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A like minded soul it seems... a beer for you! 
At the risk of sounding old and curmudgeonly, I fear the quality of our TV shows and movie might have gone down over time... which in turn affect young writers. Though there is more variety of skill to be found in literature.
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I fail to understand the question...
You never saw (nor heard of) people, of any age, or origin, lash out?
You have no people imprisoned in your country, for unpremeditated violence?
And anyway... would there be any novel left, without that anger?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Anger is understandable.. 3 books in a row with characters excessively angry, less so...
In fact, check it out for yourself if you want, the story is quite interesting, I just grew to dislike the main character for reason that might not affect you...
Awakening The Angel System (LITRPG): S1 The Great Escape | Royal Road
modified 10-Jan-23 14:43pm.
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I can no more imagine what you are reading than I can imagine how you experience it.
cheers, Bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Super Lloyd wrote: better than imagining it, you could simply read for yourself!
The web is saturated with self-published books of all types, many novels so poorly written they can be called "penny dreadfuls," the kind of sensationalized low-fi novels for the working classes in England available dirt cheap om rag paper,
I read literature by authors of major stature, like winners of the Nobel, Pulitzer, Booker, prizes, and books about consciousness, evolution, neurology, archaeology.
Impaired vision and my own literary/technical activities limit my time for going off the rails on the web to visit the catacombs where the self-published stuff fills the caves.
But, that's just me: whatever you enjoy and find entertain or meaningful is great,
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Oh well... perhaps this link will serve someone else looking for a free read then, lots of free novel on Royal Road!
And no pressure, good to know literary entertainment is plentiful for you! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: prompt to anger and lash out first then, perhaps, think. Also generally having an angry mood.
Intermittent explosive disorder. One that I found.
Super Lloyd wrote: alternatively sometimes somewhat absent minded going so far as staring blankly at an impending doom aiming right at them
Extreme depression. They want to die and just have not acted on it.
I have seen criticism of the way in which disorders are defined in that the criteria are almost always subjective.
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I guess it's just me overreacting. This kind of thing happen occasionally, I guess. This is not the kind of protagonist I am interested in though. And I have seen that in a few novels, to compound my disappointment.
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Super Lloyd wrote: Am I unnaturally calm? or are American always angry (I suspect they are, I have something against American to be honest)?
You're not calm at all. You're just clearly not in touch with your anger. It's more passive aggressive. I mean, props for honesty I guess, but we all know if an American said they had something against all Europeans, etc. we'd be considered racist, prejudiced, etc.
Jeremy Falcon
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So I am angry but you are prejudiced? Why couldn't I also be prejudiced but not particularly angry, like you are instead, hey?
I am thousands of kilometers from America. I am more sad for them than anything else, their society seems rife with internal conflict.
Anyway whatever, not really addressing my question here, are you?! 
modified 10-Jan-23 14:49pm.
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I don't take posts seriously that show blatant passive-aggressive hostility, while pretending to be calm. And the vast, vast majority of chats I've had with folks on CP has convinced me this is not the place for deep, intellectual, introspective type discussions. Most devs are not mature in the slightest you see, and the hallmark trait of maturity is introspection.
Jeremy Falcon
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mm.. if I understand your reaction, you don't care about my post but are still upset by my prejudice?
well, since I am sure you don't really care that much about my prejudice anyway, I hope my worthless apology would suffice to cheer you up then?
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: And the vast, vast majority of chats I've had with folks on CP has convinced me this is not the place for deep, intellectual, introspective type discussions.
Versus which site where they do that?
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Unfortunately, none of them. 
Jeremy Falcon
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That's why we call them "fiction books". Because they are full of fictional characters. Exaggerated emotions. Artificially crafted situations. Made up conflicts. They are not mirroring the reality.
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Sure... but the best authors have the most believable and compelling psychology for their characters.
Meanwhile aspiring author aim to recreate this magic as well, at least I hope.
However, these misguided and common failed attempt at it leave me confused. Is my psychology wrong? Are some common literary trope both too common and too bad for good literature to thrive? Such are the thing I wonder about...
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The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction needs to make sense. Though this has been largely abandoned by Hollywood.
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And we call them "reality shows" because they do reflect reality. At least is that what I believe.
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There's an interesting channel on youtube by a man called 'The Critical Drinker' who reviews movies and tv series, and laments the lack of good writing in many projects. In one of them he contrasts Star Trek TNG with more recent offerings ("They're written by children"). He contrasts a conflict in TNG where the characters act like adults who have been trained for positions of high responsibility, vs a knock-down tantrum and brawl on the bridge of the Enterprise in a more recent show.
He's quite entertaining, and I've enjoyed a number of movies he recommends that I otherwise would have missed.
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Hey, I watched a few of his video myself!
he might be onto something. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether it's typical human nostalgia or real trend, particularly for something as subjective and vague as "good writing", but I think this might be true...
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It's interesting to look at the films he likes. It doesn't seem to be curmudgeonly complaining. I think he's a published action novelist, so he's probably approaching things from a writerly angle.
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This, my 15yo "social" laptop, spends much of its run time on soft surfaces, such as laps. As a consequence, I need to regularly open it up and pull the dust bunnies out of its airways. (I run a top bar temp monitor, so I can see when it's not breathing too well.)
This morning I got to it. Of all the machines I've had to clean, it's among the most accessible. Unclip battery, 3 captive screws and 4 sliding clips to remove the keyboard. Pry up the "switch cover" above the keyboard. 2 more screws and the fan is out.
As expected, major dust bunny almost blocking the airflow from fan into heatsink fins. Vacuum cleaner made short work of that.
Brushed out the fan as best I could without disassembling it, decided to finish with the vacuum. Applied to outlet area, fan spins up to "normal" sort of revs. Vacuum applied to fan input face, fan sounds ready for takeoff. Sure enough, a clatter, and I now have an (n-1)-bladed fan. 
Still appears to work, doesn't sound any different, and the CPU temp is about 15C lower. Might not survive too many repeats of that adventure, though.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I reckon you don’t have much time to look for a replacement. Use it wisely 
Mircea
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