u/Largest-Planet

It was phantastically written. But nothing made sense and some sub plots gave nothing to the story and were just there to expand the lenght. It were like 10 different sci fi ideas mashed together.

First of all we get very little background Information. Im not sure even Dick had much idea about the events of the past.

We get one sentence about French - Christo- Fascism in 1985 and a World War III with China nuking California and West Germany being admited into the USEA.

But how exactly did German Corporations and a French First Lady take over and turn the US into a totalitarian dictatorship?

No one noticed that Nicole was around for 100 years and still young? I guess old people dont exist.

Bs and Gs? With context we know that the bs are the lower and gs the upper class. But it gets never explained for what these letters stand for and how exactly this society came to be.

The Simulacra Robots existed just because? Nicoles man was a Robot - but he could have been just another actor instead. Robots were just shoved in because there had to be robots in a sci fi story.

Colonies on Moon and Mars had pretty much zero impact on the story. Could have been Australia or South America or ocean floor colonies instead, would not have changed the story one bit.

The whole California sub plot really served no purpouse and was just fluff.

Why exactly did they bring thousands of Neaderthals back from the past? And how would they have ANY chance of taking over even if the US had a civil war?

The whole Goering Sub Plot was just filler. Ok we want to save 6 Million Jews - by supplying the Nazis with future weapons, because they will collapse eventually after their victory? Leading to a better future? Doesnt matter because this sub plot was dropped anyway, after pretending for 3/4 of the novel that it was somehow important.

Oh and we have to have time travel, for some reason.

Why the hell is everyone so fixated on Doc Superb? He is just a psychoanalyst but everyone is like "We have to go to the last psychoanalyst on Earth because we have psychological problems". This felt really forced.

The crazy telepathic piano man was a deus ex machina, pulling out bs powers just to save Nicole at the end.

Things happen just because the plot demands it. Its a crazy mashup of different and unrelated ideas connected together through plot necessity. The best worst novel I have ever read.

Der Typ hat die Matura geschmissen, hatte nichts und als er 17 war hat ihm jemand Millionen Schilling geborgt um Dachböden umzubauen. Wie geht das? Wer bitte borgt einem 17 jährigen so viel Geld? Und so ging es weiter mit 18 und 19 und 20. Anfang 20 war er in der Finanzwelt etabliert. Gefühlt jeder zweite Mensch mit dem er geredet hat, hat ihm danach Geld geborgt.

Würde jemand einen Roman schreiben/Film drehen würde die Handlung von Kritikern als unrealistisch befunden werden. Ich verstehe einfach nicht wie der Typ, ohne nichts, so jung, von allen einfach so Geld bekommen hat. Der Kurz musste "wenigstens" Umfragen in Zeitungen Fälschen um an die Spitze der ÖVP zu kommen. Aber dem Benko hat man in jungen Jahren einfach so unmengen an Geld gegeben?

There is a new trend out there. On Tik Tok, Youtube and other social media. People supposedly reading hundreds of books a year. Like 200 or 300 or 400. The sky is the limit. One Tik Toker I saw claimed that she has read 541 books last year.

These people then think that they are super awesome. But in reality such an existence is pathetic.

1. Many people will not believe you anyways because these numbers sound like outright lies and exaggerations.
2. Even if someone managed to read 300 or 500 books a year, practically all of them would have to be light and short books of some 100-200 page lenght. No 300+ page classics or non fiction books. Meaning all they do is reading light dreck that does nothing to broaden their understanding or horizon.
3. It would practically take all their free time. Leaving no time at all to enjoy life. No time to do anything else.

Supposedly reading hundreds of books a year sounds more like a pathethic life wasting nightmare than the flex these people think it is.

Screwing up your childhood has repercussions for the future. For the path you choose. For the interests you develop. For he people you meet. For the Jobs you get.

I studied something easy because I was living in the middle of nowhere and had no acess to a library and no peace and quiet at home. As a result I am now struggling in this job market. Had I had normal or great parents I would have chosen something different and would be thriving. I am reminded of this every day.

Or with the fact that I dont havy any friends because of them when I see groups of people enjoying each others company.

Or that I missed out on 1000 things regular children do.

Or when I see the family of my spouse who has a 9/10 family (only some very minor flaws, besides that 95% support and harmony) - I just invuluntarily wish them that they experience at least some hardships, for the world to be just.

I wouldnt have these awful thoughts, wouldnt be in the situation I am in, wouldnt struggle if I had not endured decades of narc parents.

There is no "LifeAfterNarcissism" - because its repercussions haunt us until the end of our lives. Especially mental and physical health. If you have permanent physical disabilities because of them, you will have them forever. And while some mental problems can be repaired, its a life long battle.

I was eating at McDonalds. I was wearing black jeans and a grey turtleneck sweater. When I was finished I got up and wanted to bring my tray to the collecting station. Crazy lady two tables to my left sees me, waves at me and wants to give me her tray full of trash.

Im like "Im not working here lady, clean up your own trash". She seemed perplexed. I just left.

Didnt know that McDonalds employees were wearing grey turtleneck sweaters. And if she didnt mistake me for an employee and just wanted a random stranger to clean up her trash for her, its even more infuriating.