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I was home schooled (and by that I mean pulled out of school, forced to stay home, and given no formal education) so I missed out on all of the required reading. I only get more embarrassed by this as I get older. What are the popular ones I should try out? I sometimes have trouble keeping up with Ye Olde English but I’d like to try. A few that come to mind that I’ve heard people mention are The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird, 1984.

1984 I’ve tried to read three times and just could not get into it.

Just finished the series (which I’m bummed about). Whatever is wrong with Holden must also be wrong with me because I kept waiting to see this arrogant jerk everyone was talking about and I never did. He’s right every single time about every single thing and still people just clutch their pearls because it’s not what they want to hear. I probably would’ve been MORE of an asshole if I was Holden, trying to put away a serial child murderer and protect kids and all anybody’s response was “okay but what about the politics”. WHOOOO gives a shit about money and jurisdictions and elections there’s dead kids everywhere!!!! He knew what he was doing, this is exactly what they were working for and no one wanted to listen. Even the black mayor was offended when Holden pointed out a white man wouldn’t get away with going to these neighborhoods and talking to kids, he’d stand out too much. He was not trying to pin the murders on a black man, he was being logical in narrowing down their pool of suspects.

And as much as I love Bill, Holden was right when he pulled him aside at the river. Bill was trying to be in two places at once and clearly in denial about the fact it wasn’t working even a little bit. He was in an impossible situation but totally shutting Holden out didn’t do him any favors, they were supposed to be in that together, Holden, Bill and Wendy are the only ones who truly had any concept of what BSU was doing. I give Bill some grace because he usually saw Holden for the brilliant mind that he was and backed him when the chips were down. But Holden was left hanging a lot in Atlanta and I don’t blame him for being upset by that.

I just don’t see where’s he’s obnoxious or smug. He’s pioneering something new and revolutionizing investigative work…why should he pretend otherwise? His flaw is becoming too emotionally vulnerable with the criminals, like Kemper obviously, but he was learning and sacrificed his mental wellbeing in the name of advancing their profiling techniques.

I actually think the storyline with Brian is equally interesting to the interviews in season two. The boy ain’t right. Obviously. But do you think Bill and Nancy are doing everything right or would you do things differently? As much as Nancy annoys me, I admire her devotion to Brian and how protective she is of him. It’s a little misguided sometimes like her telling the Counselor that kids forget things and he’ll get over what happened with the toddler… that’s just foolish and naïve, but I understand why she wants that. It’s also important to factor in the time. As obviously they did not have a lot of the information and resources that we do now.

But I don’t know. There was really clearly something off with him. No one wants to believe their kid is dangerous, but his apathy for the situation with the toddler plus having little no connection with Bill and not being much better with Nancy are huge red flags.

I think if it was me that kid wouldn’t even be allowed to go to the bathroom unsupervised, let alone left for any period of time to have wandered out the house (at least twice now that we’ve seen). Him playing with the older boys was just an accident waiting to happen too. It was inevitable. He was gonna wind up getting bullied and/or roped into something.

Yall im in a savers, was suddenly .2 seconds from shitting myself, you know how it goes. I find the bathroom and it is LOCKED WITH A FUCKING KEYPAD. WHAT?! I work retail and this door has a more elaborate security system than the room that holds the money at my store. I finally find an employer to ask to unlock it and immediately I can tell she’s annoyed. I’m try to be nice and upbeat, thank her repeatedly and said I definitely didn’t expect it to be locked. I heard her mutter “why wouldn’t it be” under her breath as she was unlocking it.

Give me a fucking break. Maybe because it’s a bathroom and this is a savers? I get people steal but if someone is so desperate to steal a secondhand $6 shirt the locked bathroom is not gonna deter them.

I am so heartbroken that this series got canceled and we never got to see them do Bundy. I’m not familiar with how closely they stick to the real coppers/criminals but Bundy would’ve been right in the era they were heading into and his actual interviews are some of the most chilling and fascinating. Dammit. Why!!!

You know what every crowded indoor event needs? An enormous stroller to take up even more room for no reason. People managed fine with normal sized strollers for decades but no, now everyone needs tactical double seat strollers with 4 wheel drive and 6 storage compartments. Enough. I don’t care if you have twins or your kids are 18 months apart, it’s such an eye-roll moment when people are totally oblivious to how much they’re in the way and being inconsiderate.

I’m only of couple episodes into season two so go easy on me, but I’m finding Bill’s wife more and more insufferable. She is way overreacting to the situation of the body being found in the house she’s selling. Now we see exactly why Bill did not tell her what he does at work - she can’t handle it. She knew exactly zero details and it already kept her up at night. Then when she found out it was a toddler…

Screaming and wailing like she saw the child murdered with her own two eyes but literally in the same breath like the first thing she asked is if it was on the new carpet and if they had to break a window. What?! Am I crazy for thinking her reaction is vastly inappropriate and immature?

I love TLOU, I have found it a therapeutic world to escape into for over 10 years. But I’ve never been able to form much of a timeline. Exactly how long did it take for cordyceps to take over? Sometimes it seems like it went extremely fast, other times maybe a few weeks/months? Can anyone help me figure out a rough timeline? From initial cases in the USA to hospital/first responder overload, then failure of public services, quarantine zones, evacuations, bombing, etc?

At McDonald’s, giving my order at the speaker:

“Hello, I’d like a quarter pounder and - “

“Do you want that as a meal?”

“Yes, I’d like it with - “

“What size fries and what size drink?”

“Large and I - “

“What kind of drink?”

“Coke. For the next - “

“Okay, is that all?”

Bro. JUST LET ME SPEAK!!!! You would’ve had all the info

I’m only in season 1 so pls keep that in mind.

This is possibly an unpopular opinion from what I’ve seen but I don’t really see anything wrong with Holden’s methods. Everyone in the show chastises him for what he does but it gets results so like ??? Like telling Brudos about his mom walking in on him when he was a kid. It was a way to get personal, earn his trust. I don’t know why it bothered bill so much (who definitely shouldn’t have used his actual wife’s name). Getting vulgar with Speck? Again, it worked.

Then getting that principal fired…yeah that whole thing might’ve been “below” the FBI but I’m sorry, in my opinion it’s better safe than sorry when we’re talking about the potential abuse of children. That fucking principal was weird; the feet tickling was enough but his explosive reaction to Holden and Gregg advising him to stop was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I don’t care about his lame wife hunting down Holden at home. Oh, the poor creepy principal who just looooves kids is out of a job :( you know who would be sadder? The diddled child.

Recently got an ADHD diagnosis after never even considering it before (I’m 26F). Some things are making more sense now though, especially my lifelong issues with clutter and disorganization.

I have no functional understand of how to be tidy. It seems like I have been fighting nonstop since I can remember to just do better, but I never can. “Don’t put things down, put things away” idk what that means. What is Away? How do you decide where an item goes? And then how do you commit to putting it there every time and not just tossing it aside when you’re doing something else, to avoid getting distracted/breaking focus?

I want so badly to be able to keep my space neat. I live with my old man and he’s incredibly patient but set the goal of the 20th of each month, my space needs to be cleaned. Which I’m fine with. Because without any sort of parameters it becomes an unmanageable disaster. And the worst, most frustrating part is I CAN’T HELP IT!!! I am not consciously throwing things in the floor or tables, it’s like I just look over one day and it happened again. I’m not trying to make excuses or not take accountability - that’s just how it feels. This total disconnect.

I’m so depressed with this. Please help me figure out how to help myself.

I want to write a new story set in TWD. It occurred to me we have multiple in television, this fantastic game series, and no official novel (well, there is something about Woodbury but…no). I have actually done it before but I want to set it in Georgia, as the main show and game are. Just good old fashioned TWD vibes.

Which brings me to the point…what do you consider crucial to capturing that vibe? Moral dilemmas and hard choices, and characters from different walks of life bonding are definitely at the top of the list.

What else? What advice would you give?

A few years ago, when we were cleaning out my grandparents house, I found newspapers and such that gave me an entirely different look at the past. My hometown is identical to many in that it is a dead ghost town essentially with no jobs, nothing to do, and rampant hard drug use.

Go back to the 80s and before, and it was a thriving small community. There was so much to do and be involved in. SO MUCH. Literally endless clubs for men and women and kids, auxiliaries, church events, community picnics, ice cream socials, dance nights, like on and on and on I could give a dozen other examples like it was actually a community with an active presence. There were even park programs specifically designed for kids in the summer to get them outside.

WTF happened? I have lived in or around various other small town sense and it is all the same. Dead. People pretty much either stay home, drive to the nearest city a couple times a month to do something, or drink for entertainment. This is sad as hell.

I (26F) only recently discovered I’m ADHD and a lot of puzzle pieces have been clicking into place. I have a hunch this is another one.

I’ve always struggled enormously with all things hygiene. Literally from the earliest ages I fought and fought a shower/bath. I’m no better now tbh. I dread it. There are 101 things I’d rather do, and that I feel are more productive uses of my precious time.

But one thing that does make me sad on occasion is that I’m honestly just a slob. I can’t be one of those cute girls. Never have been. That are always fresh and clean, smell nice, have nice outfits, nails done, hair done, shaved, makeup on, etc…it’s laughable for me. I know I’ll never be that person. If I’ve showered more than once in a week and my shirt isn’t from the dirty laundry hamper, I’m winning. I know the things I’ve mentioned aren’t necessary but I just wish I could be one of those people. Unfortunately it’s just not in the cards for me. My desire for this is at constant war with my reality which is that I wake up late and pissed off, grab whatever to get dressed as quickly as possible, and never have time for the extras.

I’ve seen the subject come up many times through the years and it is coming up again now, at least here and there on TikTok. In hindsight, do you feel the lack of diversity is a problem in the first few seasons of the show? Particularly what they’re being next to no long term characters of color, except T-Dog, who said maybe four words in the entirety of season 2. The racial tension was there in universe, obviously with Daryl and Merle especially. We have Morgan, who although is crucial to the storyline in the first season, is one and done until years later. I honestly didn’t think much of it until someone mentioned the numbers:

> The city is highly diverse, with a demographic makeup of roughly 45% Black or African American, 39% non-Hispanic White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial residents

Atlanta demographics, via Google.