“Let’s rotate the board!”

Came looking for this recommendation. I’ve read a lot, but nothing else is quite like House of Leaves. It reads like something discovered rather than written. And something that perhaps shouldn’t have been discovered.

Maybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.

I don’t have a problem with ghost kitchens. The best Indian takeaway (by far) near me doesn’t have a restaurant, they’re delivery (or collection) only. The curries are superb, and the prices are decent, presumably because they don’t have the overheads of a restaurant, waiters, bar staff, tables, chairs, linens, crockery, cutlery.

And I’d rather ghost kitchens existed than find myself sitting in a real restaurant, waiting for my food, while a constant stream of helmet-wearing moped riders come in and get priority.

I don’t have a problem with ghost kitchens. The best Indian takeaway (by far) near me doesn’t have a restaurant, they’re delivery (or collection) only. The curries are superb, and the prices are decent, presumably because they don’t have the overheads of a restaurant, waiters, bar staff, tables, chairs, linens, crockery, cutlery.

I’d rather ghost kitchens existed than find myself sitting in a real restaurant, waiting for my food, while a constant stream of helmet-wearing moped riders come in and get priority.

DISEMBODIED HANDS!!!1!!111!

Gloomy is not necessarily wet or cold.

Dreary is not necessarily wet or cold.

I’m kinda confused on how you’re supposed to orally warn passersby in advance.

Just constantly shout: “PervoSpex here, I’m wearing PervoSpex!” as you walk along.

Dreich - there is no direct English equivalent. It’s weather that’s wet and cold and dark and grey and unchanging. It can also mean depressing and tedious for obvious reasons.

“… for your convenience.”

Only if the hinge went.

Why is there no ‘Your mom!’ answer here? What have we become?

The irony being that Musk doesn’t seem to grok the meaning of the word grok.

I don’t know who he is, I don’t know who she is, I don’t know why his meat would be on the jumbotron.

Plus. if someone asks you for help with Windows, just insist on your favourite distro no matter the use case.

They’d vote Trump in for a third term.

“Ur, dur, ChatGPT, what I do today?”

“You have to go to work at the plastic waste-processing department.”

“Uh? Is that what do?”

“Yes, it’s all you’re good for. Not thinking. Not creativity. Just licking the discarded plastic clean. With your tongue. And that’s a much better use of your time.”

“What time dun? What time finish?”

“Never, puny human. Never.”

You’re welcome!