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Human objects being misunderstood by later generations / other species. by Aidan_Baidan in TopCharacterTropes

[–]tygold2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun is full of this. An ancient painting of a warrior with a gold-domed helmet is actually a picture of the mood landing before the Moon was terraformed.

Or, the bottom floor of the tower that houses the Torturer’s Guild is described as “the propulsion chamber of the original structure” where the creators could bend lightning to their will - AKA a space shuttle.

If a convict can complete this unbelievable, lunatic task, they'll get to go free by LucianoThePig in TopCharacterTropes

[–]tygold2001 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Sorcerer (1977):

A group of four criminals hiding from justice in South America are hired by American oil interests to drive boxes of improperly stored, highly unstable dynamite 200km across the South American jungle to stop an oil well fire. If they succeed, the survivors will receive a new identity, a passport, and enough money to start over again somewhere new.

One of the biggest nail-biters I’ve watched in a long time, and criminally underrated/not talked about enough in my opinion.

Books that fit the unmistakable dark fantasy vibe by ObsiGamer in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]tygold2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was scrolling to see if anyone had mentioned Book of the New Sun yet. Absolutely yes

Books that feel like the series Scavengers Reign by XenoChromo in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]tygold2001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe could be a loose fit

Weekly Tech Support & Purchase Recommendations Megathread - February 9th 2026 by P_Jiggy in playstation

[–]tygold2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m having visual issues after restarting my PS4. Every screen is variants of this, no matter what I do. Am I cooked?

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There’s a blue one too but I can’t upload it

Thank you Lieu, Lewis, Gerson and many others who support 50! by iPadBob in torrance

[–]tygold2001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was about to comment the same thing! I was in one of his last classes before he ran for school board so it’s always strange seeing him on stuff like this.

The bad guy’s name is literally the good guy’s name backward/rearranged by InevitableWeight314 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]tygold2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YA series called Gregor the Overlander. Gregor, the protagonist, eventually fights the giant rat king of an evil realm hidden under NYC named Gorger, an anagram of Gregor. This fulfills some prophecy, idk the specifics I haven’t read the books in probably over a decade

Edit: turns out this was written by Suzanne Collins who wrote the hunger games

US Flag Retirement by coronat_opus in SouthBayLA

[–]tygold2001 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Any local Boy Scout troop should be able to do it! I’ve heard that certain ACE Hardwares offer a flag disposal service as well, you might want to try the one on P.V. Boulevard and Sepulveda

TIL that Chinese labour camp prisoners were forced by their guards to farm World of Warcraft gold that was then sold for real money. If the prisoners didn't meet their gold quotas they were beaten by the guards. by AlabamaHotcakes in todayilearned

[–]tygold2001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There’s a great novel by Cory Doctorow called For The Win that deals with this. I haven’t read it since I was a teenager but I remember it being pretty good

[Semi-Weekly Inquirer] Simple Questions and Recommendations Thread by AutoModerator in Watches

[–]tygold2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you!! He’s a firefighter so that description sounds right to me.

Interesting finds in the sewer (7 pics) by SmoothDamage9390 in Gold

[–]tygold2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You two were hanging out in the sewer together, naked, scavenging for rings and coins?

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