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Are there any authors whose books you eagerly anticipate and tend to buy at launch?

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  • John Darnielle is my must-read list. Wolf in White Van was absolutely captivating to me when it came out. I was late reading Universal Harvester, but when I finally did, it literally made me gasp out loud at some of the most horror. And so I decided to lock in and never miss a new drop again. His last book was a day-one buy that I loved, and now I'm just waiting for him to announce something else.

    • Seeing this question asked is sort of sad. Did this become a less common experience? What killed it?

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  • I'm almost forty and regularly hosted parties like this all through high school. So mileage must vary.

    • Called the police on a (suspected) bike thief today

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  • I've literally had my home broken into and stuff stolen from it. It was the one time in my life that I ever called the police. They trampled through my place, made a mess and broke more things, and then decided I was reporting a suspicious amount of electronics and accused me of trying to do some kind of insurance fraud.

    Fuck cops.

    • [ER] I'm just playing ER, you know I love you

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  • Hard disagree on the jump button. That thing has fundamentally altered how I play so heavily that I struggle going back to Dark Souls games.

    • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • NPR as a national organization might be fine, but regional stations have smaller operating budgets and also get funding, and their programming gets picked up. Member stations will suffer or fail under this update, and that will feed back to national programming when something like WAMC's On the Media or WBEZ's Wait Wait gets axed.

    • Jobhaver

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  • I was paraphrasing both OP and yourself to create a farce, yes. Because farces are funny. It was a joke, not a clever and cutting rhetorical maneuver.

    So, yeah, sucks a little that you took it so personally, but I do feel pretty good about it.

    • Jobhaver

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  • "I think the system is unfair and could be dramatically improved."

    "This is the improved version! No further progress shall be made! Work your 9-5 and be glad you're not locked in the shirtwaist factory for twelve hours a day!"

    • Prompt (2025-07-15)

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  • I've definitely had English essays that were like, "read the short story presented below and then explain how the author used literary devices to express their purpose."

    • We really should

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  • My company instituted "Wellbeing Days." They marked three days throughout the year on everyone's calendar and said you should avoid answering calls or attending meetings on those days, instead focusing on personal reflection and development.

    ... so I stayed home and focused on developing my Elden Ring skills.