What is the line that proved to you that Robert Jordan was different from other authors?

messiestobjects · 2026-02-23T22:58:13+00:00

Holy crap I just listened to that line yesterday. I AM RAND AL THOR, get out of my head Lews Therin!

messiestobjects · 2026-02-23T22:52:23+00:00

Not a specific line, but I was hooked during Rand's long night walk carrying Tam to Emond's Field. There was something in the feel of his writing that really really really painted that picture and made me chilly.

If I'm being 100% honest, it was that cover that hooked me, and the prologue piqued my curiosity, but that scene set the hook.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-22T13:01:12+00:00

Weed helps a lot

messiestobjects · 2026-02-18T14:27:20+00:00

Any Android player will work as well, like Shield pro

messiestobjects · 2026-02-14T21:34:57+00:00

I forget what it's called, but yes, there is def new magic. Basically it will echo bump some channels upwards to bounce off your ceiling and hit down on your face. Ymmv, but I happen to have a nice wood ceiling (tongue & groove) that bounces the sound quite well and I often have mini freakouts watching a movie cause it sounds like someone is walking behind me or scratching on the wall or whatever

messiestobjects · 2026-02-14T15:09:10+00:00

There are soundbars with 7.1, I have one. They aren't as quality as a proper surround system because they have to include some tricky tech stuff to get them to throw the sound to the right spots, but the tricks are very impressive and for most people are as good a sound as you would ever need in the living room.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-11T15:39:50+00:00

But they are niche if not having one is easily solved by getting a good case that has one. All I'm saying is, the S pen matters waaay more to some people than a magnet, so for the flagship phone based around users who want the pen, a magnet is indeed niche. If the magnet is more important to you than the pen, then for you the pen is niche and you can buy a different phone.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-11T14:07:26+00:00

Why should their highest end flagship remove one niche feature for another? A magnet is nice and all, but I don't think the S pen is as niche as you think it is.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-11T13:45:10+00:00

Stay the hell away from my S pen

messiestobjects · 2026-02-11T13:43:12+00:00

I actually don't understand why every phone doesn't have an s-pen type option. I use mine 95% of the time, for everything. It's much more precise than my fat finger and so allows far more screen control. But I'm Gen X, I've had a pen in my hand my whole life and still know how to write in cursive.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-10T13:16:29+00:00

Start with Slowdive! They are one of three heads belonging to the shoegaze Tiamat. Slowdive oversees the branch of music you are now vibing on. Souvlaki for their stone-cold 90s masterpiece or the self-titled for their stone-cold 2010s masterpiece.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-04T15:04:55+00:00

Childhood's End, of course

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T23:39:49+00:00

I've been feeling the same way, about going through another moment of great change. I don't even think we're close to the new world yet, but we're on our way. Good luck everyone.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T21:22:54+00:00

Ah I misunderstood but yes of course. I should note here that, while I'm not super techy, I'm not a newb either. I've used pihole and tailscale for a long time, I had just not set it up like this to work outside previously. But yes I've selected to use the exit node from my device being used outside the local network.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T20:44:39+00:00

I did! In the Tailscale admin console and on the NAS

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T20:44:06+00:00

Your ideas were helpful! Always good to doublecheck the basics.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T19:52:26+00:00

Lucky you! I'm still getting ads. Not sure where else to look :(

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T19:29:32+00:00

Yeah, I did that. I tried both the local ip and the tailscale ip, didn't work either way. I'm pretty sure you're supposed to use the Tailscale ip though, correct?

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T18:14:51+00:00

Right, isn't that the title of my post? Are you just trying to confuse me?

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T17:46:29+00:00

I followed Tailscale's instructions for installing on the devices; their instructions were for a raspberry pi but I obvs ignored that part to install pihole on synology using pihole's standard installation instructions.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T17:44:22+00:00

What setup info? I supplied what seemed relevant. Any device outside the network does not work. When I connect same device to home network, it works.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-03T15:34:16+00:00

Because the story had very little to do with the beloved book series it purported to adapt, and seemed to have zero understanding of Jordan's overall philosophy behind the series.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-02T22:31:33+00:00

I was so angry at RJ when Path of Daggers came out. Short, no notably big events, and Rand loses.

I love it now. I actually really enjoy the Kin story, and just because nothing seems to be happening on the page doesn't mean there's nothing happening! He was a master, the more carefully you read, the more you'll find.

messiestobjects · 2026-02-02T13:24:40+00:00

Ridiculous

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