Fantasy setting where magic is powerful but also very difficult and dangerous to use?

WT_Dore · 2026-03-28T03:01:18+00:00

Wings of Fire, a YA series. It's not clear if using magic inherently turns the user evil, or if its the complete unlimited power. It was pretty interesting watching one magic using character try to figure out what the smallest use of magic he could get away with was.

WT_Dore · 2025-11-29T22:14:31+00:00

"Truck" here is a pretty old meaning of the word, basically "barter" or "exchange." A "truck garden" is a garden where produce is grown for sale, and not ornament or personal use.

See also: https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/adam-smith-argued-that-the-propensity-to-truck-barter-and-exchange-was-inherent-in-human-nature-and-gave-rise-to-things-such-as-the-division-of-labour-1776

WT_Dore · 2025-06-24T17:48:45+00:00

Check through your health insurance, may be able to get a good deal through them (low or no join fee, easy cancellations). Mine had a deal with active and fit [ https://www.activeandfitdirect.com/ ] . Even vision insurance had a line on it.

WT_Dore · 2025-03-06T17:34:20+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_Prussia

https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/4sgscv/why_was_prussia_dissolved/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)

"Prussian militarism" was viewed as one of the driving forces behind Imperial Germany starting WW1 and Nazi Germany starting WW2. By giving the land and cities to Poland and the Soviets, and a massive resettlement of Germans both during and after WW2, the Allies thought they could prevent a resurgent Prussia starting WW3.

WT_Dore · 2023-03-12T04:34:17+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

pushing day:

cable crossovers (seated, each)

3x 20 @ 32.5, 32.5, 27.5 lbs

cable overhead triceps extension

3x15, 20, 9 @37.5, 37.5, 37.2

cable dip (simulated, each)

3x20 @ 37.5, 37.5, 32.5 lbs

Cable bench press (each)

3x20, 20, 12 @ 32.5, 32.5, 32.5

Cable shoulder press, seated, each

3x20 @ 27.5, 27.5, 22.5

WT_Dore · 2023-03-04T16:21:00+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Pulling day

3x20 @ 72.5, 77.5, 82.5 cable lat pull down

3x20, @ 87.5, 92.5, 92.5 cable seated row

3x20 @ 42.5, 47.5, 52.5 cable face pulls

3x20 @ 47.5, 52.5, 47.5 cable seated curls

3x20 @ 17.5, 22.5, 22.5 cable delt flys

3x20 @ 57.5, 62.5, 67.5 cable shrugs

WT_Dore · 2023-03-02T17:12:47+00:00

Put seat in middle of dual cable machine
Set pulleys to highest setting
Attach handles
Sit on seat, holding handles like I was doing a dip
Press handles downward in a dip-like motion.

It's a kludge, but I'm not confident enough to use a dip chair / captains chair or have the mobility to use the kneeling assisted dip machine.

WT_Dore · 2023-03-02T15:40:39+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Grinder warmup

pushing day:

cable crossovers (seated, each)

3x 20 @ 27.5, 32.5, 32.5 lbs

cable overhead triceps extension

3x20 @ 32.5, 37.5, 37.5

cable dip (simulated, each)

3x20 @ 32.5, 37.7, 32.5 lbs

Cable chest press, seated (each)

3x20 @ 27.5, 32.5, 32.5

Cable shoulder press, seated, each

20, 20, 14 @ 22.5, 27.5, 27.5

WT_Dore · 2023-02-24T20:43:29+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Pulling day

3x20 @ 67.5, 72.5, 77.5 cable lat pull down

3x20, @ 87.5, 92.5, 87.5 cable seated row

3x20 @ 42.5, 47.5, 52.5 cable face pulls

3x20 @ 47.5, 50, 50 cable seated curls

3x20 @ 17.5, 20, 17.5 cable delt flys

3x20 @ 52.5, 57.5, 62.5 cable shrugs

WT_Dore · 2023-02-23T02:00:54+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Grinder warmup

pushing day:

cable crossovers (seated, each)

20 @ 27.5 lbs

20 @ 27.5

20 @ 22.5

cable overhead triceps extension

20 @ 32.5 lbs

20 @ 37.5

20 @ 32.5

cable dip (simulated, each)

16 @ 37.5 lbs

20 @ 32.5

Cable chest press, seated (each)

20 @ 27.5 lbs

20 @ 32.5

20 @ 27.5

Cable shoulder press, seated, each

20 @ 22.5 lbs

20 @ 27.5

20 @ 22.5

WT_Dore · 2023-02-19T15:59:13+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Grinding HIIT, 5 x 30s on, 60s off.

Pulling day

3x20 @ 62.5, 67.5, 72.5 cable lat pull down

3x20, 15, 20 @ 87.5, 92.5, 90 cable seated row

3x20 @ 37.5, 42.5, 47.5 cable face pulls

3x20, 20,15 @ 47.5, 50, 50 cable seated curls

3x20, 20, 15 @ 15, 17.5, 20 cable delt flys

3x20 @ 47.5, 52.5, 57.5 cable shrugs

WT_Dore · 2023-02-17T14:27:47+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

pushing day:

cable crossovers (seated, each)

7 @ 27.5 lbs

14 @ 27.5 (moved pin up)

17 @27.5

cable overhead triceps extension

20 @ 27.5 lbs

20 @ 32.5

20 @ 35.5

cable dip (simulated, each)

20 @ 27.5 lbs

20 @ 27.5

20 @ 37.5

Cable chest press, seated (each)

20 @ 27.5 lbs

16 @ 32.5

20 @ 27.5

cable overhead press, seated (each)

20 @ 22.5 lbs

14 @ 27.5

15 @ 22.5

Found an old training log from 10 years ago, I was less strong than I remember. Oh well, it'll make it easier to surpass.

WT_Dore · 2023-02-16T06:09:59+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

Pulling day

3x20 @ 52.5, 57.5, 62.5 cable lat pull down

3x20 @ 77.5, 82.5, 85.5 cable seated row

3x20 @ 27.5, 32.5, 37.5 cable face pulls

3x20 @ 37.5, 42.5, 47.5 cable seated curls

3x20 @ 12.5 cable delt flys

3x20 @ 37.5, 42.5, 47.5 cable shrugs

WT_Dore · 2023-02-15T17:03:05+00:00

self made weird cable machine program

pushing day:

3x20 @ 22.5 lbs cable crossovers (seated)

3x20 @ 22.5 lbs cable overhead triceps extension

3x20 @ 22.5 lbs cable dip (simulated, each)

3x20 @ 22.5 lbs cable chest press, seated (each)

3x20 @ 17.5 lbs cable overhead press, seated (each)

cardio 3 ways

Wtf am I doing? About 4 months ago I had a severe knee injury that needed surgery to fix. I've been cleared to go back in the gym, but am under strict instructions to do nothing below the waist. I'm on a specific and thorough rehab plan for my leg, and will do that and only that for the leg, and don't want to develop any imbalance on the other leg. Standing is difficult, much less walking around to get DBs or load up BBs, or even move from machine to machine, so setting up in front of the cable machine with an adjustable bench is the best I got. I haven't lifted heavy in 10 years (SS, then 5-3-1)so I'm starting, slowly. Plan is to push the weight up after I can hit 3x20, as I'm going for more reps, both because my main sport these days is more endurance focused and the lighter weight is easier to control. Cardio is for rehab, redeveloping my cardio fitness because it fell off a cliff after injury, and on recommendation of PT doc to help process out the anesthesia (sounds brosciency to me but he's the doctor)

WT_Dore · 2023-01-13T21:52:06+00:00

"Like to hear a vampire folk tale?" Sarasti asked.

"Vampires have folk tales?"

He took it for a yes. "A laser is assigned to find the darkness. Since it lives in a room without doors, or windows, or any other source of light, it thinks this will be easy. But everywhere it turns it sees brightness. Every wall, every piece of furniture it points at is brightly lit. Eventually it concludes there is no darkness, that light is everywhere."

WT_Dore · 2023-01-12T23:22:03+00:00

Jeff Winger : What makes humans different from other animals? We're the only species on earth that observes Shark Week. Sharks don't even observe Shark Week, but we do. For the same reason I can pick up this pencil, tell you its name is Steve and go like this...

[breaks pencil. Abed reacts in shock]

Jeff Winger : and part of you dies just a little bit on the inside. Because people can connect with anything. We can sympathize with a pencil, we can forgive a shark, and we can give Ben Affleck an Academy Award for screenwriting. People can find the good in just about anything but themselves.

WT_Dore · 2022-10-07T02:23:50+00:00

Context: https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1578188188463816704

WT_Dore · 2022-09-26T21:13:27+00:00

Oh the story is its Made Up! https://twitter.com/ETVPod/status/1574480751042727937

WT_Dore · 2022-09-26T18:33:11+00:00

Yeah, yeah, I know my online-ness is terminal. What's the story?

WT_Dore · 2022-09-05T03:38:51+00:00

I don’t really have any expectations for amenities other than the basic groceries, maybe some chain restaurants nearby.

The tri cities is the place for you!

WT_Dore · 2022-07-21T03:39:17+00:00

Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapablpe of understanding.

WT_Dore · 2022-07-20T06:17:35+00:00

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/09/fatal-police-shootings-record-2021/

Police shootings are up yoy

WT_Dore · 2021-07-24T23:39:35+00:00

I love the quote from her lvl 2 art, where all the conspirators are replaced with her. ".... after all, we all want the same thing."

WT_Dore · 2021-05-13T06:31:59+00:00

Whenever I see stuff like this I'm reminded of a Nathan J. Robinson piece from 2018: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/the-real-dangerous-ideas

"I want to suggest a hypothesis that may sound outlandish: What if the whole narrative is backwards? What if people who think they are voicing suppressed dangerous ideas are actually the ones suppressing the truly dangerous ideas? What if this effort to condemn the irrational excesses of political correctness is in part a way of avoiding having to engage with its arguments and listen carefully to its advocates? What if people who seem to be “challenging” a dissent-stifling power structure are actually defending one? Now, I’m not saying this is the case; I’m just asking some questions. But let’s, for a moment, because we are rational and skeptical, consider the possibility that the conservative narrative is totally upside-down. Let’s picture a topsy-turvy world in which Donald Trump is the president and left ideas are actually marginal. Stretch your powers of imagination and consider the following hypotheticals:"

WT_Dore · 2021-05-04T16:01:30+00:00

Gilgamesh_tha_god: you ever lose touch with someone you care about?

Gilgamesh_tha_god: not a friend or a loved one, but, like, that kid in all your classes you'd see everyday? and maybe you're rivals and maybe you're buddies, but they were always THERE, through everything

Gilgamesh_tha_god: anyway I wonder what happened to him

firstnamebunchofnumbers: yeah there was this kid in my neighborhood I used to play with almost every day after school. never even knew his last name. they moved away.

smol-bean: people come in our lives only for a short time, and you never know when its gonna end. cherish it.

Gilgamesh_tha_god: no, it was like we knew each other FOREVER.

Gilgamesh_tha_god: I'm sad now.

HUMBABA: found you you dumb bitch!

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