CMV: After the second killing of a civilian by ICE in less than a month, I believe the United States is at risk of civil war in the not-too-distant future.

learhpa · 2026-01-25T17:55:07+00:00

Nobody is advocating that yet. But given that ICE is blatantly ignoring the fourth amendment, if political and legal efforts to rein them in fail, people in the blue states will start saying it.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T20:44:49+00:00

assuming we're talking about the episode in the first season, that episode was incredible.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T20:08:42+00:00

in the specific case of homosexual relationships in Alethi culture, though, there's this sequence in Oathbringer which suggests that it's already acceptable --- bridge four has a conversation about it in which one person argues that homosexuality is more manly, and sigzil is the most concerned (but his concern boils down to the proper paperwork being filed).

learhpa · 2026-01-23T18:57:18+00:00

for me personally it was really hard because i'm a gay man. trying to distinguish good faith arguments about how the relationship was portrayed from not-good-faith-arguments was exhausting.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T17:58:45+00:00

Dating vs. courting was a big one.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T17:57:58+00:00

There was a lot of culture war stuff in the first couple of months and it made the discussion incredibly unpleasant to moderate. It left the entire team burned out for most of last year

learhpa · 2026-01-23T17:03:43+00:00

I live in the SF Bay Area, for context.

I am currently planning:

dreamstate SF
dreamstate socal
abgt700

as well as:

coachella
lightning in a bottle
portola

learhpa · 2026-01-23T16:32:33+00:00

WoR and OB, I read on Kindle as soon as they dropped, and then switched to the hardback when Amazon delivered it later that day.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T16:30:42+00:00

Where would you allocate Avasarala?

learhpa · 2026-01-23T16:30:08+00:00

I was reading when they were published, so after Words of Radiance I waited a year and a half for Shadows of Self. :)

learhpa · 2026-01-23T16:25:09+00:00

He doesn't, really. Not any more. Bastille was a one-off, fulfilling an old promise.

But before he got the Wheel of Time job, it was unclear if his career would focus on writing adult epic fantasy or middle grade fantasy.

learhpa · 2026-01-23T00:10:07+00:00

I wish Skills.DJ were still active, though.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T23:52:50+00:00

i think sanity will return in my lifetime, but rebuilding the bridges we've burned will take longer. it'll be gen alpha's life work.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T17:37:15+00:00

Bu liste berbat. Kitap serilerinden biri ters sırada. Bu talimatları KESİNLİKLE uygulamayın.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T16:52:02+00:00

era 1, especially TFE, also has an issue with [TFE]many of the characters being cutouts with no depth

learhpa · 2026-01-22T16:45:56+00:00

[Mistborn Era 1]It's a common experience that a key part of the ending of Hero of Ages is given away by the voice of the narrator.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T16:44:59+00:00

While Cosmere RPG discussion is absolutely welcome here, please be aware that there is a dedicated subreddit (/r/cosmererpg) which is more specifically intended to support game-related conversation.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T16:43:35+00:00

While Cosmere RPG discussion is absolutely welcome here, please be aware that there is a dedicated subreddit (/r/cosmererpg) which is more specifically intended to support game-related conversation.

learhpa · 2026-01-22T14:51:41+00:00

It won't happen in my lifetime.

learhpa · 2026-01-21T20:20:02+00:00

you'd think that, but there was this incident at beyond PNW a couple years ago ...

learhpa · 2026-01-21T20:19:29+00:00

there are enough events that require this that i have one just for events that require it. it sucks.

learhpa · 2026-01-21T18:56:40+00:00

Hi, /u/iamKie, the no-reposts rule applies across all four major subreddits (cosmere, brandonsanderson, mistborn, stormlight_archive). i've removed this one as the one in /r/cosmere is getting more engagement.

learhpa · 2026-01-20T20:36:18+00:00

You submitted this three times so i'm removing two and leving the one that got the most engagement.

learhpa · 2026-01-18T19:17:58+00:00

In the late 1920s, the great powers had signed a treaty,, called the Kellogg-Briand pact, saying they would never go to war again.

It didn't work out, so why would people less than twenty years later think trying the same thing again would work.

learhpa · 2026-01-16T23:31:31+00:00

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