Red Mosquito

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:have you read the book, lv?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuck no

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:F*ck no

please don’t curse at me

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:F*ck no

please don’t curse at me

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly finished with this book. The writing is very pedestrian, but the story is excellent. Really looking forward to this movie.

Super minor spoiler:

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I hope they get the deluxe haptic suite/Shaptic chair that Parcival buys after he becomes famous just right. It looks so cool in my head, I am curious to see how Speilberg realizes it on the screen.

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly finished with this book. The writing is very pedestrian, but the story is excellent. Really looking forward to this movie.

Super minor spoiler:

Spoiler: show

I hope they get the deluxe haptic suite/Shaptic chair that Parcival buys after he becomes famous just right. It looks so cool in my head, I am curious to see how Speilberg realizes it on the screen.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi trag...did you ever finish the sister brothers?

I did not
I went through a spate of failed books, there were like 5-6 I tried to pick up and just couldn't get into them.
How's things, Len?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly finished with this book. The writing is very pedestrian, but the story is excellent. Really looking forward to this movie.

Super minor spoiler:

Spoiler: show

I hope they get the deluxe haptic suite/Shaptic chair that Parcival buys after he becomes famous just right. It looks so cool in my head, I am curious to see how Speilberg realizes it on the screen.

My review as well.

I was thinking of you when I read about Parcival's new haptic rig, thinking "oh man, I wonder if MD has read this? It sounds amazing and so close to a reality."

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi trag...did you ever finish the sister brothers?

I did not
I went through a spate of failed books, there were like 5-6 I tried to pick up and just couldn't get into them.
How's things, Len?

it’s going, i’m still lonely and sad and depressed and fat

You?

Seek help, Len. You deserve to be well.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi trag...did you ever finish the sister brothers?

I did not
I went through a spate of failed books, there were like 5-6 I tried to pick up and just couldn't get into them.
How's things, Len?

it’s going, i’m still lonely and sad and depressed and fat

You?

Seek help, Len. You deserve to be well.

I’ve been in therapy and on multiple antidepressants for almost a year now :/

Oh wow, I did not know that. I'm glad you're there, but bummed that it's not working. Do you like your therapist, or have you considered finding a new one? I had great success in psychotherapy, but I got lucky in that my therapist was the perfect fit for me. I think that's really important.

I can't offer any solid council on the antidepressants, because I've never been on them.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly finished with this book. The writing is very pedestrian, but the story is excellent. Really looking forward to this movie.

Super minor spoiler:

Spoiler: show

I hope they get the deluxe haptic suite/Shaptic chair that Parcival buys after he becomes famous just right. It looks so cool in my head, I am curious to see how Speilberg realizes it on the screen.

My review as well.

I was thinking of you when I read about Parcival's new haptic rig, thinking "oh man, I wonder if MD has read this? It sounds amazing and so close to a reality."

You getting Far Cry next week?

Heck yeah! Though my enthusiasm has wained a bit. I'm definitely excited for the co-op mode and map editor; but then I have a lot less time for gaming these days, plus all the gameplay vids I've seen are making the entire campaign look fairly one-note.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Nearly finished with this book. The writing is very pedestrian, but the story is excellent. Really looking forward to this movie.

Super minor spoiler:

Spoiler: show

I hope they get the deluxe haptic suite/Shaptic chair that Parcival buys after he becomes famous just right. It looks so cool in my head, I am curious to see how Speilberg realizes it on the screen.

My review as well.

I was thinking of you when I read about Parcival's new haptic rig, thinking "oh man, I wonder if MD has read this? It sounds amazing and so close to a reality."

You getting Far Cry next week?

Heck yeah! Though my enthusiasm has wained a bit. I'm definitely excited for the co-op mode and map editor; but then I have a lot less time for gaming these days, plus all the gameplay vids I've seen are making the entire campaign look fairly one-note.

I just pre-ordered my copy. I'm in between games at the moment and this setting has me interested. I've read/seen very little of the game so far.

Maybe some co-op in the future??