seeking_perhaps [he/him]

Lmk if anyone figures out wtf is going on in Asteroid City

Think its hilarious that Argentina is all messed up (does it exist?) in this one lol

Agreed, put cheese out of your brain and just eat and you'll enjoy it. (5 y.o. vegan)

A few of my favorites from the last yearish:

• The Stand
• The Forge of God + Anvil of Stars
• Dragon's Egg
• Dawn

Depending on what you consider old, I liked Brazil and Silent Running when I watched them recently.

I am so sick of the dream sequence scenes. They just aren't intriguing at all and waste so much of the runtime.

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In a similar boat. I decided I wanted to actually learn spanish, so a couple months ago I got serious about watching Comprehensible Input (Dreaming Spanish). Between that and self study and speaking practice I'm already well past where I was in high school, though I still have a long way to go to fluency.

It's frustrating that I have to find this all out years after my education. But I feel that way about most subjects I learned in school, so this is no different.

writing 07/13/24 as we speak

Shin has a vegan ramen. I have like 10 boxes in my pantry.

np! gl comrade

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I struggle to care about US soccer, but at this point it's hard not to blame the coaching. Unlike US teams of years past, all the talent you need to progress in tournaments is there. Sure, an individual red card against Panama is a blow, but it's still not a good excuse for crashing out against Panama followed by a tepid performance against Uruguay.

Just read this! Yes, the prose was beautiful and I found myself falling for both characters. Had a lot of trouble following the time travel elements but they were secondary anyway.

the rest of the book is actually quite (overly) optimistic, so it balances out

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That's dumb, sorry about that. If you want to smooth over the office politics, you could bring in an identical bag of chips (or equivalent item) and offer to share with coworkers. Obviously maybe cost prohibitive but might make your narc coworker relax a bit.

Yes, this is why spay and neuter and trap, neuter, release programs are so important. We need to also be actively reducing the population of pets while caring for the ones that currently exist as best we can. And sometimes the "best" option is to euthanize, but it is definitely not a decision taken lightly.

I encourage you to read up more on the killing animals thing. They essentially do it out of compassion, because most of the animals that end up at PETA are cases shelters are not equipped to handle and thus require a higher rate of euthanization. Even our local humane society has a relatively high euthanization rate, but it's because most of the other local shelters are no-kill and so their worst cases get sent there. I am friends with serious animal activists and they critically support PETA, though are part of different orgs themselves. Like I said, they have made mistakes like any other large org, but I think they have been a net good for animal rights.

https://www.peta.org/features/peta-kills-animals-truth/

I think they make mistakes, but are overall effective at bringing animal rights issues to the masses. Interested in hearing why you have that opinion.