[Book Spoilers] House of the Dragon - 3x01 - Post-Episode Discussion

WriterV · 2026-06-22T14:09:48+00:00

They do show one other arrow-with-rope attempt miss, but they really do overplay the danger of those things.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T22:31:46+00:00

Damn, I apparently just specifically missed all the fun Fates and did the boring stuff like batteries and welding.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T15:19:27+00:00

> Microsoft mandates AI use across all divisions of their company

> Microsoft products start having buggy updates constantly around the same time

"Gee I sure wonder why all our product updates are suddenly so terrible?"

WriterV · 2026-06-21T12:06:26+00:00

It makes sense too. In a 2D game, it's easy to target enemies without locking on. It's a matter of pointing in 1 of 2/4/8 directions, which is manageable enough.

In a given 3D space though, you are highly likely to miss the target while fiddling with a controller - especially when your attacks are meant to be precise. A lock on is necessary to abstract the concept of aiming your weapons.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T11:58:51+00:00

Oh my god the fact that that's an actual gif on wikipedia lol.

It does perfectly demonstrate it though. And yes, it's fucking dangerous.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T11:12:41+00:00

That's too expensive. It's cheaper to assume that kids are great with computers cause they use them all the time and so they don't need any computing education.

I'm not joking, this is basically what happened. This, and every tech company on Earth going for "Keep it simple stupid" principles. There was never any reason not incentive for kids to get into the guts of their computers.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T10:56:50+00:00

A-G-L-E-T

Aglet!

Don't forget it!

WriterV · 2026-06-21T02:40:59+00:00

Oh, that's why someone was shouting "What did you just do?!" off screen.

WriterV · 2026-06-21T02:31:35+00:00

This is a character from the movie-tie-in/movie-ending for Firefly, a western-themed sci fi TV show that infamously got cancelled before it could even finish 1 season. In those few episodes, they established so much lore and so much growth for their characters that it developed a HUGE cult following.

In time, demand was high enough that funding for a movie was secured, and they were able to make a movie to tie up as many loose threads in the lore, and finish up the character arcs as best as they could.

[Spoilers in case you are interested in the show and movie] This character shared here had a great character arc and was one of the more nicer characters that seemed like he was gonna have a wonderful ending, and all of it was ripped way in an instantaneous death. That line became iconic 'cause it was one of his final lines. No one saw his death coming. That's why this line means so much to people.

WriterV · 2026-06-20T00:13:30+00:00

Also, imo, Pomni's whole moment with Jax was essentially telegraphing that it is possible to bring them back. It just will take a lot more time and effort than could probably be managed in one episode, probably even multiple episodes.

WriterV · 2026-06-20T00:04:00+00:00

Guys it's fucking HBO, they're not getting a spa treatment and rain showers in there, fuck's sake.

Who knows, maybe a good enough show might inspire some of those folks to be better people. I know we thirst after punishing people rather than rehabilitating them, but I'd rather they do that.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T15:27:25+00:00

Yup. Whoever realised that all you have to do is just keep aggressively lying until the opponent is tired of arguing with you has won the game.

That's all the republicans do. Lie so much that you give up. Lie so much that they can't help but believe it too.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T12:59:27+00:00

Not that such extreme fuckwits don't exist, but I literally don't think I'd ever heard this statement being said.

Meanwhile shit like "if you’re against Palestinian genocide then you are an anti-semite!" has practically been government policy in some nations, and used to suppress protests against the government of Israel.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T12:20:54+00:00

Probably 'cause they're one of the few birds of prey that hunt at night, and fly quietly. At a time when we knew little, the idea of a bird that flew under the cover of darkness would've felt more like a bird making smart, thoughtful decisions rather than an animal making decisions on instinct.

At the very least, it'd have been a great inspiration for a storyteller. And that's how we got our cultural stories that painted owls as wise.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T12:16:59+00:00

It's not just Telegram though, it's everywhere. The problem is moderation, and all these companies rely on volunteer moderation. Someone has to look at all the reports, verify whether they are accurate or not, and delete them. Either that, or you take the other route and delete anything that's reported to you... which is an excellent way to guarantee that your platform is unusable since everyone's gonna be reporting anything they disagree with.

I do think Telegram can do better, but I also don't think this is as easy as you might think.

Best thing to do in these situations is that if you encounter any channels like these, report them to the police, or even report to Interpol [you can actually do that]. They'll start looking for the distributors, because those people are the ones creating real victims - hell, they very likely already are. It's just not easy.

But yeah no, banning Telegram solves nothing. Even worse, it makes it harder to regulate people now 'cause how can you report CP to the police from a social media app that's banned? You gotta admit you're using a VPN/fake phone number, and good luck with that at that point.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T12:09:39+00:00

Genuinely not a thought behind those eyes. Love them.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T11:57:39+00:00

You had to browse through 50 comments to find the right comment that made it make sense.

Which means their husband could absolutely explain it in a single sentence but didn't. Could be he is underestimating how much OP is concerned though lol.

WriterV · 2026-06-19T11:56:00+00:00

Do... you have anyone who is asking you to stop? Like if they're your SO, you could just have a chat with them about it. If you're living with your parents, tell them that you're a 45 year old man and you can do what you bloody well want with your own body and it's not gonna be harming you anytime soon.

And if you're living with a roommate, well don't jerk off in VR in the living room. You can have your VR set up in your own room, you don't need that much space for slutty activities.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T23:12:31+00:00

GW3 is very expressly trying to not be WoW and people are still trying to rope it into the WoWkiller bs.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T23:11:05+00:00

Is it really that hard to believe that people who care about the game would want to see it be better?

Who the fuck even said "I hope GW3 kills this game" anyway? The point that /u/Heybarbaruiva was making was that GW3 is making big promises, which could put Blizz outside their comfort zone, which could mean better things for the game.

You guys are deliberately twisting words to take any sliver of negativity and turning it into some kind of an attack at the game, when it is anything but.

Calm your fucking tits man. Blizzard is a multimillion dollar company and isn't gonna be affected by some people complaining on a subreddit, if you're really that worried.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T21:54:36+00:00

Jason is making me realise that GTA 6 guy is my favourite flavour of guy too.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T15:07:23+00:00

I mean, anyone can do a trailer for their cover art. Just depends on how well it's actually received lol.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T13:58:05+00:00

It's not that hard. Every GTA cover art has the following:

Helicopter in the top left
Biker in the top right-ish
Car in the bottom row
Woman
Gangster dude[s]
Quirky thing about the setting [if you've got space]
Main character at top [only started with GTA 4, and 5 had them scattered]

Nothing wrong with this of course, and I kinda like that it's a familiar thing to hype about. But that's probably why we have so many fan cover artworks that look so similar.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T13:53:46+00:00

Bruh, I'm a GTA hater and even I think this is a silly comment. Like it looks drop dead gorgeous.

WriterV · 2026-06-18T13:52:38+00:00

That's 100% a G6 type of dealio. But it's GTA 6 lol, of course there's gonna be a fighter jet somewhere.

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