1. Every time there's a heatwave it seems like there are people who think every other place that has ever had heat is more prepared for it than they are, alas. I remember a friend from Seattle telling me I couldn't understand what it was like to experience mid 90s F there (which I'm pretty sure is high 30s in celsius?) because surely everyone in Australia has air-conditioning. Meanwhile, a lot of people where I live in Australia actually have neither heating in winter nor air-conditioning in summer, and back when it was getting up to 45C train tracks would buckle and public transport would shut down. It's always frustrating to hear this stuff.

3. I do like horror elements in gothic, and I don't even always mind the overbearing heterosexuality, but the humourlessness and misogyny really can be exhausting. When gothic lit is good it's very good, and when it's bad it's just blandly unpleasant.