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[Kumquatqueen]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a pretty crappy book.

Is that one controversial? I thought it was one of those books that seems deep if you're 14 or never read, but I admit I gave up after a few chapters.

Either someone's getting the wrong ranch dressing or every woman I've been with has lied to me.

I know industrial ranch is crap - because it tastes either of vaguely garlicky greasy goop, or vaguely garlicky cum if it's more runny. It was a revelation when my aunt served some home-made ranch, but the white milky liquid was still unnerving.

I think it's one of those things you have to grow up with, not to find it weird.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I read Dracula one year, reading each entry on the date it happened.

I love that book!
But my lit teacher gave me great advice and I think it made me love it more.
He told me to read one chapter each month, and read other books in-between. So on the same date each month I read one chapter from Ulysses and I love it.

 

[SmilingLez]

I guess I'll read anything, and once you start, you've got to finish. I've read Ulysses by James Joyce. Not a favorite, not fond of stream of conscienceness for that long. But I finished it. And oddly, it isn't on my list of bad books.

I am unable to finish a story that has typos, grammatical errors, spelling errors, etc. ad nauseam - the joy of the story is ruined..


Words tangled in ink,
Typos dance on every page,
Joy fades like the dusk,
Grammatical ghosts linger,
A tale left incomplete, lost.

 

[MillieDynamite]

OH, you can't finish my work, sorry!

I am unable to finish a story that has typos, grammatical errors, spelling errors, etc. ad nauseam - the joy of the story is ruined..


Words tangled in ink,
Typos dance on every page,
Joy fades like the dusk,
Grammatical ghosts linger,
A tale left incomplete, lost.

 

[Z_TheWriter]

Book opinions
You should read the original Dune by Frank Herbert. And NO other books in that series.

 

[Britva415]

The third book in the Blood Sucking Fiends trilogy is so bad it retroactively ruins the first two

Hot take:

Star Wars III is good enough that it retroactively redeems I and II.

 

[Britva415]

Book opinions
You should read the original Dune by Frank Herbert. And NO other books in that series.

That's what I did for years and years and years. I read Dune 5 times and felt it was so good that just in case the others weren't as good, I wouldn't read them.

After my 6th time reading Dune, I did proceed to the other 5 Frank Herbert ones. And stopped there. I don't need any of the posthumous ones his son wrote.

I'm glad I read them. They didn't ruin Dune. I might even re-read them one of these years. I'll certainly re-read Dune again.

 

[Baztrachian]

Feminism is dead.

Discuss.

 

[Z_TheWriter]

Feminism is dead.

Discuss.

Incorrect.
Done.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I love most everything Bram Stoker wrote (not his travel books, though he never traveled to the places he wrote about), and only one book was bad, but it is almost at the top of my list. Lair of the White Worm, the only thing worse was the film adaptation of it. But it was so, so bad, it was good.

I love that book!
But my lit teacher gave me great advice and I think it made me love it more.
He told me to read one chapter each month, and read other books in-between. So on the same date each month I read one chapter from Ulysses and I love it.

 

[iwatchus]

I love most everything Bram Stoker wrote (not his travel books, though he never traveled to the places he wrote about), and only one book was bad, but it is almost at the top of my list. Lair of the White Worm, the only thing worse was the film adaptation of it. But it was so, so bad, it was good.

LotWW was fun in a terrible movie sense.

 

[iwatchus]

The Wachowskis' most watchable movie is Bound.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I so want to rewrite Lair into something good!

LotWW was fun in a terrible movie sense.

 

[Britva415]

The Wachowskis' most watchable movie is Bound.

Bound had bullet-time before it was hip.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I love that movie, Jo and I watch it often. Then we go into the bed room and act out part of it! LOL

The Wachowskis' most watchable movie is Bound.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Hot take:

Star Wars III is good enough that it retroactively redeems I and II.

That is a hot take. Agree to disagree!

 

[Statius]

Me too! Best pizza Canadian bacon and pineapple and onions.

Whoever said that need to talk to her husband about his diet.

Now, don't go and encourage things like this.

And pepperoni, not Canadian bacon. Trust me.

 

[lovecraft68]

People who feel the need to reply to every single comment-not one or two that intrigues them but every damn one- on their story present themselves as being needy and desperate for attention.

It's like that touchdown analogy my uncle used when telling me not to act like an idiot and run around telling everyone I had sex with a girl. Act like you've been there before and will again because if that's how you act, you will be.

I'm glad someone takes a minute to comment, but they are commenting on something I provided for them to entertain them and for free. I see a comment-decent one anyway-as their thank you to us, the author, we don't need to thank them for thanking us.

I see a story has sixty comments, I think, hey, this has some buzz, let me check it out, then 30-literally half-are from the author I then click off of it, its lame as all hell. I also doubt readers ever see that anyone does it. They'd have to decide to come back to the story and search through the comments. Maybe some authors here who need attention as well return to look, but doesn't seem like many readers do that, so what's the real point?

Now, seeing it as needy is my opinion. That's what this thread is about.

But there is a factual issue with it as well.

Comments can push a story up in the searches as its activity so when every legit comment becomes two comments, it's playing that system. I think this can be yet another of the endless factors in contest stories and more of an issue there than random submissions.

I want whatever comment total someone sees on my story to be legit, not padded and if the number is small, it is what it is.

 

[iwatchus]

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The attachment get zapped?

 

[lovecraft68]

Feminism is dead.

Discuss.

Dead, no, but thanks to the woksters who push it to far like they push every cause to far, it's under attack because all people see is the insane side of it because they scream the loudest.

Real feminism is a necessary thing, now more than ever, but this screeching "I don't need no man" thing is not feminism and not productive.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Let me try that again, not sure if this will work either.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, I had to shorten it and make it smaller. so fucking much trouble for one second.

The attachment get zapped?

 

[StillStunned]

Yes, I had to shorten it and make it smaller. so fucking much trouble for one second.

The wife and I had a similar conversation recently...

 

[AwkwardMD]

Brave is, simultaneously, the best Disney film AND the best Pixar film.

I will not be answering questions at this time.

 

[crookedletter]

I also doubt readers ever see that anyone does it. They'd have to decide to come back to the story and search through the comments. Maybe some authors here who need attention as well return to look, but doesn't seem like many readers do that, so what's the real point?

I hadn't thought of many of the other factors you mention, but this to me is the biggest reason not to bother. It's hard to imagine readers coming back to a story they already read and commented on, just to see if their comment elicited a response. Especially when there's no infrastructure to respond directly to comments, trigger alerts, etc. If someone wants to start a conversation they can PM or use the feedback option.