William osman. https://youtu.be/AKDal51f5LU

Never heard of it, thanks.

That’s kind of the point in Renfield where he’s an evil vampire. It’s kinda great.

If you’re ever curious, watch the Rock in No Pain No Gain. He’s a supporting character and dumb as hell. It’s one of my favorite roles of his.

I hate him, too, but he was good in Blade Runner 2049. I mean, the role should have come naturally since he was playing a narcissistic sociopath.

Or maybe you need worse tape.

I’d love for that kinda stuff at my job.

That’s awesome. I can’t imagine how cold.

Hah, you’re probably right! I like superman because it’s so over the top with powers and black and white morality. It’s unrealistic hopefulness is why I like it.

Those are all relatively new games. How old are you? Just decade, not specifics. I’m in my 40s. I’d say my top 3 are World of Warcraft, Factorio, and Final Fantasy 6.

That teaching isn’t the point. It’s getting research grants or funding. So much energy was spent on that. Students came 2nd.

One of my favorite things about getting older is that I give less of a shit about anyone else’s opinion, every year. When you’re 40, you’re gonna laugh at how worked up you got about this.

But the reason people like or dislike stories isn’t because of powers or machines in them.

For some, sure. For others, like me, that is exactly why I like certain things.

Waiting so long to cut off a toxic parent. Not spending more time with a good parent. Not going to therapy sooner.

The US. In my dad’s time it was percolator brewed (the literal worst way to brew) or with low grade, super roasted. I drink medium roast or lighter and drip brew or pour over. Vast vast difference.

Coffee. My dad was in the navy in the 70s and you could tell by the tar he drank. Never got into it. Early 20s I got hired as a delivery boy for a coffee shop. A perk was that it came with free coffee drinks. Turns out I didn’t hate coffee, I hated the swill my father brewed. Good coffee was quite good.

Ugh. I’m the opposite. I hate mine. It’s a middling mattress that can’t hold its edge shape. Mine is now a slope. Also moving them is somehow worse than moving a spring mattress which is already terrible!

I find this hard to believe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_base

They’re right.

Vtubers. I get the cute anime girl thing and I like fan art of them as I do other anime. But the models move wayyyyyy to exaggerated. It hits uncanny valley for me.

Also I don’t get the parasocial relationship of chatting in a huge room of other followers. The chat is scrolling by at a hundred miles an hour and you’re competing with everyone else for their attention.

Making anything. All of my hobbies are making. Making pickles or beer or bread or dried snacks or canned jams. Designing and 3d printing my own widgets. Organizing and cleaning. Structure.