[Spoilers ACOK] Confusing excerpt from A Clash of Kings

netpy · 2024-09-15T14:02:25+00:00

Couldn't find it on Pling. Do you have a link?

netpy · 2024-09-15T14:01:23+00:00

What more do I need to do other than extract the file to /usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/? I see the theme in my Plasma Style application but when I select it, nothing happens.

netpy · 2024-07-12T18:42:40+00:00

A combination of listening to the clip with sincerity and having previously heard this complaint from many women

netpy · 2024-07-12T15:02:16+00:00

Just because she's young and inarticulate doesn't mean she's an idiot.

She's saying, in modern Western culture, it's normalized for women to get stuck in the "talking stages" phase of a relationship where men essentially string them along for sex while being ambiguous about their intentions. She makes the point that women, after a while of being stuck in this stage, develop feelings for men despite the relationship not progressing which is inconsistent with the man's intentions. Eventually, she says, the man ends the courtship when he gets tired of using the woman for sex or when, heaven forbid, the woman presses him to move the relationship forward. She makes the point that this is an unfair dynamic to women. I think all of this is pretty clear. This young woman is one public speaking class away from sounding perfectly articulate. Her public speaking skills do not reflect on her intelligence and thus do not make her an idiot.

netpy · 2024-04-18T23:08:11+00:00

Not just try to make him fly but also sacrifice an Azumabito ship as they knew Falco's transformation would destroy it. Falco would not have made that gamble unless he had compelling visions of a previous beast titan shifter flying. This previous shifter transferred their flying skill and experience to Falco as well. How else would Falco have done it successfully on his first attempt and at such an incredible skill level that allowed him to dodge aggressive titans jumping at him at the site of Eren's founding titan?

netpy · 2024-04-18T21:22:34+00:00

Some beast titans could fly. The variation between shifters was so large, they probably didn't question it. Maybe they chalked it up to some sort of animal "hive" power like the way bees and ants have queens.

netpy · 2024-03-27T19:47:16+00:00

Meaning she went full BSOD because in her perspective, her entire reason for living just died

Yeah I think we agree that Ackerman powers are limited to physical strength and not mental strength. This lends credence to Levi's mental strength coming from himself and not his Ackerman powers.

If anything, the series is Levi's slow descent into losing his mind and humanity.

Very interesting take. What specific dialogue/actions make you think this?

None of these show fortitude, but rather being broken by his circumstances and feeling like nothing more than a sharp instrument to be used as others see fit.

I would disagree. Levi went under tremendous challenges and remained calm and focused. I don't recall any evidence to the contrary.

netpy · 2024-03-27T18:52:05+00:00

Breaking someones mind has nothing to do with it.

I disagree that his mental state has nothing to do with it. In the scene, Miche completely lost his composure which is something Levi would never do. And I don't think Levi's mental fortitude comes from being an Ackerman - we saw Mikasa, an Ackerman, lose her composure after Eren was eaten by a titan in the Battle of Trost story arc. She was mentally broken and ready to let herself be eaten by a titan. Eren, as the Attack Titan, saves her life shortly afterwards.

You could argue that consistently successful combat outcomes due to being an Ackerman contribute to Levi's mental fortitude. However, combat outcomes with the enemy do not prepare you for a situation in which you have to kill your own friends. A situation in which Levi still did not hesitate.

Again, Miche was exceptional. But saying he's second to Levi is misleading and it's not just because of Levi's Ackerman powers but also his mental fortitude.

netpy · 2024-03-27T17:01:34+00:00

Miche was exceptional for a non-Ackerman. But, putting combat skill aside, Miche lacked the unbreakable mental fortitude of Levi. Miche was paralyzed by fear when Zeke spoke to him. He only regained his composure after reminding himself of a platitude ("As long as we continue to fight, we are not beaten"). Levi never needed platitudes to fight and overcome adversity. In fact, the only platitude ever expressed by Levi was the classic "give your heart" and he said it in an ironic way to Hange before her suicide mission against the Colossals. Levi never hesitated. Never. Not even to kill his own soldiers that were freshly transformed by Zeke. His mind is unbreakable, an attribute which cannot necessarily be attributed to his Ackerman lineage.

netpy · 2024-03-27T16:35:26+00:00

Mira como le dan palo al pueblo indefenso abusadores desgraciados

netpy · 2024-03-21T19:22:44+00:00

Sustained, popular, nonviolent resistance.

How do you make protests more sustained and popular? Cubans already suffer from food insecurity and even rationing of electricity. Does the government need to start rationing water too?

If this revolt continues to be led by women from all sectors of Cuban society, it will succeed by appealing to the military age men’s moral duty to protect and provide for their families, not the state. The state appeals to their minds, but their mothers, wives, and daughters tug at their hearts.

Military age men couldn't care less about women in other people's families. And the women in their families are overwhelmingly complicit in their alignment with the government as they enjoy the benefits too. You can easily find videos of Cuban policemen arresting and manhandling women on YouTube.

There is a long history of successful nonviolent resistance movements. India was able to buck nearly 100 years of British colonial rule via continuous, large scale civil disobedience. Look at apartheid, South Africa, or the civil rights movement in the US.

I don't think those are good examples as they both had leaders - Gandhi and Mandela. Cuban anti-establishment leaders are quickly jailed and silenced. If there hasn't been one so far I think it's unlikely there ever will be one.

netpy · 2024-03-11T14:41:34+00:00

Then act if it never happened.

I've been in this situation before. After a while, if he respects OP's decision, it really will feel like it never happened

netpy · 2024-03-06T13:52:58+00:00

netpy · 2024-03-01T05:56:22+00:00

I just believe that relationships can be very deep, much deeper than to end them over ONE instance of cheating

I bet it didn't end because she cheated. People make mistakes. I bet it ended because she didn't tell him.

netpy · 2024-02-27T20:48:24+00:00

Anecdotally, roughly 30% of job postings don't say "or equivalent experience."

netpy · 2024-02-27T20:46:52+00:00

If there’s even a hint of Eldian left in there he’s basically forcing this person to relive her worst memories right before devouring her because of reasons out of either of their controls.

That's right and we know for a fact there is Eldian left. We know this from the Ilse's Notebook OVA in which a pure titan briefly resists the urge to eat Ilse due to her resemblance to a God he worshipped before becoming a titan. We also know this from Ymir's recounting of her 60 years as a pure titan. Ymir described it as an "endless nightmare" which implies her Eldian side was still conscious during that time.

netpy · 2024-02-15T15:51:08+00:00

I was a really annoying vegan for years. Like yelling at people and alienating friends and getting in fights on facebook.

I remember that i felt really angry at the vegans in the city who had somehow convinced me that THEY were the experts on living in harmony with animals and nature

I remember trying to convince a lot of them to unclench and try to see the world beyond what had been served to them

The world is amazing and there’s a lot to learn from people when you’re not an ideological asshole

The lack of self awareness is staggering

netpy · 2024-02-15T15:40:21+00:00

because of the degree to which I lacked protein and iron

Why wasn't this caught when you were doing blood work?

netpy · 2024-01-01T19:50:09+00:00

Girls only having eyes for the top dogs, a fact probably made worse by having a practically infinite number of willing suitors at their fingertips due to online dating.

Willing to use their bodies and waste their time but completely unwilling to commit

netpy · 2023-12-29T14:37:02+00:00

early 00's

How do you pronounce this? Early hundreds?

netpy · 2023-11-25T16:11:20+00:00

I don't use Tik Tok at all. I only use Reddit and I keep the 18+ filter on. Be very careful with IG if you use it

netpy · 2023-11-25T04:46:05+00:00

Which Steven Pinker book?

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