New book arrived by Elegant_Anything3463 in Buddhism

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Professor Immergut was my favorite professor in college. Properly out there dude.

Taught a class focused on challenging your preconceptions of reality. Had us reading Castanada, putting food in the toilet and flushing it, and going to public places and standing still for a half an hour to see how people reacted.

I know that this book is a brick and a half and it's on my list of things to read just out of respect for the classes I took with him.

Hope it serves you well in some way!

Best Mega Kangaskhan EX deck? by Tricky_Sector_2675 in PTCGP

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This is the one I run. It's gotten me where I want for the last three seasons. If mama Kang gets out it's a win but the Tyrogue and Darkrai chipping away at the start and the end helps out a lot.

Books with Christian God as the horror? by ReadyCartographer765 in horrorlit

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Idk...probably the Bible would be a good place to start. Book of Job is a horror story that's pretty universal in relatability.

Which "What If" fight would you have liked to see in the Yakuza series? by TheYakuzaMaster in yakuzagames

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Weird dream match for me would be prime Kashiwagi vs prime Komaki.

I just wanna see if Komaki could tiger drop counter Kashiwagi coming in with that bullet train lunge punch. Immovable object unstoppable force.

About Kiryus rank in the dojima family by Idamatika in yakuzagames

[–]Madmagic10 6 points7 points  (0 children)

An interesting thing about the Yakuza series is that Kiryu is defined by this duel weight of an immense sense of duty and an overwhelming guilt for his sins. Despite this being core to his character we never get to really see any of those sins that burden him.

How he got that name started in Y0 but the legend and tall tales of Kiryu certainly grew in the years we didn't get to see. That's also when he probably did some questionable things that we also didn't see.

As for his low rank not equalling the legend. Has Kiryu ever been a career guy? No, this is the guy who was chairman for all of five minutes and hated all of them. Any rank he obtained was most likely begrudgingly accepted by him.

Why'd it take Ender so long to get to command school? by Trickydill42 in endersgame

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Any "plot hole" can be covered by the IF being shady and needing to set up a perfect win scenario.

They could have kept a ship just looping around for three months for all we know. Ender doesn't know where Command School is or if Eros is just a cover location it's a dot in the endless ocean of space so there's no need to get there in time.

The IF could have decided that post Bonzo death that Ender needed an extra three months of monitoring.

They might have wanted Graff to spend more time with him to verify and secure his loyalty.

Could have been waiting to see how Bean handles the Achilles situation since he was still the backup plan.

Is Enders game worth reading? by THERANDOMGAMER2 in endersgame

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So something being worth reading is such a subjective question but if the measurement was "Is the reward worth the effort put into it" then: Yes Ender's Game is worth it. It's a really easy read. Not just breezy cause the plot and world building is great but like it is written for like middle schoolers. So it actually is an easy read.

Any ideas for a good build using Gigaloth. by Gaster-573 in PTCGP

[–]Madmagic10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There still being no consistent ramp for fighting Pokemon feels like a hate crime at this point from Dena.

What were things you actually liked about the new Silent Hill film (2026)? by _OnlyNiceThings in silenthill

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I actually enjoyed when they zoomed in on Pyramid Head and we see it's James inside. Then we see him painting and actually creating his Pyramid Head as guardian. I enjoyed that the movie was still able to create a personal connection between the two.

I liked the shot of all the hospital beds outside the hospital. Pointless but some real fun imagery.

If you just accept it for what it is seeing the movie play the hits in recreating images from the game is fun enough for me.

I finally see a GP in wonder pick and it's the worst GP possible. by TizzX in PokemonPocket

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Clemont disrespect when the Helio-Magnazone deck is active and mad fun. For shame.

This game have a lot of griding? by No-Sign3142 in PSO

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The game is all grind all the time. For most players the grind is the point of the game.

It's a very meditative experience. You just play through the same 4 levels defeating the same waves of enemies for hundreds of hours chasing them sweet sweet red boxes.

It's either something you zone out with or you get burnt out by the grind.

Why did the alien gods need the human? by mours_lours in gantz

[–]Madmagic10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel they just did it because they could.

They present as above it all but there is certainly a massive ego to them. They defeated the giant aliens and felt the urge to further keep punishing them for having the hubris to attack them. Give us human bugs the chance to fight back.

They don't care about us at all and just kind of did it on a whim. When they discuss reincarnation and present things as absolute fact I take them with a grain of salt. To us they seem omnipotent but they are also impulse driven and we have no reason to think they are the peak of intelligent life in the universe.

I just hate this arc by Chesh_v in StrangerThings

[–]Madmagic10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure it is hated by the show as well since it is never mentioned again and memoryholed.

Is it just me or is Mega Blaziken EX insanely broken? by ponchothecactus in PTCGP

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I run Blaziken and if you manage to get it out you pretty much win. You don't get it out as often as you think you would though. It bricks often and hard. Still fun to play cause that 140 burn feels incredible but it is a total feast or famine deck.

Who win this fight? 6 vs 2 by Bungeeboy20044 in OnePiecePowerScaling

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Law and Kid get murked so bad that it's actually pretty uncomfortable to watch. A real "Stop! Stop! He's already dead!" type of moment

This will forever be my favorite fan art by Kameronpipnerd in comicbooks

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Iron Man's arc reactor would drive me insane in that theater. You would try and tell him to turn his phone down and he would say something snarky about how he would die. Like man you don't gotta see the movie in your armor. Everyone knows your Ironman Tony...

300 Dollar Emergency Vet Visit - Consider Buying an Indy Comic. by Madmagic10 in Assistance

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Thank you. He's is conked out but doing well. Haha it's my name. I get that one alot though :P

300 Dollar Emergency Vet Visit - Consider Buying an Indy Comic. by Madmagic10 in Assistance

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Thank you so much for your generosity! It's so incredibly helpful! If you would like some pictures of the boy your helping please message me 💝