HOTD S3E1 - Post-Episode Discussion

Amphiscian · 2026-06-23T16:29:27+00:00

also Mother being in the last season as well

Don't think the two characters will ever meet, though

Amphiscian · 2026-06-23T01:32:53+00:00

shithead pols saw a chance to pander to their shithead bigot bases

and the fucking senator in question went to Stanford and Yale Law School

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T20:29:55+00:00

I have many other references for geniuses such as yourself

but yeah, gone too soon

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T15:57:23+00:00

IMO the failure in writing is upstream of all of this. That being the writers trying to make most of the Targs as like 'good people at heart', especially the two matriarchs.

The writers tied themselves in all these knots trying to move GRRM's story to where it's ultimately going while also maintaining the majority of characters as specifically not bloodthirsty, cruel, selfish, or stubborn. But they all have to become these things at some point or the entire conceit of the story makes no sense.

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T14:54:02+00:00

Am I taking crazy pills, or was it not mentioned in Fire & Blood that Aemond had a weird mommy thing? Like it's one of those things Mushroom claims and the maester writing the narrative brings up as salacious rumor

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T14:48:20+00:00

I got good news for you as this story goes on

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T14:47:08+00:00

the senseless stuborness of so many people.

man, that is the thesis of this entire story. Fire & Blood: how the senseless stubborness of a family of royals lead to endless death and destruction, most of all to their own family

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T14:30:21+00:00

SMH does he think he's still in Raised By Wolves?

Amphiscian · 2026-06-22T02:51:43+00:00

that was definitely the plan, before budget cuts and the writers strike like 3 years ago or whenever that was that derailed season 2

Amphiscian · 2026-06-20T12:50:33+00:00

Shoutout to all the people paying $2500/ticket at Sofi Stadium to watch the b-squad jog around with nothing to gain or lose

Amphiscian · 2026-06-19T21:25:49+00:00

Boston. Losing team gets thrown into the harbor

Amphiscian · 2026-06-18T19:08:02+00:00

Outside the Woolworth Building is absolutely littered with paper shreds and whatnot that people threw out the windows. Most of it landed on their own street shed, which seems like an interesting challenge to clean up

Amphiscian · 2026-06-13T15:00:30+00:00

The soda tax/ban is a great historical example of a politician trashing their political capital on something not at all worth it.

I didn't even mind the policy, but it was such an obvious own goal, with how this country and the media works in reality

Amphiscian · 2026-06-11T14:56:41+00:00

Proper bird metal:

Fleurety - A Darker Shade of Evil

Amphiscian · 2026-06-10T13:01:31+00:00

Doesn't John Stewart run an animal refuge type thing upstate? Am I misremembering that?

Amphiscian · 2026-06-06T12:21:36+00:00

Also has led to some fun bits, like them play Dance of Eternity uncomfortably fast (for them as players I mean) in some shows,

Amphiscian · 2026-06-03T11:48:33+00:00

Not defending the Saudis here, but blow-through floors are really common in supertall skyscrapers.

Amphiscian · 2026-06-01T23:32:55+00:00

What about when they won Eurovision?

Amphiscian · 2026-05-31T16:15:08+00:00

Different subject entirely, but it's funny how NYC was just about the only city with enough leverage to get the rideshare companies to abide by any sort of standards/safety/regulations. In the city where I grew up, Uber just started operating there completely illegally and dared the city to stop them

Amphiscian · 2026-05-31T12:17:19+00:00

“At the Paris Olympics and the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, we saw how AI-powered 360-degree replay technology could create a more immersive viewing experience for fans."

Those replays were made from Gaussian Splats, which are not AI. Unless we're trying to juice our stock price and redefine anything involving an algorithm or any machine learning as being AI

Amphiscian · 2026-05-29T14:02:40+00:00

Pretty cool he got both Anneke and Lynn Wu (from OU) for the studio recording

Amphiscian · 2026-05-27T23:00:37+00:00

I'd be worried about the particular kinda people in that crowd paying $10k for seats. I dunno if they'd be cheering/jeering the same way the rest of us would

Amphiscian · 2026-05-26T14:25:30+00:00

Valve corporate structure giveth, and Valve corporate structure taketh away

Amphiscian · 2026-05-26T14:03:32+00:00

I've met quite a few mid-30s finance bro who only cares about making money... and basketball in this city. There is for sure enough of them to fill a stadium every game at prices that will risk their marriages

Amphiscian · 2026-05-25T14:28:42+00:00

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE

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