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Is it just me or does this read a little boring and a lot longer than it should..? So much of the email is just him calling random people... whole paragraphs of
by tucnak 1y ago
Is it just me or does this read a little boring and a lot longer than it should..? So much of the email is just him calling random people... whole paragraphs of it
- wowczarek 1y agoDunno, I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was a, well, slow burn, but nicely written IMO, setting up the scene and all. Felt a lot like reading Neal Stephenson's Zodiac, with a bunch of engineers and the chemistry aspect. I didn't read it as an actual email; it's storytelling, and pretty good one at that.
- prmoustache 1y agoThat is what happened when you get used to modern tv shoes, doom-scrolling on social media, and immediate gratification in general: anything older than 2010 feels super slow.
- grues-dinner 1y agoAlien is my official brainrot-ometer. If you start fidgeting and going "ohhh my gawwwwwd these old films are so slooooow" before the chestburster, you may be cooked. Also a good example of how hyper-optimised physiques are in films and media in general and the standards that produces. While I'm sure Ripley's underwear scene caused a fuzzy section on a million VHS tapes at the time, my (female, borderline zoomer) cousin, who failed the boredom test before almost falling off the sofa when the chestburster appeared, said "oh wow, actresses then had such ordinary, girl-next-door bodies!". Mind-boggling.
- prmoustache 1y agoI guess the opening title of Twin Peaks would be a great boredom test as well.
- v9v 1y agoI enjoyed the emphasis on all the real life snags the author hit when trying to realize a simple idea. Really makes the end worthwhile.
- robobro 1y agoTL;DR: Guy wants to burn a computer. He burns two computers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitroba/albums/72157594435480450 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitroba/albums/721575944354804...