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#1206946
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Out of Context Thread: New and Improved
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chyron8472 said:

chyron8472 said:

Dek Rollins said:

I also tried reading Jurassic park before that but didn’t make it past 75 pages before I simply lost interest. Michael Crichton wrote that book as an impossibly boring slog. When something is actually happening and meaningful it’s super interesting and well written, and I’m excited for what’s going to happen next, but then that’s all bogged down by three pages of unnecessary technical explanations for things I don’t care about. It’s like he can’t just get to the point. It took all the fun out of what was otherwise an exremely fun read. I might pick it up again sometime and try to finish it, but I can’t see myself spending any time on it soon.

DuracellEnergizer said:

This mirrors my experience with Crichton. The Lost World and Timeline both had intriguing plots, but all the passages spent on technical details simply killed my enjoyment; I abandoned both books before I got halfway through either and haven’t picked up a Crichton novel since.

You know, I had a similar problem reading Daemon by Daniel Suarez. I loved Influx so I started reading Daemon, but the technical junk bogged down the plot too much and I quit reading it. Well, not complex technical explanations of things. […]

It just… ugh. People who are knowledgeable about a certain hobby or field don’t frequently extrapolate on the jargon. They use jargon when they’re around people who would understand, and they don’t around people who don’t. But they don’t explain the jargon if it’s not necessary to get the point across. The book Daemon kept using jargon and then explaining what it meant or a character’s opinion about it.

I ran into my old high school

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#1206869
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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What a heartwarming story.
http://fox59.com/2018/05/16/come-and-take-it-photo-showing-kent-state-student-carrying-rifle-goes-viral/

JEDIT: Here’s some context, including a fun fact!

https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/199241/kent-state-girl-with-gun-viral-photo

The woman in question is Kaitlin Bennett, a recent graduate who decided to pose with the weapon to promote her second amendment rights. She’s also the founder of Kent State’s chapter of a right-wing media outlet called Liberty Hangout, which is prone to posting racist and inflammatory memes on Facebook.

JEDIT2: But wait!

https://thesentinel.net/opinion/liberty-hangout-has-gone-full-blown-sjw/

Lol.

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#1206845
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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lovelikewinter said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t mind the ending of Rogue One, but maybe it’s just because you hardly ever see a movie that’s willing to do it. Looking at you, Serenity. Would have been a perfect ending to a great movie but you didn’t quite have the guts.

I also don’t care about Ponda…yeah I’d agree it’s pointless, but it’s also one shot in a movie over two hours long. Shrug.

Jayne Cobb is my boyfriend

“I’m so sorry.”

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#1206842
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Last Album Listened To
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LuckyGungan2001 said:

It was pretty good. Different to what I was expecting.

The fact that you just listened to it for the first time hurts my soul.

I was listening to it over 25 years ago.

In high school.

And if you’ve listened to any other NIN previously, it definitely would not be what you expected. It’s still my favorite NIN album and frankly the only one I ever re-listen to.