Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On 11/15/24 07:26, Don wrote:

Titus G wrote:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)

[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha] ran me and several others out of here

back in 2000 or so with his antics.  I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.

>
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years was
to accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
>
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible and
it almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here and
I would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.

     According to January 2023 WordsRated statistics, 51% of YA books are
    purchased by people between the ages of 30 and 44, and 78% of those
    buyers said that they intended to read the books themselves. In recent
    years, librarians report that more middle grade readers (traditionally
    eight- to 12-year-olds) are "reading up" to YA books.
 <https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/93417-who-is-ya-for.html>
 Although the article above advances arguments about why aged adults read
Young Adult (YA) fiction, in my case it's quite simple. Young adult
fiction furnishes flights of fancy (eg escapism), to me.
     The closer a given protagonist resembles me, both outwardly and
inwardly, the better. The more easily digestible the science is, the
better.
     Bohmian theory is hard. As is playing the apostate to debunk
Scientism invented by Science Fiction titan Francis "Shakespeare"
Bacon. From my perspective, Hubbard's Scientology is but a dull
reflection of Bacon's brilliant Scientism.
     Yet, despite my proclivity for YA, the fight continues. Robert
Frederick offers world class research on Bacon. He recently released
another free episode:
      The Gnostic Romeo and Juliet: Sex, Death, Violence and Vampires
      Romeo and Juliet is possibly the most famous and popular
     play of all time- it's filled with death, not love and
     there is barely any romance! I make a detailed scene by
     scene case that this play is hiding a horror movie.
      <https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/post/episode-17>
 Danke,
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telltale tall tail /,   _.. \   _\  (`._ ,.    Walk humbly with thy God.
tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'    Make 1984 fiction again.
 

I would tend to agree with your evaluation of the Romeo and Juliet and perhaps with the aid of the Monk it becomes a Gothic
tale. Modern enactment do not properly emphasis the horror of
the situation.  Two children seduced by Love(I hear it is a drug)
die rather that live without each other.
Also looking at the amount of "Awfully Quite in here"
it ain't very quiet here and we should find better Subject headers.
Just my possibly senile opinion.
bliss