Predestination – A Movie I Didn’t Finish

It kinda seems stupid to write an article about a movie I never got around to finishing, but sometimes I feel like things aren’t worth finishing. After all, sometimes things are just so bad that you can’t finish them. However, Predestination, a movie I watched recently, I turned it off because I was bored. Okay, I should probably explain why I started watching the movie first. This was on Netflix, and Netflix shows a short preview of a movie before you play it, and it also has a short synopsis. The synopsis stated that the movie I was about to… [Continue Reading]

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On Struggling To Write Articles Again

Lately, it’s been a real struggle to write articles for the Daily SPUF. Normally we have 10 articles ready to go, but because I’ve been busy with real life, that number has dropped down to around 5, and I really need to start writing articles again. The problem is, I’ve kinda just… written so much lately, that doing Daily SPUF articles is hard. And no wonder. I just went and checked my stats on my profile, and I have written over 2750 articles on my own. That is a LOT of articles. A minimum of 1.3 million words, assuming every… [Continue Reading]

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A Valentines Day Article

I’ve never liked Valentines Day. In fact, despite me being in my thirties, I’ve only actually only properly celebrated it once with a partner. And, frankly, that whole relationship was a waste of my time, dedication and money. I wouldn’t call myself jilted or anything, but I’ve never had a good real-life relationship, and a day about love and partnership has always pissed me off. In previous articles discussing Valentines Day, I’ve also called it an annoyingly commercialized day, with a vast amount of pressure put on people to spend money on their loved ones. Often more on men than… [Continue Reading]

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I Hate Flying

I hate flying. The other day, I got back from a trip to the UK. We celebrated my sister getting married, we did lots of shopping and we spent some time with family, namely my cousins, aunt and uncle. It was nice, but it was expensive and I spent most of the vacation ill with a cold. I didn’t even buy much, most of my money went on food and cold medication. But the bit I hated most was the flying. From Cyprus to England, it’s five hours there and four and a half hours back. Weirdly, England to Cyprus… [Continue Reading]

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On Trying To Get Back Into Drawing Again

I’ve been trying to get back into drawing again. Now I’m more settled down in my life, I have the ability to find my pens and pencils and actually sit down and draw stuff. But doing so has been more… frustrating than I’d like. I’m supposed to be actually good at art and things like that, but lately, I’m really just not feeling it. A small problem is, well, I’ve had to get new pens and pencils and sketch books. Most of my sketch books and pens seemingly disappeared during the move, and I never got around to getting new… [Continue Reading]

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On Giving Up Chocolate

Four weeks ago (three at the time of writing), I gave up chocolate entirely. Being diabetic, I didn’t eat much chocolate anyway, but I always kept some around the house in case of low blood sugar, and I would definitely treat myself to chocolate on the weekends. I also ate probably a bit too much sugar-free chocolate. However, I’ve given it up, and, honestly, things aren’t that bad. The reasons why I gave up chocolate are two-fold. Firstly, it’s bad for me. I shouldn’t be having any chocolate in the first place, and I do very much need to lose… [Continue Reading]

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On Phone Call Scams

The other day, I got my first scam phone call in a loooong time. Living in the EU, I an generally protected from scam phone calls, mostly because the EU does actually try to protect people’s data, and it’s easier to get off call lists. However, this phone call came via WhatsApp, with a region code clearly not from anywhere in Europe. Curious, I answered it and was met with someone with a heavy Indian accent. They claimed that they were calling from my bank because my card had been declined. I asked them what bank and what card, and… [Continue Reading]

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AI is overrated

Right now, AIs (specifically LLMs like ChatGPT) are a pretty big topic of discussion. Wherever you go, chances are, you‘re going to encounter the subject. So, naturally, I’ve developed my own opinions about these sorts of AIs that I’m going to share with you. Right now, statements like “AI is going revolutionize [Insert Thing Here]” are all too common. To be honest, I feel like the hype is pretty overblown, and there’s some ethical questions about AI most people weirdly just don’t seem to care about. For example, most big AIs, like ChatGPT, are trained using publicly available material from… [Continue Reading]

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On Trying to be Green

Trying to be green and eco-friendly is hard for a normal person. The majority of us are just trying to survive our day to day lives, to pay our rent or mortgage and put food on the table. Some of us have families to look after, others are still unable to settle down, or don’t feel capable of or willing to starting a family. At the same time, we’re being told that we need to protect the environment and save our planet, even as we slip further and further towards destruction. Things are depressing. But we are told that we… [Continue Reading]

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November Blues

I don’t like November. It’s not a fun month. Personally, it’s not the worst month of the year (that award goes to the awful hell that is September), but I’d definitely rate November as one of the worst months of the year. It’s just… so bleh as a month. A lot of it is the weather. Although, thanks to man-made climate change, November is a less awkward month when it comes to weather, it just doesn’t compare to previous months. October is the start of autumn and is when things start cooling down, but there’s still some warmth to the… [Continue Reading]

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