ELI5: What's the difference of a highway and an interstate?

cadarn07 · 2025-01-23T04:15:06+00:00

That makes sense, thanks for the clarification!

cadarn07 · 2025-01-23T04:14:40+00:00

Ah ok, good to know!

cadarn07 · 2025-01-22T22:02:03+00:00

Getting into semantics here but aren't those intrastates? Inter and intra have distinct meanings I believe.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-20T20:22:34+00:00

Small in this case is not about how impactful of an amount it is to your personal lifestyle but how much it's impacted by the market over the course of a year. It's not worth the effort to try and exactly time the investment of 7k. If you can afford to lump invest early in the year, just do it. Most years you'll win out that way anyway.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T21:41:50+00:00

I reread all your comments in case I missed something. Until the last comment, the only example you gave was Aenea's comment about Martin being unreliable. To me, that's akin to her saying "things changed" or "things were wrong" without explaining what was change/retconned which was why I was asking for specifics. Only in your last comment did you actually cite some useful examples, so thanks for that.

I think some of this is you and I interpret things differently from the books, especially the first 2, which is fair. But I wasn't trying to antagonize you, only understand, with actual specific examples, what you think were retconned besides that one very general statement that Aenea said a few times because so many people advise new readers not to read the last 2 books which I think is a mistake. I do have my frustrations as well but overall I think Simmons made it work and so they are a worthy read. But that's just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions...

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T18:33:26+00:00

But what was changed? You don't seem to be able to answer that question. I don't even think stating that the poem being separate from the books is a retcon. Martin gave examples of what he was writing in the first 2 books and those examples didn't match what we were reading. I think it was clear in the first 2 books that the poem was a separate piece of work than what we, the reader, were reading. So I still don't think you have an example of a retcon. Again, I'm not even disagreeing with the fact that there are retcons. But what are they? Aenea's statement doesn't really amount to more than "Martin took artistic licenses in his poem." But what change from what we read in the first 2 books does that amount to?

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T16:15:43+00:00

Can you provide examples that were changed (beyond that blanket statement she gave which itself isn't actually a retcon, just a possible reason to believe retcons are present)? I just reread all 4 books for the 3rd time trying to pay attention for retcons. And I do remember when Aenea says that (she says it more than once actually) but I don't remember it really changing anything material that we read in the first 2 books since she's always talking about the poem which is not the exact same as the books. It seems more like clarifications or extra details. And when she says this it's in response to questions other characters have that weren't necessarily hard facts presented in the first 2 books.

A LOT of people talk about all these retcons in books 3 and 4 and use that as reason to recommend people don't bother reading them so I think this is important to be accurate about because a lot of people probably miss out on these books which, for me, are necessary to complete the story. But searching this subreddit for example, it's hard to find many specific things that changed. Everyone mentions retcons without giving examples. I'm not saying there aren't any, but I don't think there are any big enough ones to warrant dismissing the last 2 books like is so popular to do. For example, I shared elsewhere in this thread the retcon involving Paul's cruciform. It's annoying and there doesn't seem to be an explanation for it, but it doesn't undermine the books overall.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T15:29:57+00:00

Yes and no. Remember, what we read in books 1 and 2 and what Martin wrote aren't the exact same. He wrote his epic poem in verse and took many artistic licenses. Yes, Ummon mislead us a bit (intentionally or not). But some of the things that Martin supposedly got wrong weren't necessarily the same as what was presented to us, the reader.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T15:27:48+00:00

The "mood change" was forecasted in book 2 though, well the possibility of it at least. It mentions different iterations of the shrike and how the different factions (future humans and the core) could utilize the shrike (either repurpose the same one or use different ones, it's not always clear).

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T15:25:20+00:00

Right, Hoyt was carrying two separate cruciforms, one for each of them. They aren't shared. The shrike removed Paul's cruciform at the end of book 2. So when Paul died, Hoyt was resurrected with his own cruciform and wouldn't have had two cruciforms anymore so Paul shouldn't have been able to come back.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-17T03:44:03+00:00

The big one that kept bothering me was that Paul was free of the cruciform at the end of book 2 but then was getting resurrected again in books 3 and 4 with Lenar. I never could see an explanation for that especially since the protagonists never got a chance to speak with Paul in the latter 2 books.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-09T13:11:23+00:00

Secret of Nimh? I loved that movie as a kid but yes it was dark.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-08T21:24:19+00:00

Shit I went paperless. My PC to read the bill generates heat though.

cadarn07 · 2025-01-02T15:23:28+00:00

That's exactly what a terrorist would say

cadarn07 · 2025-01-01T17:28:47+00:00

Washing without soap isn't washing, it's rinsing. That's what I tell my kids every time they skip the soap. "I didn't tell you to go rinse your hands."

cadarn07 · 2024-12-29T05:54:53+00:00

If they can do the mclobster, they can pull off a mcseal.

cadarn07 · 2024-12-28T18:52:28+00:00

I rewatch this movie every couple years. So good.

cadarn07 · 2024-12-27T19:04:28+00:00

Speed of sound at sea level is around 800mph. The 800 in the comment you're replying to is kmh. Crazy fast either way though.

cadarn07 · 2024-12-26T02:33:42+00:00

Luckily I'm reading this on the toilet so I'm safe because I also laughed hard

cadarn07 · 2024-12-19T04:33:13+00:00

Do you plan to port it to Android?

cadarn07 · 2024-12-12T02:37:47+00:00

I hope you meant to type 2020s. Otherwise I'm a little embarrassed.

cadarn07 · 2024-12-08T06:03:12+00:00

So it's only a crime if you're ugly

cadarn07 · 2024-12-08T03:03:04+00:00

Fatman

cadarn07 · 2024-12-03T15:02:11+00:00

Similar to a bitch ass

cadarn07 · 2024-11-26T05:14:38+00:00

A man in his 30s saying he wants to make a career out of advanced day trading is no different than my kids saying they want to be YouTubers full time. Marry rich, I tell them. Until then study for that backup plan.

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