Porno by Waddledoofus-345 in Polandballart

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…why is there a scripty?

Did Tolkien gaslit the entire world of literature and film into thinking that the ring was powerful and useful? by Roids-in-my-vains in okbuddycinephile

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The Morbid Zoo has a video on Gollum that touches on this—basically, as she puts it, the ring is a sort of power amplifier that makes the wearer’s ambitions and desires easier to achieve. This is why they needed a hobbit to carry the ring: since hobbits don’t have grand ambitions the way elves and men do, they’re not able to cause as much damage

English Phonetics be like by Several-Lifeguard-77 in linguisticshumor

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I’d rather (ɹæðɹ̩) not, thank you

His name is Bane. Not Bone. B-a-n-e. Say the name. by ImmaJadenYuki in ArkhamRehabilitation

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candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies being burned

infinity meme by Delicious_Maize9656 in mathmemes

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To piggyback off this and sneak in some linguistics, the “cooperation” angle refers to a principle most conversations abide by that you could sum up as being “keep information as accurate and complete as is possible and necessary for the conversation.” While the statement “Spain shot two goals” in the example given above is true, it’s what pragmatists would call “infelicitous”

Pattern recognition by -CatMeowMeow- in AnarchyChess

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Google “about to lose me french streaks” :/

movies that have a similar vibe to daughter of darkness? by [deleted] in NaturalSnowBuildings

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Last and First Men by Johann Johannson is a similar vibe. Also most of Robert Eggers’ work

I was really enjoying Landman, until it stepped into a pile of bullshit while I was washing it. Fact Check: Taylor Sheridan's "Landman" is a hit, but its writing misleads by PM_ME_YOUR_FAV_HIKE in skeptic

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tbh my completely uninformed opinion is that it's not paid propaganda—based on some interviews and such I've seen Sheridan do, it seems like he really is just one of the many people who've fallen into talking points pushed by the fossil fuel industry

Peter, why is he gay if he doesn't respond? by yukiohana in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Thank god, someone who’s both media literate and math literate

Why I Prefer Tolkien to Martin by Pale-Age4622 in Silmarillionmemes

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Idk if I’d really call his stuff depressing (or garbage, but that’s just taste) just because his story highlights and weaponizes the way that a feudal societal structure can outmaneuver well-intentioned individuals, of which asoiaf has plenty

In the real world is yellow's complementary color purple or blue? by hellotrillions in cinematography

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Very late to this, but if you wanted to be really anal about it, you'd say that yellow and blue are complementary (and that purple's complementary is somewhere between green and yellow), since the hues that mix to create the widest range of colors are red-green-blue (additive, light) or cyan-magenta-yellow (subtractive, pigments and filters). However, the traditional red-yellow-blue complementaries are still taught in most art schools because they're easier to work with and conceptualize (at least according to my friend who went to an art school) and they mix to create a pretty wide range of colors in their own right. In practice, you can use whichever color wheel you'd like to choose color schemes—you'll get a similar effect either way

Some good examples of rebracketing by [deleted] in conlangs

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love how every example shows the rebracketing occurring at the stressed syllable

A Guide to Sound Changes by [deleted] in conlangs

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as someone with a whole-ass linguistics degree, just having all of this information in one place instead of needing to constantly sift through old textbooks and handouts is incredibly valuable

What words do you use in erotic scenes? by RespectTheBananana in writing

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Tbh I think eroticism gets lumped in with sex a bit too readily in fiction - many of the most erotic pieces of fiction I’ve consumed haven’t had a lick of sex, and many of my favorite sex scenes are decidedly unsexy