I think the writer meant to say ‘gone rogue’ instead of ‘AWOL’. Just poor writing skills.

These look nice. Haven’t seen them in the EU yet.

I wear a lot of clarks shoes and I have found that it greatly depends on the model. I have two pairs (craftdean wing, I think) that are easily six years old and I wear them a lot. Just service them once a year and they still look like new. But I owned another pair (not wings, they were dressier) that lasted me only two years. Perhaps the shoes in the outlet are not the sturdiest?

I have some wallabees and desert londons too and they used to be lower quality because the crepe sole would wear out fast. Last year I bought the black EVO versions and they barely wear out at all.

So clarks is still good in my book. I have two pairs of chelsea boots of the brand vagabond too, and they are great too!

I (36m) read this recently and I couldn’t shake the feeling that I would have liked this a lot more if I had read it fifteen or twenty years ago. It was very clever at times, language-wise it was buzzing, but it felt very hollow and adolescent at times too.

It’s so desperate.

Just here to say I love you and I subscribed to !linguistics@lemmy.ml.

I do, I remember I once hitchhiked across Europe and my ride put on Stadium Arcadium. I almost died. And when it was over, the real surprise came. It’s a double CD.

I think RHCP is the best musical example of ‘Awful taste, great execution’ (for me). Good musicians, but it makes my fucking skin crawl.

As a non-Brazilian, I’d like to add Os Sertões (Rebellion in the baclands) by Euclides da Cunha. That one messed me up for weeks.

I try to do it before I even touch it. 😊

The best way to do that is to select your next reads by relying on your own previous reading (that gets easier as you read more), or on the opinions or recommendations of people that know you very well or have very similar tastes.

I haven’t abandoned a single book in years. The few times I was tempted to throw something aside, it was because I was misled by hype (and comparisons that seemed promising but didn’t deliver), or - most commonly - because someone gave it to me as a present.

Cursed - Friends In The Music Business

Backstabbers Inc. - I don’t care how many times you’ve seen Fight Club, you’re not Tyler Durden / We attack at dusk