A couple of rounds of "Power's out, well pump's out, the animals still have to be watered, where's the manual pump? Yes, before coffee - and how long will it take you to get the backup stove up to temp so that you can have the coffee? Did you prep the night before? Okay, look for the hand mill when you come back, and where's the BIG electric lantern so you're not breaking your neck wandering the Dark Sky-compliant outbuildings?" would enliven the discussions.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 11:45:51 am PDT #26638 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 12:26:43 pm PDT #26639 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I suspect all the people who love cottagecore do not have an understanding of actual rural or farm life.
Or they just want to live in Miss Honey's cottage with a sweet garden.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 1:16:32 pm PDT #26640 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
OMG, using outrage at comments on fic to keep the attention of the monsters away from you, I love this book so hard.
Toddson - Apr 19, 2021 1:25:24 pm PDT #26641 of 28174
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Like the people who romanticize earlier time periods - the image is infinitely better than the reality is/was. (My father grew up on a farm ... I never experienced it first hand, but I heard enough to know that it was NOT for me.)
-t - Apr 19, 2021 1:26:22 pm PDT #26642 of 28174
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, that was good stuff (The Hollow Places, not necessarily cottagecore or past eras)
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 2:44:26 pm PDT #26643 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
{points at what Hec said} Hey, I would like those conditions! I just . . . know better. Which occasionally makes me sad. I don't want to be a grown-up today.
OTOH, not-grown up me would have nightmares after that book, so.
(That was so good.)
-t - Apr 19, 2021 3:06:08 pm PDT #26644 of 28174
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm always so nervous starting her horror stories because of the potential nightmare factor, but so far I haven't suffered too much and they really are good
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:08:13 pm PDT #26645 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
{points at what Hec said} Hey, I would like those conditions! I just . . . know better. Which occasionally makes me sad. I don't want to be a grown-up today.
I don't think any of the youngsters on TikTok and Instagram indulging the Cottagecore aesthetic are doing anything other than refining their taste. It's more about decorating your kitchen or planning your Sunday picnic, or doing a garden or laying out an outfit than actually planning on owning a rural cottage.
Nobody into Dark Academia is going to be owning a private college anytime soon, they just like the vibe.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 3:21:36 pm PDT #26646 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I'm overthinking, I know.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:29:03 pm PDT #26647 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm overthinking, I know.
"Sure, cottages are cute but a thatched roof is no picnic! And don't get me started on aphids and dry rot!"