HenriVolney

joined 1 year ago
[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 hours ago

They can eat their shit

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The tires look in good condition too!

 

After Musk's comments on Italy's interior politics and his recent appointment in Trump's administration, isn't it time for his fascist propaganda to be gone?

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Food waste goes to compost!

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

OK, thanks! As a quasi alien to the Star Trek universe, I humbly accept your explanation!

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

OK, now I get it! Good old capitalism strikes again

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago (9 children)

I'm out of the loop on this one but I will seize the opportunity to say all the bad things I think about that book.

First, the writing is overly complicated with no other apparent objective than to confuse the reader with extremely long and circumvented sentences.

Second, the story is constantly chopped with long and boring chapters that are solely informative on various aspects of sperm whale anatomy, ecology, behavior (riddled with dated errors andmisinterpretations), as well as whaling specifics, ranging from the work of the carpenter to the process of removing the head of whales.

The first duty of a story is to entertain, its second is to instruct. Good writers manage to do both seamlessly. Melville makes a total messout of it, breaking the fourth wall when explaining how hard it is to collect accurate information, citing his sources in the body of the texte, and completely losing the interest of the reader in the process.

There.

I'm trying to finish it for the sake of it. It is painful.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

No idea, I'm just here to chill with da boyz

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Thank you for sharing! Have a great weekend!

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Makes sense actually

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Thankfully I live on the other side of the pond!

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quantum mechanics (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
 

Playing the lotery is a good analogy to the Schroedinger cat experiment. That is, as long as you don't check the numbers

 

Not a fan of showbiz gossip but I hated having to hate Spacey for being a predator. I love his acting and I am happy I can go back to loving the actor

 

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