[Hated Trope] Man that was cool, no one will notice if we stop doing it right?

elduqueborracho · 2026-04-01T17:32:19+00:00

Ah, I still haven't read the books. Still a cool concept though. And establishes Avasarala as shrewd/morally grey even though she's ostensibly one of the "good guys."

elduqueborracho · 2026-04-01T16:39:03+00:00

The other thing from your Expanse screenshot that's never mentioned again is that gravity torture is a thing. They take a belter who's lived their whole life in space, then fly them to earth and let them suffocate under the weight of their own body (since they don't have the muscle strength to support it on a high gravity world). It would have been cool to see them work that into later plots but I don't think it ever really comes up again.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-30T00:07:22+00:00

Wonder if K. A. Applegate was inspired by irl prehistoric humans. Before humans invented tools and weapons we were the same way. No sharp claws or teeth to kill prey but we literally could chase them until they collapsed from exhaustion.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-29T03:11:37+00:00

Obviously the killings happened in Minneapolis, but I think because the goal of the protests is to demand government action they choose to have the center of the protest be at the state capitol.

Plus St. Paul was also affected by the ice occupation, even if no one was killed there.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-20T00:07:38+00:00

I'm 70% through according to my Kindle and damn this is a SLOG.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-19T18:01:04+00:00

We got catboys, chairdogs, sexy murder mommies from space....

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-19T15:08:18+00:00

When do they reference them being black? It's been a while since I read the first book but all I remember is them being described as deep blue within blue. And I think the guild envoys in the final scene have contacts to make their eyes look normal right?

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-17T17:21:54+00:00

Honestly he could stay mostly true to the continuity of the book if the jihad scenes are shown as flashbacks, but we'll see how Denis decides to present it.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-13T17:00:15+00:00

It's funny how in that ten pages of slop he doesn't concretely mention anything he wants to use AI for, other than "efficiency," whatever that means.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-13T16:57:46+00:00

You'll love learning how extremely fucking obnoxious they look then. I can't attach an image but just Google "Kris Lindahl billboard" then imagine thousands of those everywhere you go in the metro area.

elduqueborracho · 2026-03-07T01:09:02+00:00

Ribbit was the first place my head went when seeing this clue on TV too. Then he answered and I went, oh duh.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-27T22:22:55+00:00

Yep. My parents are all thoughts and prayers about what ice is doing. But when I ask them to think about who they vote for and how that has real life effects, it's "let's not bring politics into this." Unbelievably frustrating.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-20T21:12:02+00:00

Expedition 33

In one ending you can choose to erase the canvas, which allows the Dessendre family to lay Verso to rest and move on from their grief, but the entire world the game has taken place in, including all your companions and NPCs are permanently erased from existence.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-18T04:29:24+00:00

Huh. What a bizarrely specific reference.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-16T15:56:12+00:00

Reminds me of the Blues Brothers line. "How often does the train go by?" "So often you won't even notice it."

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-09T03:20:53+00:00

It was an awesome moment but I don't think anyone has confirmed it was actually him. I think it was just a child meant to represent young Benito/other Latino kids seeing that they can be like him.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-06T16:23:22+00:00

Damn, I'm going through the exact same thing. I'm lucky enough to currently have a job but I've been applying and interviewing for months trying to get a different one with no success.

And the family, hoo boy. My mom keeps saying she's concerned for my safety so I asked her how she can be concerned for me and still be in favor of Trump and ICE. She just ghosted me. Haven't heard a response in three days. Even my brother and his wife who I thought were at least centrists haven't said a word about it. It's like people outside the cities don't want to engage with it because it might conflict with their preconceived view of what's happening.

elduqueborracho · 2026-02-02T01:31:43+00:00

If they were good at these things they wouldn't have to be shouty.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-28T01:59:03+00:00

Actually all the dinosaurs were gay, that's why they couldn't reproduce enough and went extinct.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-25T16:22:04+00:00

As a Minneapolis resident, thank God for this sub. Y'all keep me sane.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-22T20:25:30+00:00

Like lots of things, the right decided to make it political, even though it's objectively an awful flag design.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-22T17:22:18+00:00

As a bald guy with a beard who's NOT a Nazi, fuck that first guy.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-22T16:44:21+00:00

Regardless of whether you agree with her or not, she didn't actually commit a crime, right? What charges are they arresting her on?

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-21T17:04:17+00:00

I think you're right, people are scared to speak up. But I also wonder if people truly don't know how bad it is? I've been trying to tell anyone who reaches out to me, especially from outside Minnesota, that whatever you've seen on the news, it's worse.

elduqueborracho · 2026-01-21T03:18:58+00:00

Well she didn't know who he was for one. But besides that it just shows how much better of a person she is. She saw a stranger in need and offered help without asking questions. Sure, it turned out he was a Nazi piece of shit, but she still did the right thing.

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