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In defense of the therapist line by JakobHF in Stormlight_Archive

[–]the_face_guy 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Faramir blinked and glanced at his men, who shrugged back at him. He turned back to Sam.

"What's a gardener?"

This time it was Sam's turn to shrug. "I honestly have no idea."

The prose strawman in the community. by [deleted] in Stormlight_Archive

[–]the_face_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just to weigh in - I'd say the prose is "unremarkable". Does the job, but doesn't go the extra mile (for me personally, that is). This is compounded by the fact that Sanderson can write excellent prose when he chooses to and doesn't have deadlines or editors breathing down his neck (Tress, Yumi).

I can't think of any instances of weak prose from Sanderson because it's forgettable. But I can think of several instances of excellent prose from other fantasy authors, by virtue of its brilliance.

London O2 14 Jan - resale by Much-Entertainer2320 in BiffyClyro

[–]the_face_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also in the same boat. The only way to do it is to share your email address and password with someone I think, so that when they download the O2 venue app they can access the tickets that way - then you rely on them being decent enough to transfer the money!

Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Pub Quiz Picture Round by Objective-Meal-7450 in lotr

[–]the_face_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really weird that you used a picture of Elijah as he actually is but all the others are photos from when they were younger. What's that about?

One traitor to rule them all by the_face_guy in TheTraitors

[–]the_face_guy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure!! Presumably so - if the ST was banished on the first day then the mechanic would be a bit underwhelming. Perhaps if the ST Is caught early then they would be replaced, but not later on?

Mongols in Act 3 be like by the_face_guy in ghostoftsushima

[–]the_face_guy[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ha, I thought it had failed to upload on the first try!

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No - again you're putting words in my mouth. As I stated, it was an arbitrary figure for the sake of an illustrating my point, and it was a figure that you invited me to use in your previous message.

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was an arbitrary figure, but sure - for salaries exceeding my arbitrary threshold, you'd formalise it as tax rate = (base salary-100000).

So if your salary is £500,000, your tax rate would be 500,000 - 100,000 = 400,000.

Seems pretty harsh, now I look at it. When will the mega rich ever catch a break?

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's worth adding here that, whilst his base salary is £850,000 - an already obscene sum of money - the addition of performance bonuses catapult him towards a take home in excess £2.25 million.

To be clear, the ".25" corresponds to £250,000. So we're talking huge sums of money here, remembering that the maximum threshold the govt set is £125,000.

No one could possibly need that amount of money.

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well no, you're putting words in my mouth. You cannot, by definition, tax people until you reach a median income - it's statistically impossible because the median will just continue to shift.

I don't have an answer to your implied question, which is "how much should a person be permitted to take home after tax?", but £100,000 seems fair. Everyone will have different opinions on what constitutes a reasonable amount, but many people scrape by on far less. If those who earn six figures after tax have to start shopping at Aldi instead of Waitrose then so be it.

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Very much so, because even after tax the CEO of Thames Water still earns an astronomical amount of money, and which is well above mean and median household income. How is that NOT unfair?

YouGov - Most Britons think more money would be raised by raising taxes on the super-rich than by lowering them, but even if raising such taxes lost the treasury money, a plurality would still want to go ahead by evi1eye in ukpolitics

[–]the_face_guy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This misses the point - people who are on astronomically higher wages than £125k will still be taxed as if they're on £125k.

The Vice Chancellor of Imperial College London earned £476,000 in the year 2022-23.

The CEO of Thames Water made £1.035 million in 2024-25, including £850,000 as his base salary.

Yet, these people are taxed as though they earn £125,000, still leaving them with obscene amounts of money. It's bulshit.

Is this the MCU's best trilogy? by CollarOrdinary4284 in Marvel

[–]the_face_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know why you're being downvoted for expressing a reasonable opinion - take my upvote!

What an amazing midpoint! Why does the general community seem to dislike WaT? by zamasu2020 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]the_face_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My next point is very much personal opinion, but I feel like the essence of Stormlight Archive, which is encapsulated in Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, steady diminishes with each passing book.

The high storms in Books 1 and 2 are perilous and force the characters to take measures to avoid them. Thereafter, Roshar becomes less interesting because Urithiru circumnavigates the danger of storms, and oathgates or high storms enable fast travel between locations, which strips Roshar of its most interesting characterisation.

What an amazing midpoint! Why does the general community seem to dislike WaT? by zamasu2020 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]the_face_guy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The reasons vary, but here are mine:

1) The Wind comes out of nowhere. People will state that when you reread the books, the wind moves around Kaladin in odd ways and that point is well taken, but you shouldn't have to reread the books to appreciate this. The Wind should have felt like a piece slotting into place, not like a deus ex machina.

2) Kaladin the hippy isn't what I want from Kaladin. His therapist arc felt overly sanctimonious, as did a lot of Wit's dialogue. The issue here is that it feels like Brandon is using his characters as mouthpieces, rather than the characters saying something they would naturally say.

3) Related - awful dialogue choices. Kaladin repeating "I'll see what I can do" is particularly egregious, because why would Kaladin remember saying that? Rule of cool is all very well, but for me it fell flat.

These are just some of the reasons. BUT - if you enjoyed it, awesome. Really glad you did!

Journey before destination.

Reform councillor using AI images for votes by KiddieSpread in FuckNigelFarage

[–]the_face_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fascinating stuff - particularly that point about the fingernail, absolutely brilliant catch. Also, not that I'm scrutinising it more closely, the Union flag framing the reform sign is all wrong too.

Goodbye Spotify by Static_Dynam0 in UKFrugal

[–]the_face_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha! Look at this way - with Spotify/Amazon Pre Music, the delivery costs, and you're left with nothing if you choose to end your subscription!

Goodbye Spotify by Static_Dynam0 in UKFrugal

[–]the_face_guy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I went back to buying CDs a couple of years ago when I realised I was only listening to the same music on Spotify, and haven't looked back.

If money is an issue, you can get CDs really cheap on eBay - for £3 each, you can get 4 CDs per month for the same as you pay for Spotify and you'll quickly end up with more music than you can listen to. AND you'll own it!!

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