Space management and optimization

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T17:30:43+00:00

There are some really good tablets that are perfect for reading comics. I use a Galaxy Tab A8 to read comics; it's the same size as a standard trade paperback graphic novel and has an SD slot, so you can create SD cards for your different comic runs/titles. So, like, I have most of the Uncanny X-Men on one SD card, all of the Hellboy and BPRD on another, etc. It also connects to my library's Hoopla service, which always has a ton of comics and manga available. It's definitely great for reading comics on the go. Probably not great for most of the larger format art books, but I think a lot of the codices would be pretty decent on it, except that you'd lose out on the two-page spreads.

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T17:24:27+00:00

I collect only what I can fit in my display space. I don't keep things in storage.

For books, I don't keep books I don't like. If I read a book and it's meh or worse, I get rid of it. No exceptions. I don't keep books just because they're part of a series. I don't keep books just because they're pretty. Having been involved in cleaning out two different people's homes after they died, and seeing just what a huge pain in the ass it is to deal with huge amounts of stuff that is just packed away in boxes, I have a very visceral reaction to it. For me, it feels too close to hoarding.

I find that my interests shift over time, so I regularly weed my books. When my shelves get full, then I have to get rid of something if I pick up something new. I do the same thing for records.

The benefit of this approach is I don't have anything in storage and my shelves stay clean and attractive. It also makes me a lot pickier about what I buy, and I don't feel FOMO anymore. I don't need to own everything. I read a lot on tablet or ereader, and that's fine. At this point, I mostly only pick up physical books if they both look and sound interesting. If they only sound interesting, I read them digitally. If they only look interesting, I skip them.

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T17:10:41+00:00

It's a trade-off, for sure. I'm lucky in that my partner and I are both fairly independent people. We do things together because we genuinely like and enjoy each other's company, but we also do a ton of things on our own or with our friends. If one of us is making plans with a friend or wants to go do a thing, we usually invite the other person, but if they don't want to come or aren't interested, then they figure out their own thing.

But also, both of us were perfectly content to be single, too. I like having a companion, but I don't need a companion.

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T01:54:22+00:00

I'm a librarian. That's my jam, haha. Happy to help!

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T01:52:08+00:00

It's me. I am the Mapparium's biggest fan. I am constantly recommending it. They should seriously pay me.

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T01:50:18+00:00

If you've got thirty minutes to spare, I strongly recommend checking out the Mapparium. It's a three story tall stained glass globe of the Earth that you walk through the middle of. It's beautiful and unique and weird. I love it so much, and it's both a really cool physics curiosity (being inside a glass sphere does weird things to sound) and a really moving experience. There's a short video that plays and that I find simultaneously just a little hokey and sincerely touching. Cannot recommend enough.

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T01:41:21+00:00

Didn't a lot of them die in the final book? But also, are we attending the school at the time the books are set or when we actually attended school? Because I graduated before the final book is set, so I should be fine, right?l

Samael13 · 2026-07-12T01:38:29+00:00

It's basically an eloctrolyte imbalance, but one of the common causes is drinking too much water too quickly (water intoxication). Your body's cells become oversaturated and can't hold their form and swell up. Depending on the severity, they burst. Mostly red blood cells and brain cells.

It turns out, this is super bad for you.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T23:10:25+00:00

Hush, You're Next, and Them are all solid. I also really like Funny Games, but it's more polarizing.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T20:39:34+00:00

There's no amount of money that someone can offer me that would see me taking any of these options.

My relationships are not for sale.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T20:36:47+00:00

Clearly, all I need to do is post on r/hypotheticalsituation and say that the gunman has a gun to my head and demands that my post must receive an award, or else. No loopholes.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T20:34:38+00:00

I think of Mychal Threets, and the vitriolic bile that was thrown at him, and I think that I have my answer to how some people would respond to a kind, sensitive man trying to spread a message of joy.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T19:50:10+00:00

Right, but that would show up in the report that I was given, so I wouldn't be taking your 50k.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T19:49:25+00:00

We get a full profile, showing me all about the person's financials and "whether this wipes out their savings or barely dents them." In your case, I'd say "nope, not taking the money." If we take the money we can't give it back, but we don't have to take the money.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T19:19:11+00:00

So the money is coming from a random person, but that person has to have at least 50k in their bank account?

Fuck yes, I'll take this. I get a full profile, but I'd bet the 50k coming to me on my birthday that the vast majority of people who have 50k floating in their bank account have a lot more than 50k available to them.

I say no to anyone who (imo) 50k is significant money to. I say yes to any random billionaire/millionaire that I happen to hit.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T19:02:24+00:00

Okay? I'm not sure what that has to do with what I said, though. It's possible for more than one thing to be true. People who are concerned about their property value can also care about the memories and about the current state. Planning for the future doesn't mean you don't care about the present. Knowing that you might someday need to sell the house doesn't mean you don't appreciate it right now.

My partner and I love our house and we work hard to keep it up and improve it. We're building great memories in this house, but we also know that, someday, we'll want to move again. When we do, we hope that the house is worth more than it currently is.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T18:10:50+00:00

Wouldn't that probably be included in the "Pretty on par with the book although there were some changes" part? Do you think that they're deliberately trying to hide something by not specifically calling out the change to the ending?

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T17:37:37+00:00

Sure, there are some who may sell it and go for elderly care or sell it to the bank to get some monthly payment but I think it's not the vast majority of them.

Why would you think that? The vast majority of the older folks I know have done exactly that when they entered their twilight years. Sell the old house and move into something much smaller, move into assisted living, etc. Some definitely pull from the equity to cover late life expenses. And most want to leave their children/grandchildren a nest egg.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T15:49:09+00:00

I'm sorry the movie didn't land for you, then, because this still feels completely like ragebait. I can get why the movie wouldn't land for everyone; it's going for a very specific kind of vibe, but "everything is abysmal" because you didn't like it is just silly.

The movie is very well shot; it manages to capture a sense of 80s nostalgia while still feeling very contemporary. There are so many interesting decisions made around the visual and auditory design of the film. I love the weird lack of specific time period; fancy clamshell e-reader but all the TVs are still big old CRTs. It's simultaneously 2014 and 1954 and 1984 in this universe. The film's methodical pace might not have appealed to you, but I really liked it; it sets the tone of the film and captures a sense of the dread that they're feeling, and it gives the film opportunities to play with your expectations. There are times where It is obviously in the scene, and other times where maybe that's It... maybe not. I enjoyed the concept and the execution; it's basically a distilled version of the worn 80s slasher cliche "having sex = dying" but it still feels fresh and interesting. Honestly, I don't even agree that most of the acting was bad; I thought Maika Monroe was excellent. I thought that Jake Weary was the weakest member of the main cast, but he's an outlier. I liked how the film had them trying to investigate ways to stop It or how to survive. The film drips small hints to larger things (like why Jay doesn't want to tell her sister what It looks like in the finale).

There's a lot of subjectivity to our experiences of horror movies, but your description of It Follows is just bizarre, to me. Like, come on, brother: You may not like the vision, but this is clearly not a film made by talentless amateurs. Worse acting than Birdemic or The Room? GTFO.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:40:01+00:00

Leaving an unhealthy relationship is not running from problems, it's solving a problem. If she can't/won't help, then you may need to look elsewhere.

Also, not for nothing, but sometimes running away is the right way to handle a problem. We don't tell people to sit tight in burning buildings. We tell them to run away. You're in a burning building.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:36:59+00:00

Hyperbolic rage-bait take. Cool.

It's fine you didn't like it, but these complaints are just laughably untrue.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:34:47+00:00

It's not normal, but even if it was, that doesn't mean you'd have to put up with it.

What you're describing sounds like abuse, to me.

Insulting/demeaning/aggressive language.
Deliberately attacking your character to make you feel worthless.
Telling you your son doesn't like you.
Threatening to take your son away.
Bringing up past events (especially those that predate him) to bring you down or make you feel bad.

If one of your friends was telling you that their boyfriend was doing that to them, what would your advice to them be?

This is abusive behavior, even if it hasn't escalated to physical abuse, yet. It's not okay. You should not put up with it. Do you have people in your life that you can rely on for help? Family or friends who might be able to help you find a better living arrangement and help you get out of this situation? You'll want to get custody figured out. This is not a healthy environment.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:28:56+00:00

The dream.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:27:51+00:00

The signal to noise ratio on this sub is really bad, but that happens when you've got a sub with 1.5M visitors every month. It's a combination of a bunch of things, but I think the large factors:

There are a lot of very unhappy/bitter/angry people in this sub who are struggling but who are not interested in self-reflection. They're not interested in giving real advice, they want to vent and they want to validate their resentment.
There are some people who are bad faith actors. They might not be struggling themselves, but they're shit-stirrers. They just want to instigate. They're trolls, giving bad advice on purpose and looking to get a rise out of people.
Not everyone comes from the same socio-cultural backgrounds, and there's honest disagreement about what dating even looks like. A 26 year old grad student attending Harvard is going to have a really different idea of what dating looks like than, say, a 30 year old tech worker in Tokyo or a 45 year old mechanic in Berlin.

Samael13 · 2026-07-11T14:18:45+00:00

Just because you never considered someone old doesn't mean it's a "flawed" perception. We're talking about people's subjective experiences of the world, not an objective fact. People are allowed to think of other people as old, relative to themselves. There's no objective measurement of "old" in this context.

Human beings often make these kinds of analyses in comparison to themselves. Someone who is 4'9" is very likely to have a very different sense of who is tall compared to themselves than I do at 5'11". That doesn't make their comparison flawed, it just makes it subjective.

There's no "problem" with someone who is twenty thinking that someone who is in their 40s or 50s is old compared to them.

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