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  • Waiting to board a plane and then I'm going to nap so hard. I should get some jet engine wash tracks for sleeping normally at home. I am usually asleep before the plane takes off.

  • My highest rating on Letterboxd for a film from the 50s is The Night of the Hunter. I really haven't watched much from that decade. It is a pretty good movie, great at building suspense.

  • If someone gave me an AI-generated song, I would be baffled at how little they know me. Any friend of family member of any depth would know I would place zero value on an AI-generated song as a gift. Even "it's the thought that counts" doesn't work because there's no thinking, it's been outsourced to a bot.

  • Just watch the movie, there's only one at the moment. Sequels are planned but not out yet. Or if you really don't want to invest an hour and a half to watch the movie, there are probably recap videos on YouTube.

  • MAGA freaks should love me. I didn't get banned from reddit, I self-deported.

    I actually had a Fediverse account several years before the Great Reddit Migration, but it didn't keep my interest at the time. Tried again and stuck with it after the API change killed third-party reddit apps and they started inserting reddit-approved mods into all major subs.

  • Ditto.

    It historically the charging port for me that fails first to the point I can't reasonably return it. So this time I got a phone with wireless charging ... which stopped working after a few months and I'm back on USB C charging for years now.

    At least C is a little more physically robust than older versions.

    I haven't had a phone reach end of life for security updates yet, but that drive me to get a newer one too.

  • Yes, please. I was just thinking about looking for a new citizen science thing to do over the winter and this falls in my lap. Please DM the discord link to me as well.

  • Description from Letterboxd:

    A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious high-rise in New York City, not realizing she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult.

    In addition to Zazie Beetz on the poster, the cast includes Patricia Arquette and Tom Felton.

  • I use an app that doesn't show profile pictures by default.

    I apply a user tag to anyone I want to recognize.

  • And I'm also atheist, but raised Catholic and had a few schoolmates who became priests or nuns, and even more who explored it but left before making a permanent commitment.

    I've got enough anecdotal evidence to cast a very skeptical eye on your claim that homeless broke dudes are the ones that go into the priesthood. So in an effort to get something a little better than my anecdotes, I websearched the phrase "demographics of men who become priests"

    And got this page, https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/over-400-men-in-u-s-to-be-ordained-in-2025-most-felt-called-to-priesthood-by-age-16/100087, which says:

    On average, ordinands first started to consider becoming a priest at 16 years old, but 35% said they began to think about entering the priesthood in elementary school between the ages of 6 and 13.

    Not lining up with your theory unless you think there's a lot of homeless 16 year olds becoming priests.

    And I guess caveat that I'm in US currently, most familiar with Western countries approach to Catholic religious life.

  • Who hasn't experienced some personal calamity? Seems like something that can be retroactively applied to anyone.

    Dude went into the seminary to become a priest after his girlfriend dumped him? Personal calamity! He's hiding from future dumpings by becoming a priest!

  • I had some great aunts, now deceased, who became nuns and didn't really own anything themselves personally.

  • a) A short story collection in translation - one of Franz Kafka's, there are a few. On my list because I haven't read more than one or two of his, yet his work gets referenced a lot; I'd like to understand the references a bit better.

    b) A nonfiction book about Indigenous history - I've got several on my list about Standing Bear and the Ponca. Chosen because the area in which I grew up are their lands and because Standing Bear was a badass.

    c) A queer historical romance novel - I don't read much romance so mix in some vampires for The Gilda Tales by Jewelle Gomez.

    d) A translated classic - I'll double dip with some other prompt, probably

    e) A young adult novel by a Latinx author - TBD

    f) A biography about a Black historical figure - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman's cervical cancer cells were "acquired" and are to do this day one of the most important cell lines supporting medical research.

    g) A crime novel set outside of the US, UK, or Canada - TBD, probably a double dip

    h) A nonfiction book about philosophy - something by Seneca, certainly his On the shortness of life essay. I want to read more on stoicism but the broey-ness of Marcus Aurelius fans has really turned me off it. Maybe Seneca will fit better.

    i) A literary or contemporary debut published in 2026 - TBD

    j) The first book in a fantasy series - TBD, prob another double dip

  • Wicked, in prep for Wicked 2.

    Prince of Darkness (1987). I learned it's part of John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" along with The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness. The latter being my favorite JC movie.

  • No, I don't remember all the places. I had a stretch of time not being welcome at my home address, so couch surfed for a couple months. I stayed in at least six different places. That summer is a blur.

  • College Football @lemmy.world

    Game Thread: Nebraska vs Michigan State

    Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Methacholine Challenge experience for asthma diagnosis

    Technology @lemmy.world

    Non-AI Slop version of the MIT "quantum highway" communication development

    Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Computer related pet peeves

    techsupport @lemmy.world

    Spoiler tags in Lemmy apps

    politics @lemmy.world

    Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of CT reducing coverage for anesthesia EDIT!!!! Policy Change Rescinded!!!

    Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    What drew you to the high seas?