TheTetrapod

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[–] TheTetrapod 4 points 4 months ago

Oh wow, that's so easy.

[–] TheTetrapod 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You're misremembering how the slavery plot goes, for what it's worth. In Chamber of Secrets, yes, Dobby is meant to be a sympathetic figure who we're happy is freed. However, following her pattern of "returning to a plot point that got pushback two books ago to justify it", in Goblet we learn that Dobby is a little sicko for wanting freedom and payment, and Hermione's efforts with SPEW (btw that's slang for vomit in the UK} are consistently portrayed as misguided and naive.

I think it's incredibly silly to suggest that you can't make some judgements about an author based on literally a million words that they pulled directly out of their psyche. Another classic example is Joanne's portrayal of women. If a woman is evil, she's fat, mannish, and ugly. If a woman is good, she's motherly and, in the case of Hermione, Luna, and Ginny, not like other girls. Nobody is really saying she was a hateful bigot while writing those books, but the seeds were certainly there.

[–] TheTetrapod 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Just to battle against? Because gen 1 didn't have breeding, so he couldn't give out Mews, right?

Edit: oh right, legendaries can't breed anyway.

[–] TheTetrapod 17 points 4 months ago

It sounds like you've left the field, but I'll never miss a chance to proselytize bone conduction headphones. Mediocre sound quality, but they leave your ears completely open and can work through ear protection.

[–] TheTetrapod 2 points 4 months ago

Insane take. If the shoe fits, wear it. Nazis are as Nazis do.

[–] TheTetrapod 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No, you're just being a "both sides bad" style centrist, so the proper move is to ignore your terrible opinion.

[–] TheTetrapod 13 points 4 months ago

Hand wired 4 life! That way, if a key doesn't work, you can just add more solder until it does.

[–] TheTetrapod 8 points 4 months ago

This seems likely to backfire.

[–] TheTetrapod 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Great reference. The Bobs haven't really achieved anything on this scale yet, though. The closest is the Skippies' Matryoshka Brain, but IIRC they're using a system of satellites around a brown dwarf star, which would be somewhat comparable in size to Jupiter. The Others' Dyson Sphere project is closer, but I don't think we really got a sense for how far along they were, and it looks like their home star is only a bit larger than Sol.

Sorry if that came across as nitpicky, I was just excited to see a Bobiverse reference in the wild.

Edit: Got the Others' star mixed up in my head, it looks like it's either a red dwarf or completely fictional.

[–] TheTetrapod 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

What world are you living in where Kamala and Walz are "wildly unpopular"?

[–] TheTetrapod 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you think she only got the ship once she had enough spoons to fill it, and then just put up her favorite ones? I imagine it would be embarrassing to have a half full spoon ship.

[–] TheTetrapod 35 points 4 months ago (6 children)

People always argue that -num isn't a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.

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