I'm constantly surprised at how much I like it, given I disliked the book so much
but I think that's partly down to the story being a lot more interesting when you don't have to view it from Quentin's PoV all the time, and partly because the show writers are at least 80x funnier than Lev Grossman.
Y'know in retrospect I should have realized those books were gonna leave me feeling unpleasant given the author is literally a gross man
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Its nice to be reminded that Conan O'Brien is a very smart guy.
I absolutely want to die in such a way that no trace of a body can be recovered
I want someone out there to suspect there's a chance I'm still alive, for years
I happened to look up my first North American ancestor yesterday (knowing some basic facts from my dad it was surprisingly easy to find) and I read a short biography of him (he was apparently "almost killed by Iroquois" but lived to 63 and had 14 children) and I started to think okay how many generations, 14 children, which one of those is my ancestor, and realized there was no way I could bridge the gap between him and my great-grandfather (don't even know the name of my great-great grandfather)
all that to say that there are what, about 8 or so generations of people in my own bloodline I'll never hear about but without whom I would never have existed and they all had lives just as valid as my own and in 300 years if I have descendants and they want to look me up they'll have no idea where to even start and yet I'll be their great-great[...] grandfather. I barely know anything about the one that made the trip across the Atlantic and I would definitely not know even that much if he wasn't the one that made the trip. And that's just one branch of my family tree.
Anyway this whole rant was to say haha yeah we're all nothing.
My sister was flipping out about what if she never has kids, what if nobody carries on the family memories etc
and I'm like dude do you even know the name of either of your great-grandmothers? Even if you DO have kids you'll drop off the posterity radar in less than a century. Write a book if you want to be remembered.
My sister was flipping out about what if she never has kids, what if nobody carries on the family memories etc
and I'm like dude do you even know the name of either of your great-grandmothers? Even if you DO have kids you'll drop off the posterity radar in less than a century. Write a book if you want to be remembered.
My dad literally went through an existential crisis when he realized neither my sister or I was gonna have kids
Like, he seriously freaked out and had to talk to his therapist about how scared he was that the family name was going to go away
I don't get why people are so weird about that shit
Family legacies are dumb anyway because they prioritize an arbitrary connection over all else, so you have people hanging onto terrible shit and, like, grudges of people long-dead because it's their legacy. Fuck that, I'd rather have my impact on the world be through all the different lives I touch and the various connections I make with people all over. I'd rather CHOOSE what things to leave the world in my name.
My grandpa had 4 children and 10 grandchildren and now there are only two children that bear his name, both are mine and both also have their other grandpa's name. Only my brother and my sister have that name in our generation besides me. It's probable neither of them will have children that keep the name.
Names are just what you call a thing, they don't matter, what's important is that you love the people you share your life with.
(that being said my grandpa had plenty of siblings and I have a ton of distant relatives sharing my name, including a pretty famous wrestler/murderer).
SimBen on
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My extended family really wants me to have kids since I'm really the last hope of continuing on the family name and what have you.
And well most of y'all have heard my dating stories.
(that being said my grandpa had plenty of siblings and I have a ton of distant relatives sharing my name, including a pretty famous wrestler/murderer).
I absolutely want to die in such a way that no trace of a body can be recovered
I want someone out there to suspect there's a chance I'm still alive, for years
I think you can do this on purpose by just dropping whatever you're doing and walking into the woods until exposure takes your life
(that being said my grandpa had plenty of siblings and I have a ton of distant relatives sharing my name, including a pretty famous wrestler/murderer).
OH SHIT I NEVER PUT THAT TOGETHER
We're not even second or probably third cousins TO BE FAIR
but all Benoits definitely come from the one that landed in then-Ville Marie (Montreal) in 1658.
I'm the last person who can pass on my great grandfather's name, which actually burdened me a fair bit when I was younger and cared about that sort of stuff.
(that being said my grandpa had plenty of siblings and I have a ton of distant relatives sharing my name, including a pretty famous wrestler/murderer).
(that being said my grandpa had plenty of siblings and I have a ton of distant relatives sharing my name, including a pretty famous wrestler/murderer).
I'm glad I have kids. Even if they are nightmares that never sleep on time.
Sorry, to be clear
I was not being anti kids
I was being anti "you're expected to have kids to preserve your legacy"
Oh, I agree with you. Nobody should HAVE to have kids. I mean, logically, I probably SHOULDN'T have had kids, given the shitty state the world is in (and is going to be in the future).
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I only want kids in so much that I want a continuing lineage of people to constantly make immortality miserable for @Rorshach Kringle
I have a friend whose sister fucking screamed at him when he said he wasn’t going to have kids and man that is so far outside of my frame of reference for a thing to be mad about
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I have a lot of friends who want to "continue their legacy" through having a bunch of kids.
And... Why?
You aren't some noble king.
You don't need to raise a clan to war with your neighbors.
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I was at a funeral a few years back and one of my relatives walked up to me and said "We are losing family quicker than we are gaining them. Get to work." and then gestured dismissively at my crotch.
Family is fun like that.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I guess you could say my official stance on this issue is...
Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. That's the only way to become what you were meant to be.
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If you end up with one, that will be a grave mistake
Y'know in retrospect I should have realized those books were gonna leave me feeling unpleasant given the author is literally a gross man
Always nice to find another proponent of death via an off-planet implosion incident.
I guess the punchline was that it wasn't a joke.
I want someone out there to suspect there's a chance I'm still alive, for years
Tell me did you ever have coffee at your grandparents' house?
all that to say that there are what, about 8 or so generations of people in my own bloodline I'll never hear about but without whom I would never have existed and they all had lives just as valid as my own and in 300 years if I have descendants and they want to look me up they'll have no idea where to even start and yet I'll be their great-great[...] grandfather. I barely know anything about the one that made the trip across the Atlantic and I would definitely not know even that much if he wasn't the one that made the trip. And that's just one branch of my family tree.
Anyway this whole rant was to say haha yeah we're all nothing.
Which is why I’m doing angel dust right now
and I'm like dude do you even know the name of either of your great-grandmothers? Even if you DO have kids you'll drop off the posterity radar in less than a century. Write a book if you want to be remembered.
My dad literally went through an existential crisis when he realized neither my sister or I was gonna have kids
Like, he seriously freaked out and had to talk to his therapist about how scared he was that the family name was going to go away
I don't get why people are so weird about that shit
(then my sister had a kid, because of course)
Names are just what you call a thing, they don't matter, what's important is that you love the people you share your life with.
And well most of y'all have heard my dating stories.
OH SHIT I NEVER PUT THAT TOGETHER
I think you can do this on purpose by just dropping whatever you're doing and walking into the woods until exposure takes your life
We're not even second or probably third cousins TO BE FAIR
but all Benoits definitely come from the one that landed in then-Ville Marie (Montreal) in 1658.
Also a very popular line of balls
I wish
if anyone was gonna have a surprise kid tho
I just felt the dolly zoom onto my face.
Sorry, to be clear
I was not being anti kids
I was being anti "you're expected to have kids to preserve your legacy"
I feel that's the universal normal human parenting experience.
Oh, I agree with you. Nobody should HAVE to have kids. I mean, logically, I probably SHOULDN'T have had kids, given the shitty state the world is in (and is going to be in the future).
And... Why?
You aren't some noble king.
You don't need to raise a clan to war with your neighbors.
Family is fun like that.
Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. That's the only way to become what you were meant to be.
The worst part is they weren't even cremated.
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