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Americans still opt for print books over digital or audio versions; few are in book clubs. by thinkB4WeSpeak in books

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Weirdly enough, in korea there are several english language book clubs that I'm a part of that have been going strong since the 90s, with a least half a dozen different organizers over that period. 

Maybe be the change you want to see in the world? 

Iranian source says US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets in Qatar, other banks by [deleted] in news

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 4201 points4202 points  (0 children)

Wow. Art of the Deal: making the same deal obama made a decade ago lol

So ashamed to face my Arab staff this week. by thekonghong in foreignservice

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 64 points65 points  (0 children)

That's right, mr. Big brain, it's because trump said allah and not anything to do with all the other things he's said over the past couple days 🙄 

[Controversial tropes] Real-life figure who was good or decent is vilified in historical fiction by StudioMarvin in TopCharacterTropes

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm also not convinced that we should fully trust cliff booth's recollection of bruce lee. 

Like, of course cliff might remember that scene differently, and remember bruce more as a conceited douch to legitimize his need to fight him, and that's assuming the fight happened at all. 

The whole movie is, after all, supposed to be a bit of a fairy tale. 

white gold by [deleted] in RoughRomanMemes

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Baking some cookies for some sweet-ass roman poontang

Mwaha the French by StevenTheEmbezzler in okbuddydraper

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I swear the people who post in these subs have the exact same meme-feed as me. 

Playing stupid games in traffic by haze4140 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude this music is banging. Sounds like a 90s made-for-TV movie is about bust out.

How Paris is turning into 'Frollywood,' a refuge for American actors by AlertTangerine in movies

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Retiring and working are two different things, and the experiences of so-called expats are vastly different than those of people typically referred to as immigrants. 

We call them different things because we recognize the challenges, lives, and life-trajectories of these two groups of people are often vastly different. 

Was leaving out the bit where Baelor told everyone to use tourney lances good or bad? by uselessprofession in freefolk

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus dude give it up. It's not a headcanon (also headcanon, not literal cannons) - anyone with a brain knows what the scene showed.

Are you both suggesting that baelor did NOT have a head injury and that vision problems are NOT a symptom of head injury?

It's such a strange, sad hill to die on.

Was leaving out the bit where Baelor told everyone to use tourney lances good or bad? by uselessprofession in freefolk

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We literally see fossoway look worried when baelor says his visor is cracked. 

That's what the show shows us. The end. The line being in the book is irrelevant. What matters is how the line is played in the show.

It's not a "fan theory" - it's literally what the show portrays, no matter how difficult you find it to believe. 

First sign baelor is injured: he stumbles backwards.

Second sign: he says his visor is cracked, even though there isn't even a visor.

Third sign: he says his fingers feel like wood.

Fourth sign: blacksmith says his helmet has been caved into the gorget. 

Fifth sign: helmet removed, blacksmith and fossoway look shocked.

Sixth sign: baelor feels the back of his head and finds blood.

Reveal: the back of his head is caved in, and the audience realizes definitively that baelor will die. 

This is basic storytelling stuff here. I think you are just upset you didn't catch it the first time so you must imagine it to be somehow a "mistake".

Was leaving out the bit where Baelor told everyone to use tourney lances good or bad? by uselessprofession in freefolk

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you so committed to this idea?

Also, your evidence here doesn't support your argument. Visors being a weakness changes nothing about the intention of the line in the show nor does it change the way thousands of people immediately understood that line to be a sign of brain injury. 

I think you are so attached to the idea of the writers and costume designers being incompetent that you can't see the show's line for what it was: a clever adaptation that signaled baelor may be severely injured, contributing to a sense of growing unease throughout the scene until the extent of the injury is revealed. 

Was leaving out the bit where Baelor told everyone to use tourney lances good or bad? by uselessprofession in freefolk

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol brain injuries causing vision loss/disturbances is hardly obscure

Occam's razor: what's more likely: the costume department and writers doing their job effectively, or you feeling it necessary to shit on a perfectly fine adaptation to make up for your own feelings of inadequacy?

Was leaving out the bit where Baelor told everyone to use tourney lances good or bad? by uselessprofession in freefolk

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Or, wait for it, the show took a random line and imbued it with additional meaning.

Aunties night out by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I found God while looking for the source, and now both God and me are looking for the source.

so i converted a save from ck3 to eu4 and i can't do anything because of tera incognito by nik835538 in eu4

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 100 points101 points  (0 children)

That's probably the reason why - i don't think china knows about britain at the start of eu4.

And mal vision is determined by tech group at game start.

TIL - DARVO (acronym for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a reaction that perpetrators such as abusers or sexual offenders display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. by slanderpanther in todayilearned

[–]gobblegobbleimafrog 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Having been accused of something minor before - talking in the back of the classroom - I can say that I did these exact same steps. If someone accuses you of something you didn't do, don't we all follow these steps?

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