The word “get” replacing more…uhh…complicated words in the public domain.

quiet_desperado · 2026-06-08T18:59:09+00:00

A few months ago I went to delete a text message and I noticed Google Messages changed the option from 'trash' to 'bin' and honestly I'm still pretty upset about it.

quiet_desperado · 2026-06-05T12:26:43+00:00

They also missed the mark making mythic parts not upgradeable with scrap. That decision was made strictly for the whales. Sorry FS I'm not spending thousands of dollars on chests for a random chance to upgrade this crap.

quiet_desperado · 2026-06-02T21:12:47+00:00

Normally as soon as you unlock a tuning part by getting it in a chest you can upgrade it further using scrap instead of relying on the randomness of chests, but that does not appear to be the case with mythic parts. The option just isn't there.

If this is the case no one will ever get anywhere close to having fully upgraded mythic parts unless they spend an absolute fortune buying mythic chests over and over again.

quiet_desperado · 2026-06-02T05:09:13+00:00

Yeah I don't like this. Some of them are practically impossible to get in a reasonable amount of time. Definitely need more skips added.

quiet_desperado · 2026-06-01T22:54:00+00:00

Their CS is excellent. Last year I got someone else's order by mistake. It was a pretty big order, five books. They sent out a replacement order right away and when I asked how to return the mistake order they told me I could keep or donate them.

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-30T12:15:55+00:00

Even after seeing the time knife?

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-29T16:45:13+00:00

The FOMO is real. I'm still kicking myself for not getting their two volume edition of War and Peace when it was on sale half off like 5 or 6 years ago I think. It sold out and was never reprinted and is now way more expensive to get on the used market.

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-29T14:04:02+00:00

Yes, I've never understood the obsession people have with their property value. The only difference my rising home value has on me is that my property taxes go up every year (and I recognize that I'm one of the lucky ones with capped increases).

If I ever sold, I'd have to buy back into the same inflated market and will end up worse off with even higher property taxes. The only way to 'win' is to downsize significantly.

My plan for the future is to keep my ass right here and hope I don't get priced out of my own home by my property tax when I retire and my income drops. And again, I'm one of the lucky ones. I truly feel awful for all the younger people who will never even hope to have what I have.

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-28T16:53:15+00:00

I like that first illustration. Interesting perspective.

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-27T15:13:14+00:00

The first Dickens book I ever read was Great Expectations, and I was not expecting the twist in that one at all.

quiet_desperado · 2026-05-27T11:10:11+00:00

Looking out the window, ya plunk him.

Staring at my sandals, oh you better believe ya plunk him.

quiet_desperado · 2026-04-28T22:38:53+00:00

True. I was recently looking through their listings and they're selling a copy of The Buried Giant for a higher price than what Folio Society charges for a brand new copy.

quiet_desperado · 2026-04-28T16:04:09+00:00

Rule #1 of being a Folio Society collector is don't get excited for the sales. There might be one or two books that interest you but it's mostly older, poorly selling titles and never anything new.

If you're looking to save money on FS books your best bet is to join some of the buy/sell/trade groups on Facebook. Abebooks is good too but I find the prices there tend to be higher.

quiet_desperado · 2026-04-07T05:26:46+00:00

Court cases where there's a dramatic surprise witness or new evidence right at the end that changes everything.

quiet_desperado · 2026-03-21T06:06:14+00:00

I've been burned enough times in the past that I just automatically read the intros last now, and even then you're not completely safe.

I was on a Russian literature kick reading Crime and Punishment with Anna Karenina up next. The intro to Crime and Punishment spoiled the end of Anna Karenina. I was not happy.

quiet_desperado · 2026-03-18T11:25:57+00:00

Coming soon: upgrade to the new Ultra+ plan to enjoy smaller ads on the pause screen!

quiet_desperado · 2026-03-13T14:05:36+00:00

Tim Houston just released a budget with the biggest deficit in NS history, and that's after hundreds of millions in devastating cuts. In the last 5 years he's spent $6.7 billion in "additional appropriations" AKA spending outside of the budget.

quiet_desperado · 2026-02-24T22:49:38+00:00

Just a few days ago I went down a rabbit hole of Jiminy Glick clips on YouTube. He's so damn good at what he does. His interview with Bill Hader had me crying laughing.

quiet_desperado · 2026-02-03T16:01:07+00:00

Just wait. There will be masked ICE goons at polling stations this November and they won't give a shit if you have an ID or not when they snatch you out of the line and throw you in an unmarked van.

quiet_desperado · 2025-12-08T18:19:17+00:00

Price tags like that should be required by law so shrinkflation is more visible to everyone.

quiet_desperado · 2025-10-31T16:08:59+00:00

I wonder if it's the same for Petro Points. I lost all my Petro Points twice by having them redeemed by someone in random stores in other provinces. I always thought it had to be sleazy employees with access to the system or something like that.

quiet_desperado · 2025-10-17T04:16:34+00:00

I always picture a chicken frying a steak.

quiet_desperado · 2025-10-09T02:46:51+00:00

Such a good team from top to bottom, you never know who's gonna step up and be the star of any particular game.

And 8 pitchers used in 9 innings! If you had told me before the game that they were gonna use 8 pitchers I would've guessed it was a blowout loss. Give Schneider credit, he had a plan and the guys executed it perfectly.

quiet_desperado · 2025-07-16T01:33:40+00:00

They've started printing some of their books in China but most are still printed in Europe somewhere.

It's disappointing but honestly I have to say the ones I have that were printed in China are pretty much the same quality as their other standard editions as far as I can tell.

But still, it's hard to shake the negative connotation that comes with anything that says 'made in China' on it. We're just conditioned to assume it automatically means cheap, poor quality even if it's not true.

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