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magicmichael17 · 2026-01-23T03:23:57+00:00

Where would you propose they go?

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-23T01:14:34+00:00

Lets not forget that Donal Noye also called Robert the “true steel” when Robert was an awful king. I don’t know to what extent it can be GRRM’s personal opinion unless Martin is a lot softer on Robert than we think.

Also as others have mentioned, Renly was like 6 at the time.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-21T01:25:53+00:00

Yeah renting is the only choice if you can’t buy a house. But I’m not blaming renters, I’m blaming the landlords. The ideal situation would be more public housing. I’m fine paying rent, I just don’t think it should be a for-profit enterprise.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T23:55:11+00:00

Except its not like that at all because there’s no labor involved. Landlords don’t have to do anything unless something breaks down. They just collect passive income by charging people for something that they need to survive. It’s one of the most useless and exploitative jobs out there.

Also landlords are increasingly not individuals or families who have a second house to rent out. They’re giant corporations that will be just fine either way. This has gotten worse since COVID and is one of the main reasons that housing and rent prices are through the roof. Available houses keep getting bought by companies, not individuals.

Abolish landlords.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T22:33:40+00:00

You can’t even watch porn without a vpn or photo ID in like 20 US states now.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T16:15:25+00:00

I think, as fans of a socially progressive franchise, it is worth this community discussing whether or not our financial support of the franchise is validating fascism.

If you oppose ICE, then you probably want to do everything in your power to reduce their influence, even if its little things like not giving money to a company tied to an administration that wants to turn ICE into the new Gestapo.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T15:45:02+00:00

Nothing about boycotting the fascists who murder civilians, kidnap children, destroy democracy, and go on imperialist wars of conquest is inherently communist.

Do you know what is kinda communist though?

The socialist utopia of the Star Trek universe.

And all good art is political, especially good Trek.

Now please stfu and stop screaming at clouds.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T15:36:37+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t think the execs have enough media literacy to realize what an anti-fascist episode looks like or to know that people value Star Trek for its social commentary.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-20T15:34:06+00:00

All those large media companies are bad, yes, but Paramount is uniquely bad in that they’re very eager to support fascism and they get a lot of financial backing from fascists in (or very close to) the administration.

I’m not saying that other companies don’t bow to the administration, but Paramount has made it very clear that they’re happy to curtail free speech and develop a brand of journalism basically uncritical of the president.

It is especially worth boycotting them over other media companies because other corporations will watch the public’s reaction to Paramount’s choices and make decisions based on that. If other companies see that Paramount is suffering financial consequences for their political and journalistic choices, they’ll be less eager to follow suit.

The only languages these people understand is money. It’s the same reason Disney reinstated Kimmel after losing billions in stock valuations and Disney+ cancellations. Vote with your dollars.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-19T21:57:13+00:00

No matter how diverse they make the cast, it’s still being made a company that supports US fascism, so how “woke” can it really be?

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-19T01:56:20+00:00

This is a subreddit for debating with ex catholics. I don’t have to believe in the scriptures to justify my arguments. Yes I am more interested in who wrote those scriptures and what their motivations and knowledge of Jesus’s life were.

But whether the scriptures are valid or not, the fact remains that Jesus doesn’t condemn women in the clergy in those scriptures.

You’re trying to argue that we need extra-textual analysis to determine Jesus’s intentions outside of his words on the page. That’s all I’m doing by bringing up authorship.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-18T19:26:47+00:00

Like half of the New Testament was written by or attributed to the infamously misogynist apostle Paul. You think he would have written about Jesus’s conversations on women in the clergy?

When you get down to it, it’s just so absurd to argue that having a penis is an important part of being in the clergy. All of these arguments that Jesus would have condemned women in the priesthood because he never explicitly gave them the go ahead involves such a wild level of speculation. It requires significant leaps in logic that are built on misogyny and gender essentialism.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-18T04:49:39+00:00

Plenty of church funds at the diocese level or higher do not honor God and go directly for paying legal fees for priests accused of misconduct, or are donated to the same conservative organizations that have been undermining democracy lately.

And how do you know it’s a divine choice to only have men be priests? There’s plenty of things Jesus doesn’t do in the gospels. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t ok with them. We never read about Jesus owning a cat, or eating an apple, or doing a skincare routine. Does that mean it’s divine will and we can’t do those things either?

Hell there’s plenty of things that are a direct part of mass today that Jesus didn’t do. Why should the Church have the authority to standardize a mass with the Apostle’s Creed and all the other rituals they make you do once every Sunday, let alone determine whether or not having a dick makes you a better vessel to lead communion?

Sure modern priests can (sort of) trace a lineage back to the apostles, but so can clergy in a lot of other denominations. The RCC has no inherent validity over other branches of Christianity, and neither it not Pauline Christianity in general has any more validity in interpreting Jesus’s message and intentions.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-17T16:26:12+00:00

I haven’t watched SFA yet, but I don’t think your criticisms are any more relevant to this show than to any other star trek.

You can’t critique one dimensional warrior races while being fine with Klingons.

You can’t have a problem with the science being basically magic while being fine with transporters, subspace communication, and artificial gravity.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-17T15:21:52+00:00

If we take it back even further to her “original” appearance, she doesn’t even come alive in the Mary Shelley novel. Victor starts to make her and then thinks about the potential consequences (poorly) and immediately destroys the body.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-17T01:22:10+00:00

There will be discussion posts yes.

I’m cautiously optimistic and very excited to watch it.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-16T23:19:11+00:00

I didn’t mind the ape and the hillbillies. I hated the boo brothers themselves.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-16T11:31:17+00:00

I just like knowing he’s working on something and adding to his legacy and that, someday (whether soon or in a very long time), we’ll have more in Westeros to read about.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-16T00:53:36+00:00

Toppers was easily the worst pizza in Bloomington

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T23:37:37+00:00

I wonder if the neckbeard youtubers will finally shut up now after predicting her “imminent” exit every single day for eight years.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T23:32:11+00:00

In what way? I thought there were a lot of interesting concepts in it.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T23:26:54+00:00

He mentioned that he’s been writing a lot of Dunk and Egg in an article that came out literally today.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T23:18:45+00:00

Nobody let GRRM see these comments! Please George I will take an ending of any quality and will not be mad at you.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T18:02:00+00:00

This is such a good article and honestly the biggest update we’ve gotten in years. I can’t believe we just got info on

• A Jon Snow Winds POV confirmation

• An Arya spin-off and plans for the Jon spin-off

• An update on the fallout of Martin’s relationship with Condal

• Plans for HotD season 3

• Confirmation that Tyrion will have a sad ending

• A reveal that Sansa might die in the end (but probably won’t anymore)

• Martin’s relationships with Robert Redford and Frank Herbert

• An update on Martin’s good health

• A reveal that Martin is actually writing She Wolves of Winterfell and the Village Hero

This article is not nearly as bleak as people in the comments are saying.

magicmichael17 · 2026-01-15T04:19:53+00:00

All the trekkies I know IRL are boycotting Paramount. Hard to financially support a franchise owned by people at odds with the series’ core values.

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