CharlesMangione

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[–] CharlesMangione 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

compared to lifting a boulder or leaping a chasm, you have to roll a d20 for those, spells just happen without rolling to see whether it will happen.

[–] CharlesMangione 4 points 3 months ago

ted cruz is an immigrant......

[–] CharlesMangione 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm starting to think this fellow might just be a bit of an asshole. He seems to spend 100% of his time assaulting people.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by CharlesMangione to c/[email protected]
 

I've recently started a job driving a shuttle van across the city for the general public. I've got a wide amount of leeway, but the audiobooks I've been listening to have been... not hitting right. I started with "The Name of the Wind" which was extremely well reviewed. I liked it a lot for the most part, and for the most part so did my passengers, but at one point it started talking about how much the main character would like to see one of the young woman characters naked and would pay for that privilege. In the context of the story it sort-of made sense, but out of context it was completely gross and I was beyond embarrassed. The next day I tried "Consider Phlebas" (again well reviewed) which was a completely different thing, but almost immediately it started in with a vivid description the mc being drowned in sewage- It did not hit right, despite the interesting developments that I would ordinarily probably enjoy for just myself.

I'm looking for suggestions of completely SFW audiobooks I could listen to (through audible, alas) with random passengers of all walks of life coming and going without context. I cannot stress strongly enough that they should be quite literally safe for work. I don't mind skirting a bit of controversy or challenging preconceptions or introducing new or unusual perspectives (In fact I kind of relish the idea of being somewhat progressive and/or boundary-pushing, though I'd like to start small after these initial embarrassments), but it cant be crude, or sexual, or violent.

Thanks for your attention, please chime in with your suggestions.

Edit: Oh jeez wow this got more traction than I expected. I appreciate everyone's suggestions! I'll be trawling through them in the coming weeks and maybe even post my experience with some of them, "shuttle van reviews" or some such. Thanks!

 

I've recently started a job driving a shuttle van across the city for the general public. I've got a wide amount of leeway, but the audiobooks I've been listening to have been... not hitting right. I started with "The Name of the Wind" which was extremely well reviewed. I liked it a lot for the most part, and for the most part so did my passengers, but at one point it started talking about how much the main character would like to see one of the young woman characters naked and would pay for that privilege. In the context of the story it sort-of made sense, but out of context it was completely gross and I was beyond embarrassed. The next day I tried "Consider Phlebas" (again well reviewed) which was a completely different thing, but almost immediately it started in with a vivid description the mc being drowned in sewage- It did not hit right, despite the interesting developments that I would ordinarily probably enjoy for just myself.

I'm looking for suggestions of completely SFW audiobooks I could listen to (through audible, alas) with random passengers of all walks of life coming and going without context. I cannot stress strongly enough that they should be quite literally safe for work. I don't mind skirting a bit of controversy or challenging preconceptions or introducing new or unusual perspectives (In fact I kind of relish the idea of being somewhat progressive and/or boundary-pushing, though I'd like to start small after these initial embarrassments), but it cant be crude, or sexual, or violent.

Thanks for your attention, please chime in with your suggestions.

[–] CharlesMangione 1 points 6 months ago
[–] CharlesMangione 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If it's not called "Spaceballs II: The Search For More Money" I'm not here for it.

[–] CharlesMangione 18 points 6 months ago

You're only allowed to be right about one thing at a time. That'll be six-and-a-quarter million dollars for your arrogance, and also how dare you?

[–] CharlesMangione 5 points 6 months ago

You have expressed an unauthorized opinion. Your account has been fined 6 downvotes.

[–] CharlesMangione 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mhm, characters, worldbuilding, etc... Yeah, hey George? How's Winds of Winter coming along there, bud?

[–] CharlesMangione 2 points 6 months ago

I love oversimplifying, especially if the reason is capitalism!

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Homework Help - Lemmy.World (self.promotecommunity)
 

I saw a couple posts of someone asking for help with their homework, and thought it might be a good idea to have our own dedicated Homework Help community.

If you're taking classes, or even better yet, have passed classes, please subscribe to [email protected]. I will do my best to answer what I can, but admittedly I've been out of school for a long time, so I'd really appreciate your help with this project. Also, we can't help anyone if we don't have questions to answer, so please don't hesitate to ask!

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Homework Help - Lemmy.World (self.communitypromo)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by CharlesMangione to c/[email protected]
 

I saw a couple posts of someone asking for help with their homework, and thought it might be a good idea to have our own dedicated Homework Help community.

If you're taking classes, or even better yet, have passed classes, please subscribe to [email protected]. I will do my best to answer what I can, but admittedly I've been out of school for a long time, so I'd really appreciate your help with this project. Also, we can't help anyone if we don't have questions to answer, so please don't hesitate to ask!

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by CharlesMangione to c/support
 

Edit: Solved!

~~Edit2: Partially solved. Issue resolved on this instance, but the other instance doesn't have a "mark as read" button.~~

Edit3: Fully solved. There needs to be a visible message for the "mark all as read" button to appear, which did remove the phantom messages on that instance. Turns out I had "hide bot posts" enabled on both instances, and all the hidden/ghost messages were from bots.

I have a "1 message unread" icon that permanently displays. When I attempt to check my message, the unread messages field appears blank, as if I have read all my messages, but at the top of the page the bell icon still shows 1 unread. New messages increment from one, rather than zero, too. On another instance I just got to 2 permanent phantom unread messages. How do I make this go away?

Also, turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict...

Pic unrelated.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CharlesMangione to c/technology
 

A detailed explanation and demonstration of a paint that cools down to sub-ambient (3C in ideal conditions) temperatures with no energy input.

 

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The True Loves perform live at The Little London Plane. Recorded June 3, 2018.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CharlesMangione to c/pocketknife
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