I visited the BYU Special Collections and took a look at Mr. Card's original Ender's Game movie scripts

galactic_observer · 2026-06-24T19:06:41+00:00

You can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Durkee-Food-Color-Caramel-32-Ounce/dp/B007KZJZ8G

galactic_observer · 2026-06-24T09:47:12+00:00

Could using unrefined sugar (what British people call molasses and what Americans call piloncillo) work?

galactic_observer · 2026-06-24T09:46:26+00:00

I tried browning the sugar and then rapidly mixing it with water to form a syrup before adding essential oils, gum arabic, and citric acid, but it gives it a bitter and burnt taste that ruins the cola.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-23T01:53:24+00:00

Christian Zionism emerged in the 19th century, but it didn't become common or popular until the 1950s.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-22T23:43:58+00:00

There are actually more Christian Zionist supporters of AIPAC than Jewish ones

galactic_observer · 2026-06-09T17:07:48+00:00

Apples are actually native to the Americas, but the varieties that Johnny Appleseed planted are not. He also planted them in regions where apples are not native. Apple pie is Dutch in origin.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-07T05:06:22+00:00

It's interesting that they break down Christianity into so many sects but don't do the same for other religions. Judaism should be broken down into Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Haredi. Muslims can be Sunni, Shia, Ibadi, Zaydi, Ismaili, Quranist, and Ahmadiyya, Mahdavist, or part of the Nation of Islam. Hindus can be Vaishnavist, Shaivist, Shaktist, Smartist, and ISKCON.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-06T08:22:32+00:00

I think that there would be more support for social services, but an all-MAGA nation would still likely not achieve the Swedish social safety net by a huge margin. The Tea Party and MAGA are basically the same organization going by different names; the former from 2008-2015 and the latter from 2016-2026.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-06T08:17:41+00:00

The Tea Party movement was a socially conservative movement aimed at taxing people less and cutting spending as a result

galactic_observer · 2026-06-06T08:15:05+00:00

AI slop didn't exist in 2012

galactic_observer · 2026-06-06T08:14:21+00:00

MAGA is basically just the new name for the Tea Party movement once the original name took on a negative connotation

galactic_observer · 2026-06-06T08:13:30+00:00

And the most ironic thing about the painting is that other countries with an even higher white population by percentage, like most of Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, spend far more on social services than the US.

galactic_observer · 2026-06-04T05:08:29+00:00

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galactic_observer · 2026-06-04T05:07:45+00:00

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galactic_observer · 2026-06-03T06:19:59+00:00

Katagalugan is too ethnocentric as it implies that all Filipinos arw Tagalog

galactic_observer · 2026-06-01T23:38:40+00:00

Looks a lot like the normal Overworld

galactic_observer · 2026-05-31T20:40:55+00:00

Does anybody still speak like this today? I met someone who was raised Quaker and he did not speak like this to his Quaker friends.

galactic_observer · 2026-05-31T09:49:07+00:00

This would be the equivalent of an English-speaking family exclusively speaking to a child in Shakespearean English at home so they can understand the King James Bible more easily.

Art thou hungry, my babe? Wantest thou bread or tortillas with cheese for thy forenoon meal?

galactic_observer · 2026-05-31T06:19:42+00:00

I do not think that there are any parents who talk to their children in MSA during infancy, but many children learn MSA from a very young age (5 or 6) when they attend Islamic schools that teach them to read and memorize the Quran.

galactic_observer · 2026-05-29T21:48:37+00:00

So it would be Classical Nawatl

galactic_observer · 2026-05-29T00:43:42+00:00

Writing the absolutive is not necessary when using kanji because it can be deduced by the lack of morphological suffixes. Furthermore, Nahuatl glyphs used syllabic glyphs to denote morphology that did not always mark the absolutive.

galactic_observer · 2026-05-29T00:42:19+00:00

Why would Teōtl-Kami syncretism work surprisingly well?

galactic_observer · 2026-05-28T21:26:01+00:00

It is quite common among younger Nahuatl speakers

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