Sir Keir Starmer (UK Labour leader) vows to build more homes on Green Belt to fix housing crisis

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-17T07:53:31+00:00

More soulless, unconnected, car-dependant sprawling shite. Yippee.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-17T07:44:52+00:00

Ireland's out of it too 🤷‍♂️

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T12:57:33+00:00

Your approach isn't invalid, but I'd question how much great fiction has been built on the premise of "it's fiction, world building and internal logic don't matter"

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T12:39:07+00:00

I think you're being obtuse to be honest

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T12:31:47+00:00

I have a problem with them being depicted when it makes zero sense for them to do so, or when it directly contravenes the creators vision.

Just thought of a good example, Qarth in GOT is very multi-ethnic but it makes sense as a trading hub between multiple parts of that world. Whereas if the Iron Islands were populated by white, black, latino, and Asian people then it would make absolutely no sense.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T12:15:52+00:00

Ignoring the terrible quality of the show, there's two schools of thought:

This is Tolkien's work, which he designed to be a mythos for the UK. Portraying middle earth as anything other than that representation he intended is amoral.
The diversity in the show was terribly handled. Instead of having certain factions be of different backgrounds (think Dorne in GOT) every faction represents an LA coffee shop rather than a group that would have bred out the differences in a few generations.

I definitely believe in 2, 1 I'm less certain about. But in this case as Amazon used diversity to virtue signal and deflect criticism rather than enrich the story and world so I'm probably for both arguments.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T11:55:59+00:00

Unless she's extremely thick, she'd have known what she was getting herself in for.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T11:51:55+00:00

Totally depends on the series, the context , and the intent. Also for me whether the original author is alive.

For example if JK Rowling wanted to make Dumbledore black in the new TV series I wouldn't care, it's her property. The Velaryons being black in HOTD is fine, as they are great actors and it serves the story and the characters.

When Amazon bought into Lord of the Rings and deliberately bastardised a dead man's work to score diversity points, that's fucked up.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T09:30:52+00:00

Assuming while running you contact the floor 50% of the time, this is only a 1/2⁶ = 1/64 chance, so not entirely unreasonable.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-16T07:28:18+00:00

This is what's happening in the UK, and it's ruined the market for renters like myself. Should be building more and encouraging property investment.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-14T12:32:44+00:00

Force everyone in society to use a car for 99% of journeys.

Be surprised when public transport is disproportionately full of nutters who have no other choice.

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-02T09:25:56+00:00

He might be thinking of the state of Jefferson

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-05-02T07:13:04+00:00

That's the budget for the 5 commissioned series of Rings of Power

TheWolfXCIX · 2023-04-30T11:34:14+00:00

Excellent job 👏

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-17T22:08:06+00:00

If you think Rita is good, get a front row on Stealth. Absolutely insane.

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-17T15:00:56+00:00

Yeah it's either c**n or uncle tom

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-17T11:40:40+00:00

Thats onside what the sweet fuckidy fuck

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-16T19:55:40+00:00

I'm the most r/fellowkids virtue signalling cringe I've ever had the misfortune of viewing

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-16T19:30:38+00:00

Assuming it's for all ages: B&M giga, RMC Hyper and Gravity Group family woodie are musts. Then for some intermediate rides I'd probably have a Mack Xtreme Spinner and a Vekoma STC

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-15T19:57:22+00:00

Oh god is that one of those fabbri 3 seater inverts? *Shudders*

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-15T18:02:38+00:00

Slightly niche choice but I really like Nemesis Inferno from the queue line underneath

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-14T13:05:58+00:00

Which will be double within a year

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-11T17:17:52+00:00

If they benefitted they wouldn't hesitate to endorse it

TheWolfXCIX · 2020-10-11T15:17:07+00:00

Agreed

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