bolido_sentimental
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bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
just had two bottles of wine for pain relief
speaking as someone who gets punched in the face for a living
Log out, Tyson, you need to get ready for your fight with Usyk.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I am happy to be able to report that the sequels to Magician are also pretty good! You can never really rely on that in fantasy...
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
This event really made me realize how much time I spend lurking on the Motte. I should do something else with my time.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I've wanted to be a father for a very long time. I could imagine my kids, but for a very long time I couldn't picture the woman who would want to have mine. After I bought a house, I couldn't find a local woman who wanted my children.
How did you eventually resolve this?
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
Somewhat. I guess it's sort of like... I sense that you're not meant to binge-read poetry like it were a Rex Stout novel, or Wikipedia tabs, or something.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
What is the right way to consume poetry?
I would like to achieve a greater understanding of poetry and the canon of great poets; and I have many books of those in my house. But I'm not really clear on how people read poems, I guess. Like, with a novel, I sit down and read for as long as I feel like. Maybe a whole hour in a row or whatever. With poetry, the length is not on the same scale, and you're not typically following a plot or a narrative or anything. Poetry enjoyers, any insight you can provide would be appreciated.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I actually did make this decision about five years ago, and chose to move to Cincinnati. Lovely old architecture everywhere, baseball, strong drinking culture, great museums. Cool German heritage and related huge Oktoberfests. Temperate four-season climate and the winters are not really severe. Everything is cheap, and yet it's not a big dumpster fire like other places where that's true. I love it here.
If I had it to do over, I might make the same choice. Other places I've been to and would consider are:
Wheeling, WV Owensboro, KY Pittsburgh, PA
I suppose if nothing else, I've found the region that I like best. (And I'm not from this part of the country.) I have lived in other, bigger cities and had a less good time in general.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I actually find Garnett the most readable. You will find many recommendations for Pevear and Volokhonsky, and perhaps it's more accurate, but the experience of reading Garnett is more enjoyable.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
That sounds rad. I've requested it from my local library.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
Related: my brother has got COVID right now. He is having a worse time of it than you are, and I'm pretty sure that that's because he's a big fat lazy man who has not exercised since the Bush II presidency. I am really hoping that this wakes him up and makes him take his diet and overall health more seriously; if it doesn't, I don't know what would.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I always wondered what would happen if you just put it in the coffee grinds when making coffee. Almost certainly nothing, but man, that would be handy.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I've definitely been considering this for the New Year, or rather something like "No PC/cellphone use when I get home from work." I always seem to find ways to replace bad habits with other bad habits, but this should make it harder. Hopefully I can find some good habits to work in there instead; I have a list somewhere that I pre-prepared for this.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
Praying for him, honestly. He's still young enough to grow out of his weird ideas if he just avoids dying.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
This article cites multiple studies about the benefits of creatine for strength-building.
https://legionathletics.com/creatine-monohydrate/
I have taken 5g creatine daily for several years. I've never noticed any ill effects; I feel pretty much fine in general all the time. I have made gains in strength that are commensurate with the amount of work I put in. In general it's so affordable, and so well-supported by reputable commentators, that I think you should go ahead and use it. That was the conclusion I reached for myself.
In the opinion of the same guy from above, BCAAs are overrated. He found that the evidence supporting their supposed benefits is very flawed, and that in general there appears to be no particular benefit vs. just consuming appropriate amounts of normal protein and carbohydrates. See below.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
Austen is actually pretty enjoyable, I feel. I had a great time reading Mansfield Park, it never felt like a slog to me.
I could talk about 19th-century fiction all day. One book that I think maybe doesn't get enough love these days would be The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
What do we know about the effectiveness of donating money to political parties and campaigns?
What I'm getting at is - I often hear about "Candidate X is out-fundraising Candidate Y 2 to 1," or something like that. But how relevant is that to political outcomes? It occurs to me that I can't see the direction of the causal arrow here. Couldn't it just mean that Candidate X is already more popular, and therefore raises more money? What is that money used for?
If I want Candidate X to win, does it follow that I should donate money to that candidate or to their party? If I wanted the Democratic Party to win in my area - should I donate money to them? Does it matter at all? I just can't quite see the relationship of my donating money to achieving my desired political outcomes.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
Can you describe how these instructions are given to you? Does your manager tell you this directly? Are these commands issued to your whole team from somewhere else?
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I have also noticed this on the webpage of my county's public library system. I go to that website constantly to manage hold requests - basically without exception I access it at least once a week. There are always pictures of people on the front page. In five years, I have only ever seen one white man there: it was Walter Isaacson, who was speaking at a special event hosted by the library.
At this moment it is a picture of a black man and a mixed-race child.
If there's something interesting about this, it's that the phenomenon you're describing exists beyond ad agencies.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
I think a gym class reconstituted around the idea of healthy habit formation, the importance of exercise as a habit, nutrition, and so on would be much more effective.
I had this as a mandatory class called Wellness in high school, in Tennessee nearly 20 years ago. The subject matter was essentially exactly what you describe.
However, the teacher was quite demotivated, and the class consisted mainly of worksheets and reading chapters in the textbook. This is a similar scenario to what I often see posted on Reddit: "They don't teach personal finance in the schools!" - at the same (ordinary, public) school, I did have a personal finance class in 10th grade, in 2005, and I thought it was very helpful. But then, I was paying attention and interested in the subject, and this is apparently not common.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
You know, I'm not sure what makes a Christmas song into a "carol" actually. I should look into it. Anyway: this Bing Crosby rendition of "Faith of Our Fathers" really moved me when I heard it. Great song with a nice message. I have this record and it sounds awesome on scratchy, poppy vinyl.
bolido_sentimental
2yr ago
In your opinion: is it any good?
I have that book on a shelf right now. I read the first 15 pages or so and bailed because it didn't hook me, but I'd give it another shot based on a true recommendation.
bolido_sentimental
3yr ago
Can you provide more information about what, exactly, is bad with regards to your skin? Is it specifically bad acne of some kind?
bolido_sentimental
3yr ago
Unfortunately not, lol. I'm in my 30s now and it's been very strange how I continue to meet women that don't want to have children. That's a separate conversation of course, but yeah, it's just surprised me.
bolido_sentimental
3yr ago
Andrew Klavan might be up your alley.
I've often daydreamed about creating some kind of master list of what would need to go in here. I've never seen anyone's personal list, but I would really like to.
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