Lyre

@Lyre@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My wife misspoke and said "Neil Degrasse TITAN"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tiber Septim using Neilmidium the brass titan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Extremely well said, thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's okay, Buddy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Very well said, did you ever read the sort-of-prequel portrait of the artist as a young man?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's okay, Buddy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing i always think about is that qoute from Virginia Wolfe where she likens the writing to a schoolboy doing stunts for the sake of getting attention. I remember thinking that was exactly how it felt while I was reading Ulysses, it felt like a highschool creative writer mashing things together without considering whether it was actually good or not.

  However im not going to sit here and pretend im an objective critic. The book is obviously famous and important for a reason. I’m interested to know how it saved your life, if you feel like sharing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's okay, Buddy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know how when you’re studying literature you’re generally supposed to assume that everything is intenional and there’s nothing just thrown in for no reason … Well when you read Joyce, it’s really really hard not to feel like he’s just doing things for the sake of being pretentious and obtuse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨App development⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Boy that would seriously mess with the narrative of this comment section if that were the case

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tomb Raider TV Series Written By Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge Ordered By Amazon Prime Video⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ya can i getuuuuuuuuuuuuh nother live action anime remake please

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tomb Raider TV Series Written By Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge Ordered By Amazon Prime Video⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it just me or has the term “ordered by” become a lot more common recently? Like, im aware that studios have always demanded media be made out of IPs regardless of whether there are any stories worth telling. But when did they start using language that makes it read like im in a McDonald’s drive through?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love it if publications could just limit their headlines to one misleading term per story. The rocks are a ‘city’? Sure. The geysers looks like ‘spiders’? I guess. But when you start putting them together in the same headline it feels like your breaking the fourth wall or something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That escalated quickly 😬⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is kind of the hot take going around right now but honestly duo has a lot of advantages. Huge selection of languages, gameified lessons, and the app is really streamlined and responsive.

  Im not sure if its better or worse for learning than other apps, but i suspect “learning” a language has a lot more to do with personal drive and dedication than whatever app you chose to learn with

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077 is "no place for happy endings", says the writer of Judy Alvarez storyline⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its the same problem that i have with quests in souls games. If every possible choice always ends in tragedy then theres no point, no emotional impact. It just gets predictable.

  The article reads like its trying to hide behind this idea that cyberpunk 2077 is akin to noir films. Yet the story they told is barely noir, and not all noirs end poorly. In my opinion, the game would have benefited a lot if they had opened themselves up to a variety of themes, instead of reiterating the same “accept death” message over and over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA’s Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mythologically appropriate