theusualuser

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[–] theusualuser 2 points 11 months ago

Probably something that makes it even harder and more confusing to understand in context, so I'm gonna say he calls them "texts"

[–] theusualuser 3 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to Forbidden door!

[–] theusualuser 2 points 1 year ago

It's a tough pill to swallow that corporations, by and large, run this world, and while a few countries seem to have control of their corporate laws, enough don't that they're going to do whatever they want and kill this planet.

 

I love this guy's breakdowns ahead of the season. They're great to watch if you've got time to kill or just in the background while you're working. Gets you familiar with every team, their schemes, and what they'll likely look like during the year.

[–] theusualuser 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

100%. Everyone who insists on a third party app will flock to what's left over, and then they'll kill those too, just as soon as they do the bare minimum necessary to claim they have an accessible app. Which, to be fair, they were going to do anyway.

[–] theusualuser 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let's do this every week! Super fun and a great atmosphere in here. I'm not going back to reddit. I was there 12 years, and saw it slip just like I saw digg slip before it. Let's keep this going while we wait for others to see the obvious - once the people who create the best content leave there's no reason to stay there.

[–] theusualuser 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm staying here, man. Reddit gets worse with every year, and I'm perfectly happy to talk way too much over here instead of over there.

[–] theusualuser 5 points 1 year ago

I think it takes a metal noggin like Vetorri and a relentless ass beating machine like Cannonier to break that record. We might not see it again.

[–] theusualuser 6 points 1 year ago

Historically, no one has EVER beat an ass more than Cannonier at middleweight, and yet somehow Vettori is still here. That dude probably lost 2 or 3 years off his career tonight, though.

[–] theusualuser 3 points 1 year ago

The guy whose cardio fully goes first is gonna lose this fight. Vettori is clearly too tough to the face, so Cannonier is trying to grapple more and throw body shots, as he should.

[–] theusualuser 2 points 1 year ago

No wonder Adesanya danced around and avoided Cannonier for 5 rounds.

[–] theusualuser 2 points 1 year ago

Second round in particular

[–] theusualuser 1 points 1 year ago

I think Cannonier might have blown his load. He threw a LOT of punches there. Vettori might win this fight just by being too damned durable.

 

I find it incredible how different I feel about certain books/series now vs how I felt about them 15 or 20 years ago. What sort of major changes have happened to your tastes during your fantasy journey?

I used to own every single Wheel of Time book and spent all my time on wotmania.com, but I have zero desire to read them ever again. Honestly, classic epic fantasy just doesn't do it for me in general anymore.

I don't tend to get excited about the next Brandon Sanderson novel, but I was a huge proponent of him when he was signing copies of Elantris in my tiny Idaho mall.

It'd be great if Rothfuss, Lynch or Martin finished their series, but I used to rant and rave about wanting them and now I just move on to things that are done. I can wait, and in the case of Rothfuss I'm not 100% sure those books are going to finish nearly as strongly as I first thought.

 

Here's the Get Played Linktree in case anyone needs to know where to go for all things Get Played

 

It'd be nice to start a thread that has a lot of info for people who are looking for reviews or recommendations.

For instance, https://sff180.com/ does a solid job, particularly with their youtube channel, of keeping me informed about books that are coming out. Where do you go for your info?

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