A hard time?

You're not wrong 😅 But as far as I'm concerned there's no expiration date on literature. Somewhere, someone is reading the books for the first time. The odds of them also being on Lemmy are astronomically small. But it was enough of an "oh shit" moment IMO that it was worth the half-second it took to hit the spoiler button.

::: spoiler Tap for ramblings of an old man about old children's books It was also the moment that jolted me out of whatever enjoyment I had been getting out of The Last Battle. Whenever I would do a re-read, things really slowed down for Silver Chair and Horse And His Boy, picked back up wonderfully for Magician's Nephew, then Last Battle would ham-fist its way through to the end, with Furry Jesus reveling with his most devout disciples. Just eye-rolling stuff.

The Wardrobe movie from a while back was a surprisingly good adaptation, and as the series went on (and then stalled out after Dawn Treader) I was worried about the actors literally aging out of being able to play the roles. Thinking back, it was probably for the best that it ended there. :::

It's not that deep. The whole series is thinly veiled Christianity. By the end, Susan lost her faith. That's it. She no longer held Narnia in her heart. But it's an allegory for children so it was couched in awkward old man language. Why Susan and not Peter? Regular old misogyny, Eve-style.

1950 is when the first book was published. Susan being excluded completely didn't happen until the last book, in 1956. And considering

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler They all fucking died IRL :::

Susan being unable to enter Heaven Narnia because she no longer believed makes sense narratively and thematically.

If you want to see this as some sort of commentary on child marriage laws, well... have fun.

they were talking about the difference between big picture thinking and evidence based thinking

This annoyed me so much that I had to stop reading for a few moments.

I've been in similar situations. One recent example was in music therapy. We listened to a song and were asked our impressions. My brain was breaking down instrumentation and phrasing, appreciating the lack of autotune, etc. But what they were shooting for with the question, and what probably about half the participants responded, was "that was pretty relaxing." While true (if subjective), it's the details that jumped out at me.

The reward for being good at toil is more toil.

Signed,
The guy who was good at streamlining and ended up with 3-4 different jobs but only one salary

Half of them already do this with whatever dead Kennedy is the current savior.

People have been saying "Nintendo should release their games for Platform That I Like" for decades. Pretty sure they're content with doing what they're been doing.

It's neck and neck.

My car still has one of these, and I just happened to use it yesterday when the battery on my Bluetooth adapter died. Yes, my car is old. Given the state of new cars today, I think I'm gonna keep it as long as I can.

I have two Vizio panels, a 2017 and a 2023. Neither are connected to my network. The 2017 got a couple of firmware updates via wired connection in the first year but I nixed that after an update nearly bricked it. The 2023 will turn itself back on for a few seconds occasionally (just the electronics, not the panel)... possibly looking for an open network but I have no way to verify. Neither complain about a lack of connection unless I accidentally select their streaming input.

Don't forget LGBTQ and furries. 🙄

Is Dan Quayle available to weigh in?

If they're like my nephew, the "manosphere" gives them easy answers as to why everything seems to suck.

That does not encrypt your storage.

It's encrypted by default.

Why do that when lying and grifting is cheaper?

Ya know, when you put it like that, it adds a whole other layer of fuckedupedness on the rotten lasagna of history.

I've eaten a few cougars in my time and gotta say, taste varies wildly depending on lifestyle and hygiene.

"When coming upon a dragon while adventuring with a halfling, one need not outrun the dragon, only the halfling."