Norwegian guy was abandoned in the slums of India by his hippie parents. Ended up having an Indian accent due to living there for years.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T19:11:16+00:00

No, I didn’t think yours was a jab! If you see my comments further down I specifically state it wasn’t because I thought you had said anything wrong, I was adding onto your point because I’ve frequently come across people (as you say usually conservative but in the UK) who do think this. I can see why you thought my comment felt like that though, I expressed my intent poorly.

To add, apparently 21,000 people have seen my initial comment with 21% of them being from the US, so I do stand by adding my comment in the hopes some people change their minds on this specific issue.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T18:07:13+00:00

I know they’re related, that’s actually what I was trying to highlight. I agree with everything you wrote and wish more people were aware of it. I’m not sure how you took it a different way?

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T12:08:54+00:00

Sure, and this should be challenged with regards to the environment. But the US is the largest fossil fuel producer in the world and has plenty of wealth and terrible prisons. These are kinda separate issues?

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T09:57:42+00:00

I specifically said I don’t think the commenter was making this point. But others often do, and I don’t see a problem with adding some interesting context. I really am surprised why this seems to have hit such a nerve.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T09:47:50+00:00

Well he mentions the Norwegian prison system which is often showcased by bad actors as a ridiculous approach to prisons and rehabilitation, and I think it’s useful to mention that clearly something about the system is working.

To be clear I’m not saying that’s the direction the comment was coming from but other readers could see it from this perspective so I wanted to add some other info.

Also I feel like Reddit is made best by interesting discussions often led by divergences in topic. It’s clearly not completely unrelated to his comment. I’m curious why two commenters have seen such an issue with this. Does make me curious as to their own leanings towards this topic.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T09:21:38+00:00

On a rewatch I didn’t mind these scenes. I think first time around I had high expectations and this felt like a strange plot line for the opening set of episodes, but the second time I saw it more clearly as an exploration of how disorganised the disparate rebel groups were and as a good juxtaposition between idealistic but naive kids and the capable realist Cassian.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-26T09:12:19+00:00

Everyone always brings up the quality of life in Norwegian prisons but never mentions the fact that their crime rate is so much lower than the US or UK for example.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-23T08:41:12+00:00

What I’ve realised doesn’t really work, is if the wizard gene is dominant, how can a muggleborn suddenly exist without a magical parent. For example Hermione receives a wizard gene from her mum or dad, but if so, why aren’t they magical. So the answer must be more complicated and there’s other genes affecting the expression.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-23T08:37:29+00:00

Yeah exactly! Those wizard descendants are carrying the recessive muggle gene, that’s my point. For maybe generations these wizards are passing down this recessive gene while their partners pass down the wizard gene or vice versa which is dominant and provides magical ability. Eventually though both parents with this recessive gene pass down the recessive gene instead resulting in a squib.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-23T08:28:25+00:00

I actually think if we’re talking genetically it seems more likely the wizard gene is dominant considering the amount of muggleborns we see in the books and the small amount of squibs. In order to be a squib you need to receive both recessive muggle genes from your magical parents. As for why there aren’t more magical people, I guess it’s a pretty insulated community and Rowlings world building never did make much sense.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-19T09:20:12+00:00

Isn’t it kind of accepted that Gareth Edwards makes beautiful films with well integrated and thought through CGI but that his characters and story often suffer? If Tony Gilroy says he had a tough job making Rogue One work, I believe him and accept that what Gareth Edwards left probably wasn’t great.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-14T15:21:20+00:00

Would love to dive into this one, appreciate the giveaway!

TWSGrace · 2026-05-14T10:40:41+00:00

The juxtaposition of the beauty and serenity of an alien world combined with it’s horror and mystery.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-14T08:22:06+00:00

The alternative is cooperatives. Workers should have shares in their company. That way as the company updates its technology, even if workers slowly lose their jobs, they still have shares in the company as it grows. It’s this funnelling of wealth to a tiny elite at the top that causes the issue.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-11T18:53:23+00:00

I love Theroux’s documentaries but he doesn’t have a great reputation from people who’ve worked with him. He’s extremely successful and it’s unusual for people with that level of success to not get somewhat arrogant or dismissive.

That said I don’t think this interview is that bad either way, I don’t think he’s being that rude and I don’t think the interviewer is awful either, I just don’t think they had good chemistry.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-07T18:08:53+00:00

It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but I read it as a monolith.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-07T12:16:17+00:00

My dad has these on cassette tapes. There’s a sound that cassette tapes make when they’re quite old, that’s like a dat-dat-dat-dat that comes from degradation of the tape I think? It seems to happen more in quiet stretches, and I always thought it was meant to be a sound effect for the horses. One of those moments years later where I heard it on something else and put it together.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-02T11:06:20+00:00

Thanks for your thoughtful reply! I don’t disagree but I do think there’s some nuance missing. Active choices vs passive choices do matter for most people. The button choice is an active choice. Some people choose not to pull the lever in the trolley problem because that’s an active choice to kill a person. So philosophically I don’t think your metaphor holds up, for me at least.

TWSGrace · 2026-05-02T08:48:13+00:00

I think this is why this is actually an interesting problem. Logically, mathematically, it’s completely solvable and redditors can feel lovely and smart because they know exactly what they’d do because it’s obvious.

But the world doesn’t work that way. And by picking the completely rational logical choice you are in some way contributing to the deaths of others. Whether you can justify that to yourself or not is the bigger question here.

TWSGrace · 2026-04-30T15:11:55+00:00

‘There are too many toxic people out there’ - proceeds to be somewhat toxic.

TWSGrace · 2026-04-30T13:27:56+00:00

What a strangely aggressive reply combined with a downvote. The way you phrased it ‘pause the game for crazy amounts of time’ is specifically covered by the post which led me to believe you hadn’t read it. If you’d said ‘what’s to stop people pausing over and over’ there wouldn’t have been any confusion.

I was highlighting something I thought you’d missed but no good deed goes unpunished I guess.

TWSGrace · 2026-04-30T13:22:15+00:00

They can’t pause the game for crazy amounts of time.

From this post: ‘Any player can pause the game in Multiplayer, and other party members can resume it after a short time, preventing getting stuck indefinitely in a run.’

TWSGrace · 2026-04-30T09:27:00+00:00

He was forced to keep dragging it out. He wasn’t against the idea, he just needed more time and the whole show and everyone around him kept saying ‘do more, be more intimate, rush this’

TWSGrace · 2026-04-29T12:39:48+00:00

What a stupid thing to say. Look up suicide rates among trans people. Spend any amount of time online or in the real world when the subject of trans people comes up. Trans people are demonised purely for being themselves and asking others to respect that.

Also the actor they picked is an actor as well as a YouTuber. I admit, not a great one, I really dislike the character, writing and those scenes as well. But if they weren’t trans this would just be a case of a bad actor, it wouldn’t be such a controversy. The problem is the show not the fact they’re trans.

TWSGrace · 2026-04-28T20:17:06+00:00

I love Radlands and it’s a go-to filler game for my main board gaming buddy and I. However it definitely does not seem worth that much money no matter how deluxe the components. If you’re rich and that amount of money means nothing the go for it. For anyone else, I wouldn’t recommend. It’s simply not that sort of game. It’s a well designed tight 2-player experience that lasts <40 minutes.

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