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Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

The M/M relationships weren’t particularly prominent with Brandon S, but gay men actually existed, and they didn’t when RJ was writing!

And yes, one of RJ's limitations is that he is super heteronormative. F/F relationships were very much presented as "practice" amongst girls/younger women who didn't have access to men, and who later grew into heterosexuality. M/M relationships didn't exist until Brandon Sanderson took over.

I feel like Robert Jordan had a brilliant vision for the books, and that vision exceeded his capabilities as a writer (which is not to diss his writing which is still good). Whereas the show and its writers are really able to fulfil that vision in a way that RJ couldn't.

Yes, definitely stick with the show for now! Then read the books, and then watch the show again so you can appreciate all the easter eggs for book readers.

I feel like I have spent my whole life since I was 13 waiting for new WoT! First the books, and now after a few years of respite, the show (which I think surpasses the books).

Hi!

An Aboriginal Flag (red earth, black sky, yellow sun) with the text, "Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land".

...very powerfully prompts us toward the empathy that they have not shown toward others.

...can write complex fully human women and girls.

So when JKR does not extend that empathy to a group of marginalised and often-rejected kids, when Neil Gaiman abuses women over whom he holds power, it's particularly horrifying because we know they are capable of creating art that...

...even worse. If JKR and Neil Gaiman were incapable of empathy, then it might explain their actions.

But we know that JKR is capable of empathising with kids whose families reject them due to a part of their nature that is intrinsic to them. We know that Neil Gaiman...

I think this reflects our urge to believe that people who do bad or monstrous things are monsters themselves, rather than deeply flawed human beings who are capable of empathy, creating art, etc, in addition to doing monstrous things.

To me, this makes the terrible actions of artists I admire...

I don’t like how as soon as a creator is revealed to be a bad person people start saying “well their art always sucked.” No, unfortunately bad people can make good art and good people can make bad art. You as an adult should have enough emotional intelligence to navigate that

You've been kidnapped. A character from the last TV show you watched is trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

I love the smaller stone circles, which may have been integrated into the daily lives of the people who used them.

What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

OH, GOOD.

More people calling out the recycled Suppressed Memory/Satanic Panic bullshit known as The Body Keeps the Score.

Let’s do this more. A lot. It’s a trash book that retraumatizes victims, victim blames, and valorizes violence against women and children.

And he’s a sexual harasser.

Very atmospheric!

A small stone cirlce of approx 12 low stones, in a green and yellow field, with low hills beind it. Above them a blue sky with fluffy grey-purple clouds.

#StandingStoneSunday
Another from 2011 - this time Kinniside Stone Circle, which I was delighted to find just across from our B&B. I believe it has been restored at some point.

I think you're right! Thank you!

An ancient stone circle of short stones, approximately sixteen remaining, with a few gaps. The circle stands on a small patch of bright green grass, with a dark copse of pine trees behind it.

For my first #StandingStoneSunday, here's a lovely little circle in Dartmoor, taken on a trip in 2011. I don't know what it's called - we just saw it from the road and I had to get out and take a look (and a photo).

Literally thought this was Betoota Advocate at first...

But what about International Women’s Day?

Imperial Gardens, Kyoto Japan. A small shrine surrounded by trees and rocks, in the middle of a pond.

Cherry blossoms, Imperial Gardens, Kyoto. A mature cherry tree in bloom with pink cherry blossoms, agains the backdrop of a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

Nagoya Castle, Nagoya Japan. A Japanese castle rises from the grounds of a garden. Trees in the foreground are just coming into bloom.

Have some pictures from Japan - taken in March 2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

Repost a GIF describing your exit from Twitter

Yay!

Who are the cool people I should follow on here?

O HAI

Haha, now he is beating up creepy ex-boyfriend Santa Claus. Also awesome.