Random Rants

[endo]

It's the darkness and the moisture. Here in NoGer it doesn't really get very cold (max around 0°C in a normal winter). But due to it's position between two seas and probably not very different to the British Isles, it's quite damp. Not even raining (or snowing) that much. Just very damp. But it's already obvious that days are getting longer and there is a little more sunshine. Today about 2hrs at midday. Still, almost 3 more months until trees will get green again. Will look out for the hazels @ARNC there are a lot around at my cottage.

[endo]

Obviously, there are also pros of winter time, such as

• wearing more heavy IH stuff
• seasons are a must, then there must be a winter
• sunny icy days are incredibly beautiful
• it's ok to cherish a bad mood

... now you

[ARNC]

@endo the catkins are one of the most obvious signs of the changing seasons near me.

For the pros of winter:

• I get to wear my N1

• And my A2

• Going out in the evening feels like more of an event

• Moonlight walks (torches are cheating!)

• There are probably others but I can’t think of them right now

[flannel slut]

Breathing in cold air. Sounds weird after typing it out

[Brian]

I’ll swap for a while, I’m heading in to a week upwards of 38+ each day with 12 hours plus of sunshine

[mclaincausey]

Why is everyone such a fucking creep? Cormac McCarthy and Neil Gaiman, looking at you.

[flannel slut]

@mclaincausey oh no. Much respect for their work but know nothing of them outside some good reads. What kind of shenanigans they get into?

[mclaincausey]

@flannel-slut McCarthy’s thing is kind of old but at age 42 he picked up a 16 year old at a motel pool. Gaiman has a bunch of credible and extremely creepy accusations of sexual misconduct, exploiting power dynamics to do so.

Then we have stories about Danny Elfman and others to add more wood to my bonfire of misanthropy.

[flannel slut]

@mclaincausey was my guess but wasn’t finding anything specific… all too common

[SKT]

@mclaincausey I think the Gaiman things feels particularly egregious to me because he consistently identified as a supporter of women and feminism. That article detailing the allegations against him was really disturbing.

[SKT]

Also, Ryan Adams pulled the same type of shit if I remember correctly

[mclaincausey]

@SKT yeah exactly, the layer of hypocrisy doesn’t help.

And Ryan Adams had whatever issues he had—I don’t know all the details—but at a minimum he was using his celebrity and connections to promise things to romantic interests, and then threatening to destroy them professionally when they didn’t reciprocate. So, while reprehensible and unacceptable, what I’ve read about him isn’t as bad as sexual assault attached to Gaiman, and he could have rehabilitated himself and his career. His fans seemed by and large to be ready to forgive his Weinstein-isms if he could have just gotten back to doing music. But when he had that opportunity, he went full Morrissey, going batshit crazy on tour and messing it up. The man is deeply unwell.

[SKT]

You’re right and I should have been more careful to lump Adams in with Gaiman. Not the same level of offenses but in the same orbit…abusing a power dynamic.

And I need to look into his tour/comeback…I didn’t even know he made the attempt.

[mclaincausey]

@SKT I found an article / concert review that echoes a lot of what I saw on reddit.

https://891khol.org/op-ed-when-youve-fallen-from-grace-have-some-grace/

[tody]

As we have a no politics rule around here, let me ask a legal question instead:
How many times would I be able to reload for it still to be considered self defense?

[WhiskeySandwich]

@tody depends on how many times you miss....

[Jett129]

@tody @WhiskeySandwich You guys reminded me of the joke...What do you do if you miss your Mother-in -Law?...Reload!

[Matt]

Depends on which state you’re in.

[tody]

it certainly feels like the state of confusion.

[prpx]

Guess this can go here.
Long live Nick.