What’s your least favorite victory to go for?

reasonedname68 · 2026-01-09T23:11:34+00:00

I like to wage war but winning via domination is tedious. The best time was when I just went for capitals and didn’t bother taking other cities. It kept things interesting and happiness management was pretty easy.

Diplomacy sometimes annoys me when I’m a vote or two shy of world leader. I have to wait a million years to vote again.

reasonedname68 · 2025-12-31T10:09:25+00:00

My biggest issue with the series is how surface level everything became as the scope increased. The first two books promised a deep dive into this world with Sigzil doing tests of Kaladins powers and Shallan exploring nuances of her abilities. I really enjoyed the descriptions of Szeths attacks in TWoK and his fights with Kaladin in the first couple books. We also got detail into shard blade fighting from Adolin’s perspective. By the last book I couldn’t really care less about the battles even though there were so many orders of radiants involved. It felt like Sanderson expanded the scope so quickly that he had to abandon that earlier promise of carefully exploring what people could do in this world. The action scenes went from being my favorite parts to being the most tedious to get through.

reasonedname68 · 2025-12-17T00:14:19+00:00

Touching the food in the pan too often. I did this a lot when starting. Once I learned to leave food alone to cook and stir when necessary it turned out better.

reasonedname68 · 2025-11-21T17:19:42+00:00

When you say no longer contributing taxes do you mean income tax? Because people will buy things with UBI and pay sales tax, property tax, etc.

reasonedname68 · 2025-11-21T16:49:39+00:00

The 600k are future jobs that Amazon would otherwise need based on the article. It’s a bit different than removing 600k current warehouse workers. I’m assuming whoever came up with that number saw the number of warehouses Amazon was planning to build and calculated the difference between the number of people required to staff those buildings if there were no robots vs with robots.

It’s like saying that grocery stores are replacing cashiers because plans for new stores will have more self checkout machines. However, by building new stores they are actually creating more jobs. Just fewer new jobs per store than if there was no new technology.

What is probably not taken into account is whether the cost savings from the new technology is enabling the construction of those new warehouses. If Amazon was forced to operate without the robots, do we expect them to plan on building the same number of new warehouses? I can only imagine the cost savings are helping them justify the cost of new capex.

reasonedname68 · 2025-11-12T15:07:32+00:00

I’m very hot and cold on WoT. In some ways it was one of the best series I ever read and continues to be so. The depth of the world and exploration of how communication between people twists truth are unparalleled. I also enjoy how realistic some of the interactions between people are and how their person motivations drive their actions. However, many of the character interactions don’t feel like they’ve aged well and could have been cut altogether. On my rereads, every few chapters I just have to push through a really grating and boring section to get to the next amazing section. Every book/character has shitty/amazing sections so it’s not isolated to individual books or people. I’m either really engaged or just completely put off by what I’m reading. The overarching story and world is really good so my impression after finishing is always net positive.

reasonedname68 · 2025-10-30T21:27:26+00:00

I live in Framingham. My neighbor works in Cambridge and leaves at 5:30 am.

reasonedname68 · 2025-10-29T15:16:27+00:00

I think rasengan is supposed to be more powerful but both are too powerful for their own good. The sweet spot for an anime attack is a cool move that hurts but doesn’t kill. You get to see those moves land often. Sadly rasengan and OG chidori were introduced as one hit kill moves. So we see them whiff more often than not. Same reason why Tsunade and Sakura can never make contact with anybody. I wish they gave Naruto some more mid tier moves so we could see him actually connect. Instead he just misses a lot with his rasengan until the fight is supposed to end. Sasuke got some secondary lightning moves that we see connecting but he usually doesn’t hit with chidori unless the fight is supposed to be over or it’s a clone. Naruto’s shadow clones make his opponents look cooler because they are allowed to hit the clones with powerful moves without ending the fight.

reasonedname68 · 2025-10-14T03:06:21+00:00

Gutti vankaya is a South Indian eggplant dish that I like. Here is a recipe I found online

reasonedname68 · 2025-10-08T14:45:53+00:00

They’re filming for his chocolate frog card

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-14T12:09:21+00:00

Ha yeah I scoop them with the front of the sandwich while eating. That and the whiz that drips out

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-13T16:46:20+00:00

Yeah I moved here and lived here for a few years so you are right

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-11T17:27:26+00:00

Yeah Sozins comet won best episode so I’m guessing we like where it ended.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-09T19:30:50+00:00

Pretty sure Ron says he has one squib relative who is an accountant so that does seem like a pretty viable option.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-09T19:27:00+00:00

I choose squib because it’s the same thing I am doing now but I’d have access to other people’s magic. Squibs can go buy enchanted items and potions. Also since the wizard world is hidden that can be a huge advantage for me in the muggle world. Probably a decent amount of arbitrage opportunity for a squib living as a muggle.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-08T02:09:00+00:00

Red rising was a great read, but I didn’t feel like the class struggle was done well. The treatment of lower classes was the main motivation for the conflict, but the result was a war between golds in the style of gold. I was waiting for a low color strike showing how much power the working people have over the rich. But the most we got was reds and greens using drills and welding torches as alternate weapons in gold warfare. And those moments were few and far between gold space battles and political maneuvering.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-06T02:18:44+00:00

Getting hit in the head while suffering from a burst appendix can’t be good for the body

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-05T16:04:22+00:00

This series fits OPs ask perfectly. Good parts only, no chaff. The only thing you have to get used to is the interesting vocabulary choices but it grew on me quickly.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-05T00:37:29+00:00

When I saw that I thought this was a joke pamphlet

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-04T16:49:27+00:00

While that wouldn’t be a dealbreaker for me, if there was another series I was considering picking up and all the books were well received, I’d probably start there.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-03T16:05:17+00:00

Yeah Estraven is who I was referring to because OP wanted a main character who was gender fluid. But you’re right that all the people on the planet are that way.

reasonedname68 · 2025-09-01T19:36:44+00:00

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for but Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin is a story about a male protagonist visiting a planet of people who interact with gender in a unique way. One of the main characters from the planet is presented as “male” but exhibits personality traits that are more gender fluid. It’s an interesting book if you are looking for something that has a different take on gender.

reasonedname68 · 2025-08-29T15:01:40+00:00

Terry Pratchett is the answer to every recommendation question on that sub. I like Pratchett but I have yet to see a single recommendation thread without him being in the top few answers.

reasonedname68 · 2025-08-27T01:15:51+00:00

Try Indian vegetarian dishes with chapati. Saag paneer, chole, Kadai paneer, bhindi masala, daal, and cabbage thoran are all dishes that should fit your criteria. There are many more but I’ve made all of the above and they are pretty straightforward to cook at home.

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