Haha same, I just treat it as one long book with several acts. Yeah loving it, I like how Asimov doesn’t dwell on overbearing descriptions of battles or the like but has a very calm way to tell the story. Unlike Stanislav Lem, in Solaris I had to skip several passages that were just unreadable to me, especially in the descriptions of the forms the ocean build, after like three paragraphs I was like ‘alright soa little like stalagmites, thanks’ and skipped ahead until he came back to the story. I love his books nonetheless, if you haven’t read them already I highly recommend them.

Funny, I’m also reading foundation right now and had the same realization. Generally I am noticing how much Foundation influenced other sci-fi, like Trantor being the inspiration for coruscant in star wars.

I’m in my mid thirties, me and my friends always have been like this. We also cuddle sometimes, always have. When we had movie nights we would have what we’d call the puppy pile - just put your head on my shoulder bro.

We didn’t even know it was unusual until a friend visited with his gf while we had movie night and she was endeared when she saw the puppy pile “I love how comfortable you all are with each other!” - “What do you mean?”

Cuddle your bros, bros! It’s nice :)

I hear you.

Buckley’s version is just perfect to me. The pain, the longing.in his voice. What a great artist he was.

Alex Jones went on his show the day Charlie Kirk died and within 20 minutes of the shots started exploiting the whole story for his own gains, letting the video of the shot hitting Kirk play on loop, in slowmo, “zoom in on that” while plugging his products and rambling about the left. He is a disgusting piece of shit grifter that doesn’t stop exploiting people’s misery, even if it’s one of his own. Kirk wasn’t even pronounced dead before Jones started building a narrative around it. If I were someone from Kirks family or company I would sue the living shit out of Jones for this, it is vile and disgusting even his co-host was a little taken aback by it.

Diesel is beer and cola

Fr, if earl grey doesn’t count I’m lost

Although I really like the analyses of the main guy; they are very sharp when Jones is rambling & deflecting.

Adding to that: yes those moments are very enjoyable, but if you listen for longer you’ll notice they are around a lot and the replies of dan and Jordan are in a vacuum, they have no impact on what is being rambled about. In those depositions there is actually a professional in the room, that either stops the rambling (there is a moment where one lawyer actually does a “bapbapbap I’m talking, not you” to Alex Jones), or they just deflate all the nonsense with a short remark like “in what way was this an answer to my question” or " do you know what question you are answering right now?". Oh and one of my favorites “that’s a nice opinion to have, but not an answer to my question”.

I think it’s formulaic objections #18 where Steven Crowders is questioned and he tries his “debate me bro” techniques a couple of times and just runs into a wall with his face first. Like, why would you try something like this with a lawyer that has been working your case for months and generally does that shit for a living, do you think there will be a “gotcha” moment, because there.will absolutely be not.

And just for entertainment formulaic objections #3 is Roger Stone being deposed by a lawyer he has been aquatinted with for decades and they absolutely HATE each other, it’s just perfect. Both of them are terrible people and it’s just a delight listen to them being at each other’s throats, but in a legal setting. One highlight is “did you just call me a little bitch?” - “well you certainly act like one”. I laughed out loud more than once during this episode.

Oh yeah, Dans analyses is what carries this show. He is at his best when he is angrily swinging his Analysis like the sword of righteousness, those moments are just perfect.

Yes, for the most part. Obviously there are heavier topics and moments that require more sensitivity but their dynamic is pretty good reflected in the BtB episodes. I can’t recommend them enough but I must advise some moderation, if you take too much of that stuff in at once it becomes quite a mental load.

They have episodes titled ‘Formulaic objections’ which are commented versions of depositions, mainly from the sandy hook cases, but also others against characters from that universe and they are awesome. I sometimes take those as a sort of palette cleanser, because it is quite relieving to see those characters in a court setting, stripped of their usual ability to just deflect and ramble on.

Happy anniversary, I love reading your content! Thank you for your dedication <3

Yep, been to transnistria in 2010, the society was heavily russified. Russian military settled the secessionists civil war by supporting the creation of the transnistrian state and Russian troops and propaganda are now a part of that state. Moldova got completely fucked over by loosing their industrial centers and it’s ensueing instability has made Moldovans more suspectable to Russian propaganda. Had the EU stepped up more to help Moldova stabilize the state and democracy there they wouldn’t be so bad off.

I did Mandatory service in Germany almost 15 years ago, i still sometimes hear “links, links, links two drei vier, links” in my head.

For real. My father was a gynecologist and always said - “I need their file to remember their names, why would I remember their genitals?”

And from a business standpoint it would be very bad practice to talk about that stuff, if it comes out people are less likely to trust you.

A body at rest requires more energy to reach a given speed than one already in motion.

Can’t imagine living with the side chick during the divorce

I did, but it was my mom who betrayed my dad, we lived with her boyfriend for some time. But like I mentioned, my dad was an emotionally distant, almost cold alcoholic, who spent his time drinking alone or working instead of caring for his family. So I get that she had needs that weren’t fulfilled. Of course I was mad with her for some time but after some time I understood what moved her, as a child I didn’t really realize how our dad left us alone in that time.

Could my mom have made better decisions? Absolutely, she could’ve just divorced him.

Does my dad share blame for distancing himself from his family, years before the infidelity? Also yes.

Did I like living with my mom’s side piece? Hell no, I didn’t like that guy.

In the end it turned out alright, my dad got sober and through therapy learned to have meaningful relationships with his children and partners. My mom is married to another man, who I love dearly, even my father had an okay relationship with him.

All I’m trying to say is that human relationships are complicated, things like this betrayal don’t always happen in a vacuum. I mean sometimes they do, but we don’t know that here.

Hey, that person isn’t a good role model and did something absolutly deplorable. I want you to understand that this not a way to act and that these actions are very hurtful and demeaning to me and our family.

These actions now do have consequences, which is why I am divorcing him. I hope you will understand that I can not reconcile the betrayal and that actions like this will always hurt people and have harsh consequences.

But I understand that this person is your father and your relationship to him is important to you so I will try to make peace with that, in order to not hurt you any more than has already been done.

Seems also like a reasonable thing to say to your child. You know, not instrumentalizing your child to hurt the partner that betrayed you. Seems selfish to me, but what do I know.

But I should’ve know better than to expect healthy nuance from an online discussion anyways.

Edit: I got a little combative there, which was unnecessary

It’s not that hard of a concept to understand. In the described scenario both did something wrong, which is why I said, that both are partially wrong (regarding the described problem).

He is wrong for betraying his family and she is wrong for trying to pull the child into their dispute by making them choose sides.

So OP posted this, not only because his dad cheated and not only because his mom is trying to make them choose, but because of BOTH those things happening.

Honestly from what we know, which is next to nothing, both parents here are in the wrong partially.

But as someone else already said here, humans and their relationships are super complex and from just a little paragraph we shouldn’t judge either of them too harshly.

For example, my mom cheated on my dad, but we children stayed with her and understood her actions, because our dad was an emotionally unavailable alcoholic at that time. He turned himself around in the years following, becoming a better father. Both my parents made grave mistakes during their marriage and both shared blame in the breaking apart of our family and both, over time, accepted their part in it.

Life is not that easy, for none of us, everybody makes mistakes.