Though I know they’re two different books, this alone makes me feel better about giving up on The Savage Detectives about 2/3 of the way in. I just cannot deal with the insufferable level of male navel-gazing Bolaño is steeped in.

Oh yes, replying to your continued trolling efforts is exactly the same as your deliberately hunting around to see whatever I’ve posted on and hassling me there. Totally the same.

Good god, get a life. Or, do your best to enjoy the one you’re living crammed that far up Amazon’s ass! Bye.

Yeah, speaking as a scientist, at least back in the day, it really rubs me the wrong way to see how they advertise for these things. They make it out to seem like the results are going to be 100% conclusive/without error, and even, weirdly, something you should rearrange your current life around/base your identity on.…

I really hope it follows in the vein of the Women’s Marches and just kind of blows everybody’s expectations re: turnout totally out of the water. That would be amazing.

I couldn’t agree more!

Thank you. Can’t believe we keep needing to have this conversation.

“Same deal with Uber/Lyft and wanting driverless cars to be a thing much sooner than they likely will be.”

The urban loop doesn’t seem to have an accurate understanding of how cities are actually laid out and their limited geometric spaces are divvied up.

“Let’s not pretend THESE COMPANIES are in any way, shape, or form friends to actual working human beings. THEY aren’t.”

...Yes? Hence why I concluded with “these companies,” as in the plural? I would not agree with the alternatives presented here, either. Hell, I typically refer to Amazon as “the WalMart of the internet,” because they’re equally awful, pretty much. So... not sure what you’re trying to point out here. I didn’t write…

Accomplishment thread, in case there isn’t one yet/I missed the one we’ve already got up?

You can totally do it!

Oh yeah, a whopping 60 seconds out of my whole evening is real rough. I guess you’re a very slow typist? I really don’t give a shit, though that’s 60 seconds too many wasted on you, clearly. Just another reminder of how obnoxious 90% of the commentariat is around here lately.

Speaking as a 31-year-old dancer who doesn’t dance much anymore (I don’t have the money, dammit! though I wish I did), major kudos to you.

Sweet Factory!!

I so wish I’d known this when I was 13. I mean, granted, most pre-teens know nothing about piercing parlors (why would they?), but I wish I could go back to young me and correct this.

Let things be silly and weird.

It’s decently better than some I’ve seen, sure. Nothing fantastic though, even for lower-tiered skill levels. But that’s my own experience. I would also add, the importance and bearing of any college degree on one’s job prospects these days is pretty overstated. The market is oversaturated with tons of college grads…

Yes! I’m sure there are so many “kittens on laptops” photos for the same reason. They get so warm!