Andy

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Andy

@plainly_andy

Tacoma, WA 参加日 Ocak 2022

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Andy@plainly_andy·11m

@ryanhasbadtaste And by "wrong person" I mean person whose tastes you think are insufficiently sophisticated

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Andy@plainly_andy·12m

@ryanhasbadtaste I mean not to dwell on the past, but getting bug in your ass that the wrong person is recommending your book is not really a good guy behavior. Decent books though.

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Ryan Alexanderplatz@ryanhasbadtaste·16m

franzen is a good writer and a good guy

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Andy@plainly_andy·49m

@_motherslug First on my list of Pynchon re-reads once I finally get around to the last couple I haven't read

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Ana@_motherslug·1h

Can’t wait to read Pynchon by the river ALL weekend.

Ana@_motherslug

Good meme from the Pynchon subreddit as I embark on a long weekend with Mason & Dixon by my side.

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Andy@plainly_andy·50m

You and all readers deserve better than Andy Weir

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Andy@plainly_andy·51m

Being a hater is actually a source of significant joy

rosey🌹@thechosenberg

Did you like Project Hail Mary or have you lost the spark inside of you and hate joy

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@jenny2x4 I mean just reading the book I'm reading at what seems like "normal" pace to me. I don't mean taking my time to make sure she hears and understands every word. That's a different activity.

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Fairy Gothmother, MD@jenny2x4·1h

@plainly_andy I mean that is because you are reading out loud to your daughter, which of course would take longer. Someone recording an audiobook has rehearsed the lines several times and all the pauses are cut so that the listener gets the fastest reading aloud experience possible

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@cwik_greg No only yesterday

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Greg Cwik@cwik_greg·3h

Read any good sentences today?

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@jenny2x4 Like seriously try it. Sometimes I'll read my book out loud to my daughter, and it takes 2-3x as long to get through a couple pages.

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@jenny2x4 I think it's pretty broadly accepted that reading out loud is significantly slower than just reading in silence.

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@SuperCooltendo "Bruce Ricker" okay man I know a Spyro the Dragon level when I see it

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Philip Armstrong@SuperCooltendo·5h

this is what playing ps1 games is like

Frogmouth@yumcarton

Bruce Ricker

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

@jjake61 Is Duluth really that diverse?

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jjake61@jjake61·7h

Stay away from Minnesota unless you love brutal winters, Trans people, Somalis, Latinos and Hmong people and paying high taxes. If you love all of those things then you are welcome to come. The rest of you ef-off

Jacob Titus@jacob__titus

Buy land in this basin.

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

Maybe if your illness is "coma" you might struggle I guess

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

I don't think anyone has an obligation to, but to claim any of these situations make it impossible is ridiculous.

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Andy@plainly_andy·1h

I think people in every one of these situations could read 1 book in 1 year. Like if you are an illiterate adult, I genuinely believe you can learn to read in 1 year and then knock out like the first Goosebumps novel or something.

Mire Marke@MireMarke

@LRNROSE There actually are quite a few. Illness, illiteracy, extreme poverty, etc. but sure let’s pretend everyone has the same abilities and resources to make us feel more superior to them.

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Andy@plainly_andy·2h

Oh so women shouldn't drink beer?

Mariè@p8stie

All men should have a 6 pack

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Andy@plainly_andy·2h

I'm just a little drop of rain falling in Chicago and if there's enough wind, I will end up in the Gulf of St Lawrence instead of the Gulf of Mexico

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Andy@plainly_andy·2h

How is Chicago on the continental divide between Lawrencia and Mississippiana? Topographical marvel.

Jacob Titus@jacob__titus

Buy land in this basin.

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Andy@plainly_andy·2h

Also I don't think the Sabalenka - Djokovic comparison necessarily holds up. I suppose for both of them, their pure physicality might be their biggest strength, but they deploy it in very different ways.

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