[uncontainedhybrid]

currently practising my eichah leyning and it's like - finally an occasion on the calendar that meets where i'm at these days. don't have to talk about redemption or light or joy or love or whatever i am good to be sad and mourning.

[thelatecaptainpierce]

M*A*S*H - 7x02: Peace On Us // THE PITT - 1x09 3:00 P.M.

[terapsina]

Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS 📖🐛

Name the best book you've read so far this year.

Favorite fantasy book(s).

Favorite fantasy sub-genre(s). (high fantasy, urban fantasy, portal fantasy etc.)

Favorite science fiction book(s).

Favorite science fiction sub-genre(s). (dystopian, superhero, aliens etc.)

Favorite romance novel(s).

What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike?

Favorite queer fiction book(s).

Favorite detective novel(s).

Favorite classical literature.

Favorite historical fiction.

Favorite horror book(s).

Favorite thriller(s).

Favorite humor and satire book(s).

Which genre(s) are your favorite?

Favorite trilogy.

Favorite finished book series.

Favorite unfinished book series.

Do you read new and less known books or only the big bestsellers?

Where and how do you find new books to read?

The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.

Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.

Favorite heist story book(s).

Favorite Young Adult book(s).

Favorite Middle Grade book(s).

Favorite novella(s).

What was the first book you remember reading as a kid?

Goodreads or StoryGraph (or something else)?

How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?

How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?

Do you mostly read through e-reader; reading app on phone; on your laptop; a physical copy; or by audiobook?

Name your favorite author(s).

How often do you read by listening to audiobooks?

Favorite book narration voice actor(s).

Least favorite trope in your most favorite book genre.

Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.

The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.

How many books have you read this year?

Do you read reviews before picking up a book?

Did you ever want to be a writer?

When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?

Do you buy hardcover book copies for previously purchased paperbacks and library books you enjoyed reading?

Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.

The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.

What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?

I like _____, recommend me a book to read, please (insert a book, or trope, or character, or... anything you like before asking for this one).

What are the last three books you read?

Do you leave reviews for the books you've read? How often?

Do you prefer hopeful, humorous, very emotional or darker books?

What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?

[powerbottombrucespringsteen]

My interest in taylor swift is largely anthropological

[tanadrin]

booty shorts that say “PEOPLE LIKE CERTAINTY MORE THAN THEY LIKE HOPE; THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT PESSIMISM IS WISE” on the ass

[wetorturedsomefolks]

love island should introduce a "scheming eunuch" islander who is like a smart and completely asexual islander exempt from being kicked off or being made to participate in any challenges and they're just there to provide advice and be a sort of sounding board for the other islanders when they need a disinterested party to talk things through with. but the scheming eunuch has secret goals unbeknownst to anyone e.g. a cash prize for talking a certain couple into breaking up etc.

[nyantara]

29 questions. Two axes. Which of 30 AI archetypes are you?

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

how it feels to message a friend who's having Problems that you can't do anything to help with.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

#i appreciate how genuine and non-judgemental this comic feels #like left one is not upset at right one for caring while being powerless #and right one seems genuinely distraught and not performative

I'm glad the facial expressions are coming across accurately! It can feel so absurd to say gosh I hope the torment maze removes some fire and rusty nails soon, but alas, sometimes that's all one can do.

[moveslikekeithrichards]

this might be kind of a reach but is there a way for printers to connect to devices so that documents can be printed from them

[dogpuppy]

At the local hamburger shop and they said yelled out “order 167!” And three middle school age kids yelled in perfect unison “ 6 7!” Life is sometimes so beautiful

[moisterpeggingchampion]

If you reference 67 you deserve to be executed on the spot tbh

[dogpuppy]

If I was king for a day the first thing I would do would be to sentence you to a life full of love and understanding.

[sumikatt]

I think there’s a really odd gap in general supply chain knowledge in which people scapegoat AI as this new devastating environmental concern, when internet data centers have been an environmental problem before that. The internet already had the infrastructure to support it in 2017, before GPT-1 was released. Data centers are not a new problem. The internet already had a large physical presence, but people didn’t really think much of it until there were new AI-related developments (and then attribute all data centers to being related to generative AI? Where do people think YouTube videos are stored? The literal clouds in the sky?)

A Makeship plushie has a bigger carbon footprint than a thousand LLM queries but it is seen as an acceptable environmental impact, because it has been deemed socially acceptable to contract low wage factories in the Global South to make toys to sell to customers worldwide at a 3000% markup, with all the profits staying in the Global North. Not many people think of that environmental impact

[uncontainedhybrid]

What's the last show you watched that you loved & what's the best book you've read this year? 💜💜

new show? i guess the pitt but the last show i watched that i enjoy and love is im rewatching the americans

best book is much harder as i don't read much - small things like these & a matter of obscenity: the politics of censorship in modern england. these make up 50% of the published works ive read this year lol

[uncontainedhybrid]

yesteryear thoughts

i devoured yesteryear in one sitting on friday night - i certainly found it to be an engaging pageturner.

but, it didn't work for me. the main character, natalie has real faith and belief - not the kind that is never shaken, but the kind that demands you rise to the occasion. those reviewers who see her as a grifter both miss the entire point but also speak to the poorly constructed world of yesteryear. the whole point of "Who is our Lord and Saviour, if not the original audience member for our lives?" is to show us natalie's true conviction, that she is determined to perform as she should until her actions and belief become one. she is clearly compelled to fit within the confines of her religious world - this is why we're shown that she is willing to give in to her mother's cajoling to go for a jog days after giving birth, why we're carefully told that it opens her stitches and worsens her postpartum bleeding. this is a woman willing to suffer immensely to become the Good Christian Woman.

however, we do need to believe the author understands what this would mean for natalie. it's fine not to specify which denomination natalie was raised in, or identifies with, or whether her husband comes from the same denomination, but there's a reason some readers have ended up so confused! burke clearly did not even bother to forge a coherent motivation or belief system for her main character. this is much of what doesn't work about yesteryear - it's a high concept novel which has not been given enough time for the characters to be fully realised. (ahem, it needs a towel thrown over it to rise). i hate to participate in the discourse surrounding authors needing to have lived experience with the worlds about which they write - i very much disagree - but burke doesn't understand the fundamentalist world and it's glaringly obvious.

which is why i can't understand the twist ending - spoilers ahead - why would you give natalie such obvious and extreme psychosis?! it pulls all your punches! give me the natalie who strives so desperately to get into heaven that she must punish and abuse her children for the good of all their souls, deliberately. (does burke understand here the possibility to include the doctrine of spare the rod?) give me the natalie who can clear-eyed demand how a Good Christian Woman must be.

[capitalab]

[frogmood]

500 years from now there’s gonna be some film historian who’s entire career is built off of searching for a copy of goncharov

[rainstormyday]

and they're never gonna find it cuz they fucking took it off poob

[uncontainedhybrid]

💜 What cool project are you working on?

i took a skirt off a friend a few months ago and am trying to tailor it to fit me. but im not really working on it that hard though as i've completely forgotten the little i knew about using a sewing machine

also have very cool projects at work but i won't dox myself lmao

[logarithmicpanda]

Ask games to connect with the mutuals!

(please if you use this list, do send an ask to the person you reblog it from. That's how we keep the community living!)

💜 What's the last show you watched that you loved?

💜 What's your top 3 movies of the year?

💜 Are you excited for any video game coming soon?

💜 What's your latest hyperfixation?

💜 Did you discover a new passion this year?

💜 What cool project are you working on?

💜 Who's your latest blorbo? What do you like about them?

💜 Did you meet cool new people on tumblr recently? Give them a shout out!

💜 What's the best book you've read this year?

💜 Any books you're waiting for ?

😈 Rant about a bad book

😈 What's your top 3 tropes you avoid?

😈 Did you leave a fandom this year?

😈 Were you disappointed in any show that you were excited about?

😈 Spill the tea!