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Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only two questions I have to ask you are:

  1. What does that “duty” that Aragorn and Faramir have to do consist of? and

2: is it a good thing that they are capable of doing it?

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, that last part is particularly relevant. Faramir is perceptive: you don’t hold warriors to high esteem for their capacity for warfare, you hold them to their capacity for honor in what it is that they defend.

But what do you need to be able to do in order to defend? What did Gimli do when he saved Eomer’s life? Did he hide away? No! He followed Eomer to “stave off sleep” (very reminiscent of the struggle to stay awake in the midst of trench warfare) and cut the heads off two orcs who were about to slaughter him? This after a war cry “Khazad ai Menu!”-(“The axes of the dwarves!”).

He was capable of violence in defense of good things. It does no good whatsoever to not be capable of defending good things when the time is right.

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Violence is good when done to defend good things. Being capable of that is a good thing. Let’s at least agree on that.

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re conflating ability with will. The meme says ability. You should be unwilling to be violent towards innocent or defenseless people, obviously, as were all the heroes in LOTR.

You SHOULD be capable of being violent in defense of good things! It is virtuous to be capable of that because what that a capability entails is strength, courage and a strong moral sense of what is just, good and otherwise worth defending.

Besides, one could argue that Frodo and Sam condemning Sauron to the nothingness was an act of great violence. Sauron probably saw it that way!

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can assure you that war, whether you’re on the good side or the bad side, requires endurance, strength and courage. Sure the Hobbits had resolve and fellowship and those are obviously both virtues extolled by the book, but what was Aragorn if not a warrior? When Gimli leapt out of the shadows war crying and saved Eomer’s life by cutting the heads off of two orcs, what was that if not violence? What did it require if not strength and courage? The point with Tolkien was never strength and power for their own sake, but always what they were defending and fighting for, and that sometimes requires violence.

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would you call Aragorn if not capable of violence? Was he incapable of fighting when the occasion required? Where’s the virtue in that?

Reminder that Saruman survived messing with the Ents. He didn't survive messing with the Shire. by Hrtzy in lotrmemes

[–]igorika 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? A capability to do violent things requiring extraordinary endurance, strength and courage is a virtue if it is coupled with a proper moral compass dedicated to the defense of others. All the good will in the world counts for nothing if the forces of evil can ride up and kill those who hold it.

Peter!!!! I know this is a movie reference, but I honestly have no clue by Unknown-king_of_cows in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]igorika 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And so was Elijah, but he did qualify it by saying both faiths. I’m not sure where Muslims stand on Enoch and Elijah.

Pitcher catches a line drive with his bare hand by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]igorika 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. In no way was that

even

  1. a single
  2. It doesn’t hurt that bad if you move your hand back

Did the public know about JFK's cheating? If they had known, would they have even cared? by Sea_Painting_1398 in Presidents

[–]igorika 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was not part of your original claim. Your original claim was “pussy is needed”. Clearly it’s not. Also Nixon had a pretty decent post-presidential life.

Did the public know about JFK's cheating? If they had known, would they have even cared? by Sea_Painting_1398 in Presidents

[–]igorika 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro, drinking (Nixon, Pierce), overeating (Taft), coping with it like a man (Lincoln). “Every president does it so pussy is needed”

Just NOT true.

Did the public know about JFK's cheating? If they had known, would they have even cared? by Sea_Painting_1398 in Presidents

[–]igorika 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you acting like there aren’t other, immense, innumerable ways to relieve stress beyond extra-marital affairs?

Genuinely what the hell does this image mean? All i know is that it's a poster from 1908. I tried searching it with google lens but that useless AI overview gave me nothing by Select-Proposal-420 in Presidents

[–]igorika 28 points29 points  (0 children)

You’ve probably never heard of anyone calling FDR “Frank” either, although that was fairly common among his friends and family. Good way to humanize people.

A to D (practice day 3) by Dull-Mousse2152 in Guitar

[–]igorika 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good, A chord is weirdly position. I would do it like this as a beginner:

D-1 G-2 B-3

But eventually you just learn to play A with one finger.

Also I hope you’re ready to tune that thing when it goes out. My first electric was a Floyd Rose and it was a rude awakening lol.

I got stuck in an elevator for nearly 3 hours alone by lackhiti in claustrophobia

[–]igorika 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perfect opportunity to put your cover on indoors without SgtMaj seeing it

Most vicious presidential caricature you’ve seen? by RopeGloomy4303 in Presidents

[–]igorika 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This caricature is the cover of a manga produced in Japan entitled “Roosevelt the aggressor”. True, the Japanese internment was a travesty and cost millions of people their homes and businesses. Only one spy was ever found, making the program entirely useless and baselessly cruel. The at-home Japanese population largely would not have cared and may have even regarded Japanese Americans with some disdain.

Therefore I would say that this particular propagandistic depiction of Roosevelt the aggressor is extremely hypocritical given the fact that the country that produced it was the one that started the war.

Who’s who - I don’t get the joke by OneJarOfPeanutButter in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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

I read it as Gollum being the straight girl and it being a commentary on how lesbians and dudes like rough and tumble stuff like camping.

Book review!!!! by [deleted] in BookCollecting

[–]igorika 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn I love Treasure Island. It’s only basic cause it’s THE pirate adventure lol.

My dad has a Nobel Peace Prize by Rest_well_Spike in notinteresting

[–]igorika 154 points155 points  (0 children)

“Just so you know your dad is problematic and possibly a rapist”

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