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[Safetydummy]

By then the AI will be able to predict even fetishes you didn't know you had

THAT is a scary prospect indeed...

Don't have Disney+ so all the Star Wars and Marvel series have so far passed me by. I know eventually I'll succumb and get access but I know I shall also hate myself a bit for giving money to the House of Mouse. I know there are ways to bypass the paywall but dammit I'm just too honest to bring myself to do it.

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(Just torrent it like everybody else does...)

 

[Cdenises]

THAT is a scary prospect indeed...

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(Just torrent it like everybody else does...)

Who really pays for TV anymore? I figure at this point they get my money at the amusement parks or on steam buying video games (because DRM has been a real bitch lately)

 

[lissynony]

Time for the Mime to get some sleep. I'll announce that bounty hunt winner tomorrow! Great work, everyone!

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[Cdenises]

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I'm always kinda taken aback by fahrenheit temperature before I convert it.
Yeah that's really bad but it's like survivable

It's the humidity that really matters. 94F at 100% humidity will literally kill you. Something like 130F at 0%. If you can't sweat and have it evaporate you are fucked.

 

[Aramaranataka]

Time for the Mime to get some sleep. I'll announce that bounty hunt winner tomorrow! Great work, everyone!

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Take care and sweet dreams!

 

[Tosser]

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."​

The irony of that quote is that it was made by a politician.

If you believe the Bible, it's marketing and was started by Satan himself in the Garden. "Just eat it - it's good for you - nothing bad will happen!"

And it's only gotten worse since.

 

[Aramaranataka]

It's the humidity that really matters. 94F at 100% humidity will literally kill you. Something like 130F at 0%. If you can't sweat and have it evaporate you are fucked.

Yeah it's always gonna depend on a bunch of factors, wind speed, geography, etc.

 

[Silwith]

While I think that everyone that is a fan of Tolkien from one direction or the other should both read the books and watch the LotR movies, I'm torn on what direction one should go. I normally suggest books first, but, in this case, movies first wouldn't be a bad way to go, especially since you already have them.

Dunno, I find the books overrated, the story is obviously fantastic, but his writing style is just... meh honestly.
LotR is one of the few, if not the only, IP were the Movies are straight up superior to the books in my opinion, the only reason to read the books at all for me is the content/characters/ect that the movies left out, but I can see someone not reading the books at all and would say that that isn't a big loss.

 

[Nuddhist Monk]

If you believe the Bible, it's marketing and was started by Satan himself in the Garden. "Just eat it - it's good for you - nothing bad will happen!"

And it's only gotten worse since.

That would make sense why some Christian religions denounce politics.

All I know is that November better hurry up and get here before I lose my mind due to all the political ads.

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[lissynony]

It's the humidity that really matters. 94F at 100% humidity will literally kill you. Something like 130F at 0%. If you can't sweat and have it evaporate you are fucked.

For those who are overheated, you might want to try the following

 

[Nuddhist Monk]

Dunno, I find the books overrated, the story is obviously fantastic, but his writing style is just... meh honestly.
LotR is one of the few, if not the only, IP were the Movies are straight up superior to the books in my opinion, the only reason to read the books at all for me is the content/characters/ect that the movies left out, but I can see someone not reading the books at all and would say that that isn't a big loss.

Tolkien was good at lore and world crafting but his literary writing skills were pretty lacking.

 

[TheDude14]

Calling it a night. Hope you all have a good day or night. Talk to you all later.

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Also don't think I didn't see you our there @Slumdum

 

[Tosser]

For those who are overheated, you might want to try the following

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[SJMagic]

Tolkien was good at lore and world crafting but his literary writing skills were pretty lacking.

Part of it, just like Shakespeare, is the writing styles have changed.

Hell, in the past twenty years the way we communicate is so vastly different. Forums such as this have disappeared and you get reddit, facebooks, and discord.

I honestly prefer the bulletin board style so much more.

 

[lissynony]

 

[SJMagic]

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[lissynony]

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Wow, there are so many alternatives.

 

[Nuddhist Monk]

Part of it, just like Shakespeare, is the writing styles have changed.

Hell, in the past twenty years the way we communicate is so vastly different. Forums such as this have disappeared and you get reddit, facebooks, and discord.

I honestly prefer the bulletin board style so much more.

Not his writing style but his writing skills. Even in his time Tolkien's writing skills were viewed as a bit amateurish because he wasn't a writer, he was a linguist.

 

[Saturnus]

If you believe the Bible, it's marketing and was started by Satan himself in the Garden. "Just eat it - it's good for you - nothing bad will happen!"

And it's only gotten worse since.

I had a discussion on that topic recently!
The apple was from the tree of WISDOM. So how were Adam and Eve supposed to understand the folly of their own actions?
Because a disembodied voice (or human figure) told them not to?
How would they know that a talking snake was bad? He would have had to tell them first. He didn't
So, it was a set-up. God bamboozled Adam and Eve for the pleasure of treating them as sinners.

All I know is that November better hurry up and get here before I lose my mind due to all the political ads.

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Just switched phone companies and I feel like Verizon sent all the campaigns my number and told them to start sending everything.
I used to get 2-5 per week. Now I'm getting at least 2 per day.

Part of it, just like Shakespeare, is the writing styles have changed.

Hell, in the past twenty years the way we communicate is so vastly different. Forums such as this have disappeared and you get reddit, facebooks, and discord.

I honestly prefer the bulletin board style so much more.

Me, too. That's why I yap so much, I think.
A little nostalgia with conversation.
Anybody still have Yahoo Instant Messenger?

 

[Silwith]

Tolkien was good at lore and world crafting but his literary writing skills were pretty lacking.

Yeah, well, tbh, I am not versed enough to know if his style and skills were good or bad or what was common in the 30s and 40s when he wrote them. I read them in 2006/07 I think and just thought that his writing was really lacking and not engaging *shrug*
Doesn't subtract from the fact the world building and all is great and that LotR is a fantasy classic of course