hollowmines

I think its generic title and weird availability (audience network??) doomed it to obscurity but there's a lot in it for slop enjoyers.....incredibly deep bench of character actors in the main and guest/recurring cast for starters. frank grillo, paul walter hauser and jonathan tucker alone being in so much of it makes it worthy. uh nick jonas is there also

I would basically describe it as a kind of a douchebag hot couch take on a prestige drama. lots of fighting, lots of betrayal, lots of alcoholism, lots of melodrama. but also for long stretches, some of the most realistic unflowery dialogue I've ever seen on tv? the non-male characters are mostly not embarrassing from what I remember? the second season is twenty episodes long, and then the third is the hottest mess imaginable?

this is as good a clip as I'm gonna find. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4QZ9fjgoHM

Interesting if true.

had a couple of v pleasant movie watching experiences with others and realized I have been missing out on one of life's utmost pleasures, watching movies in a group setting. to remedy this, I am starting to screen movies on a schedule, two evenings a week, for myself, my neighbors (I live in a small apt complex), and select others to drop in on when they feel like.

seeking recommendations along two lines:

1. What movies have you watched in a group setting that have absolutely killed?

2. Every month will have a theme, and for November the theme is "just to feel" - v emotional movies. Doesn't have to be super sad, it could be joyful, but preferably not a children's/family film or an anime (sorry just not my thing, though there are exceptions of course - you can't do an emotional movies program without Grave of the Fireflies)

......man I could have gotten SO much reading and writing done if only someone had simply thrown me in prison as a teenager

(I'm only 50 pages in)

Anyone else read this or other Deutscher work? Fans? Haters?

is woke back?

the first is the better known of the two but still pretty obscure - six piece from atlanta that makes a chaotic, sassy and funny blend of alt-metal, metalcore, and fall out boy-ish emo along with a few other unexpected genre experiments and sonic gags I will leave you to discover. I have listened to this an absurd number of times over the last 48hrs.

https://thecallousdaoboys.bandcamp.com/album/i-don-t-want-to-see-you-in-heaven

the second ambushed me outta nowhere, a quartet from south korea that churns out a spicy blend of space-rock, post-hardcore and doom metal that lands somewhere between hum, and so I watch you from afar, torche, and city of caterpillar among other bands I thought of. this one can be purchased from bandcamp for only a buck - totally worth it.

https://baan1.bandcamp.com/album/neumann

side question: are there actually any good ones?

question was prompted by seeing a "trumplestiltskin" variant that actually crammed a second pun in there and caused psychic damage. my brain has oublietted the specific phrase but maybe you've seen it too

Majority vs minority still TBD at the moment.

a daily challenge with a leaderboard a la Slay the Spire with randomized run parameters would be so fun. that would become my subway crossword.

I guess it would have to be "unlockable" so as not to spoil any of the unlocked cards etc? that's the only bit of friction I can think of - StS has "rare" cards but nothing the player needs to unlock.

I'm seeing some people taking the threats posed by the Trump admin to make Canada the "51st state" both literally and seriously, to the extent they're starting to game out the likelihood of some kind of military action.

Personally I don't take the threat of outright American subversion/invasion/etc seriously yet because I don't see the sort of coordinated propaganda effort I would expect from a country preparing for a military operation this controversial. Nor is there any real constituency of Americans I'm aware of with personal or material animus against Canada - right now I'm only aware of Trump mouthing off and Musk salivating over fake nerd maps.

Let's say I'm wrong though and he really is dumb enough to go full boots on the ground North of the 49th parallleeeeelllllll - what happens? What will the hot zones be? Which premiers will be first on the kill list? and of course.....What Will Quebec Do?

About ten years ago following a consultation with a doctor, I got diagnosed as having "treatment resistant depression." I gather this is maybe not the most broadly accepted terminology out there, but having tried out a few SSRIs and an SNRI (and multiple therapists) to absolutely no results or worse, I've come to respect it as the only diagnosis that makes any sense to me, and accurately describes the situation.

Anyway, I'm still here and still not on any kind of meds. I get a lot of exercise and have a physically active job that keeps me off the computer/phone for long stretches of time, get lots of sleep (always been great at sleeping), try to eat decently, cut back on drinking, do wholesome activities with others, see friends when I can, etc. I'm sure I would be doing a lot worse if I wasn't doing all those things, but I'm always looking for ways to make life more bearable.

So I guess I'm wondering: chronic depression havers of hexbear whomst are not on meds for whatever reason, what are your strategies for gettin' by? (Or if you are on meds but don't find them sufficient as a sole strategy I guess.) Much love to you all and here's to getting through a lot more years.

Should fix everything