I disliked Rian Johnson since I finished watching The Last Jedi. I won't go too far into why that was (some of his ideas could have worked better if he committed to them instead of yoinking them back by the end credits), but suffice it to say that because of the 7-8-9 back and forth whiplash and the "Your Snoke Theory Sucks" Twitter snark toward the audience (yes a lot of Star Wars fans are terrible, but come on), I only saw Glass Onion because my wife really, really insisted I gave it a try.
I concede that Rian Johnson writes excellent contemporary mysteries and I enjoyed the entire run of the movie and look forward to also seeing Knives Out now. I was truly pleasantly surprised. It doesn't hurt that Daniel Craig gave a weird but impressive delivery and really sold the character he played.
100% rye bread. I had disliked every piece of rye bread I had ever eaten but was in Finland and figured I had to. Turns out? Not bad. Turns out? I didn't hate rye at all; I hated caraway seeds. I had even convinced myself I didn't like rye whiskey.
So bye-bye, to inferior rye
Drove my Chevy to the levain, but the levain was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This'll be the bread that I try"
"This'll be the bread that I try"
I thought I would hate e-readers. I like the feel of a physical book but once I started using an e-reader, it's actually hard for me to go back to a paper book. The e-readers are just much more comfortable to hold and if you have one with adjustable backlight then it's really great for being able to read in any situation. That and an e-reader + libgen and marxists .org has allowed me to amass a huge theory library.
It was e-ink that turned me around on e-readers. Having something that is easy on the eyes like paper and has a built-in backlight is a really incredible thing. Also, no hassling with keeping a paperback from forcing itself closed while you're reading (this is great for me, got inflammation in my fingers).
I tolerate e-readers but I still prefer a book in my hand. I have both but I keep leaning on the books. :I-was-saying:
Yes, I only use an e-reader for a book I read linearly. They really aren't good for flipping around or highlighting/notes IMO.
Same. Great for novels, awful for informational books and the like.
Certain models are pretty good for that (I can personally attest) but they are pricey.
Yo! You are talking my language!
I didn't really think it was something I wouldn't enjoy, but I was definitely reluctant to try it since I have zero background in electronics. But when people started modding Nintendo Gameboys back in the day I thought it was so cool that I just had to try. Turns out it's fun as hell, it's useful, and you usually get something cool at the end.
My recent projects have been these DIY guitar pedal kits you can buy online. They send you all the stuff you need and you just put it together. It's extremely zen. That's such a great way to put it.
I like hacking/modding consoles but never got into hardware mods, dunno why. Just that extra hurdle of needing to buy a new set of tools I guess.
Yeah definitely understandable. I started with softmods as well, which are also pretty fun. I'm still a little too nervous to mess with newer, more expensive systems in case I break them. It's pretty fun to mess with old stuff though. Swap out parts, update the technology, make them look cool, etc.
Elden Ring. I'm not averse to the challenge, but I prefer fast, High Damage/High Risk games without health bars if possible (Superhot comes to mind as one that's punishing in VR). I'd played a bit of DS1/2/3 because friends yelled at me, but not bloodborne because I'm a PC, staunch Mouse/KB player who hasn't liked a controller since the N64. Hated them, even trying to play aggressively with a light character it felt sluggish and boring as I whittled down some bosses health. Friends kept trying to make me use a shield but that just slowed things down more (also hate playing tanks in MMOs). Barely cleared the tutorials.
Sekiro never really took my eye even though it seems it would be more my thing.
Anyway, loved Elden Ring, loved the challenge, the exploration everything. It did help that I chose a glass cannon mage as my first build and got lucky finding a staff.
I didn't think I'd like gardening until I started growing things that I could then actually eat. :greensicko:
... but then the snail nation attacked. :sicko-no:
I already have quite a few birds in my yard, but I don't know if I can turn hummingbirds into conscripts in the Great Snail War. For now it's trench warfare with dessicants.
An extremely cool snail eating species is the northern caiman lizard. Each easily eats 20 snails per day, they should protect your crops fairly well.
Love my shrubby little pepper plants, I grow em in cat litter buckets I saved from the dumpster and just drag them around the house to meet their shade needs.
The Yakuza series. Never thought I'd be a fan of an Japanese action/brawler game but it was the start of the COVID pandemic and I figured I needed something to kill time with so I said fuck it and went with it. Still one of my favorite game series to this day
I'm kind of in the same boat. I have a friend who is obsessed with them. I always thought they looked kind of gimmicky but he explained to me that that's part of the charm. Did you start at the beginning of the series?
I started with Yakuza Kiwami because I thought that starting with the prequel was silly, but other than that I went sequentially afterwords
You should start with 0 though. Starting with K1 isn't terrible but there are a couple things you'll miss in it without it
My nieces said "Auntie, come snuggle on the couch and watch Trolls with us!" I was expecting absolute trash, but it was a delight.
The Lego Movie was that for me. Surprisingly fun, and some of the visual effects like the blocky train smoke were a treat.
:wholesome: I love it when kids movies turn out to be a good time for adults too.
I fucking hate math in a vacuum, but dabbling in CG shaders is the perfect combo for me of visual element + rapid feedback + I just like games. Lots of trig and vector bullshit, but it's actually fun because it turns into pretty things.
I hated math until I took a geometry class in university and we didn't have any numbers, it was great sketching stuff and writing it out.
Definitely liked geometry most out of all the math classes. Just clicked better with my extremely visual/spatial brain than all the numbers did.
Downton Abbey.
It's not good, but I pretend it's satire. I really enjoyed it and I'm not proud of it.
lol totally. i hate court intrigue, finery/ostentation, idle faffery and cliquey b.s. in real life, and i'm a minimalist tightwad to a fault but i love that high brow, classist slop. i hate everything Violet Crawley the Dowager Countess of Grantham stands for.... but she was easily my favorite of the bunch for her easy disdain and brutality for all comers.
Running. I was always bad at sports so I just assumed it would be terrible but its a lot of fun. Did like 5k my third attempt.
Exercise, specifically calisthenics. I always could do lots of pull ups as a kid, but I thought with my current :cyber-lenin: body it would be difficult or painful. In fact it's the opposite, I'd say I'm at the point where doing a pull up is easier and less painful than putting on a pair of lace up shoes (and yes, I've done hamstring and pelvic tilt stretches and exercises and can touch my toes, just one of the limitations I have). Took years to get there, but it happened. Heavy single leg squat movements still suck ass though, feel like I'm gonna die. But I don't want to load weight on my back, so that's the way I can train legs.
Egg fried rice was also good and I thought I would hate it, but it works. Just was a whole bunch of ingredients I don't like on their own, but when put together it's delicious. Especially if you can get a soy sauce with MSG, or MSG on its own.
As for entertainment, I thought the last of us TV series would be terrible, because most video game adaptations are. But it looks good so far, though I need to watch a few more episodes.
I disliked Glass Onion (liked Knives Out), but thought the Last Jedi was the best of the sequel trilogy.
So we might be evil twins.
I dislike the last jedi but it's definitely better than the other two. Its a garbage trilogy
I feel like Rise of Skywalker was so bad it reached back in time and made the other two films worse. People were generally positive on TFA when it came out, and while TLJ split the fanbase pretty hard a good third movie could have built on its ideas and made the whole trilogy work.
Yeah. Hands down JJ abrahms was the worst thing, and giving him the last one just meant there was an attempt to backpeddle in the last film, which made the trilogy incoherent and pointless.
I've heard for a long time that when Abrams was wrecking Trek, he told the media that he actually wanted to do Star Wars.
And he did Star Wars the same way. :disgost:
I feel the same way and I'm glad the fandom didn't completely drive me away from trying it.
Some of the better side of the fandom's works are delightful, that said.
(CW: Massive spoilers for Undertale)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n9zJKhTeaU
