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spicystraw

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  • What is the fantasy book/series everyone should read?

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  • While I understand your perspective, I believe we hold differing interpretations of the series. I am not seeking an argument, as I consider this to be a fantastic piece of literature, and I believe Weeks effectively portrays religious piety. Additionally, it features remarkably strong female characters. It is quite interesting how we can read the same words on a page and arrive at such different interpretations. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

  • What is the fantasy book/series everyone should read?

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  • Can you tell me more? I'm not religious and don't know much about Mormonism. I've heard similar things about other authors like Sanderson. I gotta say, the comments are a bit underwhelming since no one explains the actual problem.

  • What is the fantasy book/series everyone should read?

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  • Here are some series I can't recommend enough:

    Cradle by Will Wight — A young man born too weak to matter in a world where martial artists can shatter mountains and walk on air decides that's not good enough. Starts small and intimate, then escalates into genuinely insane power fantasy. The progression system is crack cocaine. 12 books, all out, binge-worthy.

    The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan — A slum girl accidentally discovers she has magic, which is very illegal if you're not from the right family. Gets accepted into the Magicians' Guild under suspicious circumstances and slowly uncovers something rotten at its core. Cozy, character-driven, and surprisingly political.

    The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks — Magic is literally made of light and color, and drafters slowly go mad from using it. Packed with political scheming, morally grey characters, and one of the best slow-burn mystery plots in fantasy. Weeks hid twists in plain sight for five books and sticks the landing.

    The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington — Time travel, prophecy, and a magic system where using power costs you years off your life. Dense and intricate in the best way, the kind of series where you flip back to chapter one after finishing it and realize how much you missed. Islington clearly planned every page from the start.

    All are fantastic series, happy reading! 📚

  • Anon goes home

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  • This reminds me so much of John Greens writing, check him out if you like some melancholic writing.

  • Lifehack

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  • He must be a fellow JoJo enjoyer.

    In part 6 jotaros pants are also his shoes

  • What's one thing your learned at college/university that blew your mind?

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  • Twin Paradox TL;DR: Identical twins—one stays on Earth, the other rockets off near light speed and returns. Relativity says time slows for the traveler, so they age less (e.g., returns 20 while sib is 50). "Paradox" cuz from traveler's view, Earth seems to move, but acceleration/turnaround breaks the symmetry, so no real contradiction. Mind-bendy Einstein stuff. 🚀

  • the economy is a social construct

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  • I disagree, economy is just a term describing trade between people. It means that ypu dont have to be a farmer or fisher to feed yourself, but can be a mechanic and still get fed.

    I do agree that the system has been exploited by greedy people with no moral or sense of compassion for fellow human.

  • We should be able to legally have a different name just for work for better work/life separation

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  • I am really sorry to hear that you haven't experienced an enjoyable workplace yet.

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  • Window AC units are not common outside of North America

  • It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused and supported unlawful government.

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  • Thank you for detailed explanation, I do see your point that government is not as omnipotent and superior as I might have made it out to be.

    Could you just clarify, are you arguing in favor of Second Amendment or against it? I can see it being used in both cases

  • It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused and supported unlawful government.

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  • I agree with you that the government is losing legitimacy. However, I'm deeply confused and frustrated by the second part of your argument. The United States was literally built by immigrants from its very beginning. People moved there seeking a future in a brave new world, and this diversity made the country a cultural and intellectual leader in music, literature, science, and finance. Yet now, immigration is somehow viewed as negative, largely because a few loud voices claim immigrants are criminals or spread absurd rumors like them eating dogs.

    What's even more troubling is how politically divided the country has become. The simple act of helping a fellow human— a fellow American—avoid unjust ICE arrests is labeled a "liberal" issue. In my view, watching Americans being essentially kidnapped by government-paid agents is exactly the kind of tyranny the Second Amendment was meant to prevent. This division and inaction feel entirely pointless and contrary to the values the nation was founded on if i am to be convinced by conservative side.

  • Tourists hit Iceland man riding his bicycle and flee the scene

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  • While I can emphasize with people being panicked and scared of consequences for doing a major fuckup, I believe that its in those moments its most important to stay on course of what is moraly correct.

    As most people, I have had moments where I did not live up to the words above, and those are the usually moments that bother me the most on sleepless nights. The moments when my actions did not live up to my morals.

  • It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused and supported unlawful government.

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  • One aspect of the U.S. Second Amendment that I struggle to understand is how owning firearms can be seen as a check against government power in the modern era. No matter how much money an individual spends on collecting weapons, they can never match the resources of a government with access to advanced technology like orbital GPS networks, fighter jets, drones, bioweapons, logistics, and nuclear weapons.

    When the Amendment was written, weaponry was still in its early stages of development, and the assumption was that a well-armed populace could, with sufficient numbers, overthrow a tyrannical regime. However, in today's world, this seems unrealistic. Even if someone owned a thousand .50 caliber Desert Eagles, it wouldn’t make a significant difference against such overwhelming governmental power.

  • Is water an acid or a base?

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  • me_irl

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  • I choose not to think to overthink this. Bringing up a kid has its rewards and as comic points out, sacrifices. Most parents gladly do whatever necessary so their kid has the best life in this world, and this comic just pokes fun of a phase of our life where we think more of our selves than what our parents offer up for us.

    Bad taste? Sure, but sometimes bad jokes are the ones that get the point across and lit most discussion around the topic.

    Just my 2 cents.

  • Why the Steam Deck still obliterates the Switch 2 (a response to Nintendo Life)

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  • Okay, so I gotta admit, that article about the Switch 2 being not-so-bad actually convinced me. They're right, it's awesome for parties and two-player gaming on the go. I didn't realize the hardware could do 3.2 teraflops docked (1.6 undocked)—the Deck only does 1.6!

    Yeah, games are pricey, but I think Nintendo delivers good entertainment value.

  • Progressive Democrat wonders why nobody questioning Donald Trump’s mental acuity: ‘This is crazy work’

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  • Then she is doing a wonderful job of it!

  • Progressive Democrat wonders why nobody questioning Donald Trump’s mental acuity: ‘This is crazy work’

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  • Lady, wtf do you mean we have not been questioning? Have you seen what dude has been doing for the last few weeks alone??

    I really hope she is just bating other profile politions to speak up, otherwise this is just plain stupid.

  • F**k Amazon

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  • Goodreads sucks, it so unstable and slow. However, all ny friends use it and i have never been able to not find a book on there. I tried bollwyrm and my issue with it was lack of solid recommendations to what to read next.

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    Is there a way to search Fediverse?