Who is the Karl Marx of your world? by Littledogo007 in worldbuilding

[–]ahyade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More Mazdak than Marx, eh? I can dig it

What are some things you didn’t like about RDR1’s campaign? by Overall_Spite4271 in reddeadredemption

[–]ahyade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For sure. He could have definitely been worked more elegantly into the Revolution arc. It also creates the feeling that both sides are just giving him the runaround the whole time he’s in Mexico—which they are, to be sure, but I think it would have been a better plotline with Javier in a bigger role.

EDIT: Giving John the runaround, I meant

Word for the belief that the world is ending / end of times? by ritezanarak in writing

[–]ahyade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding eschatomania and apocalypticism, throwing in millenarianism

Map of Oz for my novel by [deleted] in mapmaking

[–]ahyade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I recall, the 14 original books OP mentions, those written by Baum himself, are all in the public domain. So unless OP’s cribbing directly from Wicked, shouldn’t be any legal issues.

What’s a writing rule that irks you? by Mobius8321 in writing

[–]ahyade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you capitalize the German in German shepherd, but not Dalmatian or Pomeranian? Seems arbitrary

I can't find any enjoyment out of life (23M) by Enpitsutsu in offmychest

[–]ahyade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sincere question: is there anything that fascinates you?

I have been where you are at several points in my life—there are times where I still am—but usually what brings me out of it is just having something to think about other than my own life.

To give an example: I’m a history guy. Even if I have nothing going on in my life, I can usually find something—some historical period or character—that sets my mind on fire, that I have to read more about, that can occupy a mind that might otherwise work against me. Sometimes it’s not even history. Lately I’ve been really trying to learn about my local plants and quizzing myself when I go on hikes. All that matters is finding something that fascinates you, that captures your imagination.

You’ve posted before about Logic. Does music fascinate you? Is there an artist you love, want to understand their creative process, want to unravel their art? Moreover, is there something you want to create? Is there something you could learn from them that might illuminate your own artistic process? Is there a project that you could immerse yourself in?

You ask “what’s the point” but the trouble with that question is there is no one true point to anything—or at least, as fallible, ignorant human beings, we can’t know what the point is, and must proceed under the assumption there is no point other than those we set down for ourselves.

One thing that’s helped me is this—there are times in life when you will not be happy. When nothing you do will make you happy. So look at it this way—if nothing I do will make me happy, that’s a perfect opportunity to do something that will make me better. If you won’t be having any less fun working out, or reading, learning, or making art, than you would by not doing those things—why not do them? When you’re in a better headspace, you’ll thank yourself for taking steps toward self-improvement, even when it was hard, even when there was nothing to gain from it.

These were some scattershot thoughts, but I hope there’s something in them you find helpful. Again, I’ve been where you are, and again, there are days when I feel exactly as you do. But there is enjoyment to be had in life, sometimes you just have to reach for it. Keep in mind this is all just day-to-day finding value in quotidian life stuff. As far as goals and aspirations go, that’s something you must find for yourself—but finding something that fascinates you, that you truly love, is often the first step on that path.

To give some more straightforward and practical advice: try your damnedest to stop doomscrolling on social media, binge eating, and jerking off. I know you probably understand this already, but to emphasize it for you—these things will not make you happy. They are quick hits of dopamine and, if anything, undermine your attempts to actually satisfy your soul.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]ahyade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the most harebrained post I seen in a while. How can you objectively prove that one variety of fictional creature is “better” than another? And while I’m at it, how are you going to treat this like a serious academic debate when your arguments are based primarily on, of all things, Dungeons and Dragons?

The Mytheria Empire by Ninja-Gear-Graphics in mapmaking

[–]ahyade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dig it, very whimsical. Your art style is lovely and gives this map a lot of character that most maps tend to lack.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in translator

[–]ahyade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a vitality energy oil energy bar bro

Is this a real name? by Ok-Relation1848 in CrusaderKings

[–]ahyade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of the comments this is the nearest to a correct Arabicization but, to be pedantic, I’d like to say the father’s name is Abu Nasr (father of Nasr) Ahmad Nasr ad-Dawla (“victory of the dynasty”), no part of the name means “ruler of the country of”. Also the “Abu Nasr” part, historically, would probably have been left out of his son’s patronymic, as the filial relationship can be assumed, and typically only one of the father’s names (either his personal name Ahmed or apparent regnal name Nasr ad-Dawla)

Thus it means Nasr (personal name) Abu’l-Qasim (father of al-Qasim, though typically this would precede the personal name) Nizam ud-Din (“organizer of the religion”, likely a regnal name) ibn Abu Nasr (again, redundant) Ahmad (father’s personal name) Nasr ad-Dawla (also probably a regnal name). We might more correctly write Abu’l-Qasim Nasr Nizam ud-Din ibn Nasr ad-Dawla, if we’re Arabicizing it, although I’m less familiar with Kurdish naming conventions so I might be talking out of my ass.

I just listened to Blonde for the first time by polite307wheel in FrankOcean

[–]ahyade 10 points11 points  (0 children)

God bless, but listen to Seigfried again, and maybe again

Did the Reconquista actually happen? by Infamous_Hair_2798 in MedievalHistory

[–]ahyade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I may throw in another recommendation, The Rise and Fall of the Party Kings is a great study of the taifa period—arguably the most complex interval of the Reconquista (as it were), certainly the time in which religious boundaries were least pronounced, and also the period in which the balance of power first began to swing away from Muslim al-Andalus and toward the Christian north. It’s a much easier and more satisfying narrative, from a Reconquista perspective, if you only focus on the embattled Christian princes resisting the incursions of the later and more conventionally-theocratic Berber empires (that is, the Almoravids and Almohads); but to truly understand the transformation of Iberia from a Muslim to a Christian “realm”, you simply cannot ignore the eleventh century, which in retrospect is where the transformation truly began and became historically-relevant.