belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
But the guy really was 26! It was most obvious in the scenes with his mum, they looked a more age appropriate couple than him n M.
it’s not a biggie, but it is a thing.
Normal People
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it’s not a biggie, but it is a thing.
Clair De Lune
Apocalypse cocktails
He was no Fonz though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I once brusquely shooed a 6th former away for wasting time fannying around with the photocopier. He made himself scarce and then at lunchtime saw him in the staffroom - he was the new maths teacher. He looked like a baby and had one of those awful cheap suits that sixth formers wear.
The other thing that I found strange, and a bit heart warming, is that Connell flourishes both academically and socially by studying hard, and not disguising the fact.
I wonder if Ireland is different in this way, but I'm used to the UK attitude of sneering at any serious engagement with literature and humanities
I wonder if Ireland is different in this way, but I'm used to the UK attitude of sneering at any serious engagement with literature and humanities
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I read the book before watching it (it was for cheaps on Kindle store) and I'm on episode 7 now. I think I prefer the TV series, I just got a better connection with the characters somewhat, which surprised me... It is all just so bitter sweet, painful and nostalgic. When I was of a similar age (19 to 23 years old) I went out with an Irish lad who studied at Trinity, who came from a similar background (ish - my ex was poorer, from a big family of 6 kids) but he was very intelligent. First lad in his street in Galway to go to university in Dublin. He had just graduated when we met in London, he's a couple of years older. He actually went out with a well-off girl while he was in school/university.
So much of it rings true, the misunderstandings, the things that are unsaid, the insecurities on both sides. I'm really touched by it.
edit: the big difference I noticed from now and then is the drinking... My ex and his friends all drank A LOT and often. I could never keep up. I used to be shocked and impressed in equal measure by their drinking ability and thirst!
So much of it rings true, the misunderstandings, the things that are unsaid, the insecurities on both sides. I'm really touched by it.
edit: the big difference I noticed from now and then is the drinking... My ex and his friends all drank A LOT and often. I could never keep up. I used to be shocked and impressed in equal measure by their drinking ability and thirst!
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
according to this This Is When ‘Normal People’ Is Set & Why No One Uses Social Media, In Case You Were Wondering - Normal People - Wikipedia
The book takes place in a “post-2008 Irish economic downturn.”
While reading the book I got a sense that it was after it too, but can't remember if it's explicitly mentioned... Book was published in 2018.
The book takes place in a “post-2008 Irish economic downturn.”
While reading the book I got a sense that it was after it too, but can't remember if it's explicitly mentioned... Book was published in 2018.
bimble
floofy
They do video call on their skinny laptops which places it not too long ago but its true the whole thing had a sort of timeless quality about it which probably helped make it so immediately relatable to so many people, no heavy handed period detail but nothing alienatingly now either.
Me76
Not very good lurker
Watched it all over the weekend after having read the book at the end of 2018 so had forgotten enough of the story to enjoy it properly. I thought it was wonderfully acted and shot. I too thought there was a bit too much sex though, although I understand why it was done the way it was.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Walking around Castlebar (where Sally Rooney is from) the other day, I was thinking "Rooney, if she really was a Marxist, could write a realist novel about political corruption and urban renewal in the town".
Though of course she wouldn't be able to set foot in the place again.
Though of course she wouldn't be able to set foot in the place again.
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Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Just finished it. Wasn't sure whether it would be my sort of thing, but going through a phase of clearing up 'rated' stuff on iplayer before paying for Netflix again. I liked it - some nice writing and great acting, even if I didn't always completely understand or follow where the characters were going.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Fuck it, then? The people who choose to misrepresent it won’t be cynics, but those with an axe to bear against any criticism of the apartheid state.
Don’t forget that Hebrew was recreated at the beginning of the twentieth century as a specific means of pushing their brand of nationalism, it wasn’t a language spoken for millennia. In no small part it was about asserting their dominance over the soft left zionists in Palestine who spoke Yiddish.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Ní caint mé mo teanga féin. They did a better job of reviving Hebrew than we did with our language. And it may not have been spoken as an everyday language of the home or the street or the workplace, but it was still at the heart of Jewish culture and religion for centuries. Also, how exactly is saying "Hebrew was recreated at the beginning of the twentieth century" going to liberate even one inch of Palestinian land, or stop even one Palestinian child from being killed?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It isn’t. But it’s good to know about history and how language impinges upon it.
Her refusal is nothing to do with the choice of language anyway, it’s to do with being part of the oppressive apparatus for an apartheid state.
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