i can see skipping a season or something. but are you actually talking about watching just the best rated episode of a thing, even if it drops you in the middle of a plotline you don't understand? that seems like psycho behavior
Who is this about??? I backtracked a page but it didn’t seem applicable to anything
Have I told the story of how we got scammed by an old man in Italy? Probably, but hey ho. We were trying to catch a train in one of the big cities, I forget which, and turned up at the station looking flustered and hot and carrying a lot of luggage. We didn't have EASY MARK stencilled on our foreheads but we might as well have.
Anyway, a nice old man in what looked like a blue uniform just like the one the bored guy in the ticket booth was wearing approached us and, in excellent English, offered to help. He walked us to the train timetable, asked us about our journey, pointed out the correct train, the right platform and reassured us that our tickets were fine and we were in plenty of time.
He then held out his hand and politely asked for some money. It was at this point that I noticed he had no insignia on his 'uniform', which was just a blue shirt and blue trousers. I gave him some money and thanked him, he gave a little bow and left to find another idiot.
The best thing about this scam is that on many occasions I would have happily paid the same amount for the same service provided by an actual official, because he was very helpful and attentive to our needs. He stole nothing, gave value for money, and was unfailingly polite.
I don't think we were scammed in any restaurants but the wife always researched where to go beforehand so maybe we just avoided all the tourist traps. I love Italy, have been a ton, and we're hoping to go to Naples later this year.
Ive walked by my scam guy three more times cause hes at the locus of the sights and Im starting to appreciate his dedication to a bit and ability to control the prime spot
(1€ is barely a scam tho so ??? idk if the economics work? maybe he wins by volume or low overhead)
Tumin on
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milan is one of the biggest disappointments i've had
the cathedral is lovely and then there's like three nice streets around it and the rest is just a massive dump
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Toulouse is the fourth largest city in France and, if you're in that part of the world, worth a trip if you like museums, cathedrals, fine fresh food and a general air of well-to-do comfort.
The Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse is splendid, a monument to the martyr dragged to his death in the city's streets, and whose fate is commemorated several times within, most impressively on the gold altarpiece. Look at it. She big!
The restored eleventh century fresco is my favourite thing inside but it's up against some stuff competition from the many beautiful more modern frescos and a general atmosphere of "yes this cost lot of money but we're not flaunting it like the Spanish do". The only bum note is struck by the modern paintings of the Passion that adorn the pillars in the nave, which are, to use the technical art history term, a bit iffy.
Between wolfing down culture why not visit the Victor Hugo market, a huge indoor affair in which one can buy anything tasty. Pictured here are some madeleines that didn't last long once we'd handed over our Euros but not pictured is all the other stalls selling cheese, meat, fish, bread and occasional bars where weary spouses can rest while their other half is pressed up against the glass counters ogling vittles. The wife made sure to carefully examine every stall twice.
Toulouse has a second Basilica, which seems greedy. Slightly less grand that that of Saint Sernin, the Basilique Notre Dame la Daurade is still lovely, and contains a Madonna that used to be paraded and has been blackened by her endless proximity to candles. This is the apse.
Cranach's characteristically weird looking Hercules having his beard stroked by women of the court at Omphalos was a highlight at the Foundation Bemberg. It's a lovely art collection, the result of one man's love of painting and, one expects, no little amount of money. Very strong on Impressionist paintings, it's located in a fine old hotel near the river and much better than the museum of architecture, which feels a bit parochial.
Look at this Cardinal by Clouet. He looks like he's sentenced a few unlucky Musketeers to death in his time.
It's a big university city as well, I think, so there are lots of attractive young folk out enjoying life and making you feel old, but then you remember they will inherit a blasted and mostly underwater Earth and you smile and get on with enjoying your holiday.
Now starting season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows
I quite like this
Also they finally put Kristen Schaal in the opening credits! That was getting on my nerves that they hadn’t done that since she’s been in practically every episode for the past two seasons
I don’t want this to end
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Idk Atomika it sounds like you dont buy Death of the Author as a starting point for analysis at all these days, and without analysis how can one engage in criticism?
This is film holism and what is holistic medicine but one step from naturopathy and crystals smh
the author has never been dead and to pretend otherwise has always been a polite fiction
I put it in the same bucket as the "free market" of economics and "to serve and protect" of law enforcement
never actually true, and pretending they were true only served to preserve an unjust status quo
I don’t think this is quite accurate
Charitably, I do think it’s useful for people that invest no effort into learning the biography to just take the text as a closed system
Critically, I think death of the author has been used to excuse horrible people who made good art
Post-JKR I believe it’s only valid for the latter if a) the author is dead and b) you engaging with the text does not financially contribute to them or their estate
I do believe all art is a product of the material circumstances of the author, even if it’s not particularly or obviously biographical
milan is one of the biggest disappointments i've had
the cathedral is lovely and then there's like three nice streets around it and the rest is just a massive dump
Yeah we did 2 days in Milan last year and that was enough
Had a lovely time, stayed next to the Duomo, ate good food, but we agreed we never need to return, outside of flying into the city or catching a train elsewhere
anyway I implore you to watch this review because odds are that, like me, you have never heard word one about this game before, and there is also a good chance that, like me, you will immediately go "oh my god, I must have this"
There are a bunch of restaurants that identify as pizzerias. Almost none of them are open for lunch, and the one we found that was open was not serving pizza during lunch.
There are a bunch of restaurants that identify as pizzerias. Almost none of them are open for lunch, and the one we found that was open was not serving pizza during lunch.
There are no dominos here. But there is a Pizza Hut. It has 2 stars. Though one 5 star review says that from the 10+ years that they’ve been in Sicily, it was the best pizza they’ve had. ?????
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going to a pizza hut or dominos in italy feels like the kind of act that gets someone struck by lightning.
Fired up the tig welder and it seemed a little bright, discovered my welding helmet is entirely unsuitable for low amps TIG welding.
Kind of thinking of splashing for a very high end helmet, risking my eyes up for a hobby doesn't seem worth it.
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I'm awake
between being kept up way too late well past brain crash time and my neck & shoulder still being fucked I don't have high hopes for really anything happening today.
i can see skipping a season or something. but are you actually talking about watching just the best rated episode of a thing, even if it drops you in the middle of a plotline you don't understand? that seems like psycho behavior
Who is this about??? I backtracked a page but it didn’t seem applicable to anything
Spill the tea
Tumin joked about watching a single episode of Twin Peaks and chu was (very rightly) offended by the very idea of such a thing
I thought someone had dropped some weights but no one in this house is as strong as what would be required to make the house shake like that. Earthquakes! California!
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I keep saying nobody should ever in their lives board a helicopter.
Welp fog, guess I’ll crash then.
PSN: Honkalot
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Death of the Author only means the reader can have a valid interpretation of a work that is different from the author's
it's kind of absurd to claim that's not true
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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In the year of our lord 2024 we should not still have ground that shakes.
Death of the Author only means the reader can have a valid interpretation of a work that is different from the author's
it's kind of absurd to claim that's not true
this isn't quite right - you're describing something called Reader Response Theory
Death of the Author is explicitly that the author's intentions, biography, literally anything outside of the text, does not matter
An example where they diverge is a reader may have had a particular experience in their own personal life that becomes the lens which they interpret the book through
In an analysis using Death of the Author, that would never be included because it's outside the text
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AMC slaps ‘Goodfellas’ with trigger warning for ‘offensive’ content that includes ‘cultural stereotypes’
you mean to tell me that italians don't go FUGGEDABOUTIT and eat spaghetti with their mothers
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Who is this about??? I backtracked a page but it didn’t seem applicable to anything
Spill the tea
I don’t think I’ve ever been scammed in Italy as an adult
I’m just built different though, the scammers immediately understand I’m a savvy world traveler and nod in grudging respect as I pass
(Also we don’t tend to visit big cities there)
So I guess the scammers were effective
Anyway, a nice old man in what looked like a blue uniform just like the one the bored guy in the ticket booth was wearing approached us and, in excellent English, offered to help. He walked us to the train timetable, asked us about our journey, pointed out the correct train, the right platform and reassured us that our tickets were fine and we were in plenty of time.
He then held out his hand and politely asked for some money. It was at this point that I noticed he had no insignia on his 'uniform', which was just a blue shirt and blue trousers. I gave him some money and thanked him, he gave a little bow and left to find another idiot.
The best thing about this scam is that on many occasions I would have happily paid the same amount for the same service provided by an actual official, because he was very helpful and attentive to our needs. He stole nothing, gave value for money, and was unfailingly polite.
I don't think we were scammed in any restaurants but the wife always researched where to go beforehand so maybe we just avoided all the tourist traps. I love Italy, have been a ton, and we're hoping to go to Naples later this year.
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Yeah, its not great. Rome was lousy with it, as was Pisa.
Venice and Florence less so, for whatever reason.
This is also very outdated knowledge; last time I was there the currency was still the Lira, and I was rich.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
(1€ is barely a scam tho so ??? idk if the economics work? maybe he wins by volume or low overhead)
the cathedral is lovely and then there's like three nice streets around it and the rest is just a massive dump
The Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse is splendid, a monument to the martyr dragged to his death in the city's streets, and whose fate is commemorated several times within, most impressively on the gold altarpiece. Look at it. She big!
The restored eleventh century fresco is my favourite thing inside but it's up against some stuff competition from the many beautiful more modern frescos and a general atmosphere of "yes this cost lot of money but we're not flaunting it like the Spanish do". The only bum note is struck by the modern paintings of the Passion that adorn the pillars in the nave, which are, to use the technical art history term, a bit iffy.
Between wolfing down culture why not visit the Victor Hugo market, a huge indoor affair in which one can buy anything tasty. Pictured here are some madeleines that didn't last long once we'd handed over our Euros but not pictured is all the other stalls selling cheese, meat, fish, bread and occasional bars where weary spouses can rest while their other half is pressed up against the glass counters ogling vittles. The wife made sure to carefully examine every stall twice.
Toulouse has a second Basilica, which seems greedy. Slightly less grand that that of Saint Sernin, the Basilique Notre Dame la Daurade is still lovely, and contains a Madonna that used to be paraded and has been blackened by her endless proximity to candles. This is the apse.
Cranach's characteristically weird looking Hercules having his beard stroked by women of the court at Omphalos was a highlight at the Foundation Bemberg. It's a lovely art collection, the result of one man's love of painting and, one expects, no little amount of money. Very strong on Impressionist paintings, it's located in a fine old hotel near the river and much better than the museum of architecture, which feels a bit parochial.
Look at this Cardinal by Clouet. He looks like he's sentenced a few unlucky Musketeers to death in his time.
It's a big university city as well, I think, so there are lots of attractive young folk out enjoying life and making you feel old, but then you remember they will inherit a blasted and mostly underwater Earth and you smile and get on with enjoying your holiday.
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Lake como is one of the most magical places on the planet and it’s like an hour away from Milan
Go there instead omg
soups back on the menu
I quite like this
Also they finally put Kristen Schaal in the opening credits! That was getting on my nerves that they hadn’t done that since she’s been in practically every episode for the past two seasons
I don’t want this to end
I don’t think this is quite accurate
Charitably, I do think it’s useful for people that invest no effort into learning the biography to just take the text as a closed system
Critically, I think death of the author has been used to excuse horrible people who made good art
Post-JKR I believe it’s only valid for the latter if a) the author is dead and b) you engaging with the text does not financially contribute to them or their estate
I do believe all art is a product of the material circumstances of the author, even if it’s not particularly or obviously biographical
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Yeah we did 2 days in Milan last year and that was enough
Had a lovely time, stayed next to the Duomo, ate good food, but we agreed we never need to return, outside of flying into the city or catching a train elsewhere
so yeah I bought this and it is so far fantastic.
think Morrowind but even stranger, I am absolutely loving it. And the graphics are like a warm cozy embrace to me.
Dominos will never let you down
I feel like a half dozen or more really good indies have come out this month in what was, I thought, going to be a slow month
Kind of thinking of splashing for a very high end helmet, risking my eyes up for a hobby doesn't seem worth it.
between being kept up way too late well past brain crash time and my neck & shoulder still being fucked I don't have high hopes for really anything happening today.
And yet
dominos can bestow two pan pizzas with 2 toppings each for $7.99
get rekt Italy
Tumin joked about watching a single episode of Twin Peaks and chu was (very rightly) offended by the very idea of such a thing
Would normally be extremely offended by such an insensitive post but today is actually my Friday so I will let it slide this once
Welp fog, guess I’ll crash then.
it's kind of absurd to claim that's not true
this isn't quite right - you're describing something called Reader Response Theory
Death of the Author is explicitly that the author's intentions, biography, literally anything outside of the text, does not matter
An example where they diverge is a reader may have had a particular experience in their own personal life that becomes the lens which they interpret the book through
In an analysis using Death of the Author, that would never be included because it's outside the text
you mean to tell me that italians don't go FUGGEDABOUTIT and eat spaghetti with their mothers