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▲ 53 r/bookishke

THE CONGO PLIGHT

Reading as a Kenyan has honestly shaken me. I don’t know why I thought this kind of extraction was mostly a “past” thing, but realizing how recent and ongoing the situation in still is — especially the child labour — has been hard to sit with. I keep thinking about and how those systems just seem to have morphed instead of ending. It doesn’t even feel like just reading a book anymore, it feels like being forced to see something I didn’t want to see this clearly.

u/Specialist-Concept18 — 3 days ago
▲ 0 r/CollegeBasketball

Are we gonna keep pretending scheyer isn't building a choke reputation or

The uconn loss was brutal. up 19. 99% win probability. then cayden throws that pass directly to a husky and it all falls apart.

last year they had houston beat and blew a 14 point lead in the final four. the year before that it was nc state in the acc tournament. I'm not even a duke hater I just watch a lot of ball.

at some point the late-game collapses stop being variance and start being a pattern. is that a coaching thing or just what happens when your entire roster is 18 year olds every single year?

genuinely don't know. just can't keep looking away from it.

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u/Specialist-Concept18 — 6 days ago
▲ 42 r/oldschoolwrestling

Did older wrestlers understand “presence” better than modern wrestling does?

One thing I keep noticing watching older wrestling is how comfortable some legends were doing almost nothing. Jake Roberts could pause for a few seconds and somehow make the crowd lean in more. Undertaker entrances felt slow on purpose. Ric Flair could just react to the crowd and completely control the energy of a segment.

Modern wrestling has better athletes overall, but sometimes it feels afraid of silence or slower pacing.

Older wrestling understood tension differently.

Who do you think had the greatest pure screen presence in wrestling history?

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u/Specialist-Concept18 — 8 days ago
▲ 105 r/VintageNBA

I think part of why old NBA footage feels “heavier” is because players used silence differently

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This is hard to explain properly but older NBA games sometimes feel emotionally heavier to me even before anything dramatic happens.

I was watching late 80s/90s playoff clips and noticed there were long stretches where arenas just watched. No constant music. No nonstop commentary trying to manufacture hype every possession.

So when something big finally happened — a Bird steal, a Jordan pull-up, an Ewing block — the crowd eruption felt enormous.

Modern broadcasts are obviously more polished, but sometimes I wonder if constant stimulation flattened the emotional rhythm of games a little.

Does anyone else notice this when watching older footage or am I romanticizing the past too much?

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u/Specialist-Concept18 — 8 days ago
▲ 21 r/bookishke

Is it possible to explain that feeling you felt after finishing this masterpiece? #KINTU

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I just finished Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and wow… this book really got through me.

I loved the writing, especially the way Makumbi transitions through time and generations so seamlessly. It felt less like reading fiction and more like entering generations of memory, silence, spirituality, trauma, and survival.

Every character’s story affected me in a way I can’t fully explain — I could almost physically feel the emotional weight of the book, which made it impossible to put down. As an African reader, the cultural dynamics, the intersection between traditional beliefs, Christianity, and modernity all felt deeply familiar and beautifully written.

And the spirituality? Absolute chef’s kiss. The “curse” felt less supernatural and more like inherited pain and unresolved history travelling through generations.

The character that stayed with me the most was Suubi Nnakintu. I really felt for her.

For those who’ve read Kintu tell me about it😊

u/Specialist-Concept18 — 8 days ago
▲ 70 r/bookishke

I’m currently reading It’s Our Turn to Eat and I keep asking myself… was Kibaki actually the “clean” leader many of us were made to believe?

From what I’m seeing, it’s not that simple.

Curious how others see it—especially if you’ve read the book or lived through that era.

u/Specialist-Concept18 — 22 days ago