@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
'a great sword and sorcery novel'.
Not really. The author relies on a fuckton of deus ex machinas to make things work.
Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I thought it was a fun story full of action, adventure and great world-building
Having just read through Leviticus and Numbers I think you've repressed a few memories. x_x
Nah we definitely went over the genocide in school, and the part where God commands his best boi to kill his own son because ‘you’d do it if you really loved me’. (Years later my first sexual partner said this to me about anal and you know, it wasn’t cool then either.) And him fucking with Job, and killing all the Egyptian kids to prove a point.
I remember! And I always thought it was very fucked up. It was like a Grimm Fairy Tale. The appeal is similar to Dexter, You, Breaking Bad or House MD, where the protagonist is also a villain and you root for them but it’s awkward and makes you question yourself.
But it was fun and zany, you know how kids love these violent video games and stories with clandestine murder in them.
@Ominous said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
'a great sword and sorcery novel'.
Not really. The author relies on a fuckton of deus ex machinas to make things work.
Well. I mean. I think it's just deus in that case.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Should have read the Revelation to John
Oh I did, but that's clearly just someone's fanfiction.
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
And him fucking with Job, and killing all the Egyptian kids to prove a point.
"God doesn't want you to bad things but he won't stop you from doing bad things because then he wouldn't get to punish you for doing bad things."
Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
God damnit, I think I have a new fetish.
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Nah we definitely went over the genocide in school, and the part where God commands his best boi to kill his own son because ‘you’d do it if you really loved me’. (Years later my first sexual partner said this to me about anal and you know, it wasn’t cool then either.) And him fucking with Job, and killing all the Egyptian kids to prove a point.
That's Genesis and Exodus tho. They're bangers. Leviticus and Numbers are the Mosaic law and wandering in the desert and Israel complaining. There are a few exciting bits where God kills a bunch of people but mostly it's God telling Moses that the Israelites are stiff necked and Moses telling God "well you chose them you can't unchoose them" and God saying "fair enough" and killing a couple of people to make a point
ETA: The best interpretation of the binding of Isaac that I ever heard came from a reform rabbi who told me that it wasn't God testing Abraham but Abraham testing God. She said there's a tradition of thought that held that Abraham had no intention of killing Isaac and was bluffing to see if God would stop him and thereby be worthy of worship. I have no idea whether or not such a tradition exists but it is excellent regardless.
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
God damnit, I think I have a new fetish.
I second this.
And after being told I was a heretic and going to hell if I didn't change (at the tender age of 8), I decided the only Christian god I would worship was the George Burns version.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
The best interpretation of the binding of Isaac that I ever heard
You and I played very different video games.
@Macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
God damnit, I think I have a new fetish.
I second this.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
ETA: The best interpretation of the binding of Isaac that I ever heard came from a reform rabbi who told me that it wasn't God testing Abraham but Abraham testing God. She said there's a tradition of thought that held that Abraham had no intention of killing Isaac and was bluffing to see if God would stop him and thereby be worthy of worship. I have no idea whether or not such a tradition exists but it is excellent regardless.
I heard another, that G-d was testing Abraham and Abraham failed, which is why G-d doesn't speak directly to Abraham ever again after that.
Holy motherforking shirtballs, guys. Being the only person with an arts & humanities degree on your MBA group projects is absolutely the worst.
Every single assignment where we push closer and closer to the deadline, I'm the one frantically editing seven to ten pages of syntax, diction, and like... pages of grammatical garbage fires so that the very smart people I'm working with don't end up sounding like absolute morons. And then going back and fixing the references because now they're all out of numerical order since they won't just use MLA.
a) Be nice to your editors.
b) If you've ever joked that English majors can have a great career waiting tables, you deserve to be punched in your big stupid face.
https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello
@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
b) If you've ever joked that English majors can have a great career waiting tables, you deserve to be punched in your big stupid face.
"English majors make great baristas"
"Ugh, why pay writers? -I- write everyday."
"We don't need to hire a writer. My niece loves to write, I'll just ask her to do it."
"I don't need to pay someone to write a script for our commercial, what a waste of money. I'll write it."
The last one was relayed to me by a videographer who ran a small company filming commercials for local businesses. He was so pained by how difficult it was to get companies to understand that the reason their commercials did so poorly was they were just so badly written.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice I think blood just shot out my nose.
plans to see family this weekend fell through because my parents, who I live with for only one more month after a year of saving money (with kids and husband and one bathroom and no washer/dryer and not a lot of room but oh I am super grateful I promise because no rent) have told us we can't go because covid19 and no measures will make them feel comfortable about it. Big to do, I promised my other family we would be there, we made all the plans.
I get the world is a mess. I get my parents' worries are legit. I get my other family's feelings of disappointment are legit.
I still feel like an asshole with no recourse or apology big enough.
flashbacks of a child of divorce: which parent do you like better? uh clearly the one I'm at the mercy of for the next month no fuck no not really I just don't want to deal with pissed off people in a house too small to quarantine 4 people separate from for two weeks.
@SinCerely
Why didn't they convey these concerns at some earlier point in time?
Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
@Ominous They said they were fine until the infection numbers started to climb up. And now they're concerned.
@SinCerely
Ahhhh. That explains it.
Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
@Ominous can't really be mad at anyone. It just sucks.
@Aria Endnote! That'll save you hours on referencing.
