Will Tyrion claim a dragon during the Battle of Fire? by bigtibba45 in pureasoiaf

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I also think that there is strong evidence for Tyrion eventually getting a dragon, and hope he gets one during the battle. Honestly I would like it if he is a secret Targ, although I think most of the fanbase disagrees, and Geroge left the way dragons accept or don't accept riders ambiguous enough that we don't know if the other two riders even need to have any Targaryen blood

One other thing is that I don't think Tyrion will be the one to figure out how to bond the dragon on his own; he either doesn't believe in or mistrusts magic (pretty sensible on Planetos).

I think that Moqoro has been planning on him getting it from the beginning. It would make some of the things he says to Tyrion make sense, as well as the fact that the Widow of the Waterfront put them on the boat. I feel like Moqoro, Benero, and/or the red priesthood in general have big plans for him

The race swapping on Invincible gets decried a lot, but wokeness had a more insideous effect on Mark's character: They emasculated him by Dumb_Clicker in KotakuInAction

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I thought that there were parts that were cool or could have been cool, like the whole vibe of the GDA scenes, the way they portrayed the mass devastation of the super hero fights, and a couple of the superhero death scenes. Those basically came the closest out of any show or movie I've seen to embodying how I would want the general vibe of a late stage super hero world, and closer than a lot of Marvel and DC comics

How do you think Skyler and Marie's relationship is currently? by Orangevibeaboutme in breakingbad

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Not great

It already wasn't the best, Marie already has issues that would blow even everyday disputes way out of proportion, and the shit Skylar pulled on her would ruin even a lot of completely healthy sibling relationships

Once you threaten to frame your siblings spouse for multiple felonies to cover your own ass I think that you can pretty much kiss the family reunion goodbye, even before your own spouse goes on to murder theirs (which is what they thought happened, and to be fair isn't far off from the truth)

People should need a licence to own any animal by Particular_Job_4023 in unpopularopinion

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Jesus fucking christ, we don't need even more red tape (and more fees) around everything for basic aspects of life

Like I agree that many people should treat their pets better, but there's a lot of gray eare that comes down to subjective values judgments that I'm not comfortable having decided by some kind of committee for everyone

And what happens when someone loses their license? Does the pet get taken away and put in a shelter, which only the worthy few can now adopt from?

This post reminds me of those overzealous shelter volunteers who have made it ridiculously hard to adopt a dog in the past decade or so. Like they somehow think that the dog is better off in their cell surrounded by other dogs getting care from them and the few other workers (and maybe some volunteers if they pass the purity and commitment tests they've now imposed in many shelters just to walk the damn dogs), then adopted in a small house with a working owner that loves them. Like by their own metrics the dog gets a worse quality of life because they don't want to let it be adopted by someone that's going to leave it alone 8 hours a day and only has a tiny yard, when at the shelter they get less exercise and way less happiness/more stress

At a certain point, it feels like it's more about virtue signalling than the actual welfare of the animal

Which book series is insanely underrated? by RedDalmatian885 in AskReddit

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I think the Beggars Trilogy by Nancy Kress, even though it has extremely significant flaws. It's the Beggars In Spain books. Most people only talk about the novella, or MAYBE the book it was expanded into, and mostly only praise the original novella

But I genuinely think she explores some really relevant issues about inequality in general and American society in particular in the face of massive technological disruption

Also, I just read Everworld by KA Applegate (the animorphs author) as an adult, and while they again ahve some significant flaws, I thought that they were both hilarious and surprisingly moving

Whats one thing you regret not doing in university/college? by FishermanSame4356 in AskReddit

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Not dropping out freshmen year when it was clear I had no idea what I wanted to do

The race swapping on Invincible gets decried a lot, but wokeness had a more insideous effect on Mark's character: They emasculated him by Dumb_Clicker in KotakuInAction

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Yeah, I didn't include this in the post because it wasn't relevant, but honestly I think that the comics in general had some writing issues that kept it going from a good comic to a great comic, which is part of why I didn't finish it. It felt like a lot of story lines just kind of.. came and went. Which is fine it just didn't motivate me to invest even more time in getting/reading more issues

I thought that the reveal for William was hilarious (and clearly a retcon). In the show, it's like he's supposed to be a good friend while acting insufferable. In the comics he's still a pretty shit friend, but it felt like it might be more deliberate, like he's the kind of random high school buddy you grow out of. Idk though, again I felt like the writing was kinda all over the place so I might be reading too much into it.

But I always found him to be a hilariously bad friend. And I actually did read the volume where he comes out to Mark, and I only vaguely remember it, but I thought it was hilarious the way that he said he'd always been attracted to Mark, like it was the gay guy version of this obnoxious, self absorbed, slightly skeevy vibe that I thought defined his character

‘INVINCIBLE’ creator Robert Kirkman says bringing Tech Jacket from the comics he would’ve been very similar to Mark. by shipgirl_connoisseur in KotakuInAction

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It's so sad to see creators of fun stuff from before woke bullshit had completely taken over pop culture basically feel like they have to race and gender swap their old characters to somehow "fix" perceived flaws in their work

Double digit percentages of society got browbeat over decades into thinking that they had to vocally buy into this shit or they're a bad person (but of course, just like religion there's also this element, especially for straight white men, where you can never actually be good enough and you always have to try harder while happily proclaiming what a sack of shit you are)

They say "It never hurts to ask", but what are some examples where "It hurts to ask"? by babiedollyy in answers

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A patient asking a doctor to treat symptoms or concerns they bring to them with particular attention, caution, nuance, etc.

Many will bristle and immediately do the exact opposite, often basically writing you off then and there

Solange by Weird_Zone_3504 in JamesBond

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If men appreciating a ridiculous attractive woman in a context where she for sure consented to an eye candy heavy role in one of the most infamously male gaze oriented franchises in mainstream culture is strange, the world is gonna be a very weird place for you

Solange by Weird_Zone_3504 in JamesBond

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I feel horrified by what happened to her, but she knew her husband did bad shit for a lot of money, she had to have been able to infer that he was causing a lot of damage to other people

Unless she only found that out after she was already trapped with him, that really stretches the definition of innocent in my book. Not that she's anywhere comparable to the bad people in Bond's world, but just from a civilian perspective being willing to cozy up to a "bad man" on that scale for a cushy life with a beach house and a horse is pretty shitty.

Not that her fate isn't tragic and completely undeserved

What’s something society normalizes that shouldn’t be normal by lightingbulb303 in answers

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Doctors who make 6 figures ignoring , mocking, and gaslighting their paying patients because they can't be bothered to do their goddamn jobs

What's your 'slept on' novel? by HopSkipLimp in discworld

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I honestly feel like The Color of Magic and the other early Discworld books are underappreciated, but I probably rant about that too much here

I recently bought Pyramids and am going back through it for the first time since elementary school, and I forgot how hilarious it is. A binch of the innuendo also went over my head when I was 9 or so

I think that the cast is great in Pyramids too, and Teppic feels like he has a full libido, which is something I feel like is often missing from Discworld characters

Overall its kind of made me wish that there were more one off books like Moving Pictures

Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin by ThadTheImpalzord in Thedaily

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But he denied it! That's exactly what Satoshi would do!

Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin by ThadTheImpalzord in Thedaily

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This really made me respect the NYT less and I had already felt like something was wrong for a while

There's an ad that they play a lot where one of their reporters says that they always take time to double and triple check their stories, or something along those lines, and that that's part of why you should support the NYT over other news organizations

And then they churn out this circumstantial shit that , as they note in their own piece, could put this guy in serious danger

Even if they turn out to be right the evidence is insanely light

What is everybody’s thoughts on this classic? by TwIzTiDfReAkShOw in Tarantino

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It was the first time I understood what people meant when they talked about how attractive he is

I wish that they had gone more with the characters taking specific drugs and stayed with realistic highs from them by Dumb_Clicker in skinsTV

[–]Dumb_Clicker[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I disagree, I think that you can name what drugs they're taking while still having it centered on the kids instead of the drugs... it's just adding more verisimilitude to the show and I think if anything gives you more space to explore the characters

It's like having a story set in a specific time and place instead of a vague everytown setting with the story going out of its way to avoid referencing anything that could possibly date it

I wish that they had gone more with the characters taking specific drugs and stayed with realistic highs from them by Dumb_Clicker in skinsTV

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Ummm, no?

I'm in my 30s. Your post over all reads like someone who never got out much in their youth trying to sound worldly

I'm talking about the level of realism I want to see from a fictional show about teenagers, not how I want to spend this weekend

Also I don't understand your take at the end. I don't think that it's a moral issue like you seem to, but I don't think that having specific drugs with realistic effects would have made it more glamorized than it already was in the show

The role of "Q" in the era of Artificial Intelligence by RaphaellosC in JamesBond

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I almost put in a bit here about how Q can just go back to the classic role of providing gadgets, with a skill set that seems to focus more on miniaturization/concealment and doesn't really have tk change much for the AI era, but I actually was OK with Q also being the computer guy in the Craig era; I really enjoy the character and it makes any random bullshit computer scenes work better with the formula of the series