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  • I'm so tired of Marvel shit in MTG. Please give me a real pack

  • Yeah this is a “you can’t put the genie back in the bottle” situation. They keep telling themselves that the UB sets are selling well so they keep doing more. The problem is that they’ve alienated a lot of the long time/passionate fan base and I’m not convinced the people buying the marvel sets are going to stick around. Short term profit above all else.

  • WOTD: The venerable, battle-scarred legend, the Casio F-91W

  • Good point

  • What books do you have multiple copies of?

  • I have no multiple copies, I've stopped collecting physical books and almost exclusively use my e- reader. Storing books is so space consuming I just can't justify it anymore. The only hardcopies I own at this point are gifts from other people that I held on to for that reason.

  • What books do you have multiple copies of?

  • Man this book was hard for me. I feel like it motivated me to read so much more so that I can go back in 10 years and maybe understand the allusions/references.

  • WOTD: The venerable, battle-scarred legend, the Casio F-91W

  • I think I'm going to pick up a casio. I generally want mechanical but you have to respct the functionality and durability at this price point. The other ~cheapish watch I'm debating is the moonswatch mission to pluto, doesn't have the same history as the F91 and the value proposition is worse but I like the look.

  • Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • You ever do reverse hypers? Some people swear by them, I've never tried it.

  • Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • Thanks - love having a home gym. I delude myself I’m saving money not paying for the gym membership but realistically the pay back period is still 5-10 years out.

  • Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • Squats are primarily a leg/quad exercise but they are irritate my back injury so I’m glad I’m able to get back to them. Squats definitely require back strength even if that isn’t the primary purpose. The classic all around posterior chain/lower back exercise is the deadlift but hyperextensions/good mornings and other variations all are good too.

  • Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • Thanks I’ll look through it

  • Blade Runner 2099 First Look Officially Revealed

  • 2049 was great - hope this continues the trend.

  • Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • I think that has been the problem in the past. Worried about losing strength so jumping back in before I'm ready and re-injuring - rinse and repeat.

    I like the tempo work idea, increase intensity without increasing absolute weight/strain. I am doing Romanians and am also focusing on unilateral work with Bulgarians/lunges to try and improve stability.

  • Fitness @lemmy.world
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    Starting up after a back injury - feeling good

  • Recommend me weird fiction books, please!

  • Have you read Anathem by Neal Stephenson? It’s got great world building and is pretty weird sci-fi but definitely not “horror” in any sense of the word so may not be exactly what you’re looking for. Fun read though.

  • Recommend me weird fiction books, please!

  • Hated hated hated this book. Not to discourage others from reading it, just seconding the sentiment that it's a book few people finish.

  • The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll - What am I missing?

  • Suttree strikes me as being similarly world weary as Maqroll but McCarthy's characterization is much richer than Mutis's and I enjoyed the book more than I'm enjoying Maqroll.

  • The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll - What am I missing?

  • You know - I read the comparisons to Don Quixote before I picked up this book and I REALLY disliked Don Quixote. I did finish part 1 but could not bring myself to start part 2 - not sure if that counts as DNF or not.

    In answer to your question, I'm not sure I see strong parallels between Maqroll and Don Quixote, the tone in Don Quixote was much less disenchanted/jaded and more... well, quixotic. I don't think Maqroll as character has the same "humorous" (I didn't find it funny) self-delusion that people appreciate in Don Quixote. Maqroll is a realist his adventures just aren't very believable and I don't think the writing/atmosphere outweighs the trudging plot. I think my main objection to Maqroll (hearkening back to the Dr. Evil reference) is that it comes across to me as if it was written by a person who isn't very worldy but uses obscure/exotic settings to seem like they are. Which is strange because by all accounts Mutis was actually quite well traveled. I guess in my opinion where Melville succeeds in building credibility by delving into the minutia of cetology Mutis fails in establishing his worldliness with his plot/settings (in my opinion of course).

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 21

  • Struggling through the Adventures and Misdaventures of Maqroll - what a drag, feel like I'm reading the same episode over and over again.

  • Books @lemmy.ml
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    The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll - What am I missing?

  • WOTD: Fossil Nate Chronograph

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