Nemo

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 minutes ago

We functionally can't. It don't take.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 12 minutes ago (2 children)

I rotate like a rotisserie chicken.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I suspect you and I are saying "fuck cars" for very different reasons

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 hours ago

Be twice as annoying back.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have never blocked anyone on any platform.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

what if the whole thing is emojis?

asking for a friend

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago

Gotta love a story where "mapmaker" is the OP vocation.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The Tiger Lillies — "Banging in the Nails" (youtube music link, sorry)

While I can't know the spirit in which the song was written, I suspect it was intended to shock and offend. But I'm firmly "death of the author", so IDGAF. I listen to it as part of my Lenten devotions, a reminder that the sacrifice of Christ is necessary because we humans in general and me specifically are fucking depraved.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

If you're ever in charge of a young child with a stroller, it's the ultimate shoplifting tool. You can cram all sorts of things under or behind it under the guise of fussing with the baby, and just walk out afterwards, no one wants to stop a fussy baby from leaving a store. Use this to harm predatory corporations that you can't ethically give money to.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pale Lights the author's ongoing serial, is even better. New chaptr just dropped a hour ago!

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Series?

  • Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy

  • Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain

  • Discworld, especially the Night Watch books

  • Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series

Individual Books:

  • Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown, or anything else she wrote

  • Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock and Howl's Moving Castle, or anything else she wrote

  • Philip K. Dick, "Galactic Pot-Healer" (Dick straddles the line between science fiction and science fantasy, but this one's firmly the latter)

  • Madeline L'Engle, Many Waters

I'm sure I'll think of more but my break is up.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Just remember that Dune is only half (eh, two-thirds) of a book, and the story isn't complete without Dune Messiah.

The next two books are more self-contained.

 

I raised a fuss at my polling place because I suspected the ballot I was given did not match my residence address. I have since confirmed that the ballot I was given was incorrect, giving me the wrong races for Illinois State Senate and State House Rep. At the time, the election workers insisted that was the only ballot they had and it was correct for my voting precinct, and I did cast that ballot yesterday. But I'd like to get this addressed before the general election in November.

 

Because they can't catch up.

 

I know the real thing comes out in just a month, but the only-partially-edited version is available at the patreon $5 tier and, going into what I suspected would be a three-day-abed bout of illness I caved and donated just to get access to it early.

Minimally spoilered summary

I will be honest, it did not start strong, but it got there quick and stayed there. It's not the best in the series but it's in the top half. It covers the tenth floor, which is about three-quarters of the book, and most of the eleventh, but, uh, also small sections of the fifteenth and eighteenth and of course locations outside the Dungeon. But the majority of the action happens on the eleventh, and the book ends before Carl or Princess Donut leave the floor. And to answer the question we're all most worried about: Yes, Jamal survives, but he broke his legs again. Quite a lot of people suffer broken legs, actually, but that's mostly unrelated.

I'm down to discuss either the book itself or the way book seven left off.

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bathos (en.wiktionary.org)
 

from the Greek, "depth", and more directly from the name of a literary character of satire

noun: a sudden switch of subject or tone from the profound to the banal, especially if employed satirically

 
 

I've been curious about them for awhile, but I just learned they also serve as library cards and ventra cards, which renewed my interest.

How was it getting the card? Do you ever actually use it as ID?

 

I'm finding it impossible to shop for these because I've only ever bought them in thrift stores and don't know what they're properly called.

Edit: Not looking for flannel or denim, but lighterweight fabric, something I'd wear under a jacket not instead of one.

 

"No One Lives Forever" is killing it with the vibe:

Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to' die
I'm so happy dancing while the Grim Reaper
Cuts cuts cuts but he can't get me
I'm clever as can be
And I'm very quick
But don't forget we've only got so many tricks
No one lives forever!

Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother:
No one lives forever!

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