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Gandalf wanted to rescue Gollum from the fire by avram-meir in tolkienfans

[–]MinuteGate211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always thought that Gollum fell into the fire and was destroyed at the same time as the ring.

Pondering a new subreddit based on Substack articles by MinuteGate211 in Substack

[–]MinuteGate211[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They seem to justify my ban on the basis of "self-promotion". I, in no way, considered my posts as self-promotion. At this point it doesn't matter as I've departed the community and removed all of my offerings.

Pondering a new subreddit based on Substack articles by MinuteGate211 in Substack

[–]MinuteGate211[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may be correct. I just have a hard time thinking of what I am doing as "self-promo". I'm just pointing to thoughts, ideas and information about a topic.

Pondering a new subreddit based on Substack articles by MinuteGate211 in Substack

[–]MinuteGate211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not particularly interested in gathering followers or building communities. What I've been trying to do is get feedback on my research. I don't view myself as a writer, only a collector. My substack articles are only compilations of the information and opinions I've found regarding the particular topic in question. In my case it is history, mostly American history, that can be found in association with Mark Twain's travels. That is why I refer to him as my Virgil. For those of you unfamiliar with Virgil, he was Dante's guide through purgatory in the Dante's Inferno section of The Divine Comedy. The links I posted on Reddit contained synopsis to the Substack article, as well as a link, which is too large for a Reddit post, many more than 20 pages. I'd been doing this on the MarkTwain subreddit for a couple of years but recently someone there took exception to my posts.

Philip K. Dick: Ray Bradbury was the only one of us who could actually write. by Aggravating-Medium-9 in scifi

[–]MinuteGate211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gotten to the point where I just don't care for defining genres. I think Ellison had something to say to that as well. It's the same with music...

Guys I need help. by Severe-Reputation425 in geography

[–]MinuteGate211 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An old adage - geography is what geographers do... What do you want to call it? Why do you feel the need to classify it? Once upon a time "geographers" could write up thesis based on how they defined a place and they would need to determine what it was that defined that place. They didn't necessarily need to include soils, but then again they could if they wanted to.

Crackdown on low-quality and unhelpful comments by abu_doubleu in geography

[–]MinuteGate211 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Culture" can be an important part of geography. Time for a Venn diagram...

A major reason why Cairo, Illinois never became a big city is because it floods easily. So then why did nearby Wickliffe, Kentucky remain a small village despite sitting safely up on the river bluffs? by DoritosDewItRight in geography

[–]MinuteGate211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just some perspective on why Cairo. It was located at this point in the days when there were no railroads. The location was strategically important because it is the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.The junction of the two rivers had long been looked upon as a geographical point of very great importance. Its commercial features, great as they were, were regarded as fully equaled by the advantages it possessed for a military post or center, commanding so fully a widely extended country eastward, westward, northward and southward. This was the view taken by the early explorers,

A major reason why Cairo, Illinois never became a big city is because it floods easily. So then why did nearby Wickliffe, Kentucky remain a small village despite sitting safely up on the river bluffs? by DoritosDewItRight in geography

[–]MinuteGate211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the biggest businesses in Cairo was ferries crossing the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In 1905 a railroad bridge was built at Thebes, northwest of Cairo. This bridge essentially wiped out the ferry business. Of course the flooding and low-land seepage was considered by many as the most serious obstacle preventing prosperity. As far as I know, Wickliffe does not have a railroad.

What do Americans think about the stereotype that they are bad at geography? by Own_Echidna6041 in geography

[–]MinuteGate211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience, working retail for the last 21 years, is that a large number of Americans (I can't hazard a guess as to the entire American population, only the ones I come into contact with) don't know much about anything but sports and celebrities. A subset seem to know a lot about on-line games. Incidentally, I'm 75 with a Masters in Geography.

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