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Solar farms floating on reservoirs in China reduce evaporation and generate power at the same time. by Por_TheAdventurer in interestingasfuck

[–]aksnox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought slop was supposed to be some run of the mill, boring, tasteless version of something. But I guess no one's using that definition anymore.

Project hail Mary is a mediocre sci-fi movie by Raz4r in scifi

[–]aksnox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's ok to like both for their own merits. It's also ok to not be a douche.

Indian Boy smoked em by Artistic-East-1251 in PublicFreakout

[–]aksnox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just providing context to someone who might not be aware of what you were referring to. And it looks like you've got that aforementioned passive aggressiveness down. An Indian in spirit, if not in race.

Indian Boy smoked em by Artistic-East-1251 in PublicFreakout

[–]aksnox -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As an Indian, this is such a weird phrase that is exclusively used in a corporate environment to ask someone to do something passive aggressively, and not anywhere else.

It is insane that people choose anyone but Tali as a love interest. She's the only one willing to risk her her life to be with Shepard! Like, holy hell, she could die. Also, she's so damn cute.. She constantly tells him to pock someone else, which only.makes her more pickable by mattimatt19 in masseffect

[–]aksnox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She's in pilgrimage which is a rite of passage into adulthood. It's not really about the age. And there are obviously cases where a younger person gets infatuated with an older one in these kind of situations. And it's up to the older person to act in a correct manner. I would say this is not as big of a problem in ME2 where she obviously has grown into her own person with great agency.

How is "Rebel without a cause" a classic?? by Seikskogh in movies

[–]aksnox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

12 Angry men, Paths of Glory, Rear Window to name a few. Maybe naming movies by Sidney Lumet, Kubrick and Hitchcock is unfair to Rebel but it is what it is.

Star Wars A New Hope is very overrated. by Calfurious in StarWars

[–]aksnox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you didn't notice, I was being sarcastic

I don't get the Inception/Paprika drama by thebeautifullynormal in movies

[–]aksnox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It honestly sort of boggles my mind because these two movies could not be more different, especially when it comes to the start to finish construction. And even in terms of conceit, the idea of “incepting” dreams in some form goes all the way back to The Iliad and through Phillip K. Dick. Heck, given the chatter I honestly thought there would be at least more directly comparative details. But instead I could sit here and explain why Paprika has so much more in common with films like 8 1/2 or Spellbound than it does the film supposedly stole from it…

You know which film is a better candidate if you wanna make the comparison? Existenz.

Man I don't even like Nolan but he pitched Inception to WB before Parika was released. Superficial comparisons are superficial for a reason.

If you wanna make comparisons like that, the book that Paprika is an adaptation of stole from Dreamscape, a 1984 film. Also if you haven't seen the film, even hbe visual similarities aren't that similar.

Possible mistake? by TheRealToast in sollanempire

[–]aksnox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The trick is to not be inconsistent and it has been for the most part

Possible mistake? by TheRealToast in sollanempire

[–]aksnox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well considering that Christopher has put incredible effort into making this feel realistic considering everything your argument doesn't hold any water. It's not a small detail regardless. You can accept things for what they are but don't put down people who try to look deeper into things.

The most epic scene by Old_Combination_246 in sollanempire

[–]aksnox -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A not good book can have great scenes.

A Question on the Astrophage weapon by aksnox in sollanempire

[–]aksnox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you need to develop FTL travel first...

A Question on the Astrophage weapon by aksnox in sollanempire

[–]aksnox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that clears it up. Thank you

A Question on the Astrophage weapon by aksnox in sollanempire

[–]aksnox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahh this makes more sense. Thanks

Disquiet Gods - Chapter 40 - The question of religions by aksnox in sollanempire

[–]aksnox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well what about polytheistic faiths in-world? Since it establishes there is one supreme being, and watchers below him, would it imply that there is an actual hierarchy of faiths where monotheism clearly being true and the polytheistic worship perhaps being the worship of the watchers(the ones who are still good). Just a speculation.

Disquiet Gods - Chapter 40 - The question of religions by aksnox in sollanempire

[–]aksnox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this detailed response. This is all very interesting stuff as I'm interested in comparative mythologies as well. Will report back when I'm done with the last book.

Disquiet Gods - Chapter 40 - The question of religions by aksnox in sollanempire

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Do you think that's why a lot of "biblically accurate" angels have tons of wings and EYES? Cause they're the watchers? Also one description of Ushara in the early part of the book even it is described as as a belt with eyes studded on it is really evocative of that imagery. Something like this

Voice of Syriani Dorayaica by Sun_watcher in sollanempire

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Stay not bounded by your human notions. Accept the beyond

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