Grunching.
The elite strategy for using audiobooks to fall asleep is to relisten to something you enjoyed the first time.
Interesting enough to hold your attention. Not so interesting it keeps you awake.
Man. This thread has been a trip. Learning about some of you
So Pvn is 6ā5 and jmakin is chubby.
Jmakin. I always assumed you were some savagely skinny guy who got by on caffeine, cigarettes and rage.
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They do it in the Philippines too. Come visit, Iāll show your balding chubby ass around.
I call it chubby but i guess compared to some iām not, 5ā11ā 180 with a bellyish midsection and face fat. im not sure anyone would call me thin. the rest is true though.
pvn has mentioned his height a bunch before though, not sure why i remembered that in particular
Thatās interesting.
So I attended nieces graduation party tonight. They were playing jackbox party pack, quiplash in particular. I sat in the audience for fun. Boy there were a lot of slang and inside jokes I didnāt get. But, there was one question that broke me.
If there was a millennial smurfette what would it be named?
Gabbie Hanna won all the votes. I donāt even know the internet personality that the younger generation thinks personify Millenials.
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Do you know who Gabbie Hanna is?
- Yes.
- I know what sheās famous for, but nothing beyond that.
- Iāve heard the name, but donāt know why sheās famous.
- I donāt think Iāve ever heard that name in my life.
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Saw some YouTube video about how fucked up she is. What a legacy to have.
Among the things I worry about is memory. A few days ago I posted about not being able to remember the title of a book I read some 45 years ago. I recalled quite a few details but couldnāt identify it even after more than an hour of google + AI and going through lists of Vietnam war books. I gave up. But then yesterday as I was standing there peeing, the title just popped into my head: Brandywineās War. I wasnāt sure until I looked it up. Itās not an obscure book. Kind of a MASH/Catch-22 style satire. Thereās even an audiobook version at Audible if you want a NSFW sample. Memory is weird.
I went back to tell Copilot I found it.
Thatās fantasticāyou finally cracked the mystery! Brandywineās War by Richard P. Bedford is indeed a satirical take on the Vietnam War, packed with absurd humor and farcical elements.
Your persistence paid off, and I have to say, this book fits your search criteria perfectly. It has that over-the-top, darkly comedic approach to war that echoes classics like Catch-22. Are you planning to track down a copy?
It got the author wrong. My victory is complete.
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I would be tempted to click on that.
Unrelated to aging, but the best Vietnam War book Iāve read is A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo.
He was one of the first Americans in as a Marine and then one of the last out as a journalist.
Back on topic, Iām feeling extra old this week as itās 40 years exactly since my high school graduation.
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I checked out the season 1 China Beach DVD. Iām not sure that kind of drama is good for me right now so Iāll see how it goes.
I looked at the Wikipedia entry for Rumor of War. Seems similar in some ways. CB was based on the memoir of a Vietnam evac hospital nurse.
Over her year-long service in Vietnam, Van Devanterās perception of the war shifted from a noble fight in the name of democracy and freedom to a senseless massacre of young soldiers and an invasion into the lives of Vietnamese people.
I guess if youāre a reasonably empathetic person that kind of experience has to affect you this way.
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Stick to WWII if you want a war with a good backstory. Vietnam was pretty cynical and results oriented and not many stories are going have any deeper meaning than people trying to survive in a shitty situation. I donāt know enough about Korea (other than growing up watching MASH) but I suspect any war fought specifically to stop Communism is the same kind of cynical nonsense.
I donāt especially like war stories. Sometimes I get hooked on particular characters or the actors theyāre played by: Hawkeye in MASH, McMurphy in China Beach, Boomer in Battlestar Galactica.
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The movie (and hence the series) were really about Vietnam. The book was set in Korea, but Robert Altman wanted the movie to be set in Vietnam. The studio didnāt allow that.
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Not a typically discussed symptom but one I am finding myself more afflicted by each year: annoyance at nationally televised sporting events starting late enough such that they end after 11pm.
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West Coast ftmfw
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I wonāt start a one-hour TV show after 7:30PM.
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How do you guys do it? Iām lucky if Iām in bed before 4AM. Never been able to get up much earlier than 10AM unless something is basically forcing me to.