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  • What author/work did the "varying character viewpoints" narrative first?

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  • It really did. I have my issues with various things in the Dune series, but Herbert's writing skill is not one of them. It's very impressive and clearly influenced large swaths of modern day writing.

  • ‘Doctor Who’ Star Peter Capaldi Responds to Online Backlash to Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa Castings: ‘I Don’t Know Why People Take it So Seriously’

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  • In my mind, even "bad" iterations of a thing I like are better than nothing at all, because that means it will have the opportunity to change in the future instead of just being gone forever. This goes for DW, Star Wars, etc.

    And "fans" that throw fits about their pet show not doing exactly what they want at all times aren't fans at all, they're just control freaks. The unfortunate thing is that praise is often less freely given than criticism, so the viewpoint of happy fans ends up being drowned out in the fracas. I try to do my part, but it does feel like shouting into the wind sometimes.

  • What author/work did the "varying character viewpoints" narrative first?

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  • I am reading Erewhon right now but so far no POV changes.

    After looking it up, it sounds interesting! Haven't read it myself, but the title made me think of Lord of the Rings, which does kind of do something similar, but pretty different at the same time. It's been a while since I read that, though, and my memory of it is pretty fuzzy.

  • 'Why does he keep speaking English to me?' Chinese woman scolds AirAsia crew for not speaking Mandarin

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  • "We" isn't as universal as you are suggesting here.

  • 'Why does he keep speaking English to me?' Chinese woman scolds AirAsia crew for not speaking Mandarin

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  • Really? I see it every time. Bad thing happens in US: "Of course it did. Where else could it?" Bad thing happens outside of US: "Wow. [Other Place] really acting like the US here." Apparently racism, violence, and most other human sins only exist in the US to some people. It's weird.

  • TIL there was such a thing as lumberjack sandals.

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  • Cool video, though it doesn't look like the older pic used that technique. The lace paths don't match up.

  • Finally an apolitical instance!

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  • Burn gets a bad rap. People just don't like the game being over in 4 turns, but it takes good plays to make that happen, and even better plays to recover if it doesn't.

  • Finally an apolitical instance!

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  • MTG has its own political shitshow. Less so on Lemmy (been out of the loop for a while now, but figure it's still pretty chill given the meme), but Reddit was really bad with the dumbass takes people would post about the developers and shit. Typical "Forum dedicated to [thing] becomes mainly a place to hate on [thing]".

  • Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources

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  • Lol, "annoying". Good. Most people don't like their racism called out. Those with actual merit can manage to self reflect, though. Whining about how the calling out makes you feel bad is pretty much the opposite of that.

  • Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources

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  • Name calling has become so normalized in politics. It's seriously depressing.

  • Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources

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  • it's just a pun-infused pop culture reference

    Pejoratively, and based on his race. I suppose you'd argue it's fine to call a Japanese man "Mr Miyagi", or African American man "Kunta Kinte"?

    This is the same shit racist, conservative bigots do, and it's not OK just because it's aimed at them this time.

  • xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife

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  • The comic says "After two decades"...

  • Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources

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  • Cause racism is OK when it's people we don't like?

  • Waymo 'driverless' taxi ploughs into London crime scene after double stabbing

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  • That's literally their job - to control the car if it starts driving erratically and, more to the point, to take blame/confuse culpability in the event of an incident. Same goes for the code auditors babysitting the algorithms that are putting them out of work. I know "a job's a job", but this is just offering yourself up for sacrifice.

  • I still have more beef for that hack

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  • I mean...yeah. That's kind of the whole reference...

  • I beat Morio and died at the same time, so its just the princess

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  • This is slop. Or a sloppified screenshot. Why?

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs are donating $1 of every copy sold on Steam this week to the real-life Pirkštejn Castle, preserving the actual history behind Henry's home

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  • Or they could, you know, donate an actually substantial amount of money instead of using their "charity" to squeeze their 8 year old game for a few more bucks.

  • Top MAGA influencer revealed to be AI

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  • It's only gonna get worse as the tech improves.

  • The Real Reason Trump Talks Like an Idiot | The Daily Beast Podcast

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  • The reason he talks like an idiot is because he's an idiot. The reason it works is because other idiots hear him and think he makes sense. Conveniently, it's also so incomprehensible that intelligent people struggle to address anything he says because he says so much dumb shit - he is Gish Gallop manifested.