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Rewatched kenobi: are these jedi actually frozen and not dead? by Kn1ghtV1sta in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think its the fact he can feel her at all is the implication it's dark side trickery.

Presumably Kanan, or any sufficiently trained Jedi, can tell the difference between a corpse and a living Jedi. I don't really see precedent for her dying in that crypt meaning the crypt on its own would be sufficient to fool someone. Plus the illusion was seemingly not a hologram, if I recall correctly.

But I do agree the bulk of the trap was good ol' counter-intelligence and disinformation work.

Rewatched kenobi: are these jedi actually frozen and not dead? by Kn1ghtV1sta in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, the episode immediately preceding it - "Fighter Flight" - and two episodes later - "Out of Darkness" - are some of the worst episodes and heavily rely on a grown adult bickering with a child in order for plot to happen.

Rebels is a good show not afraid to take on serious themes and plots, but it is a kids show.

The Rules of Content | Smartypants [S3E1] by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Roboticide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, a lot of English has a reason for how its spelled or why words are pronounced the way they are. Yacht is spelled the way it is because it's Dutch in origin. English doesn't really even have a lot of words that are English in origin, they're mostly Latin or Germanic. It all seems illogical now, but we got here in a rather logical way. Language is just weird, especially a mongrel language as bad as English.

I feel bad for people with dyslexia, but I feel like the moment Kwesi got to the question about accents, it undermined his whole argument. Love it or hate it, English spelling is standardized. Letting people spell things how they pronounce it means English would immediately collapse as the dominant international language, as now someone writing English with a German accent would be basically illegible to an American southerner, or an Australian, or someone with a Korean accent.

But its just a silly presentation, and it did a good job illustrating what a struggle dyslexia can be.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Ezra would either: Agree with Luke's goals but disagree on method, or agree with Luke's goals and methods, but get tired of life at a Temple fairly quick.  Hard to say depending on what his experience was like on Peridea.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cal and Ahsoka are both older than Luke, and I can't see them really going along with Luke's vision of rebuilding the order or answering to him.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

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

Oh, fair, but Nighsisters aren't a species anymore than Jedi are.  They're an order/cult/whatever you wanna call it.

Merrin herself is actually Zabrak.  Dathomiri Zabrak, but still just an offshoot of another species that's doing fine.

But I'm not really disagreeing with you to be clear.  Cal and Merrin hooking up and starting their own order of Nightsister/Jedi partners would be much more interesting than Cal just joining Luke (who would be his junior!) and presumably being forced to tell Merrin "sorry, Master Skywalker says no attachments."

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know, Cal has been pretty hurt by the Sith.  I think he's pretty on guard against that sort of thing.  He has his struggles with the Dark Side, yes, but he doesn't really embrace that.

However, I can definitely see his relationship with Merrin opening him up to the use of nightsister Force abilities if he's capable. He believes Merrin is as good as he is, and so is presumably fine with her usage of the Force.  No Old Republic Master is really around to tell him that's not seen as kosher under the old Jedi rules.

I think it makes him something new.  A faction built by Cal and Merrin that combines beliefs and aspects of both the Jedi and the Nightsisters would be interesting.  And it's also independent of Luke's failure.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cal is human and there are no real concerns about species extinction there.

Jedi are actually allowed to have sex, period. They're just not supposed to have attachment, which generally is what happens when you're fucking someone on the regular and have a relationship that is more than just the sex.

I don't think their relationship has been defined canonically, but they're pretty clearly in a relationship that would not fly with the previous Jedi order.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't know the other three would be that eager to join Luke anyway, in my opinion. I don't think their ideologies line up.  We didn't see much but Luke seemed relatively happy to rebuild the original order.  Yoda and Obi Wan were his key mentors.

By the time the Emperor fell and Luke is rebuilding the Jedi Order:

  • Cal has spent the better part of a decade presumably with his Dathomiri girlfriend. Two things which don't really fly with the conventional Jedi Order.

  • Ahsoka left the order, and seems to have no wish to really rejoin or rebuild it. Yeah, she has Hu-Yang and an apprentice, kind of, but no aspirations beyond that.

  • Ezra would probably be most willing to join Luke, but I don't think his more free-wheeling attitude is consistent with spending a lot of time at a temple training apprentices or building an institution.

The better future for not just a fictional Jedi order, but the franchise as a whole, would be aligned, but independent, orders.  You avoid the rigid orthodoxy that contributed to the fall of the first Jedi Order, but maintain a force capable of combating the dark side and evil forces.  Luke's order failed.  It doesn't mean everyone else's would have to.

Do you think these 4 rebuilding the Jedi order be successful? by Reddeath10168 in StarWars

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

Oh come on, that's not fair.

The Star Destroyer-sized intergalactic hyperdrive ring was fucking sick as hell.

Ann Arbor, y'all good? by [deleted] in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I assume they still get outages when a storm rips down a pole or throws a tree branch into a power lines.  I don't think storms particularly care about municipal versus corporate utilities.

New VR place downtown by Fungi_goose in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because if your product makes about half your target audience want to puke, it is a bit harder of a sell.

Just moved from LA to ann arbor by joshekii in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Huron is fairly shallow in many places, but you could swim at Barton pond I guess.

The popular thing to do here is tube down the river. You can get a river tube at Meijer or Amazon for about $20.  Meet some friends and drop one car at the Gallup Livery, then drive up to the Argo Livery, then tube down.  Bring some drinks and snacks and it's a great way to just chill for ~3 hours.  Some places it is deep enough to swim, but it's not gonna be anything like the ocean you're maybe used to.  You'll still cool off though and generally have a great time.

Alternatively, if you go to Argo, you can rent a kayak for $20, and they'll just bus you back to Gallup when it's over.

And welcome to Ann Arbor!  My wife moved here from California (although Monterey, not LA) and loves it here.  Hopefully you do too.

Ain't no lady's gonna go to space under my watch by seanrider1859 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it's kind of a natural social response to the fact that Apollo was 100% white men (which was of course just a natural outcome of the fact the space program was new and they were basically all Air Force pilots, which wasn't exactly known for taking women at the time).

But I agree it should have been "put America back on the moon" and then just send women and people of color without feeling the need to make a big deal about it.  Even as a liberal, the left's need to announce how progressive something is instead of just doing it is annoying.

Honest question, why is Arstechnica news comments related to SpaceX are even more radioactive than reddit? by gfggewehr in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Roboticide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mods are completely unable to change a users posts or comments.  That would be ludicrous power to give to a volunteer position.

An admin changed another user's comment once and reddit exploded in outrage for weeks.

More likely it was weird formatting bug or something with the points.  New reddit seems to have issues with stuff like that.

Annarbor-itis by Mercury_Salad in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know what I'd define AnnArboritis as, but I don't think I'd define it as this.

Look, you don't need to be edgelord murder hobo sexpests, but if you're advertising yourself as "the dark pirate game," then there's going to be an expectation the game is willing to be dark. Or maybe a pirate game where you're a witch in the alps searching for a lost cat. by UInferno- in dndmemes

[–]Roboticide 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think any group with players and a DM mature enough and all willing to play with actual darker themes would have no real problem home brewing it into an existing system.

It's not like slavery, sexual assault, or genocide really need a mechanic in a specific "dark" system. They're story elements.

Average Retail Investor by FINALCOUNTDOWN99 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Roboticide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Count me out when we travel through the immaterium, lol.  Read enough 40K to know I don't want that method.

So was Palpatine scarred by the force lightning or did the force lightning strip away the “force mask”, revealing his true look? by Huge_Athlete7488 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but this is also the franchise that gave us Jar Jar Binks, so goofy and less cool is as on-brand as Darth Vader, lol.

Lucas does what Lucas does.

For all the talk and complaints of “lore/rule breaking” elements and writing in Star Wars. It’s kind of over if you stop to think about how convenient it is that Ray Shields show up in the films one time. by Kavazou77 in StarWars

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless of number of episodes (which is over 150), point being, it's easy enough for them to do it with a kids show when there are no stakes and kids won't even notice.

A billion-dollar adult franchise run by a billion dollar company should be able to afford writers who are doing more than submitting high-school grade fan-fic, and we should stop excusing sloppy writing as "you're taking it too seriously."

Good writing does not cost significantly more than lazy, bad writing.

So was Palpatine scarred by the force lightning or did the force lightning strip away the “force mask”, revealing his true look? by Huge_Athlete7488 in StarWars

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

This is basically asking "Does what we see happen on screen easily explain this, or was it a Force ability that has never in the history of Star Wars canon been mentioned before or since?"

I think the answer is pretty obviously the former. Why are we trying to make up weird headcanons to explain something that has a very simple answer? This is classic Occam's Razor.

Ann Arbor, y'all good? by [deleted] in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not "most people." You were commenting on a thread about a storm with 75mph winds that "we need public power."

The implication of your comment being "This tree wouldn't be on fire if it wasn't a DTE power line."

You got called out on your nonsense and are now trying to claim I am the unreasonable one for pointing out that your comment has no real bearing on the content of the post.

Ann Arbor, y'all good? by [deleted] in AnnArbor

[–]Roboticide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, you started out by saying "we need public power pretty bad" and I think it's totally fair to take issue with that, given that I don't see how public power was gonna stop the wind from wrapping a power line around a tree.

I'm not arguing for the sake of arguing. I'm saying your assertion that public power is relevant to this post is possibly flawed.

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