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Reply to Where I am there is a surprising amount of pro-Trump people. Many of the things that a liberal might criticise Trump for, Trumpists don't care about or see as a strength. What ways of criticizing him exist that both us and his followers would agree with? by Tequila_Wolf
He's literally a pedophile who beat his ex wife as proved in court? Pictures with Epstein and lived a block away? Seems like the lowest hanging fruit is the easiest and best way to point out how big of a piece of shit he is
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Reply to comment by lentils in What have yall been reading this week? by kano
How do you like Tao Te Ching?
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Reply to What have yall been reading this week? by kano
This last week I read:
Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews. Cozy Mystery genre but I found it extremely boring and not very cozy.
Golden Son by Pierce Brown. I read Red Rising earlier this year; I like the action but this book was very wordy and kinda boring in stints. Also, everything feels so easy lol. Like this dude just tanks and kills everything, he's gonna free all the slaves he sooooo good, idk. Feels like an attempt at an allegory to current class/race problems from a white man's perspective. White knight for sure.
Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. Funny-ass sci-fi that I liked a lot. It was a pretty standard colony ship-type story, but it was made very funny and relatable and overall I liked it.
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Reply to comment by caws_a_bara in What have yall been reading this week? by kano
Love that series! I didn't like Ann Leckie's other books though.
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Reply to How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops by Archaplain
Linux rules, I just keep getting family member hand me downs and slapping whatever distro I'm using at that point (these days I'm too lazy to deal with anything besides Ubuntu)
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Reply to comment by !deleted40241 in What's your staple meal? by Britta
I'm getting exhausted trying to think of yet another clever response to "I thought vegans were supposed to be healthy"
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Reply to Weekly what are you reading thread by kano
I finished Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien and just like that my favorite cozy mystery series is out of books for the time being
Also finished Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. Coolest audiobook I've read in a long time, maybe ever? Huge cast of voices and sound effects. Really intense sci-fi story too told through "reports" etc. I picked it up from one of these previous weekly threads, thanks whoever posted about it!
Now I'm reading Golden Son by Pierce Brown to continue the series. Started slow but now I'm liking it about 40 percent through.
Also picked up Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews to try to fill the cost mystery fix. About 25 percent in, not quite the same but it'll do.
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Reply to comment by dashconroy in Weekly what are you reading thread by kano
OMG my favorite book ever. It's so deeply scary, in the best way. It also really makes you question what a book is lol. I hope you like it!
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Yeah. Not at work but at home, I feel like a busy body. I'm working on getting okay with boredom, not having a plan, but I can't seem to get out of it
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Reply to What's your staple meal? by Britta
Pasta with olive oil. Lol.
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Reply to lazy vegan food by wednesday
I like to take tofu, often the preseasoned ones, and fry it for five minutes while chopping it to pieces with the spatula. Eat it with some chili oil, and spinach salad (fresh spinach massaged with olive oil and pepper). I'm like you, no motivation to cook.
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Reply to hoy es jueves o viernes, pero en realidad siempre es martes (today is thursday or friday but in reality every day is tuesday) by tuesday
High level of anxiety this week. Actually got diagnosed too. Sometimes I feel like I can't get it right no matter how hard I think about it or try.
Other times I feel silly for thinking like that. High highs and low lows.
I need to start meditating again
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Oh I didn't see this post! I've got a few. If I had to rank them:
1: Tender Is The Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica. After all animals die of, humanity decides to create and eat a cattle class of humans. So incredibly uncomfortable, the entire book. And I'm already vegan lol
2: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Nature or nurture?? We'll never know how it happened.
3: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. I love this book. It's so eery and scary even though there's no like monsters or anything. Monsters of the mind anyone??
4: The Troop by Nick Cutter. Didn't particularly like this book but it's so disturbing. I'm getting sick thinking about it. The graphic depictions of infection and flesh and just... Ugh.
5: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. Nonfiction that scares the hell out of me. Disease is truly terrifying.
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Reply to Average European by Lettuce
It's actually mind blowing how much dissonance there is on this. The support for closing borders is huge.
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Reply to comment by klushy225 in What are you reading this week? by kano
I tried, I just can't figure out how to simplify my communication like that lol.
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Reply to comment by Sauleline in What are you reading this week? by kano
Looks interesting, I just borrowed it. Thanks!
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Reply to What are you reading this week? by kano
Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Recently read Hunger Games so this is kinda similar. Not a huge fan of sci-fi that is obsessed with "high culture" but the action is good.
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguru. Very unique perspective book. It's short so I'm almost done. So far I like it a lot.
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Reply to This here is my dog. by Transgengar
Hello dog!
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Reply to What are you reading this week? by kano
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong. So good, basically a nature doc in a book but way more in depth. It's so fascinating.
Now I'm reading The Vegetarian which I hear is a good Korean thriller by Han Kang
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Reply to Tag urself by Lettuce
Fuck me I'm the vegan
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Reply to comment by moonlune in Scientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet – algae by ziq
Yup, if less animals die then absolutely. It's a tiny trade off