karigan commented on astral.projection's review of Users
Imagine if the worst guy in Palo Alto got his MFA at Iowa and wrote a 270 page dream sequence inspired by dystopian VR and youâd get Users.
Idk if it was the author or the main character who descended into madness, maybe both, but the plot was definitely lost at some point and incomprehensible rambling took over whatever shred of profundity existed before the ~60% mark.
What started as an intriguing, cleverly written story about a middle aged man writing scripts for VR experiences somehow turned into pretentious gibberish. Honestly donât know what to say about this one, I am intrigued to see how others interpreted this (particularly the ending) and the first half was definitely worth my time, so Iâm not like mad at Users but I am shaking my head and giving it a little side eye
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âEating with the seasons is a way of honoring abundance. By going to meet it when and where it arrives. A world of produce houses and grocery stores enables the practice of having what you want and when you want itâ
My mom once said to me, "I only eat food that comes from the store, not from the ground." When the shock subsided and I could finally form words again, I asked, genuinely curious, where she thought the food from the store came from. She told me that she knows it comes from the ground but she doesn't have to see it so it's different. Different in the same way that people couldn't fathom killing a cow but would happily eat a burger. (I'm not judging, nor am I absolved of the hypocrisy - I eat fish). But the point is we are so far removed from reality that we could never even fathom not having our favorite foods available every single day of the year. And yet there is still such a terrible scarcity mindset. "If I don't buy it now, if I don't have it now, I may never get the opportunity to again!" This way of life carries over into every aspect of our lives and creates an atmosphere of constantly living for the future rather than living for what we currently have.
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this reads like the blog of someone REALLY into âliving off the landâ and iâm already not looking forward to the next couple hours worth of audiobook i have ahead of me.
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer
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How do I add a book to my library thatâs not on good reads? Cause itâs not on there I canât use the Missing a book? Feature on search. Is there a way to add the book to my library or is there nothing I can do. (The book is If Queers Weren't Meant to Have Kids ... by Karina Natt and Narelda Jacobs)
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