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There's a fan recut that takes all the time skip scenes and puts them in chronological order that's much more straightforward. Personally I can't imagine watching it that way, but I also refuse to acknowledge The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya except in broadcast order. There's definitely a large contingent that prefer both these media in chronological order though, so you're not alone.

I definitely struggled suspending disbelief when they wasted all that time on the time-slowed tsunami planet when it was really obvious before they even landed that it was not going to work out. Definitely felt like they decided to check on the planet in person solely because the script writer thought it would be a cool astrophysics concept to show off. And like, it was definitely a neat planet, but it also definitely felt like smart people being inexplicably stupid.

The original line is

pray our autumn harvest will last us through the Dark Months

I was referencing that wording specifically, and clarifying that those prayers needed to worry much more about lasting well past the "dark months" into the brightest months of the year. In other words if your harvest only lasts through winter, you're hosed.

You're technically correct that the phrase "the winter months aren't when you need to worry about starving" could mean "it's not during winter that you need to worry," however context should make it fairly obvious that what's actually meant is "it's not during winter that starvation is a threat."

Yo mods, we really could use a tag for articles that are old. In this case, half a decade!

Find an activity you can do outside every (or nearly every) day, or for an extended time on weekends. The cold and/or snow (and/or rain depending on your climate) will make you want to shun the outdoors but that's the trap. An activity that gets you moving is best IMO because it will help you keep warm, but proper clothes are really the key.

I personally like force-myself-outside activities that are easily replicable, like a run or walk of a set distance at a set time so it's just part of my everyday schedule, making it harder to welch. If you can do it first thing in the morning all the better: there's research indicating that early morning sunlight exposure--even through cloud cover--is important in winter. Whatever the activity it doesn't have to be long; ten minutes outside daily is better than zero minutes, but I'd recommend 15-30 minutes if you can swing it. Even sitting outside on a porch or front stoop with warm clothes and a warm drink while you read the news or do your morning social media check-in or whatever helps.

Conversely if everyday activities don't work for you or your situation, pick up a new hobby that's winter-oriented like ice fishing or snow shoeing or cross-country skiing (a lot of the equipment for this type of thing can be rented so you can try out a variety). I'm more of a hiking person myself, which is truly the best year-round activity and requires minimal gear (although in winter proper clothing really makes a difference, especially base layers). The key is making sure to do that activity for several hours at least once a week, and finding something that you enjoy and doesn't feel like a chore.

However don't underestimate the power of moving. I don't mean full snow-birding it down to Arizona or Florida: even places with a proper four seasons can differ dramatically from each other, and finding one that fits you (and facilitates getting outdoors more) can make a world of difference. I'm in the Pacific Northwest, and a lot of people would hate the long, dark, rainy winters, but it's a lot easier to go on daily walks and runs on wet pavement than icy pavement so it works for me (plus it's green here all year and you can garden year-round to a small degree). I really struggled living places where the air hurt my face, so cold but dry also works for getting me outside more. I know moving for the weather sounds petty, but why live somewhere that you hate for half the year?

I like the sentiment, but the winter months aren't when you need to worry about starving: the hunger gap occurs in spring. Obviously this is highly climate dependent, but in much of the non-tropical northern hemisphere most crops don't produce a first harvest until May at the earliest, and the calorically dense crops usually aren't harvestable until midsummer or later (often much later). We can push that date earlier nowadays thanks to advancements like polytunnels, satellite weather forecasts, and specialized crop breeding, but even nowadays something like an abnormally wet spring can delay sowing by a month (which in agriculture terms is basically that "This Little Maneuver's Gonna Cost Us 51 Years" meme).

Honest username award recipient right here

I wouldn't agree that Marvel films have a competent plot, but maybe that's because I generally struggle to follow the plot through all the other crap, and am left wondering "was that a plot hole or did I space out during all the explosions and miss a critical line of dialogue?"

Sure, some aspects of the 00s were shit, but that felt like a bump in the road: things were still on the up-and-up overall, and the general expectation was that we could change the future for the better, resolve the world's issues, and live better lives than our parents. That all came crashing down sometime around 2010 with the Great Recession, failure of Occupy, and realization that Obama wasn't the knight in shining armor we'd literally hoped for. So the difference is that Millennials remember a pre-9/11 world and the less-great-but-still-hopeful early 00s, whereas Gen Z doesn't.

Generally agreed, but there's a reason why I called it the "Wuthering Heights" and not, say, the "Pride and Prejudice" of movies.

I did not like Donnie Darko until I rewatched the movie with the directors commentary. It felt like reading the Clif Notes after struggling to understand an obtuse old book in English class. I don't think it's a good thing per se that the movie's plot struggles to stand on its own, but my appreciation for what was attempted really went up a lot after getting the supplemental material.

Regardless how you feel about "woke Hollywood injecting forced diversity into films," it's really helped the issue of telling all the good-looking white people apart.

This is how I've come to view anime. You can tell the age of an anime fan by whether they're enamored by the latest hit series or they sigh and go "this is just a remake of [old series from the 90s/00s]." I don't give a shit how well made a series is; if the premise is "been there done that" without an original take or twist, or a tired and worn trope gets trotted out (looking at you, every fucking series that includes a scene where a female character comments enviously on another female character's large breasts, yes Frieren that means you), then I'm insta-jaded on the series. At a certain point you realize anime relies heavily on its perpetual fandom refresh, with new fans replacing the ones who "aged out." For me, I knew it had gotten bad when I was struggling to enjoy Cyberpunk because I felt like I had heard all the voices before in previous series.

What would you consider a "bad movie," because I wouldn't consider a "tight plot" one of their shared features. Spectacle: absolutely, humor: frequently, tight plot: if only.

Millennials grew up in the 90s, possibly one of the "best" decades in modern history: good economy, closest we've gotten to "world peace," comparative political stability and "quiet" (the biggest scandal in US politics was Monica Lewinsky), and problems existed but generally seemed to be getting better with time not worse. The 90s were an optimistic time, especially considering the snowballing disaster of a 21st century that followed.

Edit: also advancements in science and technology were bright and exciting, without the constant existential dread of "what calamity have we unleashed this time?" The biggest tech/science-advancement ethical debate I remember was about cloning people, which is a genuine sci-fi-esque moral quandary but ended up being generally moot in reality.

Nobody actually enjoys watching Citizen Kane. It's the Wuthering Heights of the movie world: you get to feel pretentious and cultured for having checked it off your bucket list, but the actual experience was a total slog and you're probably never going to re-watch/read it ever again.

The Mario movie was incredibly mediocre, despite its high production value. I'm talking MCU-levels of truckloads of money spent with shockingly little to show for it.

Rather than relocating animals every disaster, wouldn't prevention be cheaper and a lot more effective? Flooding, for example, is only a surprise as to when it occurs: we have tons of data as to where they will and won't occur, and at what height to expect floodwaters. Even on floodplain properties there are methods to combat disasters: levees, raised platforms, stilts, etc.

As many hundred-year floodplains are turning into ten-year floodplains thanks to climate change, investing in anti-flood improvements where possible (and relocating the entire operation where not) just seems like an inevitable move. We're seeing this in the home insurance market: highly disaster-prone locations can't be insured anymore, making them financial liabilities rather than assets. The biggest favor the government can do the farms (and taxpayers) is to encourage and subsidize anti-disaster improvements, while phasing out payouts to farms that stay in high-risk conditions.