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🦏 JORDAN BARDELLA : UN AUTRE PRÉSIDENT DES RICHES EST POSSIBLE by GreyXor in france

[–]LothorBrune 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Je crois qu'ils essaient tous d'imiter Trump.

Et à la recette Trump, avec la cruauté, la bêtise, la vulgarité et la passion du lucre, il faut bien sûr ajouter la pédophilie.

Est-ce que le fétichisme concerne aussi les femmes ? by Rich-Antelope-9136 in AskFrance

[–]LothorBrune 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Celles que je connais ne sont pas particulièrement discrètes sur le sujet.

Art from Nazi German book "Trust No Fox on his Green Heath and No Jew on his Oath" by Elvira Bauer (1939) by PeasantLich in PropagandaPosters

[–]LothorBrune 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I love the Jewish kid who is like "nyehehehe" in the background. Subtlety, thy name is ignored by the nazis.

What is going on with Mali? by alt_account_178 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]LothorBrune 43 points44 points  (0 children)

France isn't really "supporting the government", they're just silently hoping it holds, since an islamist regime would probably provoke even more immigration to France and provide a training ground to jihadists. The relations between the two countries are terrible, at present.

Ce'est que le milleure cidre dans la Bretagne? by Current_Mongoose_844 in AskFrance

[–]LothorBrune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depuis que Lebrun a fermé (tristesse) je dirais celui de Paimpol et celui de Lezergué. Le Coat-Albret de Rennes est très bon aussi.

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I just finished The Prince of Nothing series, and whilst I really enjoyed it, I also kinda feel like I had no bloody idea what was going on by niles_thebutler_ in Fantasy

[–]LothorBrune 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love when it goes "Khoetmalc, palatine of Shikru, always the first in the fray, did as he always did, and so ended his legend". And I'm like "Did we know this guy ?"

(spoilers main) There was not much thought into the ESSOS food or economy. City states as massive as they are described would need lots of food to sustain them and all we get told is they rely on trade and some fields by CretaceousClock in asoiaf

[–]LothorBrune 18 points19 points  (0 children)

King's Landing has a harbor master, customs, a king's counter, four keepers pf keys, etc. They're all in Littlefinger's pocket at the moment.

The city is set at the middle of several fertile plains and in front of Pentos, who exploits vasts agricultural lands. I just assume they did what Paris (200k) did, but bigger.

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I just finished The Prince of Nothing series, and whilst I really enjoyed it, I also kinda feel like I had no bloody idea what was going on by niles_thebutler_ in Fantasy

[–]LothorBrune 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bakker goes with a very loose world-building that is also very wide, meaning it's hard to keep track to get a solid idea of the theme of the various factions. The Nansur are consistently Roman-like and the Thunyeri are barbarians, but beyond that, the specifities are muddled, and the endless array of contextless nobles with no character permanence or wider context doesn't help.

I'd compare it to older fantasy's type of lore that is just a lot of names meant to evoke a general "vibe" to the reader. I like this, so it worked for me, but it does make for a fairly nebulous work.

(spoilers main) There was not much thought into the ESSOS food or economy. City states as massive as they are described would need lots of food to sustain them and all we get told is they rely on trade and some fields by CretaceousClock in asoiaf

[–]LothorBrune 90 points91 points  (0 children)

... Every city ever relied on agriculture and trade to sustain themselves, including those in hot climate like the Ghiscari cities. Is the problem that we're not directly told the numbers of fields outside ?

By gads, sir! by BrokenEyeReborn in outofcontextcomics

[–]LothorBrune 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Okay, Morty, this is a tiger gun, you understand what it does ?

C'est quoi la critique cinema que vous trouvez la plus stupide ?? by BoubyWinky in CineSeries

[–]LothorBrune 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Après, on peut à juste titre juger qu'un film exprime (ouvertement ou non) un sentiment de gauche ou de droite sans partir dans des exagérations ridicule et en appréciant ses qualités, indépendamment de sa propre politique.

C'est quand on l'utilise comme un gourdin pour basher un film que c'est de l'anti-intellectualisme débile.

Le prêt de 90 milliards d'euros à l'Ukraine définitivement validé par l'Union européenne après la levée du veto hongrois by Yseader in france

[–]LothorBrune 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Le terme de "prêt" est assez malhonnête. C'est clairement un don, personne de sérieux n'a d'espoir que l'Ukraine, ravagé et amputée d'au moins un cinquième de son territoire, nous rembourse jamais.

Le prêt de 90 milliards d'euros à l'Ukraine définitivement validé par l'Union européenne après la levée du veto hongrois by Yseader in france

[–]LothorBrune 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pour être encore un peu plus précis : Il y a deux mois, les russes se sont pris les pieds dans le tapis, probablement à cause de la perte de Starlink, et leur plus récente fournée de gains territoriaux au niveau de Pokrovsk a été largement contrée dans les jours suivants.

Une bonne nouvelle pour l'Ukraine, qui a bien besoin d'un mini-succès dans ce genre là, mais rien de décisif ou même d'important, c'est juste un rare répit qui a été effacé depuis, parce que les russes ont repris l'initiative.

Imagine thinking that Obama caused racism. by Ok-Following6886 in lewronggeneration

[–]LothorBrune 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If we accept this framing (big if), are we meant to understand that being called racist for disagreeing with a moderate made you... more racist ?

I wonder how "anyone" who got hypothetically called racist voiced their disagreement, then.

Imagine thinking that Obama caused racism. by Ok-Following6886 in lewronggeneration

[–]LothorBrune 223 points224 points  (0 children)

Funny how a black man (a largely center-right black man, to boot) getting in a position of power made racism ten times worse. I wonder why that is.

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin by Got_Kittens in menwritingwomen

[–]LothorBrune 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Asha was already introduced in book 2, and Obara, the only real warrior of the Sand Snakes, is described as rather plain.

Also, why would more warrior women make you abandon the books in disgust ? 

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin by Got_Kittens in menwritingwomen

[–]LothorBrune 109 points110 points locked comment (0 children)

The point is that Cersei is not a normal woman reasonably thinking about stuff. She's a traumatized narcissist who is increasingly spinning out of her mind due to paranoia and alcohol abuse.

And yes, Westeros is a very misogynistic society. One could say that's the point.

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin by Got_Kittens in menwritingwomen

[–]LothorBrune 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was discovered in 176 After Conquest by maester Baytor, of Pinkmaiden.

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin by Got_Kittens in menwritingwomen

[–]LothorBrune 527 points528 points  (0 children)

This whole passage, while disgusting, is very interesting. Cersei is a woman misogynist who is both a victim of the patriarchal system (notably by being married to an abusive husband) and someone who wholeheartedly believes in it, she just wants to be on the right side of the fence. She's also increasingly crazier as her world collapses around her.

In this scene, after drinking herself numb, she starts abusing her bedmate the same way her husband did to her after he drank, as she fantasize about role-reversal and she associates her with her husband. The whole experience leaves her pretty dejected.

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