Tassie Dave’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2011)

Tassie Dave’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

A similar one is when they ask if you like what they've done with their hair.

The first thought is if this a trick question 😕
Does it look shorter?
Has the colour changed?
Has she added extensions?
Is it a different style?

All this happens in half a second which is, of course, half a second too long.

So you blurt out "I like it" 😃

"Like what?"
"What you've done with it"
"Which is??"
This is when you commit to a guess and usually get it wrong 😉

Men don't notice small details like hair & fashion.

Don't even get me started on choosing paint colours.

I seem to remember watching that Walter Cronkite film 40+ years ago. Weren't the real homes of 2001 a let down. 😏

Trike wrote: "And we have, recently tipping over to a 55% majority of the world’s population living in cities."

Australia is much higher than that. We are one of the least densely populated countries. But we are also one of the most urbanised countries also.

86% of Aussie live in cities. 60% of all Aussies live in just 4 cities.

I an outlier in that I live in a small town of 1,800 people.

Trike wrote: "It’s the classic “nature v. nurture” debate"

and also the classic "Fate v Free Will" debate.

Are we able to make choices or are we Fated to make a decision and only have the illusion of free will?

Has our future been determined at the Big Bang and has every thing that followed been just elements acting on a predictable path via the Laws of Physics from the Quantum level up or does Chaos Theory make everything that happens totally unpredictable and Chaotic.

Do we live in a "Sliding Doors" universe where one small decision can have a massive effect whichever way we choose or do we live in a "Final Destination" universe where everything is predetermined and our future will follow the path is must.

I choose to believe in Free Will, even if it is just the illusion of Free Will.

Geez none of us realised that 🙄

It's all about choice. I prefer eBooks, some prefer audiobooks.

Having it available in both formats in some regions and only eBook in other regions, just because publishers haven't done deals here is ridiculous in the 21st century.

Silvana wrote: "Audio available in Scribd https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/4731...

If you're not a subscriber you can do the free trial just for this book."

That book isn't available to us aussies in audio format from any service, including Scribd.

John (Nevets) wrote: "Dave, I was thinking the same thing you mentioned in your spoiler. My only thought was that really what was going on, or a double bluff? And once again, what implications does this have for the MCU..."

Pietro (view spoiler)[is definitely trying to get information out of Wanda and win her trust. He is the only character that isn't there because of Wanda. I'm still trying to work out the significance of the name of the file that Darcie is trying to crack. It's called "Cataract" which is the name of a condition that clouds the eyes and impairs Vision. It may confirm the theory out there that SWORD had Vision's body before Wanda grabbed it and they had plans for it. (hide spoiler)]

terpkristin wrote: "But I don't know any secret to get to camp out on the WH lawn."

That was tongue in cheek 😉 I think Joe would give me a room inside.

Trike wrote: "When the pandemic is over, come to America. You can sleep on Kristin’s couch."

I was hoping to pitch a tent on the lawns of the White House. 😉

Not a direct homage, but the handheld video aspect and the kids being silly definitely reminded me of the Wonder Years opening.

It seems fairly obvious that (view spoiler)[Pietro/Quicksilver (or whoever he really is) has been planted inside Westview by Hayward and is the secret that Darcie is looking for (hide spoiler)]

I thought the opening title sequence also paid homage to "The Wonder Years"

You're jealous of those kid's field trips. I'm jealous of yours. I still want to do most of your field trips.

Visiting the Smithsonian Museum(s) is high on my bucket list.

For me a Mary Sue/Marty Stu character is just go gosh darned good at everything and so gosh darned nice and pretty that every other character can't help but love them and every gosh darned thing they do.

They are so gosh darned perfect and have no character flaws and know exactly what to do and say in every situation.

They are the girl/boy that you know you can never have. They are the girl/boy you want your son/daughter to marry.

Trike wrote: "The GOP is so unhinged that they tarred Obama as a socialist."

I laughed when I heard those comments, when he was in office. I liked Obama and "most' of his politics, but he was "at best" a Centrist.

US politics is further to the right of Oz politics. Your Democrats would be Centrist here and the GOP would be far-right (similar to our National Party, the lesser of the 2 coalition parties in power.)

I am a Socialist as are many of the left-wing party I support (Labor Party) which is why I am a fan of AOC. She'd be a moderate in our Labor Party.

To be fair she went a bit further than express conservative views.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...

I have many right-wing friends/family who aren't into the conspiracy theories and transphobia of the extreme right.

Extremes of any political spectrum (left or right) is unhealthy

It looks cool.

Our 3rd Native American author (all female). Our 1st book from the 2020s.

Our 16th female author in the last 21 books. Which is a good thing. Our early years of S&L was a bit too male dominated.

Yeah despite the guest host Mallory O'Meara's misgivings about The Sparrow last month (which I fully understand) it is one of my favourite books that Sword and Laser have read.

I would have it my Top 5 of "books picked that I hadn't read before" and my top pick of books I wouldn't have read if not for it being picked.

We can only be thankful that people with views like hers are too stupid to edit themselves on social media.

Good riddance.

Trike wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "I didn't find the [spoilers removed]"

I KNEW IT!"

Which one?

The twist was predictable, but I still really enjoyed it.

I didn't find the (view spoiler)[Lovecraftian thing strange as the first book in the series has a long scene in that alternate universe with the monsters. Also the Man and Woman in Black at the end were major characters from book 1. So I knew that they weren't anything sinister. (hide spoiler)]

That is understandable. Even with its bad reviews WW84 is still better that most of the mediocre films released.

It did help that it was released during the school summer holidays. I'd guess a lot of those numbers were from families with kids.