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Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread • Page 2

Discussion in 'Entertainment Forum' started by JoshIsMediocre, Jun 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM.

  1. OhTheWater

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    I want to set the record straight on the first page:

    Best of the Best:
    1. Music
    2. Books
    3. Movie
    4. TV
    5. Games
    6. Podcasts

    Worst of the Medium:
    1. Movies
    2. TV
    3. Games
    4. Music
    5. Podcasts
    6. Books


    What I consume the most:
    1. Podcasts
    2. Music
    3. Books
    4. Movies
    5. Games
    6. TV

    2025 releases:
    1. Music
    2. Movies
    3. Podcasts
    4. TV

    I haven’t read any 2025 books or played any 2025 games.
     
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  2. Long Century

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    Youtube Premium deserves its own category
     
  3. OhTheWater

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    Youtube videos, instagram reels and social media will always be last. The only exceptions are:
    Catatonicyouth(s)
    Peligrososocialclub
    Crisis.acting

    they are better than TV
     
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  4. Long Century

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    What are your best books of the last 5 years?
     
  5. OhTheWater

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    Released in the last 5 years or that I’ve read in the last 5 years?

    I am so behind on new fiction and trying to read “classics” that I don’t have an answer for the former outside of some nonfiction texts and horror novels
     
  6. OhTheWater

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    In terms of the best books that I’ve read in the last 5 years (not including The Great Gatsby or other re-reads):
    Blood Meridian
    Jesus’ Son
    A Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man
    The Path to Paradise
    The Devil’s Candy
     
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  7. Long Century

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    I was looking for released in the last 5 years. Im in the same boat for fiction, usually end up reading classics and disappointed when I try recent releases from new authors.
     
  8. Cameron

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    Play Blue Prince or Split Fiction coward
     
  9. OhTheWater

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    I only play Balatro and will continue that until Tony Hawk comes out
     
  10. Cameron

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    I’m down the Balatro path as well now
     
  11. Morrissey

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    Play Deus Ex.
     
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  12. OhTheWater

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    No
     
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  13. imthegrimace

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    I finally started reading again this year after not reading anything for a few years and I probably won’t get to any 2025 releases unless I read that Joe Abercrombie book.
     
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  14. OhTheWater

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    The Actionboyz have talked about Joe Abercrombie but idk if it’s my style
     
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  15. Lepi182

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  16. My top books published in the past five years (fiction):

    Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu
    Devil House - John Darnielle
    Harlem Shuffle / Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead
    James - Percival Everett
    The Passenger / Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy

    I don't do a great job keeping up with new fiction aside from a couple authors, so there has probably been a ton of good stuff that I missed.

    And non-fiction:
    Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist - Liz Kelly
    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson
    Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore - Dan Ozzi
    Crying In H-Mart - Michelle Zauner
     
  17. Zilla

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    So basically what it should have been all along? Zazlav’s genius shines through again.
     
  18. Serh

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  19. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum

     
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  22. cherrywaves

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    I love reading but I’m super slow with it. Really enjoyed that 3 Shades of Blue book about Coltrane, Davis, and Evans. Slowly making my way through Vonnegut now
     
  23. imthegrimace

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    Vonnegut is my favorite author. Enjoy!
     
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  24. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum

     
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  25. i know we have bigger issues as a country right now but if anyone can make zazlav go away that would be great
     
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