DJDarren @ DJDarren @thelemmy.club

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All five books have been successfully adapted for radio

As far as I’m aware, the first two radio series predate the books. So, in fact, they were successfully adapted into print.

Either this is a joke that whooshed over me, or you’re going to have a fine time next month - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049403/

I’ve climbed up too. I’m a…chunky…lad, so those last few steps got my heart rate up a bit. Had visions of getting stuck, and a guide having to send a few kids down to clear the blockage.

Hell of a view from the top though.

Yes yes, true, but then they would have less money. They might even have to rescind their membership of the Three Comma Club, and could you have that on your conscience?

Only brown skinned ones whose first language isn’t English.

My TV is a smart TV whose smart features I never, ever use because the first thing it does is switch to the input my Apple TV is on.

Ironic really that the reason I chose an LG is because webOS seems less cunty than Android TV and whatever shit Samsung are offering. But I still never use it.

So no Chuck Tingle books then?

You done messed up JD Vance

Slides are dog shit. Try running after the ice cream van in slides and you ain’t getting a cone. Run after him in crocs and you still ain’t getting a cone because you’ll be drowning in pussy instead.

The little bump on my iPad mini drives me fucking mad. I want to be able to put in on a desk and write on it, but no, fuck me. The case I have bulges slightly in the middle, meaning it still doesn’t sit flat.

I don’t even use the camera on the iPad, because I’m not a lunatic.

That fox is gonna have a bad time when those rabbits hunt him down.

I’d recommend The Blindboy Podcast, in which one half of the comedy rap duo the Rubberbandits talks about whatever’s taken his fancy that week. Sometimes it’s an hour about sniffing the crotch of a rented tuxedo, other times it’s a long, rambling conversation with Hollywood actor Chris O’Dowd. Or he could go on a deep dive about the history of a tennis ball.

I used to listen to a lot of podcasts. These days Blindboy’s is the only one I’m guaranteed to listen to every week.

I’ll also heartily recommend The Memory Palace.

It’s not as frequent as it used to be, but it’s always pleasant seeing an episode pop into my feed. They’re usually no longer than 15 minutes, and are a lovely little lens on some previously unknown facet of American history.

A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station is the kind of writing that makes me sad, because I know I could never write something so beautiful.

On the subject of the US Supreme Court, I can also recommend What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law.

It started out as What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, in which 99% Invisible host Roman Mars talked with US SC expert Elizabeth Joh about the various constitutional crises Donald Trump kept driving the country into. But then Biden got elected, so they made it more general. It’s still fascinating though.

There are two whole months in which things can go wildly off the rails.

It’s astonishing how long the US election cycle is. There’s longer until the next US election than the entire campaign here in the UK, yet it’s all I’ve heard about for the past three years.

Can you guys not just chill the fuck out?

I don’t meditate as a regular practice, but I do try to catch myself if my brain’s getting extra buzzy so I can stop and try to centre myself again. I have ADHD, so it can be difficult.

So far as I understand it, meditation isn’t literally emptying your mind, but trying hard to focus on one thing, then coming back to it when you realise you’ve slipped away. On that basis, I might do it for a few minutes a couple of times a week. Any longer than a few minutes and I get sleepy.

This is the internet, where we’re all an authority on all things American because Americans won’t shut the fuck up talking about themselves.

Ok, sorry. I’m British, I couldn’t really give a fuck about the first amendment.

Headphones is a really good one.

I have a set of Sony MDR-7506 which are widely agreed to be the seriously good entry level audiophile headphones. They cost me £80. That’s quite a lot of money for some people, especially for just wired headphones, but they really are incredible.

But at the other end of the scale, you can now pick up really good Chi-fi IEMs for £20. When I was a teen 30 years ago, you were either paying £15/£20 for dog shit earphones that fell apart after a month, or £50+ for anything that was half decent, but still only lasted a year. Basic £10 wired buds sound pretty damn good these days. You might not hear the bongo man on Earth Wind & Fire, but you’ll get a good idea he’s there.

Also, the first amendment only applies to free speech against the US government. You can’t chat shit about any private individual without them having the option to sue you.

I’m 44 next month.

Oh.