VicariousE 2023-02-19 23:57:27

Where have all the voracious readers of NG gone? (cue old van halen song)

Got a marine mechanic in FL as a race buddy.. couldn't tell from talking to him, but he read damn near as many as you. Ate the modern classics as well as allah Halo. Dunno why I mentioned it, maybe I have faith

VicariousE 2023-02-20 16:51:05

@Malachy post muh trap card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyager_Conspiracy
Meh, I'm just jealous damn my bad eyes and singular wit/focus... also peeved at tight bindings

I'm rly fucked now; made an account at a conservative libertarian/financial site, where the comments are phenomenal... still appreciate the to/fro of the NG BBS but the IRL stakes are higher, warrant attention etc

VicariousE 2023-03-01 20:55:23

@Malachy ya could be said.. on both fronts, though zerohedge (fight club reference to mortality) certainly has: old users, mostly informed, successful, mostly anti-authoritarian capitalists/conservative libertarians (who know that party's just as fucked as the other 2 lol)

Plenty of grifters right here, though I get the sense it's only opportunistic, not predatory/par for the course

OVERSCORE 2023-03-19 13:21:11

I’m not sure what style you’re into, but a book series I really enjoyed was the Skyward series by Brandon Sanderson

OVERSCORE 2023-03-19 13:21:40

Call me a nerd but I’ve enjoyed like every Sanderson book I’ve ever read

OVERSCORE 2023-03-19 13:33:53

@Malachy I actually haven’t read that one yet either, but Sanderson is very good at that kind of Fantasy/Sci-fi stuff. I’d say his specialty is world-building and complex plot lines, every element in the story kind of crashes together at the very end in some epic climax. It’s really interesting what he comes up with

9caatz 2023-06-21 20:05:57

Read Remains Of The Day, it’s a great book

ChiralAnomaly 2023-10-05 22:07:35

Wow. You must really like reading.