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Post by berkley on Sept 7, 2023 1:35:16 GMT -5
Something that I was thinking about today during work: It's rather odd to me that Don Quixote has become kind of this archetype of "noble chivalry" with things like "Man Of La Mancha", when the book is more of a farcile romp of a man who really doesn't know what he's doing
Yeah, I thnk you're right in that Cervantes meant Don Quixote to be a parody of those mediaeval Romances of Knights in armour, but at a deeper level I think Don Quixote's "madness" was meant to provide a contrast or counterpoint to the received morality and practices of Cervantes's own day - so from that POV Quixotes's madness wasn't madness at all, it was sanity. So for me I would say that Don Quixote does indeed embody the idea of "noble chivalry" in the sense of someone always trying to do what he tinks is the right thing.
The problem is that his view of the world - how things work, what the appropriate response might be in any given situation - is totally off, based on a mistaken premise taken from fiction. Can we with confidence say any different?
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 7, 2023 7:10:18 GMT -5
Something that I was thinking about today during work: It's rather odd to me that Don Quixote has become kind of this archetype of "noble chivalry" with things like "Man Of La Mancha", when the book is more of a farcile romp of a man who really doesn't know what he's doing Hence, a story of modern man, as he blunders through life, with no clue, because education, government, technology and the media have failed him! Actually, these days, 3 out of 5 probably think that Don Quixote is the guy of the oatmeal barrel.
Don't be silly. The guy on the oatmeal barrel is Grandma Moses; everybody knows that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2023 12:56:11 GMT -5
Going to see Equalizer 3 later, I had no idea Denzel is 68 years old, crikey....
Although my favourite Denzel film is The Book of Eli....a lone wolf in the post-apocalyptic world doing it all for the Holy Bible....
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 9, 2023 5:21:28 GMT -5
Going to see Equalizer 3 later, I had no idea Denzel is 68 years old, crikey....
Although my favourite Denzel film is The Book of Eli....a lone wolf in the post-apocalyptic world doing it all for the Holy Bible....
Haven't seen the latest but the first two were pretty solid and Book of Eli was pretty awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2023 5:37:01 GMT -5
Hi all, hope everyone has been well. While I don't believe in making dramatic exits or reintroductions just for the sake of it, I know some are aware I quite literally vanished some months back with my account deleted (which wasn't the first time). Long story short, my headspace was I needed a hard break, there was a lot going on in my life at that point well beyond my postings here.
A lot has changed in my life since then, and very much for the better. I've cleared some major health concerns, and my family and I have taken a major step to relaunching a new life in a different area that is only about an hour away from where we had been living, but it's pretty much a different world entirely. We're living part-time now in a college town area in SE Ohio where my kids are going to school, but it's also very much an artist enclave surrounded by tons of natural beauty (in the foothills of the Appalachians with both a state and natural forest right in the vicinity). My wife and I are both creative types (she's a writer and artist), and we were both done with the traditional suburban lifestyle. And once the right house pops up for sale (and we have a good realtor working on that), we're ready to buy and move from our short term solution into the area permanently.
I also ended up not having to completely cut out my corporate job because my company has been gracious enough to allow me to work remote and also values the work I do enough to not make an issue of the way I dress and look overall (it's like I'm working at a small tech firm again). It's a good situation for all of us, my kids are in really good programs in the media school (one is in film production and the other animation), my wife is re-finding her hippie artistic environment she loves so much, and I'm back to being the musician (and sometimes tech/data guy) I really am. I'm also done finding "musical idioms" to chase and back to mainly playing alt metal as a guitar player and vibing with it even though I appreciate tons of diverse music overall.
Oh yeah...and I still love them funny books. But I've stopped "collecting" them, I'm just reading lots of old favorites and it's gotten fun again (really fun actually).
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 10, 2023 15:28:09 GMT -5
Glad you're back, 'cat. You were missed.
Cei-U! I summon the prodigal!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2023 15:30:10 GMT -5
Glad you're back, 'cat. You were missed. Cei-U! I summon the prodigal! Much appreciated!
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 10, 2023 16:38:19 GMT -5
Same sentiments from me!
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 11, 2023 3:42:53 GMT -5
First-world problem: companies that only let you cancel a product by telephoning them. This is obviously so they can try and talk you out of cancelling.
I needed to cancel my 2000 AD subscription as I can no longer afford it. I logged on to my subscription page. From my iPad, I can change my phone number, billing address, shipping address, and debit card.
I saw the cancel subscription button and thought it’d be easy to cancel, but when I clicked on it, it took me to a page which had this message: To cancel, please contact Rebellion on this number. So, I’m supposed to spend money on a phone call (I have a pay as you go mobile phone contract)?
I took out a digital subscription to a newspaper years ago. Same problem. So I rang the publisher. For about five minutes, I went round in circles with the most persistent salesman who asked me whether I’d not enjoyed the paper, promised me 50% off for 3 months, told me I’d lose out on subscriber benefits, etc. In the end, I had to say, “I’ve made my mind up, I just want to cancel it.”
And the same thing happened when I left my ISP years ago.
There should be a UK law which states any service can be cancelled via the click of a button at the customer’s end.
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Post by impulse on Sept 11, 2023 8:07:26 GMT -5
Hi all, hope everyone has been well. While I don't believe in making dramatic exits or reintroductions just for the sake of it, I know some are aware I quite literally vanished some months back with my account deleted (which wasn't the first time). Long story short, my headspace was I needed a hard break, there was a lot going on in my life at that point well beyond my postings here. A lot has changed in my life since then, and very much for the better. I've cleared some major health concerns, and my family and I have taken a major step to relaunching a new life in a different area that is only about an hour away from where we had been living, but it's pretty much a different world entirely. We're living part-time now in a college town area in SE Ohio where my kids are going to school, but it's also very much an artist enclave surrounded by tons of natural beauty (in the foothills of the Appalachians with both a state and natural forest right in the vicinity). My wife and I are both creative types (she's a writer and artist), and we were both done with the traditional suburban lifestyle. And once the right house pops up for sale (and we have a good realtor working on that), we're ready to buy and move from our short term solution into the area permanently. I also ended up not having to completely cut out my corporate job because my company has been gracious enough to allow me to work remote and also values the work I do enough to not make an issue of the way I dress and look overall (it's like I'm working at a small tech firm again). It's a good situation for all of us, my kids are in really good programs in the media school (one is in film production and the other animation), my wife is re-finding her hippie artistic environment she loves so much, and I'm back to being the musician (and sometimes tech/data guy) I really am. I'm also done finding "musical idioms" to chase and back to mainly playing alt metal as a guitar player and vibing with it even though I appreciate tons of diverse music overall. Oh yeah...and I still love them funny books. But I've stopped "collecting" them, I'm just reading lots of old favorites and it's gotten fun again (really fun actually). Put me down for very glad you're back. You were definitely missed, and I'm really happy to hear you have a lot of improvements in your personal situation. That all sounds great! And good, good, back to metal. All paths lead back to metal. Goooood. Good.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2023 10:31:21 GMT -5
Put me down for very glad you're back. You were definitely missed, and I'm really happy to hear you have a lot of improvements in your personal situation. That all sounds great! Very much appreciated, and glad to be in a good spot to jump back in with folks here! I definitely missed the time here as well, thank you! And good, good, back to metal. All paths lead back to metal. Goooood. Good. Haha, right on my metal brother!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2023 11:45:09 GMT -5
First-world problem: companies that only let you cancel a product by telephoning them. This is obviously so they can try and talk you out of cancelling.
That's why I like Patreon....cancel....bye-bye...and no more charges to the credit card from the following month.
Funny enough, I still wasn't removed from the subscriber list - their lapse, not mine - and still got exclusive product for several months and wasn't charged for it.
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 11, 2023 15:45:24 GMT -5
Hi all, hope everyone has been well. While I don't believe in making dramatic exits or reintroductions just for the sake of it, I know some are aware I quite literally vanished some months back with my account deleted (which wasn't the first time). Long story short, my headspace was I needed a hard break, there was a lot going on in my life at that point well beyond my postings here. A lot has changed in my life since then, and very much for the better. I've cleared some major health concerns, and my family and I have taken a major step to relaunching a new life in a different area that is only about an hour away from where we had been living, but it's pretty much a different world entirely. We're living part-time now in a college town area in SE Ohio where my kids are going to school, but it's also very much an artist enclave surrounded by tons of natural beauty (in the foothills of the Appalachians with both a state and natural forest right in the vicinity). My wife and I are both creative types (she's a writer and artist), and we were both done with the traditional suburban lifestyle. And once the right house pops up for sale (and we have a good realtor working on that), we're ready to buy and move from our short term solution into the area permanently. I also ended up not having to completely cut out my corporate job because my company has been gracious enough to allow me to work remote and also values the work I do enough to not make an issue of the way I dress and look overall (it's like I'm working at a small tech firm again). It's a good situation for all of us, my kids are in really good programs in the media school (one is in film production and the other animation), my wife is re-finding her hippie artistic environment she loves so much, and I'm back to being the musician (and sometimes tech/data guy) I really am. I'm also done finding "musical idioms" to chase and back to mainly playing alt metal as a guitar player and vibing with it even though I appreciate tons of diverse music overall. Oh yeah...and I still love them funny books. But I've stopped "collecting" them, I'm just reading lots of old favorites and it's gotten fun again (really fun actually).
Sounds like your life has more hidden surprises than Optimus Prime.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2023 16:37:35 GMT -5
Sounds like your life has more hidden surprises than Optimus Prime. All I can hear now is Peter Cullen narrating my post.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 11, 2023 20:16:30 GMT -5
First-world problem: companies that only let you cancel a product by telephoning them. This is obviously so they can try and talk you out of cancelling. I needed to cancel my 2000 AD subscription as I can no longer afford it. I logged on to my subscription page. From my iPad, I can change my phone number, billing address, shipping address, and debit card. I saw the cancel subscription button and thought it’d be easy to cancel, but when I clicked on it, it took me to a page which had this message: To cancel, please contact Rebellion on this number. So, I’m supposed to spend money on a phone call (I have a pay as you go mobile phone contract)? I took out a digital subscription to a newspaper years ago. Same problem. So I rang the publisher. For about five minutes, I went round in circles with the most persistent salesman who asked me whether I’d not enjoyed the paper, promised me 50% off for 3 months, told me I’d lose out on subscriber benefits, etc. In the end, I had to say, “I’ve made my mind up, I just want to cancel it.” And the same thing happened when I left my ISP years ago. There should be a UK law which states any service can be cancelled via the click of a button at the customer’s end. I just tell those types to just STFU and cancel the subscription and the next words out of your mouth better be that "The subscription has been cancelled, sir" or I will rain down on your heads with every government watchdog organization, every consumer advocate organization, local and national media and a whopping lawsuit against you for consumer fraud. Have I made myself clear, bearing in mind what I said your next words should be? You may answer.... Works pretty well. Of course, doing it in my drill deck voice adds a certain level of intimidation to it. You'd be amazed how cooperative customer service agents can be when you can sound like R Lee Ermey.
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