The War Room Lounge 158: In Ben Shapiro's Bed, No One Can Hear You Scream

[tonni]

Listen but learn to see from within. Slowly resolve one problem within your cortex that you know must be absolved and acknowledged. These are the simple steps to become beautiful, never stop.... Eventually someone who loves you will come and visit when the time is right....

Yes senri

 

[Ruprecht]

What were your thoughts on The Series Of Unfortunate Events on Netflix?

Haven't seen or read it, so not much. I don't watch any TV series/shows though.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

On a side note, I just bought a used bike without riding it (first time I've done that) from an interstate dealer.
Wish me luck.
Anyone else done that (or car obviously)? How did it go?

Spoiler: New Ride

I have not and I’d be pretty apprehensive. But I did consider it the last time I was vehicle shopping. Good luck!

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Haven't seen or read it, so not much. I don't watch any TV series/shows though.

I loved the books when I was younger and they still hold up today. They have a very Dickens quality to them, the Netflix series was really really good which surprised me, I figured it was far more suited to animation.

It's also really, really fucking dark and very well written. There's very few YA authors you can revisit in which they aren't treating young readers like morons. I think series like Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, poetry by Silverstein, books by Dahl, and A Series of Unfortunate Events that captures the imagination of youth in a timeless manner.

Straight up, incredible shit. Best young adult series ever written in my opinion and one I still find myself revisiting often.

 

[Ruprecht]

I have not and I’d be pretty apprehensive. But I did consider it the last time I was vehicle shopping. Good luck!

Cheers.
Yeah, unusual times call for unusual measures.
I've been on the lookout for one locally for over a year, but there just haven't been any. There was one back when I was in hospital, but he'd already sold it by the time I rang.
Then prices went up as few people were selling with all the restrictions.
Even interstate, I noticed the prices come back down for winter (usually happens with bikes due to the drop in demand), but they were all private sales in plague city (AKA Melbourne), so it was impossible with the restrictions. This one's in Queensland, which will add about $1K to the price in shipping, but at least it's from a dealer.
Also more hassles with getting the rego transferred and replated, so under other circumstances I wouldn't have done it.

 

[Prokofievian]

Let me guess, neither one of you studs posted your photo, right?

That's correct, my mug is ban worthy, NSFW IMHO AINEC.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

I'm very proud of how behaved I'm being in the cop thread. @Sketch I'm doing it for you.

 

[Ruprecht]

I loved the books when I was younger and they still hold up today. They have a very Dickens quality to them, the Netflix series was really really good which surprised me, I figured it was far more suited to animation.

It's also really, really fucking dark and very well written. There's very few YA authors you can revisit in which they aren't treating young readers like morons. I think series like Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, poetry by Silverstein, books by Dahl, and A Series of Unfortunate Events that captures the imagination of youth in a timeless manner.

Straight up, incredible shit. Best young adult series ever written in my opinion and one I still find myself revisiting often.

Yeah, I reread The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Magicians Nephew not too long ago (probably a few years) and was surprised at how well it's held up. Likewise The Rats of NIMH, The Peace War and Devil On My Back.
That said, even some of my favourite authors turned to YA fiction when it was peaking in popularity and profitability.
Jon Courtenay Grimwwod did a vampire series which was a bit like Twilight crossed with historical fiction (set in Venice). Tried the first one, but found it unreadable.
Paolo Bacigalupi did a YA series set in a post-environmental apocalypse (it seems to be his thing), which I did find enjoyable, but the YA tropes and main characters still grated (it was saved by the world building). Not a patch on Windup Girl or The Water Knife.
I was also surprised Chine Mieville did a YA steampunk called Railsea, which was pretty good (short though, might be a novella), and Alastair Reynolds did one called Revenger, which probably could have avoided the YA label if it hadn't won awards for "Best YA Novel".

 

[tonni]

hey pssst

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

hey pssst

Go on...

 

[Corn Pop Hombre]

@Corn Pop Hombre

Hey man, any cool snitching lately?

hahaha what are you rustled about now??

 

[Prokofievian]

@Lead @Gandhi

My coach annihilated my toe this morning. We were working takedowns and his knee landed on my toe during the penetration step for a double leg.

I now have a license to butt scoot.

 

[tonni]

Go on...

ever been to a tickle party?

 

[Andy Capp]

You prefer continental or baked cheesecake? Cheesecake's been out of my diet for years unfortunately, but I did enjoy a good baked cheesecake.

Definitely baked, though it is only the difference between good and very good. And diet schmiet. You only live once. One piece in a great while wouldn't hurt you.

Unless you have some sort of allergy, of course.

 

[Ruprecht]

Definitely baked, though it is only the difference between good and very good. And diet schmiet. You only live once. One piece in a great while wouldn't hurt you.

Unless you have some sort of allergy, of course.

No, no allergies. I just tend to be all or nothing when it comes to self control. I find it easier to cut something out than to cut down.
Easiest just to never buy stuff or have it in the house.
Never could get the hang of that "moderation" idea.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Yeah, I reread The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Magicians Nephew not too long ago (probably a few years) and was surprised at how well it's held up. Likewise The Rats of NIMH, The Peace War and Devil On My Back.
That said, even some of my favourite authors turned to YA fiction when it was peaking in popularity and profitability.
Jon Courtenay Grimwwod did a vampire series which was a bit like Twilight crossed with historical fiction (set in Venice). Tried the first one, but found it unreadable.
Paolo Bacigalupi did a YA series set in a post-environmental apocalypse (it seems to be his thing), which I did find enjoyable, but the YA tropes and main characters still grated (it was saved by the world building). Not a patch on Windup Girl or The Water Knife.
I was also surprised Chine Mieville did a YA steampunk called Railsea, which was pretty good (short though, might be a novella), and Alastair Reynolds did one called Revenger, which could have avoided the YA label if it hadn't won awards for "Best YA Novel".

WARNING: AN EMOTIONAL ASS LOVE LETTER TO THE War Room.

I might check Railsea. If I may ask what books would you say define your youth? (this extends to all the loungers. @Sketch @Limbo Pete @irish_thug @Andy Capp and @HereticBD I really would like to know this from y'all)

I read a lot, but I find that page turning anticipation of fiction kind of lost from modern literature. It's honestly one of the saddest parts of the internet age, a words worth is almost meaningless now. It's so sad to me. In my studies I came across a letter that was almost hard to believe. (I got the book off the shelf for this)

Of course.. it's Zinn, in reference to free educated black children in the North about slavery in the south. This is a quote from a free black girl, knowing what was happening down south. Just listen, a seven year old, I swear we've lost the meaning of speech and it's going to take incredible writers to bring it back, or at least aspiring writers to suffer for it, anyway her words..

" Dear schoolmates, we are going next summer to buy a farm and to work part of the day and to study the other part if we live to see it and come home part of the day to see our mothers and sisters and cousins if we got any and see our kind folks and to be good boys and when we get a man to get the poor slaves from bondage. And I am sorrow to hear that the boat... went down with 200 poor slaves from up the river. Oh how sorrow I am to hear that. It grieves my heart so that I could faint in one minute."

Brilliant isn't it? "Grieves my heart so", the weight of it. I used to get beat up by a cunty stepmother for over ten years, who couldn't read, because big words made me sound like a "f*ggot" but yet. I know this sounds rather pathetic, but I want you guys to know. I've had a really rough go of it since this started. I worked really hard, I quit living a life on the road, I lived my life my way, found a wonderful job, have a beautiful apartment, even, for the first time in my life had savings. Those were drained so quickly, I saved my money with the unemployment, first time in my life I ever took a handout, after all I'm a man who survived only on bus fare and doing a show three states over for a slice of pizza, because that was my life. I finally found a home.What a live I've lead, but God did it feel good to have a home. Not a friends couch in a random state headlining a show I spent $100 to get drooling against the window of a greyhound watchin Texas turn to Colorado. A real home. A beautiful decorated apartment. The last of my savings is gone now but I'm not too afraid. Truth be told I'm not good at being an adult, I was stoked to finally learn, even though I'm fucking thirty two (an age I never thought I'd reach mind you)

Anyway, I just want to let you guys know that you've been my saving grace, and I really want to write this dumbass millenial manifesto thing, but I'm glad I know y'all, and you guys inspire the fuck outt of me. Sorry for another long winded post but... yeah. I'm a bit lost right now and it makes me very upset.

 

[Lead]

@Lead @Gandhi

My coach annihilated my toe this morning. We were working takedowns and his knee landed on my toe during the penetration step for a double leg.

I now have a license to butt scoot.

Injuries suck. I rolled my ankle a few months back and it took forever to feel like I could put a lot of weight on it rolling. I pretty much did side control escapes that whole time cause I couldn’t do other positions.

 

[Prokofievian]

Injuries suck. I rolled my ankle a few months back and it took forever to feel like I could put a lot of weight on it rolling. I pretty much did side control escapes that whole time cause I couldn’t do other positions.

Bet you're pretty good at escaping side control though. Actually being able to actively escape from side control is pretty big game. Jiu jitsu sucks if you can't escape.

 

[Lead]

Bet you're pretty good at escaping side control though. Actually being able to actively escape from side control is pretty big game. Jiu jitsu sucks if you can't escape.

Eh, I still get stuck depending who it is. I think it’s much easier to avoid getting passed than to try to get out after, especially if the get the cross face in.

 

[Prokofievian]

Eh, I still get stuck depending who it is. I think it’s much easier to avoid getting passed than to try to get out after, especially if the get the cross face in.

This has been super helpful for me but it's not really taught a lot. There's guard retention, and guard recomposing, that stuff gets taught a lot. But there's a brief moment after it's too late to recompose or retain, but before the guy is taking you to smeshville that can make your life easier. I'd like to find more content on it but there's not so much.