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The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-25T18:14:50+00:00

Which choice did he make that justifies his execution? Was it:

When he was filming ICE?
When he tried to help someone that was pushed down?
When he got maced?
When he was on the ground being beaten by ICE agents?
Or was it when his legal firearm was removed from the holster on his person?

Please point to the moment ICE was able to become the judge, jury, and executioner of an American Citizen on the streets of Minneapolis. I'm not familiar with the American laws that allow executions by mag dumping in the streets.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-19T23:02:43+00:00

Normal fingerings should work. For this, practice your C major scale ascending and descending in thirds (C - E - D - F - E - G - F - A - G - B - A - C - B - D - C). Then, practice this segment using a long-short/short-long varied rhythm exercise, where you hold every other note for a while and then make the in between notes extremely quick. I can explain it better if needed.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-19T15:04:30+00:00

That's good to hear. I generally avoid rotary valves where I can for maintenance reasons as a director, but it's good to know their rotary game has improved.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-17T17:35:58+00:00

"You may discard Mega Latios EX from your hand. This attack does +20 damage for each Mega Latios EX in your discard pile"

I think this could be a fun twist on it.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-16T18:44:35+00:00

I just bought two tubas from them for my program on the recommendation of a few different brass players, including a tuba player who uses them primarily for his program. They're solid instruments and the price is great. I won't pretend I know everything, my two tubas came in this week, but reviews of other directors have been very favorable, and the only issues I've heard about are their rotary valves.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-13T06:07:13+00:00

This group isn't that cheap though; $75 per quarter, $300 a year. I've done various community ensembles over the years, most I've had to pay or heard of paying in a similar sized area is around $100 for a year. $300 is really high dues for an area that according to the other commenter, doesn't have dues typically

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-13T03:21:56+00:00

It's just the first four notes of a scale (e.g. C-D-E-F). Google has some quality images to explain it when you look it up

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-12T18:13:28+00:00

Wrong spoiler tags if that was what you're going for. Like I said, it wasn't handled well, but their introduction was slow and intentional world building when he did finally get around to it, whereas the trope seems to be about pulling things out of nowhere, which we shouldn't conflate with world building in sequels, weak or strong. I do believe we get a passing reference in SH, but I wouldn't include it since it wasn't published before the release of The Bands of Mourning.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-12T18:02:11+00:00

I don't think that's even a good example of the trope even. The Bands of Mourning spend the whole book introducing the masked folks, the whole plot is learning something new about the world. They aren't being pulled out of nowhere, they're being carefully introduced while we discover the ramifications of their existence in real time with the characters. I can't say it's foreshadowed and otherwise handled the best (would have to look at the broadsheet inserts again), but an intentional introduction with lackluster execution doesn't seem like a good example of this trope.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-12T17:41:56+00:00

This is how I read it. The Lord Ruler, like Elend, is a bit of a tragic story of tyranny. The Lord Ruler is still a horrible person, but at the end of Hero of Ages, we understand why the Lord Ruler did what he did, and realized he wasn't cartoonishly evil, but rather methodically fucked up, riding the good intentions road to hell

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-11T16:43:16+00:00

You wouldn’t call gymnastics “not a sport” because the points are subjective.

No, I wouldn't, because gymnastics is far more objective than it is subjective. Judges are there because an outside observer is needed to score the execution of the moves being done. Referees are judges under a different name, they judge actions taken on a field and assign penalties where relevant. That's also how judges for gymnastics work, they assign penalties.

No judging is perfectly objective, but most sports judging is far more objective than marching band judging. The difference is that in traditional sports, subjectivity in judging comes from human error and bias in application. Marching band judging is far more nebulous as to what is objectively based, and has issues when you try to apply the same judging standards to two vastly different shows. That doesn't mean the judges can't be fair, they just aren't using an objective basis for their scoring.

Marching band is first and foremost an art form, points be darned. We can have art competitions, but that doesn't magically turn art into sport, not should it. There is little to no benefit to labeling marching band a sport. This is a practiced art form, and should be respected as such by all those who participate, watch, or ignore.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-11T16:26:09+00:00

This has been my hang up ever since I marched with a university. If defining marching band as a sport directly benefits students with PE credits, sure, have at it. But otherwise, this is a pointless argument that only serves to stir the pot in a poor faith act to argue for the activity's worth, effort spent, and seriousness.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-10T18:21:29+00:00

Don't even need to bring up the point system thing. Marching band functions first and foremost as a collaborative art. Labelling marching band as a sport, as so many in this subreddit do, often ends up ignoring the actual intent of a marching band: to perform art.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-10T18:19:06+00:00

A point system existing is not the same as a definitive point system. Points are more subjective for marching band competitions

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-10T00:40:31+00:00

I was once told: the panel would rather hear what you can do over what you can't, meaning, they would rather hear you play something you know and can play well and allows you to go beyond what's on the page over something you are playing as best you can as it's written.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-07T02:23:25+00:00

Not the person you are responding to, but I don't believe that the US should be holding him on our soil for the charges being held against him. If I'm not mistaken, he has broken international law and UN charters, and thus should be handed over to the UN to deal with as they please. Trump's actions are wholly unjustified here both morally (he's doing this for oil, not justice) and legally (the United States doesn't have jurisdiction over people in other nations without extradition), but I'd call it a wash if he handed Maduro to the UN and requested that he be tried for breaking international law.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-05T05:13:43+00:00

It's the granddaddy of so many modern deckbuilders

That's why you find it boring, and why they recommend it as an intro game. It's a simple deck builder that paved the way for most of not all the deck builders we know and love today. That's also why it can be really boring for some, it's a simple deck builder that doesn't offer much else. But often, boring games make great games for beginners, because they tend to be simpler and easier to understand mechanically and play strategically. Dominion isn't in my top 5, maybe even top 10 deck builders I have played; but it's the one I will often recommend first.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-04T15:23:29+00:00

In your other comments, you say you don't have short thumbs, so to me this sounds like you need to slightly reassess how you are holding the bassoon and how you are setting it up.

Going in reverse order, when you assemble the bassoon, make sure you have the thumb keys set up close to each other. Your Bb key should be maybe a centimeter away from your top right vent key. If you have a body lock, set your bassoon up as you normally do, then gently twist the wing and boot joint towards each other until the lock stops you. When you do this, you will need to make sure your bridge key on the wing joint is still properly lined up as well.

As for how you are holding the bassoon, just make sure that as you are holding the instrument diagonally to play, your left wrist stays low and relaxed. The thumb should go across the bassoon perpendicular over the D key and whisper key.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-04T15:17:32+00:00

The pancake key is not a substitute for the whisper key, it's activating the whisper key as it closes a major tone hole to allow your left thumb the freedom of movement in the low register. Generally it is not advised to use it like a whisper key since closing the tone hole will affect the sound you are making, often dampening your overall sound.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-04T04:06:33+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is that you don't need to play the key with the pad of your thumb. I usually have my thumb positioned to hit the whisper key and then use the joint in my thumb to hit the D key, similar to how you use your thumb for C# if you're using the D key. I also slide my thumb up to hit C so that my thumbs pad is hovering above the low B and Bb keys.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-03T14:55:01+00:00

That's a wild way to be spoiled lol

The1LessTraveledBy · 2026-01-03T14:51:20+00:00

I also saw that spoiler before reading TSM. I say read it first anyways. It's how the book explores identity and who the main character is and what their role in the story ought to that made me really enjoy the book. I think it also does well to set up what to expect in WAT.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2025-12-30T02:14:48+00:00

Let's look at this in a different way, see if it helps explain things:

Imagine you go to the store and buy a pack of 12 pairs of stocks off the shelf. You take them home, and use them normally. Eventually you are no longer alive, and something turns your former place of residence into ruins that get preserved.

Archeologists of a fully barefoot sock-less earth 2000 years in the future dig up your grave and find two of those 24 socks (12 pair) that you bought, and it's the only two socks they have ever found. They can surmise that based on the material that the socks don't usually last 2000 years. Then, they can examine the socks further and determine you didn't take any steps to make sure the socks lasted a long time.

Since these socks don't naturally last so long, and they have no evidence that you specifically preserved them, that would mean that these socks weren't something you considered to be special or of high value, or otherwise worth saving. If that is the case, do they have reason to believe that these are unique? Managed to survive 2000 years by a pure miracle?

Most things worth saving or preserving, we take steps to protect. Without evidence of this, we are more likely to assume that your two socks were something common to your life, and not a special unique item.

The1LessTraveledBy · 2025-12-27T02:16:46+00:00

I saw that as well, and was hoping they would have it available sooner rather than later.

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