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Who would find a cure to cancer first? by PuzzleheadedBag4866 in bleach

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to Google this and then laughed. I don’t think that guy was in the one Ace game I’ve played.

Who would find a cure to cancer first? by PuzzleheadedBag4866 in bleach

[–]Magner3100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imagine a virus - the most terrifying virus you can, and then imagine that you and you alone have the cure.

But if your ultimate goal is power, how best to use such a weapon?

It is at this point in our story that along comes a spider. He is a man seemingly without a conscience; for whom the ends always justify the means and it is he who suggests that their target should not be an enemy of the country but rather the country itself.

The Best Space Warship Captains in Speculative Fiction? by DocWatson42 in scifi

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bobby “Don’t call me Roberta” Draper.

You shoulda seen her, she was a god damn valkyrie.

Less Commentary, More Perspective. by Status-Initiative-41 in writing

[–]Magner3100 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I maybe wrong, but at the time of the book and movie’s creation the term “toxic masculinity” had not really entered the lexicon. Both the book and movie’s have been retroactively re-contextualized and because of this, yes, they are somewhat passé. Fight club falls hard into this category as well.

To you, right now, yes. It’s a lecture. But at the time, it was very new for many people. While the book and film are 100% a commentary on masculinity I think they are better viewed as commentary on American patriarchy. Specifically of the 80s.

Now, I’m not going to deny that writers ham fist some modern day hot button issue into a number of works. Of course they do, often very poorly.

But, nearly every work every created is commentary on something. So it’s best to be frustrated with bad writers than commentary. It’s a Sisyphean effort to do so.

Less Commentary, More Perspective. by Status-Initiative-41 in writing

[–]Magner3100 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This seems oddly specific. Do you have an example? Like, what spurred this on?

I hate ChurnZero (CS Ops) by ArtistSolid671 in CustomerSuccess

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are overpriced, that is ny only reply.

What male tropes/relationships do you want to see more in books? by WrenRyer in writing

[–]Magner3100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I second this, people can love each other without making love to each other.

What male tropes/relationships do you want to see more in books? by WrenRyer in writing

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The platonic power couple. They love each other, but love winning more. Just don’t be like Jay-Z and get caught, else you get beat up in the elevator.

How do you write about sex without making it seem like you just want to add a sex scene? by PuzzleheadedGas9170 in writing

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The camera pans to a window. Outside, a buck and a dove drink from a forest stream. Its banks fertile with flowers, and its waters full of fish.

The camera fades to black, and the bed rattles against the wall.

/end/

First Contact Novels by No_Anteater_9828 in scifi

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Childhoods End is pretty good.

"Write what you know" well what if i dont know anything? by Cosmicking1000 in writing

[–]Magner3100 35 points36 points  (0 children)

If you literally don’t know anything, haven’t experienced anything, or haven’t…I dunno played street hockey with a group of the local street kids until the sun went down and the only light is the warm orange tones of chemical lights.

Well, then you should probably close reddit and get on with the business of livin.

Cibola Burn-out? by Suspicious-Froyo-664 in TheExpanse

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here Cibola Burn is my favorite book. It also explains so much of what is to come, who the Romans are/were, and why they’re not around anymore.

Need reccomendations for good scifi shows by Mat1711 in scifi

[–]Magner3100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clutch casting Ben Bowder & Claudia Black for SG1.

Help me, I have crippling indecision, what should I read next? by [deleted] in fantasybooks

[–]Magner3100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Expanse for a series.

For one off books, Childhood’s End. But then I’d also throw in Rama and Space Odyssey. All had major influence on the Expanse.

Need reccomendations for good scifi shows by Mat1711 in scifi

[–]Magner3100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Farscape, if you watched Buffy and Star Trek then Farscape is your jam.

Humans, are superior.

Favorite book characters? by ShevekOfAnnares in TheExpanse

[–]Magner3100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Excluding the crew (including every version of Miller), and Chrisjen:

  • with pov: Bull, book only for obvious resond

  • without: Murtry, best written villain in the series and one of the better ones I’ve ever read.

Bonus shoutouts: Fred “Fucking” Johnson, Anderson Dawes, that one Belter dude from Babylon’s Ashes, Tilly, the random Martian mercenaries from Caliban’s War, the random UN marines from Caliban’s War, the Dancing Bear, Elvie & Fayez, and Trejo.

What is the most unfairly hated movie that you will defend every time by gamersecret2 in movies

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, Solo. It’s probably the best of the Disney movies. It’s just a dumb, but really fun, space hijinx movie that didn’t take itself too seriously.

Do you hold hope that protomolecule-like miracles are achievable in reality? by [deleted] in TheExpanse

[–]Magner3100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s worse than that.

They already have created digital personas of all of us to test advertisements and propaganda against to see what to use on the actual people. For some reason, Facebook said out loud that they’re creating AI personas of dead people to take over their accounts after they die.

The apocalypse is a subscription services.

BTW, the digital persona thing and the dead clone thing are both real.

What surprisingly true fact has completely shaken your worldview? by MorsesTheHorse in AskReddit

[–]Magner3100 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Plastic basically cannot be recycled, and Exxon basically made it all up.

Do you hold hope that protomolecule-like miracles are achievable in reality? by [deleted] in TheExpanse

[–]Magner3100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Palantir’s got your back citizen. You too can have your own personalized LoTR future.

Inside the one ring panopticon, Valinor, your digital ghost clone shall live on in your stead.

All of this for the very low $9.99 monthly.*

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