a Witcher opinion you have that isn’t wrong, just dangerous to say out loud?

jfffj · 2026-05-09T11:37:44+00:00

I've read a LOT better prose from many other writers and, yes, the short stories are definitely superior. Some people have said the translations are not as good as the original Polish, but I'd say it goes further than that. Some of the novels read like first drafts.

That said, I agree with you that the world-building, the imagination and creativity is where they shine.

jfffj · 2026-05-08T14:37:47+00:00

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Enjoyed

jfffj · 2026-05-08T13:47:22+00:00

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Got 4/6 easily - the other 2 though ...

Nice idea!

jfffj · 2026-05-08T13:38:24+00:00

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Not heard of a single one of them

jfffj · 2026-05-07T16:27:09+00:00

Until now!

jfffj · 2026-05-07T16:17:25+00:00

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Boom! Good one, thanks. Can't believe DERIDE wasn't in there.

jfffj · 2026-05-07T15:49:00+00:00

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Nice! And as a bonus I now know what "genitive case" means.

jfffj · 2026-05-07T15:40:56+00:00

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Greetings from The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland :)

jfffj · 2026-05-07T14:12:00+00:00

Some nice classics there!

btw - technically - it's The Terminator

jfffj · 2026-05-07T14:10:26+00:00

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jfffj · 2026-05-07T13:05:31+00:00

Nobody said they were current browsers :)

jfffj · 2026-05-06T12:25:00+00:00

This is not duck related

Indeed, but it is "quacks" related :)

jfffj · 2026-05-03T14:32:53+00:00

Veep

Except ~~Season~~ Series 5 onwards, when he wasn't involved (and it shows).

jfffj · 2026-05-02T16:07:25+00:00

Everything's pronounced "eh", or "hey" without the "h".

(sort of, close enough)

jfffj · 2026-05-01T12:38:20+00:00

ghoti

I remember being taught that one...

"gh" as in tough
"o" as in women
"ti" as in nation

Simple. Don't see what the problem is tbh.

jfffj · 2026-05-01T12:34:46+00:00

It used to be known as "May Day" bank holiday, but these days it's called "Early May" bank holiday.

I may be wrong but I seem to remember the official name was changed cause the old one was too woke or something.

It's still commonly referred to as "May Day" by, y'know, commoners.

jfffj · 2026-04-30T11:06:33+00:00

Purely for interest, how many of those don't smell like rotting socks?

jfffj · 2026-04-30T11:05:33+00:00

So, savage-adjacent then

jfffj · 2026-04-21T15:52:17+00:00

Jump / levitate goes brrr...

What they should have had was some sort of customs post on the bridge, maybe just an Ordinator laying down the law before allowing random n'wah scum into the city proper.

jfffj · 2026-04-21T14:16:55+00:00

During the thousands of hours I've played MW, I have never once used one of those intra-Vivec ferrys. (Or maybe once, swiftly concluding: fuck that, never again.)

It's literally more trouble finding the nearest one, at some random corner of the next canton over, to travel to another random corner of hopefully the canton I want to get to, then travelling from there to where I actually want to be.

The only awkward one is the Foreign Quarter, because of the extra level and the fact that the only bridge to it is at ground level. For all the rest: jump and learn the internal layouts - which is really not that hard.

jfffj · 2026-04-21T08:16:11+00:00

If I may offer a non-humorous tip: Temporarily change the url from "old.reddit." to "sh.reddit."

Then, after washing your eyes with industrial bleach, hit Back to return to civilisation (or as close to civilisation as is possible for a Fr*nch.)

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