Why does Mr Knightley encourage Emma to invite the Coles but discourages her being friends with/setting up Harriet?

Essentially, Mr Knightley seems to want the Coles included in society where Emma doesn't ("Emma did not want to be classed with the Mrs. Eltons, the Mrs. Perrys, and the Mrs. Coles, who would force themselves anywhere;" "The Coles were very respectable in their way, but they ought to be taught that it was not for them to arrange the terms on which the superior families would visit them. This lesson, she very much feared, they would receive only from herself; she had little hope of Mr. Knightley, none of Mr. Weston.") because they are from trade and not gentility like herself/Bateses/Jane Fairfax/Westons/etc. Whereas Mr Knightley seems to thinkt hey should be treated as equalish parts of their society.

But then with Harriet, Mr Knightley's issue is that she is probably a decently wealthy girl from trade, whereas Emma thinks she must be gentility, which he warns Emma about. He doesn't like Emma's elevation of her, because from his perspective, it goes against the class order, whereas he is doing a similar thing with the Coles, not considering himself that much above them. He says,"I am not to be talked out of my dislike of Harriet Smith"

I am just having trouble understanding this discrepancy. With Harriet, Knightley seems to want Emma to learn that she is not superior, she is not part of their class, and is in fact lower than Mr Martin. Whereas with the Coles he seems to think they should be permitted into their society, and that Emma should learn the same.

Essentially, what am I missing here? Is Mr Knightley for or against a small erosion of the class system or does he think it should be strictly maintained?

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u/cesarionoexisto — 1 day ago

Why can I not bring up body issues to my therapist/how do I do it?

I have been having really bad issues hating my body, and myself for being in it and issues with not eating for like a month now. It's gotten really bad - I spent most of the day crying about it. Then when I got to my therapy appointment every time I tried to bring it up I just couldn't. I would start sobbing even thinking about it. I guess with problems like anxiety or depression these feel like things happening to me - like my mind is out of control, but with being fat, this is completely an issue of my own making.

But still, it is really affecting my mental health and I really want to talk about it but I am not sure I am capable of bringing it up.

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/Anki

How does Anki backup work?

I know it was really stupid of me to not make a backup myself, but my old laptop randomly died with no warning a few days ago, and I sent it in to have the data taken off and put onto my new laptop.

But when I open up Anki, there's nothing there. I have tried restoring backup but nothing happens. Is there anything I can do or is all my hard work lost?

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u/cesarionoexisto — 1 month ago

What do you think the reasoning behind providing a full list of tributes in the prequels and not the original?

In the 74th and 75th games, we only really get the names of tributes who are important to the story, whereas for TBOSAS AND SOTR we get the names of every tribute (and for tbosas we get the mentors). I'm curious what the reasoning behind this was from Collins.

I know there's the aspect of Haymitch generally giving us way more information than Katniss in order to demonstrate the differences between their characters, but still, remembering 49 tributes' name's versus only 6 from Katniss is quite a huge difference. Then we only get 16 from Catching Fire. I maybe understand the logic slightly more with TBOSAS, seeing as the names of the mentors gives us lore on different capitol families. Still, I found it hard to keep track of all the names tbh.

And with Haymitch specifically he says "I will never remember all of their names" but he presumably does to record them. Or we can look at this as him seeing the names in the moment, in which case it would equally make sense for Katniss to learn the names, mention them and then basically forget them

Essentially, I wonder why Collins made this writing decision. Do you think there was some regret that we didn't get all the 74/75 tributes' names? I think it's likely something that fans were begging of her for years, or asking the actors, etc, so maybe she just included them ahead of time.

To me, it's nice to have the names but then it's tighter from a storytelling perspective to generally only mention the ones that matter.

I know this isn't a bigggg deal at all!! I just though it was an interesting difference between the prequels and the original trilogy.

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u/cesarionoexisto — 1 month ago

I can't share a sheet with my mum

Everytime I try to add my mum to this google sheet so she can edit it, it won't send. It comes up with a box saying Can't share with [her email]. She has 2 emails, a googlemail one and one for her personal website and neither work. I have been able to add other emails for other people but not hers. I really cannot understand what the issue is. Even when I manually send her the link she can't open it. It comes up with a box saying 'Can't access item'. I have no one blocked on my google account.

I cannot understand why this doesn't work

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u/cesarionoexisto — 1 month ago

For people who've seen TGWDLM in London: what time did the show end? (evening show)

Just wondering what time people generally got out the theatre so I can plan my route home.

Also any advice on what time to get to the show?

And are they likely to film the show? Probably not but I though I'd ask

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/sleep

I haven't slept at a normal time in over a month

I really really want to become someone getting up at like 9-11am each day.

For the past month I haven't really been able to get to sleep before 5am.

I know what some of the problems are

  1. using my phone before bed (i kinda dont have much to do before sleeping when im not using it and i struggle massively to be motivated to give it up)

  2. not having anything to wake up for in the mornings. i want to be a morning person but there's little reason to actually be awake.

  3. spending too much of the day either in bed or not doing anything (i have no where else to be most of the time, theres nothing really to do anywhere near me. and my bed is the only warm and comfortable place to be in my room, which is the only place i feel safe from others)

  4. napping, although I'm getting a lot better at not taking naps

  5. often when i try to sleep i lie there with my thoughts and spiral and end up crying and hating myself

I so often have not been able to sleep so distracted myself, gone to a different room for an hour, not looking at my phone, felt tired, and then go back to bed and lie there for an hour or two and just can't sleep.

I'm just at my wits end. my parents are always angry that I sleep in but i just cant seem to improve my sleeping and I'm so miserable because of it

please is there any help

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/Crush

I've had a huge crush on this guy for about a year, and I havent seen him in about seven months and I'm not likely to again in the near future. I knew pretty early on that it wouldnt go anywhere cause he has a long term girlfriend.

I guess its probably most logical and healthy to try and move on from him but I still find him so fascinating and completely interesting that I just don't want to? I love being in love with him so much

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago

It's arguable that NA is the least know and least popular of the 6 main books. A big part of this is the fact that it's been the least adapted - only having two major adaptations whereas even Mansfield Park has three.

In my mind it seems on paper that it would be one of the more accessible for modern readers. We don't read gothic novels really anymore but a lot of the tropes are still present in the public consciousness in my opinion - spooky old houses, mysterious deaths, the gothic heroine/damsel in distress/white dressed girl. Whilst not a gothic trope - fake friends are still pretty relevant.

The major conflicts in the book are also still understandable why theyre a big deal to modern audiences - catherine thinking general tilney killed his wife and isabella blowing off her engagement with james for not being rich enough. we can pretty easily understand why these are bad things to do - unlike for example frank's secret engagment, entail problems, major problems in other books.

It also has a much more likeable male lead compared to Edmund, Edward, Brandon and Knightley all of which some people have some issues with, I have never really seen this with Henry Tilney.

To me, I imagine it maps well for modern audiences. It's satiring a genre that's still somewhat popular, compared to some of the other satires she wrote.

And yet it's the least adapted. What are people's theories as to why?

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago

Every time I have a therapy session I have two major issues

  1. theres a lot of things i dont feel brave enough to tell my therapist (eg. intrusive thoughts, dislike of some physical contact) or i dont really think she can help me with them even if they are massively affecting my mental health (sleep issues, motivation issues, career/university worries, etc) so i feel like I'm not giving her a full picture and still massively struggling with these things

  2. i have such bad memory. she often asks me about something, to give an example and i forget everything thats ever happened. or forget stuff i wanted to talk about or be unsure as to how to bring it up. i feel silly bringing a lot of stuff up as well.

i really feel like im not getting the most out of therapy and i dont know how to fix it

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago

(20, 5'7). a lot of the advice i've seen around weight loss is that the only actually effective method of losing a decent amount of weight is to go on a calorie deficit. the problem is (whilst i have never properly measured my calorie intake) i feel like i am already constantly hungry. i tend to only have two meals a day, one being a small breakfast and a normal sized tea. i often feel so faint and can barely stand from barely eating. i had a period in my life where i could only afford to buy 2 meals a day and i was constantly hungry for 2 months. essentially i am already so hungry all the time and don't eat that much, that i am not sure how i could possibly deal with eating less and being more hungry.

i am also worried about developing an eating disorder. i already have a lot of trouble with eating because i dont like many foods. and eating disorders are the only symptom of depression i have never experienced so i feel i am very at risk

obviously exercise also helps! i know i should do more but i struggle to have motivation for anything. and also whilst it helps be healthy i have seen people saying it is not actually going to cause much weight loss

sorry if this post is kind of lame. it's just that i am a size 16 and i hate my body sooo much i( have been crying for hours), and so do most of the people i know

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago

I massively struggle with taking medicine - i cant swallow pills and find it really difficult to make myself take liquid medicine if it tastes bad. obviously its not reccomended to mix it with something but is it ok to do so if thats the only way i can make myself take it

also i was planning to go to the pub in a few days to see friends I havent for ages. is it ok to do so and drink a good amount or should i cancel?

I'm also extremely worried about the mild side effects

thank you for any help, i am struggling to get answers

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u/cesarionoexisto — 2 months ago