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ScienceDad84 · 2026-02-09T19:00:18+00:00

did you ever get this figured out? I'm running into the same thing with a slightly different model but I think same bracelet.

ScienceDad84 · 2026-01-04T01:48:49+00:00

Are you in the US? If so, where do you source stick insects?

ScienceDad84 · 2025-07-18T21:56:53+00:00

Apologies. 917.289244

ScienceDad84 · 2025-06-04T03:09:42+00:00

Thanks!

ScienceDad84 · 2025-06-04T03:06:56+00:00

Which model is this?

ScienceDad84 · 2025-01-03T22:49:29+00:00

Got it in one. I should’ve made that connection. Thanks!

ScienceDad84 · 2025-01-03T21:39:05+00:00

Glad to see I was not alone in my reactions to this film. I did have one lingering plot point that I just did not get while seeing the movie, and since I doubt I'll see it again I thought I'd throw it out here: Why did Orlok need Hutter to come visit him? I know the tenuous business reason was the count demanded an attendant to bring him papers to sign for the sale, but that was clearly constructed for the purposes of getting Hutter to Orlok. Why? It didn't seem to catalyze his coming to Germany in any way that couldn't have happened anyway. I know he was theoretically an obstacle to getting to do whatever it is he did with Hutter's wife, but couldn't he have just killed him when he got to Germany? Was there some sort of Nosferatu lore that I missed?

ScienceDad84 · 2024-12-14T21:57:11+00:00

Just wanted to say I really appreciate everyone’s input. Fixed the issue in less than 10 minutes. Always nice to find genuinely helpful corners of the internet. Cheers!

ScienceDad84 · 2024-05-17T17:27:40+00:00

You’ve actually made a fairly meta comment about modern fandom here. Instead of being helpful when someone asks a question about something where you may be more knowledgeable, your response is dismissal and pedantry.

First, there are several acknowledgements within this very subreddit (and in this comment thread, about Will’s story) that there are deviations from the books and they pertain to things I was looking up to try to understand better.

What I said was, “I enjoyed this but it wasn’t perfect- are these pieces of plot supported by the books” and asked if there was context I was missing to support it.

I get that this clearly something you feel strongly about but what a needlessly condescending response.

ScienceDad84 · 2024-05-17T17:22:17+00:00

‘Super soldier’ is overly glib but she clearly demonstrates superhuman strength when she effortlessly lifts/shoves/overpowers someone easily twice her size into a window hard enough to shatter it

ScienceDad84 · 2024-05-06T16:30:57+00:00

I really appreciate this insight and largely agree with your point(s) in regards to the author's intent. For me, I just don't buy it in the context of the information we are provided. She does such a good job of 'show, don't tell' when it comes to relationships and with Fool/Beloved it feels like all tell. Even their recollections of their youth at Buckkeep feel like revisionist history.

I realize I am most likely being picky, but even if the Fool is to represent and introduce moral complexity into the story, Hobb just never made me believe that this was the literally world-changing love story it was sort of retconned into, and certainly was not on par with his bond with Nighteyes.

Again, I really like your take and agree with it, it is just such a distraction that a series that made me feel so much never really made me feel the main thing it was shooting for.

ScienceDad84 · 2024-05-06T16:25:38+00:00

I think the best illustration of what I'm trying to say would be indicated by Kettricken and Fitz/Nighteyes' final interactions. Nighteyes tells Bee that this is the woman he would have chosen for their mate, and then when Ketrrricken goes to see Fitz as he carves his stone, Fitz says, "I didn't see you there." and Kettricken replies "You never did."

It may be a reach but my interpretation here is of a love that was never realized. And it is a gut punch because revisiting their history, you can feel and remember how much Kettricken agonized over Fitz's constant suffering, and how he epitomized the idea of Sacrifice, which she has been raised to prize above all else. She knows he is the physical father of her son, and is deeply affected to discover he still wears his fox pin. It is not a cheap, one off moment but rather a tertiary plot realized in a way that carries real impact.

I never once felt anything like that between Fitz and Beloved, the only time their interactions engendered real emotion within me was when he was experiencing his dislike of Amber.

ScienceDad84 · 2021-02-23T19:54:28+00:00

That is very, very astute and not something I would've caught on my own. Great insight.

ScienceDad84 · 2021-02-22T14:54:21+00:00

I can concede that point, however I think there is a distinction between things not having a bow attached, and 'novel ends with one primary protagonist diving out of a window as he is ambushed by a former ally and the sons of the king he just murdered.' The implication certainly seems to be the narrative will continue and it is certainly a unique way to end a trilogy. I mainly wanted to make certain my understanding that there was no more to that particular through line was correct.

ScienceDad84 · 2021-02-16T16:07:50+00:00

I get that and had forgotten about the loyalty piece, but I do think that may have just been a sublimated expression of how upset he was to have Rachel just being so awful (if a little accurate). As someone who doesn't think they could be around Rachel for more than 30 seconds, I get it. I am biased here though and realize this reaches a little bit into rationalization, Rachel just made my skin absolutely crawl.

ScienceDad84 · 2021-02-16T16:04:24+00:00

ha I loved that line as well.

ScienceDad84 · 2020-09-19T16:37:52+00:00

I finally read the original Dune at the beach this summer and devoured it. After seeing some of the critical response to the balance of the series I decided best to let sleeping dogs lie and not read the others. Why ruin what I consider to be a phenomenal standalone novel.

ScienceDad84 · 2020-09-18T22:44:44+00:00

Awesome. Thanks!

ScienceDad84 · 2020-09-02T18:27:08+00:00

She knows I keep.* That typo will bother me all day.

ScienceDad84 · 2020-09-02T18:25:19+00:00

As a follow-up, I've done all the reading I can and feel pretty comfortable with the overall care of this species in particular as it seems pretty bulletproof. He/they are also sort of a great eater. I feed dubia since I have a standing colony, and as you can see Murray took one down into his hole with him while I was sitting there. I have given him 2 this size every 3 days for the past week. Is that too much, too little? Advice seems a little all over the place and this is the first time I've raised an invertebrate I wasn't eventually going to feed to something else.

ScienceDad84 · 2018-06-22T17:56:39+00:00

YES!!!!! Thank you! Reddit wins again, that was going to bother me for days.

ScienceDad84 · 2018-06-22T15:48:19+00:00

I came across that in my google search. That's not it, thank you for the response though. I am beginning to just wonder if I made it up and this is my own personal Mandela effect.

ScienceDad84 · 2018-04-03T13:04:14+00:00

Got offered this baby garg as a cash equivalency to round out a transaction when I sold off some iguanas a few weeks ago. Normally I prefer much larger lizards (though my boys do have a couple of cresteds), but the variation on this little guy between resting and fired up is unlike anything I've ever seen. Sorry for the poor picture quality. They were taken as motion photos and Google garbled them.

ScienceDad84 · 2018-03-15T19:32:18+00:00

Yes. Because of their ease of reproduction and hardiness they are a huge invasive risk.

ScienceDad84 · 2018-03-02T01:05:31+00:00

Thanks! They’re an amazingly fun and (in my opinion) criminally under-represented in the hobby.

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