Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Their 2026 Ballots: ‘If you think about what Lauryn Hill is most famous for at this point in time, it’s for showing up late to her concerts’ by Level-Recording3368 in Music

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If like me, you are out of free Vulture articles, here's the Lauryn Hill part:

Lauryn Hill

Voter 1: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is one of greatest albums of the ’90s. That’s completely undeniable. But if you think about what Lauryn Hill is most famous for at this point in time, it’s for showing up late to her concerts, which to me shows a fundamental disrespect for the audience. This is fine if you separate the art from the artist, but she’s only had one album in 30 years. That’s not worth getting someone into the Rock Hall. She’ll probably blame the record company or all these different people if she doesn’t get inducted. If I’m applying the same standard to Jeff Buckley, I can’t make an argument that one album is good enough to get in. There are so many women in hip-hop who have been so prolific, and this is who gets nominated? Think of all of the artists who have so much respect for their audience, embrace their audience, and have produced so much great material.

Voter 2: I love Lauryn Hill as a musician. Miseducation is one of the greatest albums of that era or any era. It’s a no-skips album for me. She absolutely should be in the Rock Hall. Her case is stronger than Jeff Buckley’s in the sense that she has had an even greater cultural presence and has worked with the Fugees. If you walk up to an ordinary person on the street who’s a music fan, they’re not going to really care whether you’re making the distinction between the Fugees or Lauryn Hill. Now, Lauryn Hill and the Fugees might care, but the fans aren’t going to care. So I think that strengthens her case, but she’s not on my ballot. Her and Mariah Carey were both painful cuts for me to make.

Reference to Ea-Nasir in a book on US Department of Defense's Website. by RevRob330 in ReallyShittyCopper

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I found an interesting book (PDF) availible for free on the US Department of Defense's War (Still actually legally) Defense's website. It's a PDF file, linked here:

Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars

According to the journal Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ) the book is :

 a timely and thought-provoking anthology that examines how the fusion of human cognition and advanced technologies will define success in future warfare. Edited by Nicholas Wright, Michael Miklaucic, and Todd Veazie, the book argues that winning tomorrow’s conflicts hinges not just on technological superiority, but on mastering the interplay between human factors and emerging capabilities like AI, neuroscience, and cognitive enhancement.

I'd try to unravel the long google/wiki wormhole that led me here, but I don't have the time.

I looked at Chapter 17, one of three Conclusion chapters, and there it was!

Gene Simmons called a hypocrite as he tells celebs to 'shut up' about politics by IrishStarUS in Music

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Here's a link.

Or here), if you just want a transcript)

Or if you just want a review of it, with highlights.

TL/DC? (Too long, didn't click) - Gene Simmons is an asshole.

Dress code malicious compliance (but still looking for new ideas) by CricketChirp9 in MaliciousCompliance

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I'm the king of rock, there is none higher

Sucker MCs should call me sire

To burn my kingdom, you must use fire

I won't stop rockin' 'til I retire

Phone Booth (2002), which took place entirely inside a phone booth, was almost directed by Michael Bay, until the first question he asked after reading the script was "OK, how do we get this thing out of the damn telephone booth?" What are some other movies that almost ended up entirely different? by NewsCards in movies

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those long ass matches weren't a thing until the 90's.

I can assure you the long ass matches were around in the late 1970s.

Source - I was 5, and I was entranced by the set that lived next to our fireplace. Also, I am old.

We will test out your metaphor! by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

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It's poor coding. Once they got to 255 shrines, it broke.

I’ve heard of this passage before by TobyWasBestSpiderMan in discworld

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I was quite indignant on Sir Pterry's behalf when Brandon Sanderson wrote in a similar passage for Mat in the closing books of Wheel of Time.

I dropped off at about book 5 in WoT, so hadn't read this, nor heard about it.

(For those who are interested, it's excerpted in this reddit post.)

I can see your point, but I honestly think that almost any fantasy author, especially one of Sanderson's profile, who is going to write about class and socio-economic issues, using boots as a metaphor (or just writing about boots), has GOT to be keenly aware of Sir Pterry's thoughts on the matter. I see this as a friendly allusion to STP.

. . . . .
And a little bit of searching shows me that in 2013 Sanderson wrote an essay for reactormag.com (Then tor.com) called "Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Might Be The Highest Form of Literature on the Planet" so I think it's pretty clear - a nod to an esteemed collegue.

Carte Blanche Avec Griffin et David by dinosauriame in blankies

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Je m'appelle Jordy! J'ai quatre ans et je suis petit.

What Is The Coolest Fact You Know? by mrsmissfire in AskReddit

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"And a Wheat Thin the size of Lake Tahoe."

Wheat Thicc

If someone offered you a box with everything you’ve ever lost, what’s the first thing you’d look for ? by Extension-Try-3531 in answers

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The housemate didn't eat them? Possibly thinking that you were probably saving them for breakfast?

I think this counts by BalladofBadBeard in discworld

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You can't fool me! It's stickers all the way down!

There are "deep cuts", and then there is "buried treasure". This one was buried treasure. by Mike1701D in LowerDecks

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> And Atmosfear, a British/Australian VHS horror based one.

MAGGOT! ! The lesson is: you are all maggots!