i hate what we’ve done to nerdiness. the average nerd isn’t even smart now they just like slop. they watch long youtube videos where someone explains obscure star wars expanded universe lore and half the time the guy in the video didn’t even read it he’s just reading wookiepedia.
@BeevesMe@yosoymichael@Srirachachau Yea literally just follow some critics on there that you like reading.
Letterboxd is like one of the last platforms that still has a 100% curated, non-algorithmic old school social media feed
@vanillycringus@SkinnyTuna Not sure this is true tbh. I’ve spent some time in vegan spaces and from what I see, they always acknowledge the omnipresent systemic issues, but emphasize doing the best you can within that framework - the goal being changing the system oc, but you need public opinion for that
@EricVBailey@LeahHines_says@franklinleonard My favorite writer for that is Darren Mooney. You can find his stuff on them0vieblog, The Escapist, and SecondWind! oh and Letterboxd tbh
(Coincidentally, he also happens to be Irish lol)
@_rattling@RKRigney I’m afraid I’ve bought a coffee for 8 bucks before and in my head it’s outrageous but still kind of okay because it’s basically still 5 bucks
@shroud_instance @sao_i_rse @allgarbled The only sane take here. And people wonder why Netflix is having shows written with an inattentive audience in mind nowadays
When you want to prepare for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein by watching the original, but remember you could read the book first, but then find out that there’s two versions, and then find out that to properly appreciate the book you should read Milton’s Paradise Lost first-