S4E14: KJB Q&A #11

Movie based in 2019? Set in Sydney starting around July/August when the fires started. Sydney had days engulfed in bushfire smoke, extreme fire events, Covid 19, etc. Then you had other states moving from fires to floods. Good times 🤩

dev why is your mum my mum

in the same vein of the goldeneye game bonus, would love a disco elysium bonus. just vibing on the themes.

I feel the "everybody feels like that" from Dev's mother so much :') Things I said that my mom has responded to with "everybody feels like that/does that": -"I liked looking at other girls in school" -"I can't concentrate when I'm not under pressure" -"I can't look people in the eye for more than a second" -"I feel the same towards my best friends as I do toward potential partners" -"I don't really identify with femininity or femaleness"

Spun the NATO phonetic alphabet list and my name is now Quebec. Pray for me.

Re. The naming thing, I chose the NATO phonetic for the initial letter of my dead name twenty odd years ago when I needed a name at short notice. Changed post pandemic and assumed this legend, cos I felt Juliet had been on the line far beyond her breaking point n done an outstanding job holding out, but needed to be relieved and replaced by a fresher, still stronger aspect of myself. Which was timely in light of recent developments. I remain committed to TERF island too, will brook no retreat or surrender, and thank every person who is of the same opinion.

The story Dev told about their mother's reaction to nonbinary questioning is beat for beat a story I've heard people tell about trying to tell their parents they might be autistic sooo many times

Dr Pepper Zero Strawberries and Cream is where it’s at. I can’t get enough. I’m gonna have to calculate an inflation stop point because it is a significant part of my grocery bill

If someday Abigail is doing some LA shit and can't record then you two NEED to do a Disco Elysium episode. It would give me back years of life expectancy.

You're also always welcome in the Netherlands if all else goes tits-up!

TMI but I'm listening to this episode waiting in an A&E in Berlin for urgent Urology care because the NHS fucked with my HRT!!

My mum got me some almodovar DVDs including bad education during my Spanish GCSE. And she was surprised I turned out to be a transsexual

Riley literally has a trans woman's name!!

Relating to Dev! I was just about to come out in my first year at uni. Then my cousin came out in a really bad way while living with my grandad (who was in the early stages of dementia) and the family's reaction stopped me coming out for almost 10 years!

I started to develop the habit of yelling at the TV, after I transitioned. Much to the amusement of my flatmate.

Chat, to what extent does Rogue One qualify as a heist movie?

Omgomgomg I WISH they would do the Christopher Lambert Beowulf movie!! That thing was so terrible/funny!

The film to force the schoolkids to watch (and I would make a donation for you to watch) would be Brassed Off because the message of the movie is 'fuck thatcher'.

I would say a heist describes a specific type of crime (multi-person team executing a theft that is in some way large-scale) whereas caper is more about describing the tone of the crime story (a bit wacky and humorous)

Drop the zemilogy reading list 👀

Adult Human Caper

Abigail, a question for you! Do you also get a wry humor from Moby Dick? I read it very much as a workplace comedy, full of camp characters and over-the-top sets (the church decked out like a ship, the Pequod metal AF with all the whale bones, etc). I think I also need a romantic comedy just about Ishmael and Queequeg's romance, because I've reread the first few chapters many times to remind myself that it starts with an "oh no there's only one bed!" situation and ends in marriage.

Hear me out: Disco ELysium The Musical

You had Ed Zitron on, and you're struggling to find a computer guy? :D

An interesting found footage movie I encountered recently is 84C MOPIC, a zero budget Vietnam War picture from the point of view of a combat videographer attached to a reconnaissance patrol.

Speaking of simple theory to read, I would suggest Jose Maria Sison's Basic Principles of Marxism Leninism. simple, short, and modern. Written by a Filipino Maoist leader while in jail

Nonbinary mother nation rise up

As a genderfluid Catholic theologian, I wish November well on her journey of “being in as many unwelcome spaces as possible”. If nothing else, at least I am glad she’s here in my neck of the woods for now 👍 (genuinely really appreciated all the historical/theological details and nuance she brought to the Conclave episode, I would have wanted to add literally the same things lol)

Stormbreaker was about as bad... as a snake Re Abigail not saying exactly what caused her egg to crack- is it not the anecdote from the Sex and the City episode where you ran into an ex and had a torrid night in a hotel and the ex said they were a lesbian for everyone but you and they didn't know why?

1: If you need to escape the UK, come to Australia, it's actually pretty good here. 2: I know it sucks but I'm so glad you didn't go to America Nova, was genuinely woried for your saftey a few weeks ago when you mentioned the tour. 3: I was operating an industrial sewing machine when you answered my question and dam near lost a finger 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for answering, made my day!!!

Seeing the libs on bluesky again felt like witnessing a thriving population of a species previously thought to be near extinct

i WOULD love a canadian tour very much

I guess I have to hang up the checkerboard fedora until they answer how they feel about Ska.

The mad joker-laugh that burst out of me when abi said "I can't be trans, cause if I were I would know, right?" Damn, mood.

"We are not the Great Satan, thank you to America" LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO CAMPEAO DE MUNDOOOOO AMERIKKKA NUMERO UNOOOOO

I enjoyed hearing you getting to know your local birds as I have recently formed a parasocial relationship with the wood thrush who lives near my workplace

I save-scummed Disco Elysium and still had a good time. Then I made what I felt was a mistake and immediately started a second replay and found I didn't have the steam, even fully knowing I missed basically the entire Communism vision quest, but I basically blew my energy and have to wait for it to restore. But man, now I am thinking: absent that what then if the Pod was forced to play Cruelty Squad

Fuck I should’ve specified historical social structures and worldviews instead of rivet counter shit. Loved all of yours answers, especially Novas

The film every child should watch if we’re doing an Adolescence - Oh What A Lovely War.

I'm happy to say I recently read Boys Weekend, it was at my local library. Which means that there is some really cool person working at the library here in central Nebraska.

I love that the piece of media that makes me cry on a semi-regular basis is a comedy movie review podcast premised on roasting spy thrillers

YES YES YES WE NEED MORE PANDEMIC ART

I haven't listened to this yet (I have a very strict routine of listening to this podcast on Wednesdays after lunch while walking on Dun Laoghaire pier because high functioning autism is not just for podcasters) but I do want to say how much I love you three and the work you put into this whether the free episodes, the bonus episodes or these behind the scenes glimpses. Hearing KJB is honestly one of the highlights of my week, every week.

The biggest downside to the No TV Rule is that it becomes impossible to recommend a lot of Tokusatsu stuff since TV shows are a huge bulk of its output

Inland Empire best film

Eden: it's an endless world has a lot of stuff that makes me go "what did the author mean by this" in occasionally very bad ways, but it also has a chapter that is almost explicitly about being transgender and it makes the rocky stuff worth it.

Doing society for creative anachronism shit but for 2015

I started working at Pepsi about 3 weeks ago. Don't AMA, I'm too new Fun fact: we are owned by the Japanese beverage company Suntory Fun fact: Dr Pepper is a name and a formula, which they sell to either Pepsi or Coca-Cola based on the territory. So we make Dr Pepper at our plant but don't sell it in the major cities where we are based. Here in the US, we have had a Wild Cherry Pepsi since like 1990 something. They recently started carrying zero versions.

Thank you All for answering my question. As well as your courage and solidarity with those who cannot be somewhere safer.

Dr Pepper supremacy… why do the Americans gatekeep it

I'm rather firmly of the opinion that my reason for being is to perceive beauty. I had a conscious realisation when I was young that I never wanted to loose the ability to look at a blade of grass and be wonderstruck by how beautiful it is. So if asked the question "Where do you find beauty in this world?", my answer is honestly "In the faces of those i love, in the complex simplicity of a blade of grass".

Devon you may have missed probably the best part of watching battle of lake changjin as a native english speaker which is a guy with a British accent talking about how he misses his mother at home in Brooklyn

I was at the Somerville live show, much love to Nova and the WTYP Boys for a great evening!

Embarrassed my egg got annihilated by the opening music video from the first video essay Natalie Wynn did post FFS. At least a Sophie song was involved.

November, you were amazing at the live show, even remotely

Nice shout out for Gareth Dennis' book "How Railways Will Fix The Future" a good read, no previous railway knowledge needed.

Curses Dev (very affectionately) for making me cry yet again. In all seriousness though, hearing you speak about how you’ll fight for so many people is beautiful and gives me hope.

I almost made a winter kills joke before they brought it up. Glad i waited

"How did your egg crack?" God I don't know if I could answer that and it only happened a couple of weeks ago.

Mangadex.org has a complete run of Eden. If anyone wants a manga rec I think RuriDragon is fantastic. Also Devon should watch/read Laid Back Camp, might improve the alcove sleeping experience. Demi would fuck up a hiest by killing absolutely the funniest person to kill at just the wrong moment.

Will my frivolous question be answered?