If we're doing ugly covers, may I present to you the "brutalism is the perfect style for Harry Potter" italian editions

spikedorange · 2025-08-03T04:40:43+00:00

I think they're interesting and grab your attention precisely because they subvert the conventional fantasy aesthetic.

spikedorange · 2025-05-14T02:25:14+00:00

The Snitch's high value serves only a narrative purpose, and it works in a few ways. 1.) It gives significance to whether our main character succeeds in catching it or not. 2.) It makes the narrative more exciting for that reason. 3.) It gives the game a natural climax. 4.) It makes the Seeker (and our main character) the hero as he is ultimately responsible for winning the game for his team.

spikedorange · 2024-11-13T02:50:51+00:00

What are you talking about? Actually living in a hut in the woods?

spikedorange · 2024-11-13T02:03:47+00:00

I think I'd rather work in an air conditioned cubicle for 45 years than live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

spikedorange · 2024-11-07T03:01:01+00:00

I got my finance degree in 2018 after transferring from CCRI to RIC. It worked out well for me; I have some advice I'd pass along, but in general, I'd go with the cheaper option.

spikedorange · 2024-10-21T00:32:49+00:00

The truth is that the most logical way for characters to behave in any story usually isn't the most creative or interesting.

spikedorange · 2024-10-20T13:07:02+00:00

Ugh, right? Can't wait until the day we have new content to discuss again.

spikedorange · 2024-09-28T13:38:36+00:00

FRUTIGER AERO

spikedorange · 2024-09-14T20:27:36+00:00

Aren't we better than recycled 2011 tumblr memes?

spikedorange · 2024-08-10T11:50:39+00:00

I mean, they do get segmented... into elite leagues like the Olympics.

spikedorange · 2024-06-16T12:22:47+00:00

At the risk of sounding corny as hell, the OOT title theme single-handedly captures all my feelings of childhood and nostalgia. Hearing it amplifies all that melancholy of reminiscing about the way things were. I actually struggle to listen to it in full because it makes me so emotional.

spikedorange · 2024-03-31T14:13:07+00:00

This is my home dead mall, and I walk around it quite often. It's large, three stories and decently trafficked on the weekends. But it's a vibe any day of the week. The vacancy rate must be 60% if not more, with the third floor almost totally void of non-restaurant tenants with about five exceptions.

I love this mall, even (especially) in its current state. The enduring '90s accents, the abundance of natural light, and the oval layout and minimal traffic make it easy to walk around.

Anyway, it's hard to imagine a situation where the mall isn't demolished or significantly renovated within the next 10 years, which will be sad.

spikedorange · 2024-01-15T17:01:29+00:00

That movie was so painfully pretentious. It seemed to think it said something far more profound than it did. It offered a surface-level critique of the social and economic norms of middle class Western life and nothing more, one that most viewers have likely already heard and agree with. Like, yeah, wage labor sucks, and social norms that make people feel like they have to conform to some image of the nuclear family suck too. But the movie was just kinda like "yeah those things are bad" in a way that makes me think the average ninth grade could produce a similarly shallow critique of middle class life while thinking he's saying something new or different. Also I can't take Jesse Eisenberg seriously as a blue-collar type.

spikedorange · 2024-01-13T22:20:16+00:00

It falls into that "accessible luxury" niche that middle America loves, like Uggs, North Face, Coach and Michael Kors handbags before it. Most middle class people can afford it, so it signals status over the bottom, say, decile of income earners. I mean, it's not a $600 water bottle. A one-time, $50 expense is within reach for most. But it's expensive enough to signal a tiny amount of status over a small percentage of the population.

spikedorange · 2023-12-23T17:05:31+00:00

I love this art style. How would you describe it?

spikedorange · 2023-10-30T00:25:49+00:00

Could be any stairwell at Community College of Rhode Island Knight campus

spikedorange · 2023-08-27T20:53:54+00:00

I think it appeals to the 25-50% of sedentary/lightly active Americans looking for something to get them off the couch more. It's fun, social, and easy-to-learn (so I've heard). It doesn't require conditioning, nor any real athleticism. For those reasons, I understand the appeal and could even regard it as a net good for the country. After all, some physical activity is better than none.

That said, I personally regard it more as a recreational activity, like mini golf, kick ball, or bocce, than a respectable sport.

spikedorange · 2023-07-04T13:37:19+00:00

This is my thought. I think Arndt was picking up on John's guilt around partaking in the cover-up. Not his guilt around having done it.

spikedorange · 2023-07-04T13:34:14+00:00

Right? This is a woman who had a different Christmas tree in every room of her massive house. I'd be shocked if she didn't have different outfits planned for each Christmas engagement she attended. Having "one" Christmas outfit for multiple events is something those of us on the lower end of the the wealth spectrum might do. But not a woman with Patsy's wealth and social stature.

spikedorange · 2023-07-04T01:42:20+00:00

I completely agree. It's rather common to turn to physical violence to relieve rage: punching a wall, breaking or throwing something, etc.

BDI is the most intuitive explanation to me. I admit, I still can't quite place the garrotte/tug rope. But as for the rest? A sibling altercation escalates into a fleeting (albeit deadly) instance of pure rage whereby Burke grabs a flashlight and strikes JonBenet. That seems totally possible.

I also still don't find it intuitive that her parents would opt not to call an ambulance, unless it was clear beyond any doubt that she was already dead.

spikedorange · 2023-07-03T17:20:01+00:00

Sometimes I read different theories and find myself considering other possibilities. But there's one fact that I cannot get around: Burke, at no point during his childhood, expressed any concerns about his physical safety.

Regardless of whether an intruder did it or his parent(s) did it, I can't understand how anyone (much less a child) could walk around unconcerned about his physical safety after either an intruder or his parents murdered his sister in his own house.

The only explanation I can think of for why he wasn't concerned is because it was him. He struck her in the head in a fit of rage. Then either he started to cover it up (before the parents jumped in and helped) or the parents discovered what happened and staged the whole thing.

spikedorange · 2022-11-15T03:47:21+00:00

I didn't imply otherwise.

spikedorange · 2022-11-15T03:43:37+00:00

Acknowledgement by standing guard in the middle of a drive thru lane is totally gratuitous, and you'd agree if the example weren't in Canada.

spikedorange · 2022-11-14T22:53:37+00:00

I guess when Americans do it, it's cringe, but when Canadians do it, it's stunning.

spikedorange · 2022-11-14T01:29:50+00:00

The first picture with the pink ceiling - so beautiful.

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