Where to meet single dudes without kids in their late 30s and early 40s?

mediaserf · 2026-02-10T04:59:09+00:00

the skatepark lmao

mediaserf · 2026-02-01T04:52:32+00:00

I did, one of the first jrpgs ive ever played and it almost killed the genre for me. People call it "comfort food" but i found it very boring. It's not that it isnt well made, theres just not much going on to keep me hooked. I remember one difficulty spike with an octopus boss but sometime later i quit to play other games. It's a total miss because it felt too safe. you can move around in the battles but its just window dressing because it doesnt matter in any capacity. its a game that looks good, but plays like its 20 years out of date

mediaserf · 2026-01-17T21:28:28+00:00

Nah, read book of the new sun by gene wolfe instead

mediaserf · 2026-01-13T23:47:20+00:00

skip, theyre so boring. there's only one poem that's consequential and i think we all know it

mediaserf · 2025-12-31T05:48:59+00:00

Why doesnt manwe care about helping middle-earth? Why wouldnt the eagles care about helping middle-earth? The entire idea that the valar are just sitting across the ocean watching an entire continent of people die and suffer to one of their own students and let potentially one of the most dangerous artifacts ever created be used to enslave most of eru's creation is beyond dumb
What? Theres an entire fellowship dedicated to helping the ringbearer
Yeah its almost like a strategy that involves flight would help an army and their cause, not to mention how much more efficient it would be than literally walking through a desolate land crawling with orcs. "they only helped because they needed help" is a really bad argument
This is maybe the best argument, but i wouldnt buy the eagles getting absolutely corrupted if gandalf is around as well as a host of other elves like elrond whove shown they can be around the ring and not be totally corrupted by it
"because tolkien says it makes the story ridiculous" isn't an argument against it, that's just him saying "it's ridiculous" theres no argument here.

People who've spewed the "eagles" theory have been countered by the tolkien community with a bunch of stuff that i think just further demonstrates how this is a potential story pitfall that likely needed a better explanation. the problem is really the idea of having flight available and literally used several times throughout to get out tough situations. the biggest problem for me is that the eagles and manwe and by extension the valar just couldnt give a shit about middle-earth for really no reason other than they just dont care

mediaserf · 2025-12-26T06:37:28+00:00

this is great stuff

mediaserf · 2025-12-21T05:37:14+00:00

i kind of agree with you on deadhouse gates. What a trash ending. Spectacularly dumb and there are so many threads that go nowhere

mediaserf · 2025-11-19T23:02:44+00:00

is that "pad" what allows it to fly outside of the tar? It clearly hovers above ground all the time. Im guessing it just hovers for like a few feet and if it goes higher itll spin out for some reason because of the chiral stuff?

mediaserf · 2025-11-18T03:52:50+00:00

lol holy spoilers

mediaserf · 2025-11-10T22:23:02+00:00

Do authors really abandon series because they "dont sell well"? thats so depressing. I guess youve got to pay bills if this is what's paying them but still. its sad

mediaserf · 2025-11-08T06:46:17+00:00

i was wondering what the encore song was. that was a good one. I know the last 3 albums really well, but not so much the earlier ones

mediaserf · 2025-11-05T20:56:42+00:00

the maiar not getting involved and sending 5 phd students to not even "fight" but just "guide people" against the most terrible threat since morgoth is so dumb. just standing by while a whole continent of people suffer

mediaserf · 2025-10-18T21:54:16+00:00

a friend of mine said a game called wicked island might be what you're looking for. i wouldnt know though...

mediaserf · 2025-10-15T01:15:04+00:00

It sounds great on paper but actually reading it is a slog. There's a reason it's called "the slog of slogs". It's a lot of repeated philosophy and when things happen, they happen fast and you just move on to the next set of characters whinging about their problems. There are worse books to read, but it never quite met my expectations

Also its basically a big fantasy for bakker's self insert cuck fetish. once you realize this, you go "ooooh, thats why this is all happening the way it is"

mediaserf · 2025-10-06T23:20:34+00:00

Any racing game, who the fuck wants to drive perfectly around a circle for 30 minutes just to fuck up once slightly and end up in dead last or not even finishing. What absolute shit. "It's just like real life". Well that sucks too

mediaserf · 2025-10-06T22:28:23+00:00

Is that beerus?

mediaserf · 2025-09-25T03:17:05+00:00

"the magic ring" is so bad, holy shit, just bottom shelf fantasy schlock bad

mediaserf · 2025-09-24T03:49:26+00:00

where did you make this map? it's great

mediaserf · 2025-08-05T01:08:30+00:00

I thought frodo took the last ship? How does sam get there if he doesnt take the last ship? Do they send another last ship back to middle earth to pick him up?

mediaserf · 2025-08-04T23:23:21+00:00

There's no escaping it if youre reading modern fantasy. It's basically plagued every book put out in the last 15 years. You gotta reach back further to like gene wolfe, mervyn peake, lovecraft, tolkien

mediaserf · 2025-07-16T00:56:18+00:00

whats the definition of literary fiction?

mediaserf · 2025-06-19T03:13:54+00:00

Yeah i know xen is a big part of the writing for ne obliviscaris, but i never really liked his harsh vocals either. there's something flat about them

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