Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
2yr ago
I can agree with that. My gut instinct is that a lot of people don't like white men, but that's a far cry from "let's change the race of characters just to make them mad."
Mantergeistmann
1yr ago
some of the people I see holding firmly to the view that a six year old can know their gender and be rock-solid on they're a girl not a boy
I mean, I would imagine there'd be no problem with a six year old girl assigned female at birth who's adamant that she's a girl and not a boy (and that it'd be horrible parenting to insist that no, she really is a boy, she just needs to wait until she grows up and she'll understand that she's been a boy all along), and same for a boy assigned male who's sure that he's a boy, for instance.
Mantergeistmann
20d ago
Follow-up question: what do you mean by the road train stuff?
Presumably, when one driver is going above the speed limit, a bunch of other drivers will assume a line behind the first and match speed. Safety in numbers, after all - the police can't pull everyone over (unless there's a speed trap set up).
Mantergeistmann
2mo ago
Re-adjust a bit, but not too far given that the source is The Daily Caller.
Mantergeistmann
5mo ago
It is sometimes depicted with this jpeg.
Am I missing some context? Presumably it's that anyone who scores... some way on some metric that results in that chart isn't worth listening to?
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
If wishes were fishes we'd swim in the sea.
Mantergeistmann
1yr ago
I mostly agree, but Plato's death seemed to me to be a righteous way to go.
Mantergeistmann
2yr ago
So they cast an actress who is an entire foot shorter than the character. Well, that's diversity for you, I guess!
I mean, Elendil's actor is also significantly shorter than the character, but in his case, that would have significantly limited the pool of options.
Still wish they'd done something with the occasional perspective trick as at least a nod to "Elendil the Tall".
Mantergeistmann
20d ago
I would like to have an electric car for commuting, but I need the all-in price on a gently used electric car to be much closer to $15,000 than $50,000 before that can happen.
I haven't looked at the market, and I'm sure it isn't there yet, but depending on your commuting distance, a plug-in hybrid may be worth considering.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Sour skittles are beautiful. The sour Mike & Ikes are my current tart craze.
Mantergeistmann
2mo ago
Yes, actually, I will.
Mantergeistmann
2mo ago
I in turn would love to see some story with anti-slavery campaign - feel free to recommend me some.
Just it should be serious conflict, not "everyone claps and praises to moral superiority of main character, slavery instantly disappears"
I think the Honor Harrington series and short stories get there eventually.
Mantergeistmann
2mo ago
the vagrants got spooked and used the victim's credit card to hire a professional cleaning company (named, appropriately enough, Aftermath Services) to fix up the mess. This destroyed most of the evidence, though not the dismembered body in a fish tank
So was it the cleaning service that found the body and reported it to the police, or did they just assume it was some weird art installation?
Mantergeistmann
4mo ago
Mantergeistmann
5mo ago
War Diary, 1939-1945. It's a collection of... well, war recollections, from every theatre, every side, military and civilian.
I also recommend Escort Commander, Sink the Bismarck!, and you could always go for The Longest Day... it even got a movie adaptation with one or two decently-known actors.
Mantergeistmann
5mo ago
Only three figures/year? That could very well be worth it to keep their name out there for when they do want to hire. For a lot of places, that's chump change.
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
There's something to be said on this topic about League of Legends and other games like that, but I've only a glimmer... something about stat-checks and outplay potential.
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
3 was a buggy disaster with the main challenge coming from the AI acting in ways that were largely considered cheating by the players, ie. the AI opponents always had perfect knowledge of the entire game world that its decisions were based on, and very limited modding.
Of the limited mods, though, 3 does have a very enjoyable LoTR mod, if you just want a 4x LoTR game. Which I often do, and have yet to find a good game/mod equivalent.
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
I really wish there was a good dealer for Ashdene in the USA, but sadly I haven't been able to find anything.
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
Or Ariel.
Mantergeistmann
6mo ago
I could not figure out what the two "M"s were, thanks! I would not have said mayo spread as a "standard" topping, though, to me it's a slightly less common choice than cheese.
Mantergeistmann
7mo ago
I'm more curious as to how it stacks up with the 1993 version featuring Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu, which is objectively the most enjoyable to watch. Not the best, perhaps, but most enjoyable.
Mantergeistmann
7mo ago
Depends on how charitable you want to be. I read it as "inner peace", personally.
Mantergeistmann
7mo ago
Thanks for the reminder to rewatch The Sting.
I'm pretty sure that's been fairly strongly debunked.
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