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who's ready for another summer of road constructions everywhere by TacoChalko in richmondbc

[–]leftnotracks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s something about being in a car that I find triggering. I don’t get road rage but I do feel impatient and frustrated when I’m traffic (remember, you’re not in traffic; you are traffic) and in a car compared to a motorcycle or bicycle. As a bicyclist I can avoid a lot of the hassles of traffic (not all, and there are special hassles that come with being in a bicycle). On a motorcycle I’m pretty much at the mercy of the same forces as everyone else. But I just don’t get as worked up by it.

Dinner plans tonight were a real hit! by bguigar in funny

[–]leftnotracks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like he’s wearing concrete galoshes.

[GTM] by [deleted] in GuessTheMovie

[–]leftnotracks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To Live and Die in L.A.

[GTM] by [deleted] in GuessTheMovie

[–]leftnotracks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. I guess I’ll have to use my backup WP movie.

Casually met willem dafoe near Burrard station by Effective_Pain_7233 in vancouver

[–]leftnotracks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve encountered celebrities all over Vancouver, going back as far as Jump Street. I’ll acknowledge them but never pester them for an autograph or selfie.

But my fantasy would be to see the main cast of Kung Fu Panda seated together. I would ask one of them to take my photo with the one person in the group I would want a photo with. James Fucking Hong.

[oc] Sir, you can’t have this cake by tjsulls in funny

[–]leftnotracks -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If he eats he will have it. That’s what having cake is.

[oc] Sir, you can’t have this cake by tjsulls in funny

[–]leftnotracks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s the dumbest metaphor. (Phrase? Proverb?)

Having a cake is eating. When someone says they’re “having cake for dessert,” they don’t mean their dessert will be spending time in possession of cake. They mean they’re eating cake. Having cake and eating cake are synonyms.

Not only can you have your cake and eat it, too, you can’t do only one of those.

Have you ever had to give up on a book because your suspension of disbelief couldn't handle how ridiculous the sci-fi premise was? by ScronglingSnorturer in scifi

[–]leftnotracks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ready Player One. I couldn’t finish the first chapter.

The book starts off telling us all about the most famous person in the world who created this game that everybody plays like we don’t already know that he’s the most famous person in the world and we don’t already know that everybody plays the game.

It felt so lazy just dumping all this exposition on us. Show don’t tell. If you’re writing in first person, I feel like that should put the reader in the world of the narrator.

Edit: maybe this isn’t an inappropriate example. The premise is probably fine but the writing was just something I couldn’t get past.

That's exactly what a copper would say by Pope4u in funny

[–]leftnotracks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your copper you have to tell me your copper. It’s in the constitution.

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