In fairness the person who's been really pushing it, I have historically found to have exact opposite tastes in media to myself, so most of the things they recommend go in the "no" pile unless someone else I trust more gives a glowing review.

Tbh this was my reaction to playing Halo 1 for the first time a few years ago. I finished and chalked it up to a "you had to be there" kind of thing. And funny enough I keep being told to just power through 2 in order to get to 3 by a couple people.

The culprit in question blocking me from my work notes.

How does one sign up to be research assistant? Asking for a friend.

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”