topherclay

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[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Well there you have it.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Those food based subversion names are all alphabetical. I guess back then they didn't have enough avocados in the code to call it "California style" so they went with "Cupcake."

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

There's no way that makes sense to sit there, right?

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It's got a 1 cylinder 1 mL engine.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

n9d was not very memorable for me so I think I probably agree with your taste overall. if you're really only going to read one more then I would make sure not to skip The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I think Ghostwritten is one of his earliest books and I think it really shows.

It's really really interesting to imagine a different order to read these stories when you think about which little overlaps you would or would not be able to appreciate.

One of my favorite things about his books is that all his gimmicks with the overlapping characters and the horologist stuff doesn't really matter all that much if the story is just otherwise also extremely well-written. so the "gimmicks" really do feel like a bonus and not like the main point.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I have loved all of David Mitchell's books but Cloud Atlas was the perfect one that I started with that made me want to see everything else he read. I just love the structure of it so so much.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

"Night terrors" is a crazy terminology for something but I think it is probably very well earned.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (4 children)

OP seems to be Korean which makes me extra curious because Koreans have interesting ideas about AC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, Dinner in America is a great movie.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't get sleep paralysis very often, but every time I do I am sleeping in the position that that sleepy bear dozer is in.

He looks pretty content but I wonder if internally he is petrified that Richard Scarry (Scary) is looking down at him with glowing red eyes.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I wonder what the yellow UIC or VIC is on the bottom center.

Are they even letters or is it rough shapes of something that isn't obvious to me?

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The little guy in front is thinking about how he doesn't have the right tires for this. He has no business driving in 'lizzard conditions.

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