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Clench281 posted...

I just can't get into reading books, they don't seem to hold my attention. Being a book reader just isn't for me

Have there been any books you liked or got through?

Neil Gaimen's Neverwhere and Good Omens are also fantastic. I'm about to go to Barnes and Nobles to pick up a book or two. Might get annihilation based on this topic. I need something a little different.

8k is a pretty significant amount.

IronBornCorps posted...

You're on drugs and need help

The movie might actually be better while on drugs. Good idea.

FatalAccident posted...

Iron born corps is icallshenanigans??????

Yup

So I finished the book. I'd highly recommend it and after finishing it, I'd say it is great as a stand alone read. Go for it TDC.

Well...

Wait that comes out today?

I'm quite short. 5'5" I think.

Mead posted...

Also I would love to got to the EDC one day, I only recently found out about it from some Drew Carey stand up but it sounds like a great time

I've gone 3 or 4 times. They are pretty fun. In Vegas, they have fireworks that last for like an hour. It's crazy.

kukukupo posted...

It has been about 20(?) years since I read Eyes of the Dragon. I remember it being ok, didn't realize it was disliked.

It is funny to see what gets a horrible reputation over the years. I used to think Zelda II was absolutely awesome back in the day and I still find it odd how it has become 'universally disliked'. (Same with Super Mario 2)

I think it might be a bit of people comparing it too critically to his other works. It's a bit unfair. I don't think a book always needs to be the best thing I've ever read for me to enjoy reading it.

JigsawTDC posted...

When you're done you need to let me know if it's more standalone or if the series is continuous.

Think Harry Potter vs. Song of Ice and Fire. Each Harry Potter story, while having an overarching plot, is also a self-contained adventure that you can read on its own. A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) on the other hand is telling a massive story and the break points in it are kind just different climaxes.

I am fine jumping in on another Harry Potter style series before it's finished. I am not fine jumping into another Song of Ice and Fire situation until it's finished though. You're my inside man. I could be reading Lies of Locke Lamora as soon as this summer if it's a self-contained adventure.

I will let you know. It's funny you mention both of those series though because I was making comparisons to both of them in my head today. I quickly grew invested in the characters like I remember doing with Harry Potter. There are even a set of twins that remind me of George and Fred. The story so far has seemed contained enough, but is definitely doing some world building that can lead up to an overarching story. It's just written in such a clever way that I already want more even though I'm not even done. It can be as brutal as game of thrones is at times too. There are a few parts where I was just like "oh my God, that is horrible," or just kept thinking "no no no no no!" and was literally cringing as I read. I had to force myself to put the book down right now because I have to get ready to do some work. Lol

Edit: to clarify, I haven't read the song of ice and fire series yet but I plan to. I'm just making a comparison with the show.

This book is getting intense. I'm realizing that I'm pretty attached to these characters. I'm looking forward to reading the next books in the series.

hockey7318 posted...

A couple of 88 babies just like me! I'm the youngster though apparently because I won't turn 33 until October 12th.

We're 89 babies hockey. Haha. Turns out you're the old fart. :)

Aye Winter Jay

I'm gonna go with Fa

I read about this somewhere not too long ago. I think it was IGN. Sounds pretty cool, but it's hard to get excited about it when there is nothing else known.

JoanOfArcade posted...

Granted but they're all echo fighters of Mario

I wish Legend of Dragoon would get a sequel

Granted, but it only releases in North Korea where no one can play it.

I wish I was 6 feet tall.

ReturnOfFa posted...

ahhhahahaha thank you for the memories. man, his editing is great.

Fucking classic

I already don't like wearing jeans

JigsawTDC posted...

Eyes of the Dragon is both my least favorite Stephen King book and my least favorite fantasy book. Not knocking anyone who likes it, but I can understand why it's not his most popular work.

I liked it when I read it, but I am aware that it is almost universally hated by the Stephen King fandom.

I remember this. I don't remember how it came to be though.

JigsawTDC posted...

No. I got some ads for them and I looked into it, but based on some reviews I read it didn't seem like it would be the most cost effective option for me. I've been using Irish Spring Deep Action Scrub for years. All my scents were picked out for me by a former girlfriend over a decade ago and I've just stuck with it since because women (and some men) are always complimenting me on how I smell. And I like them all too, so it works. Aside from Aqua Reef and Deep Action Scrub, the last ingredient is my cologne, Versace Pour Homme. Most women I've been with have loved that cologne!

Yeah my girlfriend was actually the one who bought the Squatch soap for me. I also got some colognes as a gift that I really like. Can't think of the names off the top of my head. It's probably best that these things are picked out by the opposite sex. They're the ones we'd want to like our scent anyway.

Favorite book is probably Clive Barker's Theif of Always. It is a young adult book that my dad read to me when I was younger. It is still one of my favorite fables.

Currently reading the Lies of Locke Lamora which is actually becoming my current favorite book. It's so good.

I only glanced but it looked like it was two adults. I could be mistaken.

A few days ago I drove by a park and some people were doing that.

Did he ever stop?

Zangulus posted...

Im onto your scheme to collect as much personal information as you can do you can hack my 1 follower Twitter account and I will not cooperate.

I already know the name of your cat. That's all I need.

JigsawTDC posted...

gray hairs are weird because they're crunchier than colored hair

Stop chewing on hair TDC. It's probably not good for you.

Jen0125 posted...

I'm already getting grays too I can't believe it lol

Haha! I don't think some gray streaks on a woman look bad. I got my first one in middle school. My dad's side grays early and the men on my mom's side bald. I'm grateful that I inherited the grays rather than the balding. My little brother is 9 years younger than me and he hasn't gotten a single gray yet which he likes to rub in my face. lol.

Jen0125 posted...

June 30

You old fart

Older and wiser. I say that's why I have so many grays.

Jen0125 posted...

I'll be 32 in June

Me too! When's your bday? Mines June 1st.

hockey7318 posted...

Have my family over for dinner, cuddle my daughter and wife, talk to our baby in her belly and tell her how I wish I got the chance to meet her and assure her that her mother and her sister will take amazing care of her, and probably eat some of my favorite foods while dreading the end.

I don't want to die tomorrow. Give me a few months at least.

Wow, you skipped all the way to the bargaining stage of grief already.

FatalAccident posted...

still in my 20s baby

suck it over 30s

>:(
Well I look like I'm in my early 20's despite my grays.

I'm sure this has been done, but I'm curious as to the average age of PotD.

:)

Damn that's a tough choice. I'd say go for All-stars because it's a limited release, but I loved BotW and Mario Odyssey too... If you really loved Galaxy, then go for Mario All-stars since you'll have a portable copy plus two other great games. You could always get the other games later.

I'm 31 now. Probably will still be around here in 10 years... maybe.

JigsawTDC posted...

I put on deodorant when I'm home alone because I like the scent of Old Spice Aqua Reef.

Hey I use the same deodorant! Have you tried the Dr. Squatch bar soap? I saw a hilarious ad for it on YouTube a month ago and got a couple bars of it. It smells pretty good.

hypnox posted...

I did see someone in the past, but all she wanted to do was give me drugs, like the hard stuff and she didn't offer much in the way of discussion. More the type where I talked and she just sat there taking notes. So that left a bad taste with me.

Thankfully I have a Fiance... the problem however is she is teaching English in Thailand. She has taught many places and was due to be state side with a teaching visa this past January but covid happened and she lost the visa and working on getting it again. So that's fun, but hopefully it's sooner than later.

Yeah that sounds like a psychiatrist. Seeing a therapist should be a much different experience.

I'm hoping things open up again soon too. I want to travel this year and I won't really get that chance with things how they are. Kinda cool that your fiance gets to experience teaching in a different country.

Sorry to hear that. :( I second the suggestion for seeking therapy.

Why does this sound familiar?

ParanoidObsessive posted...

What existential angst?

For me, the idea that life DID have meaning would be the utterly terrifying thing. Because you'd never be entirely sure if you were actually doing what you were supposed to, living up to your potential, or otherwise achieving or furthering that meaning. It would be like if all existence was an MMO and you're the a****** AFK in the corner trying to figure out what the buttons do while the rest of your team is trying to pick up the slack and screaming at you in team chat.

Assuming that life did have some inherent meaning that we didn't decide for ourselves, I don't think it would matter much anyway if we weren't able to know what it was. It would leave us with the same questions we have when life has no inherent meaning: what should we be doing and why should we be doing it? The only difference is that there would be some transcendent truth to the matter that we could never connect with. If some God or other were to come out of the heavens and tell us what our purpose was, then I pretty much agree with you that it would be horrible to feel this pressure to live up to some ideal given to you by this omnipotent being.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Believing life is ultimately meaningless is incredibly freeing. It's very comforting knowing that I'll eventually be dead, and literally nothing I did in life will ever really matter, because on a long enough time scale everything ends. The greatest f***-ups, a******s, and villains in all of human history will eventually be forgotten, humanity itself will die, the stars will all burn out, Earth will either be a cold cinder floating in an infinite void for all eternity or be torn apart on the subatomic level and dispersed across infinite space, and there will be no one and nothing left to observer, remember, or judge.

I can't say I feel comfort in knowing I'll be dead someday. It's more-so acceptance that it is an inescapable truth. It helps me to value the time I have and remember not to take it for granted. I guess in a way it does help during times of suffering to know that pain is temporary. The book, Man's Search for Meaning really goes deep into the idea that man can find meaning even in the face of great suffering. It was one of those books that really inspires me to change the way I think because perspective makes all the difference in the world when it comes to finding happiness.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

And for most of us, we won't even have to wait for the inevitable end to be forgotten - most humans will have their own individual personal impact on the world/universe smoothed out to zero within only a few generations, or maybe a couple dozen or so at most. Even if you have tons of kids and they have tons of kids, eventually those kids will lose track of you in the weeds of the family tree and forget you ever were. And the rest of the world certainly will.

But if literally nothing you do matters, then paradoxically, the only thing that matters is what you choose to do. Live a life you enjoy living, and stop worrying about what you leave behind or whether you "mattered".

Like I posted in another topic recently, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may be dead. Que sera sera. Dum vivimus vivamus."

I really agree with the first part of the bolded text, only partly with the second half... but we might actually be thinking the same thing. I don't think it's wrong to worry about what we leave behind or about whether we mattered. I think both of those things could be part of what someone finds meaningful about their life. I want to impart values onto my kids and know that I've made a difference in people's lives before I die, even if it ultimately only accounts for a spec of human experience in the greater scope of time and existence. It matters to me because people and my relationships are what I think makes my life meaningful. I don't really think there needs to be any transcendent purpose for us to feel like we are leading meaningful lives. I just find the topic interesting to discuss.

ReturnOfFa posted...

I understand what you're getting at, but the majority of feminists I speak to care dearly about men's issues.

Same from my experiences as well. Feminism isn't inherently linked to hating men like I hear some people suggest.

wwinterj25 posted...

Same. Some folk are just naturally odor free. I don't sweat all that much too. Showing is more for my own peace of mind but I certainly don't need it everyday. Even more so when I don't do much these days due to lockdown. Whoop!

My girlfriend says she actually likes my smell if I don't take a shower for a few days. She says I smell like "blanket/comfort." Lol

Raddest_Chad posted...

Probably LinkPizza.

Oh, I forgot about Link. Add him to my list.

I didn't think it was that hard to understand that people may have different preferences than you. There are definitely upsides to office work that many people prefer.

LazyJoker posted...

also umop_apisdn but I don't want him to know that

Too late. Imma let him know on fb.

Jen0125 posted...

No I didn't mention anything you guys said because he is a nice man and he wants to take me to the zoo while we're zooted, ok? I can't mess that up.

Now how will I ever learn the secrets of his profile pic!?

What about Kazaa?

SardonicSoul will always be my favorite PotDer.

If we are talking about active PotDers, idk. Lately, I've tended to gravitate towards TDC, winter, and Jen's topics most though.