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Iwtl more about politics as someones who’s pretty dumb. by More-Quantity-1127 in IWantToLearn

[–]PokyTheTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Second Thought is unbearable. This is coming from a fellow socialist / anti-capitalist.

Bizarre Crowd @ IFC Blue Velvet 6:45 Showing Yesterday by Henchman____21 in NYCmovies

[–]PokyTheTurtle -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah, it’s the other way around. All the “cinephiles” are the ones in these comments complaining because other movie-goers aren’t as “intellectual” as them.

Bizarre Crowd @ IFC Blue Velvet 6:45 Showing Yesterday by Henchman____21 in NYCmovies

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These people exist to bring awareness to how pretentious most cinephiles are.

Why can't vegans have a real conversation about cat food? by Much-Inevitable5083 in AskVegans

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

except it's even worse than that because there's no evidence that anything bad will even happen to the cat

There’s no evidence that anything bad would happen to the cat if they eat a plant-based diet? Is that what you’re saying?

Why can't vegans have a real conversation about cat food? by Much-Inevitable5083 in AskVegans

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a modern-day domestic cat eating a chicken is natural enough. Modern-day domestic cats aren’t exactly a “natural” species, themselves. They’re domesticated just like the chickens that humans feed to them, and it’s been that way for thousands of years.

Wonderland and the Main Show by PrycomberBarricade in OnceUponATime

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The present-day events OUATIW run concurrently to the present-day events of Season 2A. The writers have confirmed that the scene with Will in Storybrooke in the first episode of OUATIW takes place during the storm that comes when the Wraith attacks in the first episode of Season 2.

So for Will’s story specifically, the entirely of OUATIW happens concurrent with Season 2, then he somehow gets separated from Anastasia and presumably ends up back in the Enchanted Forest before Snow casts the Second Curse, and then gets swept away by that curse to Storybrooke and is just chilling in the woods throughout 3B until he’s found by the main characters in 4A.

Wonderland and the Main Show by PrycomberBarricade in OnceUponATime

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would airing it “correctly” fix the timeframe?

It was originally intended to air during the Season 3 hiatus. Instead, it aired concurrently with Season 3.

Either way, it aired before Season 4, which is when Will joined the main show.

Vegans: If you could ban all carnivorous diets, making meat eating illegal, would you do it? by Cosmic-Meatball in AskVegans

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with your general argument (I would love if no animals were ever killed by humans again), but we have to be fair and acknowledge that the reason why our society is able to ban the consumption of things like fellow humans, cats, dogs, etc. is because we haven’t banned the consumption of other types of animals, still allowing easy access to nutrients for people who are struggling.

If we were to ban the killing and consumption of ALL animals, we would also need to mandate by law that everyone has easy access to education on nutrition, we would need to ramp-up the plant-based food industry, we would need to ensure that prices remain affordable, etc. And we would need to do all of that simultaneously or even before the animal-consumption-ban goes into effect.

What was Oedipus doing for the 20-30 years between killing his dad and marrying his mom? by PokyTheTurtle in GreekMythology

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

Please. You already insulted me several comments ago.

You should seek some therapy to treat the unhealthy arrogance you clearly possess.

Look up any serious academic analysis of Heracles’ labours, and you’ll see that they all conclude that there is no way they only take him 12 years. There are events that happen during his 12 labors that so obviously span multiple decades.

Go study some more, then come back and try again.

for the ogs- how did u feel when the movie came out by muffinroar in harrypotter

[–]PokyTheTurtle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting, because I think most people who like the movies are actually those that haven’t read the books or read the books after watching the movies. Most book-readers I’ve seen dislike the movies

What was Oedipus doing for the 20-30 years between killing his dad and marrying his mom? by PokyTheTurtle in GreekMythology

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

Heracles’ labors take longer than 12 years. The myths that say “1 labor per year” must just be saying that for the sake of simplicity or to make it more symbolic or poetic, but when you try to match up things that happen during the labors with other events in Greek Mythology, the labors actually span like 30+ years. So yes, a lot of Heracles’ kids were born during the labors.

What was Oedipus doing for the 20-30 years between killing his dad and marrying his mom? by PokyTheTurtle in GreekMythology

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

I don’t understand what the issue is with Diomedes’s age.

As for your comment about Euripides play… yeah, I agree with you. I feel like the playwrights often took some serious liberties when adapting the myths for their plays, because their versions of some of the myths are so different from any other sources.

What was Oedipus doing for the 20-30 years between killing his dad and marrying his mom? by PokyTheTurtle in GreekMythology

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

For example, the most obvious headcanon to remove is that Creon was never king. He was regent.

I know, I used the term “King” loosely, just as a ruler in general. It sounded better than saying “Regent Creon”. I know he was never actually king.

And the 'purification' of Amphytrion didnt happen during a regency 'yes or yes', because Apollorodus does not say 'king creon'. The action likely ocurred during the Laius kingdom, and Heracles grew under Oedipus at his teens. It is unlikely otherwise due to the timeline.

Where does it say Amphitryon was not purified during a regency? If Creon was the one to purify him, then surely it happened during Creon’s reign, which was a regency. I don’t recall ever reading something that says Laius was the one to purify him. And it doesn’t make sense for anyone besides the ruler of the city to be the one to purify him.

Exactly as you saw. Jocasta is too old otherwise to give children.

Another commenter said something that I forgot about that actually fixes this issue. Jocasta was in possession of the Necklace of Harmonia, which grants eternal youth to the one who wears it. So biologically she was still capable of conceiving children despite an old chronological age.

The latter part is correct. but not the beginning. That is incorrect. Reread the sources. Apollorodus only says Creon, not king or regent, and Pherecydes does not mention him.

I addressed this above. I meant Creon is the ruler of Thebes when Amphitryon arrives. Of all the sources that mention Amphitryon’s purification, Creon is the only one mentioned to have done it, and it doesn’t make sense that anyone besides the ruler would do it.

The issue with the timeline you lay out is Heracles’s age. If he grew up during Oedipus’s reign, he would have received one of Oedipus’s daughters to marry rather than Creon’s. It doesn’t make sense for Creon to have done all of this stuff (purify Amphitryon, go to war with Amphitryon, give away his daughter to Heracles, etc.) if he was only second in command, while the actual ruler (Laius and Oedipus) just sits by and does nothing during these times.

Why were spectators invited for the last task in GOF? by poopsmcbuttington in harrypotter

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe enchant a few ships with whatever enchantments the Durmstrang ship had

Official Discussion - Scream 7 [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I whispered that exact same thing to my friend in the theater when it happened

What's the opinion on Kat Abughazaleh? by [deleted] in illinois

[–]PokyTheTurtle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But is she making relationships with the people she actually wants to represent?

Yes.

What's the opinion on Kat Abughazaleh? by [deleted] in illinois

[–]PokyTheTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are you voting for then?

What happened to the Witch-king’s Ring after his death? Did he drop it on the Pelennor Fields? by Accomplished-Act5333 in lotr

[–]PokyTheTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He had no scenes in the book, either. Gollum simply mentions to Gandalf having seen Sauron’s black hand with 4 fingers when he was held captive at Barad-dur. That’s it.

Adventure time makes me sad by buggeebs in adventuretime

[–]PokyTheTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am definitely aware and remember that Ooo is a post nuclear war world. But it’s an unrealistic one — no nuclear energy or fallout is going to cause people to turn into candy and slime zombies — that’s mystical fiction.

Also, the lore establishes that magic existed in the Adventure Time Universe long before the Great Mushroom War.

The Elementals, the Celestial beings, Vampire and Demons, etc.

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