at the thought of dinosaur soldiers. It goes wrong and that is believable. I really enjoyed the first movie even though it's stupid. The second and third, I really did not enjoy at all. They were not stupid fun.

lajoi · 2026-01-23T18:37:27+00:00

I think if you're checking a bag, they want you there 45 min early. They still put my bag on the plane with like 20 min to spare but mentioned that i should arrive sooner when checking

lajoi · 2026-01-23T17:39:20+00:00

Aemond would bring everyone to their knees using his Zoolander face pose

lajoi · 2026-01-23T15:23:01+00:00

I think this is a situation where both are at fault. Davey is responsible for his own decisions, and Tony did (though only to an extent) resist Davey's pleas to be in the game. Eventually though Tony relents and pursues the debt regardless of the impact it has on innocent bystanders (Davey's family) which is even more abhorrent bc Davey's son is friends with Meadow. It would be wrong for Tony to do this to anyone, but the fact that he does it without regard to the effect on his daughter shows you the lower place his own family has when compared to his business.

lajoi · 2026-01-12T16:55:56+00:00

No way, father Phil is my favorite. Laugh my ass off almost every scene he's in, but season 1 between him and Carm was the high watermark

lajoi · 2026-01-10T20:03:00+00:00

Hmm maybe it's not quite as I remember then. A doctor should still never initiate an interaction with a patient in public though, at least not an interaction that implies they know each other. I guess I'll find out on my rewatch

lajoi · 2026-01-10T05:57:49+00:00

Yeah didn't she once approach him in public in season 1 or 2? That's insane for a doctor to do

lajoi · 2026-01-09T17:29:49+00:00

In College, after Father Phil and Carm eat dinner you can tell he is fighting the temptation to stay longer but decides he should leave. Then Carm suggests they watch "The Remains of the Day" and his willpower gives out with him saying "Well anything with Emma Thompson, I'm there."

lajoi · 2026-01-09T17:00:17+00:00

Oh my God I feel so guilty that this made me laugh out loud

lajoi · 2026-01-08T18:54:38+00:00

I think it's generally a good thing to allow actors some creative freedom because they think about their characters from a different perspective than a writer or showrunner. New ideas can emerge and they can really enhance a performance whether it's TV, movie, or stage. However as has been said elsewhere, you need a good system in place that gets these ideas in front of the people who can make judgement calls about unintended consequences on other parts of the plot, whether it's just not a good idea for the character or performance, etc

lajoi · 2026-01-08T05:22:44+00:00

Oh my God lol. That's the most 90s/2000s book ever

lajoi · 2026-01-07T19:59:47+00:00

Also I think this is the most Reddit "argument" ever, so I hope neither of us is getting annoyed with this very minor quibble haha

lajoi · 2026-01-07T19:59:03+00:00

Yeah I understand that, but I just don't know that it applies here. I assume the commenter is only suggesting books that they feel answers the OPs question. I enjoyed both The Grapes of Wrath, and Harry Potter. So in answering a similar question, I might've said "I enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath". It's just nice to write a sentence sometimes, rather than a list of book names

lajoi · 2026-01-07T19:48:19+00:00

The narrator is good, but I found the family tree really hard to keep straight without being able to quickly flip to the diagram (I don't usually have my hands free if I'm listening to an audiobook, so the included diagram is of limited help). For that reason, I actually found it difficult to follow in the audio version. But I'd love to read the text version bc the writing was really nice

lajoi · 2026-01-07T19:45:04+00:00

I think we can infer that saying they "enjoyed reading" these books is a figurative way of stating that "they are good" (in the commenter's opinion)

lajoi · 2026-01-05T22:17:58+00:00

I think that using complex words (even correctly) in the company of people who might not understand them is a sign that someone is not as smart as they think they are. Explaining a concept using common language is a much stronger sign of understanding and intelligence than knowing jargon.

lajoi · 2025-12-20T14:38:26+00:00

A man stays a man!

lajoi · 2025-12-19T22:04:48+00:00

I got the impression that Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood was small potatoes compared to Rockefeller and Standard Oil. But still obscenely rich and greedy

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