![]() Audible audiobooksĪudible Inc was one of the pioneers of digital audiobooks, and Amazon bought that company in 2008. Ivona’s TTS software is used in the Kindle’s VoiceView. Whispersync creates a virtual bookmark, so your Fire tablet picks up right where you left off listening.”Ī small TTS company called Ivona developed the Voice Guide and Explore by Touch software for Fire tablets, and Amazon bought the company in 2013. Amazon’s blurb continues: “With Whispersync for Voice you can switch seamlessly between reading your Kindle book and listening to the audiobook companion. However, Fire tablets have a feature called Immersion Reading, to “immerse you in a story by narrating and highlighting the text as you read”. You can read Kindle books on any tablet or smartphone, using the Kindle app. Incidentally, in the US, Amazon sells the Kindle Audio Adapter separately for $19.99 (£16.44).Īlternatively, you could buy an Amazon Fire tablet. It works with Kindle ebooks that support VoiceView, but it doesn’t play music. ![]() The audio adapter has an audio socket for headphones or speakers. ![]() This includes a 7th-generation Kindle ebook reader, a small external Kindle Audio Adapter, and VoiceView for Kindle software. Amazon is offering a Kindle Paperwhite Blind and Visually Impaired Readers Bundle for £134.98. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardianīut now, at long last, you can get a Kindle option. (See my story from 2009: Amazon caves to Authors Guild over Kindle’s text-to-speech reading.)Īmazon’s Kindle Paperwhite. In a New York Times opinion piece, The Kindle Swindle?, the Guild’s president argued that ebook rights don’t include audio rights, and authors needed the extra cash. Amazon introduced text-to-speech in the Kindle 2, but it ran into objections from the Authors Guild. Text-to-speech (TTS) is a relatively old technology: Texas Instruments started making the speech synthesis chips used in its Speak & Spell toy in the 1970s. They should make life easier for people who, for whatever reason, struggle with small screens, tiny buttons and incomprehensible user interfaces. Alexa will also appear on Amazon’s £39.99 Fire TV Stick on 6 April.Īlexa won’t work for your wife if she has “no speech”, but voice-driven AI systems like Alexa can not only answer questions and play audio, they can operate a lot of smart gadgets. Google has yet to launch its copycat product, Google Home, in the UK, but it’s expected in this year’s second quarter. There are other AI-based PAs including Microsoft’s Cortana, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri, but Alexa is already available on the Amazon Echo, which makes it instantly available for voice commands. The longer version would be “a voice-recognition system with intelligent personal assistant software that can play audio on demand”. In the future, I may have a two-word answer: Amazon Alexa. CD audiobooks are not as common, but you may find some titles your wife would like. Prices vary, but you can often pick up cheap bundles for £1 per book, or less. You may need to use different technologies for different types of material.Įither way, remember that cassettes have been doing this job for decades, and there are thousands of tapes on .uk. The possibilities include good old-fashioned cassette tape recorders, specialised talking book readers such as the Victor Reader Stream, CD players, MP3 players, smartphones, tablets and PCs. There are lots of answers to this question, but they may not work for your wife. This is far too fiddly for my wife to use. I have installed OverDrive for RNIB talking books on my phone. If so, which tablet/which app? It needs a really simple interface or my wife will not be able to use it without assistance. A shop assistant suggested a tablet with a text-to-speech app. I thought of getting her a Kindle e-reader but they don’t seem to do text to speech any more. She can select TV channels on a remote but she cannot read a short news story let alone a novel, so she listens to the radio and watches a lot of TV. My wife used to love reading but since her stroke has aphasia, no speech, limited vision and limited dexterity in her left hand only.
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![]() Antarctica was adopted in the 1890s, with the first use of the name being attributed to the Scottish cartographer John George Bartholomew. They searched for a more poetic replacement, suggesting names such as Ultima and Antipodea. Over the following decades, geographers used phrases such as "the Antarctic Continent". In 1824, the colonial authorities in Sydney officially renamed the continent of New Holland to Australia, leaving the term "Terra Australis" unavailable as a reference to Antarctica. ĭuring the early 19th century, explorer Matthew Flinders doubted the existence of a detached continent south of Australia (then called New Holland) and thus advocated for the "Terra Australis" name to be used for Australia instead. The belief in such a land lasted until the European discovery of Australia. ![]() īelief by Europeans in the existence of a Terra Australis-a vast continent in the far south of the globe to balance the northern lands of Europe, Asia, and North Africa-had existed as an intellectual concept since classical antiquity. The Roman authors Gaius Julius Hyginus and Apuleius used for the South Pole the romanised Greek name polus antarcticus, from which derived the Old French pole antartike (modern pôle antarctique) attested in 1270, and from there the Middle English pol antartik, found first in a treatise written by the English author Geoffrey Chaucer. The Greek geographer Marinus of Tyre reportedly used the name in his world map from the second century CE, now lost. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote in Meteorology about an "Antarctic region" in c. Antarcticus is derived from the Greek ἀντι- ('anti-') and ἀρκτικός ('of the Bear', 'northern'). The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique ('opposite to the Arctic') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus ('opposite to the north'). Despite its remoteness, human activity has a significant impact on the continent via pollution, ozone depletion, and climate change.Įtymology A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum During the summer months, about 5,000 people reside at research stations, a figure that drops to around 1,000 in the winter. Tourism, fishing and research are the main human activities in and around Antarctica. According to the terms of the treaty, military activity, mining, nuclear explosions, and nuclear waste disposal are all prohibited in Antarctica. ![]() British explorers were the first to reach the magnetic South Pole in 1909, and the geographic South Pole was first reached in 1911 by Norwegian explorers.Īntarctica is governed by about 30 countries, all of which are parties of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty System. In the early 20th century, there were a few expeditions into the interior of the continent. The first confirmed landing was by a Norwegian team in 1895. The decades that followed saw further exploration by French, American, and British expeditions. The ice shelves of Antarctica were probably first seen in 1820, during a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen or moss. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 ☌ (50 ☏) in the summer. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 ☌ (−128.6 ☏). About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 metres (200 ft). It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).Īntarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Composite satellite image of Antarctica (2002)Īntarctica ( / æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə/ ⓘ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. ![]() Michele Acquarone began planning the race since last year when he inherited the “director” title. The return is around 10 fold.” For fans worldwide “As with all the cities in the world that pay to host events,” Zomegnan says quickly. The cities pay to host the stage starts and finishes, and even more in Herning’s case for the “Grand Départ.” The final week is sprinkled with mountain passes, stages that mostly start and end in mountain towns. It returns with a team time trial in Verona, travels south to Lago Laceno in Campania and north through several cities, such as Assisi. ![]() The Giro this year, May 5 to 27, starts in Herning, Denmark, for three days. Stage 13 of 2011 Giro d’Italia started in Spilimbergo.Īlmost making it sound like a ham sandwich, Zomegnan says, “You select your important starting and ending points, and put the Giro d’Italia in the middle.” The mountain stages tend to come towards the tail-end, and especially on the weekends, to take advantage of their beauty and difficulty. “There’s no space for triviality” and so even sprint stages will have a twist. ![]() He says it is in between those points – cities and villages – you are able to “draw lines” to create stages. ![]() “Every Giro has to have a concept,” Zomegnan explains, “and around that concept you can build fixed points.” Zomegnan basically restored the Giro back to its post-war glory, when Vincenzo Torriani designed and directed the Giro. In his time, he brought Lance Armstrong to race, big-money sponsor contracts and cleaned up after predecessor Carmine Castellano. He wrote for La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper before becoming the director of its great three-week race. Zomegnan, with his grey-hair and roundish figure, is from northern Italy’s Lombardia region, which helps explain his gruff and no-nonsense attitude. “It is like creating art for someone who may not even be an artist.” Angelo Zomegnan (left) during the press conference last year announcing the start in Denmark. “As a boy, I was drawn in to the way they linked all the cities, the mountains, the flats and the descents,” says former race director, Angelo Zomegnan. The party stays the same year after year, but ingredients change. The Giro d’Italia has the looks it’s been attracting teams and their cyclists for one hundred years, from Felice Gimondi to Alberto Contador, from Mario Cipollini to Cadel Evans. And, don’t forget to button your shirt, because if you don’t look sharp, you’re eating alone. It’s a combination of timing and artistry. It’s not easy, because simultaneously you are occupied with your sauce and setting the table. Pasta is best served al dente, just on the edge of perfection – overdone, its mush and too little, it’s crunchy. European cycling journalist, Gregor Brown, provides a quick insight to the allure of the Giro as well as the challenges faced by new race director, Michele Acquarone. The 95th edition of the Giro d’Italia starts in four days in Herning, Denmark. In the end Ventura update fixed that but had to deal with it long time.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! I basically had to disconnect the screen every time if I wanted it sleeping well but then my open windows position and size got messed up. I had this issue when the laptop goes to sleep, screen goes to sleep, but then it wakes up like after 20 secs and then again goes to sleep… wake up. If you get unlucky, that’s really annoying. If you get lucky with monitor, or you use Apple monitor, that’s fine. On the other hand it’s alrealy few years old so battery isn’t new anyway.īut the biggest issue I’ve had is compability with 3rd party monitors. Perhaps because it’s plugged to power via monitor via usb-c most of the time. Occasionally when I take it somewhere on a battery I see the battery drains out quickly. This might not be an issue with new M-series MacBooks. This is ofcourse a problem even without an external screen. It gets really hot so I cant really use it other than in clamshell mode with magic mouse and magic keyboard. It has been udable enough but here are few issues using it as desktop I bougth that laptop because I thought I would carry it with me but turned out I use it as a desktop 99% of the time. The most important feature to me is online multiplayer with matchmaking. It would be totally fine to me if they skipped releasing a pack 11 in 2024 and instead updated all of the past games with quality-of-life features before releasing pack 11 in 2025. ![]() If Jackbox Games offered a monthly subscription to get access to all Jackbox Games, how interested would you be in subscribing? If Jackbox Games made our current controller browser,, into a free mobile app for an improved user experience (access to camera, microphone, vibration, audio settings, preventing device from falling asleep, etc.), how likely are you to download it?ġ2. If Jackbox Games were available as Discord activities (via a subscription) how likely would you be to play them there?ġ1. If Jackbox Games created a game with an integrated video chat service that allows you to see the people you’re playing with (without using an external service like Zoom or Discord), how likely are you to purchase it?ġ0. If Jackbox Games made an “After Dark” DLC pack skewed toward an adults-only audience for one of our EXISTING TITLES how likely are you to purchase it?ĩ. If Jackbox Games made a brand new “After Dark” pack of games that were exclusively skewed toward an adults-only audience, how likely are you to purchase it?Ĩ. If Jackbox Games made a pack of games that were all action-focused and skewed toward an all-ages audience, how likely are you to purchase it?ħ. If Jackbox Games implemented online matchmaking in an EXISTING title so that you find new people to play with or easily connect with friends to join the same game together, how likely are you purchase it?Ħ. If Jackbox Games implemented online matchmaking in a NEW title so that you find new people to play with or easily connect with friends to join the same game together, how likely are you purchase it?ĥ. If Jackbox Games created a “megapicker” that had all games broken out individually in one launcher (so you don’t have to switch packs to play a different title) how likely are you to use it?Ĥ. If Jackbox Games were to add more content to existing titles like Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party, or Fibbage through DLC, how likely would you be to purchase it?ģ. If Jackbox Games made games available through a streaming service so that you can play games directly on a TV or web browser how likely are you to purchase them for this platform?Ģ. In a future reply to this post, I will explain the rationale behind each of my answers. If you didn’t do the survey or keep track of how you answered the survey, please just respond how you would respond if you were taking the survey today. Here is how I answered the questions, with 1 being not likely and 5 being very likely. For each of these questions, the survey taker could rank their interest in each of the features on a 5 point scale. Hopefully you submitted yours! The blog post for the survey was from June 8th, and the survey officially ran until July 21st, but it looks like the survey can still be submitted as of August 7th.įor those that never got around to completing the survey or don’t remember some of the questions, here are the questions that I’d like to focus on for this thread. This thread has been inspired by the Jackbox Games Customer Feedback Survey 2023. It would be totally fine to me if they skipped releasing a pack 11 in 2024 and instead updated all of the past games with quality of life features before releasing pack 11 in 2025. ![]() In order to make the success for more packs continue in an increasingly challenging and saturated gaming marketplace, I'd like to use this thread to discuss quality of life features that everyone would like to see retroactively added to all of the packs, used in pack 11 and beyond, or used for both the past (up to and including 2023) and future packs (2024 and beyond). Jackbox Games – Congratulations on making an entire decade worth of 50 games inside 10 packs! (And Drawful 2 of course!) Congratulations on releasing them every October! (I know, the 1st pack was actually November.) Myself, the fans, and the developers want and deserve at least another decade of 10 more packs of 5 games each. We also deduce some formulas on the sums, divisibility properties, perfect squares, Pythagorean triples involving these numbers. For any modulus m 2 and residue b (mod m). In this paper, we derive some identities on Pell, Pell-Lucas, and balancing numbers and the relationships between them. Let's see how the Lucas sequence is formed using the Fibonacci sequence values to understand the relation and code the sequence in Python. Let F0 0, F1 1, and Fn Fn1 + Fn2 for n 2 denote the sequence F of. Lucas sequence has a different starting value, but its values can be formed by adding two Fibonacci sequence values that share a common adjacent value. ![]() The Lucas sequence is very familiar to the Fibonacci series, especially regarding calculating the proceeding value. The sequence now known as Fibonacci numbers (sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. The th Lucas number is implemented in the Wolfram Language as LucasL n. Introduction to the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. L n = L n = ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ 2 1 L n − 1 + L n − 2 ∴ n = 0 ∴ n = 1 ∴ n > 1 ⎭ ⎬ ⎫ Relationship with the Fibonacci sequence The Lucas numbers are the sequence of integers defined by the linear recurrence equation (1) with and. Pingala's work with the mountain of cadence (now known as Pascal's triangle) made him the first known person to have looked into Fibonacci numbers. In mathematical form, the sequence can be represented as follows: The sequence now known as Fibonacci numbers (sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13.) first appeared in the work of an ancient Indian mathematician, Pingala (450 or 200 BC). In this sequence, the ratio of successive terms eventually approaches the golden ratio, where the ratio of two terms equals the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. A Lucas sequence is a number sequence with a recursive relationship between its numbers where each proceeding number is the sum of its two previous numbers. ![]() It doesn’t matter that you’re not there for the long run. If constant client meetings make it impossible to work on projects, suggest having a Monday or a Friday dedicated only to projects. Unless your boss is totally unhinged (in that case I wouldn’t recommend it), you should share your ideas on how to improve your work situation. They gave off a “please don’t ask any questions“ vibe, so I didn’t ask. Before that, I had two bosses who were my parents’ age. That place was seriously disorganized, and doing my job was more difficult than it should have been, but I didn’t bring it up because of how unreachable and busy my boss was. At my third dead-end job, my boss was quite young, had an impressive bio, and always seemed to be very, very busy. Offer some ideas, because bosses get out of touch. Your boss is not God and could be doing a better job. Stay open to new people and consider yourself lucky to have the good ones around. But don’t dread the change - it’s inevitable. Also, group dynamics change when people leave (and people do leave), also when new people join. However, there are two things that I’ve noticed about groups: gossiping is a big no-no, and it can break up a group incredibly fast. Having that group was therapeutic, and the job didn’t suck as much. This is where I found a really supportive, fun group of coworkers. I was really thrilled to start my second job with two other people - we were figuring things out together and everything was easier.Īt my third job, five of us were hired in one go. I had no one to commiserate with, and my husband had to listen to me whine every single day. At my first job, it was just me and my boss. A good group of coworkers makes a world of difference. Learn about internal processes, and take note of the things that your employer does right. Talk to your expert colleagues - if they are at all passionate about their work, they will want to share. Down the line, you might consider working for a competitor, a supplier, or a supervisory body. If you are at all interested in staying in the industry, make learning a priority. Letting a dead-end job turn you into a lazy, disgruntled employee is the worst thing you can do. ![]() At the time, I had no clue it would be useful, but it was what set me apart from several dozen other candidates. My second dead-end job required some highly specialized knowledge (which I obtained), and this, in fact, helped me land my current job. Learn something that will be an asset at a future job.Įven if you hate your job, you still have to do the work, so you might as well learn while you’re at it. You are the one putting in the hours, and if you really hate the job, it is not a great gig, regardless of what others think.Ģ. ![]() Trusting your judgment, your feelings, and your gut is everything. I don’t doubt their good intentions, but they were looking at it from their own perspective, without factoring in how I was feeling. Nevertheless, l had people telling me how lucky I was to be working within my chosen field, and how it was a foot in the door. Why, you might ask? Because it was a soul-crushing job, the kind where you are constantly undervalued and never allowed to grow. My first job had the shortest commute, but I would never, ever go back there. A job can have good benefits, a short commute or freebies, but you are still allowed to hate it. See the job for what it is and how it makes you feel.Īnd remember you are the only one whose opinion matters. Here’s what I wish somebody had told me in my twenties: 1. I am basically an expert (just kidding!), but seriously, there are some rules to surviving and thriving at these jobs. So I worked not one, not two, but three boring, dead-end office jobs - each of them only slightly less horrible than the previous one. I graduated and had a rude awakening - there were no cool, exciting jobs in sight. I wish I had better luck with jobs in my twenties. ![]() El águila es un ave que _ (volar) a grandes alturas.Ĩ. ¿(Tú) _ (preferir) ir a la montaña o la playa?ħ. Helen y su marido _ (adquirir) una nueva casa esta tarde. Yo _ (jugar) baloncesto de vez en cuando con algunos amigos.ĥ. ![]() Carlos y su hermanito _ (repetir) la canción una y otra vez.Ĥ. La bailarina _ (mover) los pies al son de la salsa.ģ. Matt no _ (entender) los ejercicios del Subjuntivo.Ģ.
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Those seeking rest and relaxation can visit the tranquil spa for a rejuvenating treatment, kick back and relax by one of the numerous pools or unwind on a lounger by the palm-fringed beach. Vacationers can enjoy numerous activities and water sports around the resort including windsurfing, snorkelling, sailing and more. Situated on Punta Cana’s scenic shores, Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa features modern accommodations and convenient amenities in a family-friendly setting. Experience elegant accommodations, unlimited dining & drinks and more at Dreams Huatulco Resort & Spa. Access to Breathless Punta Cana next door for adult guests Find the best prices for your dream all-inclusive vacation.Explorer’s Club for kids with Red Cross certified staff at Our Beachfront Paradise in Punta Cana.Swim-out suite room categories ideal for pool lovers.dreams onyx resort & spa by amr collection. Accessibility plan and feedback process The big pool area also had a great swim-up bar and some seating in the water. On July 30, 1918, at the age of 31, Joyce Kilmer was killed in action during World War I. In 1913, the poem appeared in the literary magazine Poetry, and was almost immediately acclaimed. Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees” is one of the best know and loved poems by an American poet. I found that it is a gender-neutral name of Latin origin that means “lord.” It’s derived from the masculine Norman name Josce or Josse, which comes from Jodocus, a Latinized form of the Breton name. While Paul Bunyan cut them down, Joyce Kilmer wrote a poem about them.įinding Joyce a strange name for a man, even a poet, I researched the origin of the name Joyce. Trees have a special place in the hearts of Americans. George and the canyon to Panguitch, and though Bryce Canyon. To get the same effect we travel through Beaver Dam, Gunlock, Enterprise, St. ![]() In the mid-west every fall the trees put on a show that is spectacular. And summer is marked by the snow birds going home, the schools closing and the return of 110-degree temperatures. Winter is marked by the arrival of snow birds from the states of the northwest. Fall is when the teachers return to class. Having lived in Southern Nevada for fifty or so years, I have come to accept that the seasons here are marked by completely different signs. It may be due to our up-bringing in Iowa where there are distinctly marked seasons. I must admit that we also venture outside the valley in pursuit of the changing of trees. Just a short distance down the road is a large tree that tends to turn yellow, then red. These vines turn a vivid red in November. A house on Gubler Ave has the vines that wrap around a series of trees. There is a massive tree near Mack Lyon Middle School. There are the pretty red trees outside the Logandale LDS Ward House on the main highway through town. Can someone explain to me why there is a stop sign next to a gate that leads to a farmer’s field? With the many ups and downs and curves, my wife indicates that she feels as if she is on a roll-a-coaster.Īll that being said, the real purpose of this trip during the fall and early winter is to observe the changing of leaves in many trees encountered on the trip. We have become experts in traversing the new “airport road.” I find the many curves and stops quite interesting. Wait, that is the description of many of our present-day legislators. His answer was: “Yes! You shoot it, quarter it, and pack it on your horse.”Īpparently, he is no fan of the strange looking creature with a large body and a small head. I asked my Utah cowboy friend if he knew how to pack a llama. The llama is a pack animal native to South America. You can even stop to feed them if you have a couple of quarters and can follow direction of the feeder provided. It is always fun to see the newly born llamas. We often follow Moapa Valley Boulevard to see the llamas. ![]() But I have never seen a dead quail along the road. Can someone explain how they do this without creating casualties? Dead rabbits are in abundance on the roadways and even a skunk or two. Oh! My! The quail cross the road without looking both ways. It is fun to observe the other animal life along the way: horses, cows and quail. However, periodically the goats disappear for a day or two only to return. Most of the time this pen houses a great number of goats. There is the big white house on the road to the High School that seems nearly completed.Īs we close in on Overton on these back roads, there is a goat pen. There is the old house in Logandale near the post office that is being restored, There is another house a little further down that seems to have been started, yet very little progress has been made. But our conversation is often sprinkled with observation about the properties. Those people living on this route have nothing to fear we are not stalking the area. We enjoy seeing the changes made to the homes and fields encompassed within this route. It is basically the same route each day often ending in a stop at Lin’s market or one of the Hardware Stores in town and sometimes to merely get gas so we can make the trip again for another week. Those who live in Logandale are now saying that nothing is 18 miles from anything in Logandale so what are you talking about? I am talking about an adventure for two old people who have little else to do. No one asked me but… Each day my wife and I take an 18-mile drive to pick up the mail. Kanye, the most arrogant man in the world almost admitted what he truly is- a douchebag. ![]() This is just my take, but “Runaway” is the only bit of decency and truth to roll out of his over-used mouth. The rapper was reportedly upset that show staffers ripped up stage flooring before his performance. The only good thing to ever come from Kanye West (no, I am not referring to his new baby), is one song that almost had him admitting his failures-one song that rang a hint of truth and almost made a fan out of me. All of this on the cusp of Friday’s court appearance for a lawsuit filed against him for assault. If it were not for his arrogance, I would almost feel a twinge of sorrow for him, but it seems he has dug his own spot in my box of opinions. This seems a bit crass when his history is reviewed. This seems a bit hypocritical coming from the man who storms stages to strip away honors. In several heated Tweets last night, he reminded the world that he has no funny bone, and that he, the bully, felt bullied and ridiculed. West designed trainers under the Yeezy brand and Adidas said the loss of the business cut sales by 400m (£350m) in the first quarter of the year. Now, in just 24 hours, Kanye West, the most arrogant man in the world, has both verbally assaulted late night host Jimmy Kimmel, and gone berserk on a photographer he claimed was trespassing. The fact of the matter is, his character precedes him, and it should not. I am sure Taylor Swift still has nightmares and unrealistic visions of that fateful night…I don’t even need to go into it, I am sure. Who can forget his toddler-like temper tantrum at the 2007 VMAs when he lost, 2 years in a row, every award for which he was nominated? He screamed and vowed he would never be back, and many of us hoped to God that it was true. Claiming himself an idol for kids and a teacher to all, he simply made himself out to be the jackass so many have reported him to be. If it’s not bad enough that he assumes we all see him as the Messiah, it’s simply disgusting that he would feel competent and comfortable enough to wear the clothing representing Him. What about the time he appeared as Jesus on the Rolling Stone cover back in 2006 self-deluded and full of himself. If I were a therapist, I am sure narcissism would be the sure diagnosis, but since I am not, “the most arrogant man in the world” will have to suffice. Kimmels skit was 'racist' Kanyes 'TOO MUCH GOOD PUSSY' tweet was a sick burn 'Fuck you Jimmy Kimmel' Kimmel is 'dumb' and 'shallow' 'Kanye West: this generations Tupac' Kimmel is 'cunty' anyway 'Kimmels out' Kimmel hasnt even done anything interesting since The Man Show 'I get why hes mad. ![]() Now, I am no therapist, but it seems somebody didn’t get enough attention as a child, or maybe too much. West, after not being presented an award at the MTV Europe Music Awards, stormed the stage and argued that he should have been the winner. First, Taylor Swift is not the first award winner to have the lime-light snatched away. If he really had been so bothered about hiding his friendship/relationship/whatever with Armie, he would have avoided mentioning him and interacting on SM at all.I first learned of Kanye West when, in 2008, he told Fader Magazine the following: “I am like a vessel and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.” If that wasn’t enough to give me an instant pang of nausea, I later read that in the same year he posed this modest question to Tim Westwood in an interview, “The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it…you don’t think that I would be one of the characters of today’s modern Bible?” Excuse me while I gouge out my eyes with coffee stirrers.Īfter doing a great deal of investigating in the midst of the recent Kanye meltdown and feud with Jimmy Kimmel, I found some rather interesting things. If they had to stop interacting publicly, why would Timmy mention him in London, comment with that thirsty emoji to his quarantine haircut pic etc? He tends to be very careful to never offend anyone and tell people what he thinks they want to hear and that's probably what he was doing in London with those fans. While Timmy's following roles got attention, and his movies are talked about (even if no role was as much praised as Elio's) at least by his own fans etc. Armie's following roles never got so much attention, he is still linked mostly to CMBYN. While Timmy does have a huge fanbase, and most of it is not Charmie, so he can just ignore them. ![]() He doesn't have a huge fanbase so it's not so easy to ignore the Charmies presence, as they are more significant. He was the married one, so they constantly harassed his wife (and that must have made his married life even more difficult). Armie probably finds it more difficult to ignore the Charmies. |
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