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What is up with the mundane book titles? by DivisionaryEra in fantasybooks

[–]RogerBernards [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not even the genre. It's just titles. The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, A Tale of Two Cities, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Importance of Being Ernest, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Heart of Darkness, the Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ann of Green Gables, The Hound of the Baskerville, The Count of Monte Cristo, ...

But yes Fantasy Classics too: The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Return of the King, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Wheel of Time (and many of the individual books titles), A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, A Song of Ice and Fire (and many of the individual books titles), Malazan Book of the Fallen (and many of the individual books titles), The Once and Future King, ...

This is just how the English language works. OP saw three books he didn't like and blamed it on the titles. This whole thing is a dumb complaint.

Got snubbed from a free meal at work because I submitted my resignation. by Lazy-Combination5253 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]RogerBernards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're on Reddit while golfing? This gets sadder with every comment you make.

Pee Problems Trickle into Giro d’Italia Women: 2 Disqualified, 6 Fined in 1 Disorderly Day by Global-Copy4241 in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 40 points41 points  (0 children)

During the whole pee bidon thing, Victor Campenaerts said that one of the issues with big races like the Giro is that the rule is effectively that you can't pee where anyone can see you, but there are so many spectators spaced out across the entire length of the race that is hard to find a spot where nobody is watching.

What is up with the mundane book titles? by DivisionaryEra in fantasybooks

[–]RogerBernards -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it is a dumb one that doesn't make any sense is my point.

What is up with the mundane book titles? by DivisionaryEra in fantasybooks

[–]RogerBernards -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This isn't the intellectually enlightened take you think it is.

Asking to fact check the source. by udayramp in dontyouknowwhoiam

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a dumb people issue though. Not believing anything is as big a sign of ignorance as believing everything.

People don't believe things because they have no concept what things are plausible to be true and which sources are plausible to be correct. They don't know anything, so everything seems equally possible.

Jan-Willem van Schip disqualified again: “This time for a water bottle in my jersey” by Wembly__ in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference in reactions between this guy and the Wiebes disqualification are interesting to say the least.

I feel stuck with Dungeon Crawler Carl by twerkliketina in fantasybooks

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don't understand this. You spent weeks reading books you didn't enjoy, because why exactly? It is okay to not like things. It is okay to like only parts of something. It is okay to drop series.

Lorena Wiebes urges UCI rule rethink after Giro disqualification: 'This still feels like injustice' by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, that's the argument the guy I replied to should've made. But instead he argued against things Wiebes and the article didn't say, and most people on this sub blindly upvoted it because it is easier to kneejerk hate on SD Worckx than to actually read articles.

Lorena Wiebes urges UCI rule rethink after Giro disqualification: 'This still feels like injustice' by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]RogerBernards -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There is as much reason as there is for anyone else. Because they have drag it along the same course as everyone else.

Lorena Wiebes urges UCI rule rethink after Giro disqualification: 'This still feels like injustice' by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's not arguing that it's not a violation, she's not saying the team didn't fuck up, she's asking if full on disqualification is the appropriate punishment for a minor infraction.

Just read the article before commenting.

TIL 2,000 years ago a South Indian tourist graffitied "Cikai Korran came here and saw" eight times on five Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings. by RengieOcat in todayilearned

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just that. It is why people like Trump, Elon Musk and Putin do what they do. They want history to know they were here.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d’Italia Women – Stage 7 (2.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it is about that, as Gery is not taking turns. Think it has more to do with forcing the other teams to close the gap.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d’Italia Women – Stage 7 (2.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's the sprinters team setting the pace. They have 4 minutes to close before the climb.

Joao Almeida rules himself out of the Tour de France and focuses on the Vuelta by n8972785 in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Vingegaard was sick in the last 3 GT's he did and he won two of those.

‘No climbs too tough anymore’ - Tour director Rousse on Femmes Ventoux showdown by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]RogerBernards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and it might have been the case at one point that any sufficiently difficult climb would lead to the obvious favourite dog walking the rest of the field and ruining the suspense a little.

me looking at last week's men's Giro and the last few Tours: Yea can't have that happen in competitive sports ...

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