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Kinda disappointed by the lack of any drop, tbh.   Edit: I command thee to dance.  
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Defend? He's just died! Who's attacking him? Cause whoever it is is kind of a huge rear end in a top hat. Is it you? I bet it's you.
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Mar 13, 2015 03:16
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thnks mr. skeltal
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Mar 13, 2015 03:38
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dialhforhero posted:thnks mr. skeltal 
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Mar 13, 2015 03:45
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gently caress 
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Mar 13, 2015 03:46
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There's nothing stopping you! The man left a legacy that will live on forever 
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Mar 13, 2015 03:57
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Dabir posted:Defend? He's just died! Who's attacking him? Cause whoever it is is kind of a huge rear end in a top hat. Is it you? I bet it's you.  Chilli out nerd it was just funny how many people responded instantly to "is he a GoT ripoff"
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Mar 13, 2015 04:01
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Pratchett sucked and was only popular because socially stunted nerds love both fantasy and smug observations about society that make them feel superior. Take a benign social norm, reductio ad absurdum, shoehorn it into a fantasy setting, rake nerd money in, repeat. Who has two thumbs and is a hack? (he can't raise his thumbs and point at himself because he is dead, but the answer was terry pratchett)
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Mar 13, 2015 04:09
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thank mr. skeltal
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Mar 13, 2015 04:12
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Taciturn Tactician posted:
 Danger Mahoney posted:Pratchett sucked and was only popular because socially stunted nerds love both fantasy and smug observations about society that make them feel superior. Take a benign social norm, reductio ad absurdum, shoehorn it into a fantasy setting, rake nerd money in, repeat. 
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Mar 13, 2015 04:16
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PCOS Bill posted:After you read some Discworld, slip on into some Piers Anthony for a little extra flavor. Ahhh, because Piers Anthony's special flavour of incest, rape, torture, rape, children eating their own poo poo and rape is just what people would naturally be looking for after reading someone as incredible as Terry Pratchett.
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Mar 13, 2015 04:34
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Gorilla Salad posted:Ahhh, because Piers Anthony's special flavour of incest, rape, torture, rape, children eating their own poo poo and rape is just what people would naturally be looking for after reading someone as incredible as Terry Pratchett. Yes?
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Mar 13, 2015 04:35
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Gorilla Salad posted:Ahhh, because Piers Anthony's special flavour of incest, rape, torture, rape, children eating their own poo poo and rape is just what people would naturally be looking for after reading someone as incredible as Terry Pratchett. 
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Mar 13, 2015 05:53
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RFC2324 posted:Don't forget Hogfather, and Going Postal also have great movies for them. Neddy Seagoon posted:All you really need to know is the first three or four Discworld books don't really have the full continuous world going from the later ones. There's a couple minor contradictions to Ankh-Morpork and various little things before it all settles in by around Guards! Guards! into something consistent. You should still start with The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic though.
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Mar 13, 2015 08:05
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Tiggum posted:They're OK. Colour of Magic is pretty much garbage. Wyrd Sisters is the best adaptation though. Small Gods is another good stand-alone book, since it takes place a couple hundred years before all the rest of them. Guards! Guards! and all the other night watch books are fantastic. I also love all the books that prominently feature Death.
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Mar 13, 2015 08:17
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Tiggum posted:Why would you advise people to start with the ones that are almost nothing like the vast majority of the series? Start with Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Soul Music or Going Postal. Because they're still good books in their own right? 
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Mar 13, 2015 08:21
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St Evan Echoes posted:Pyramids is a good Pratchett starting point because it doesn't involve recurring characters. Also true of Moving Pictures and The Truth (but Pyramids is the best of the three) This is horrible advice, don't read his weak boss because of lack of recurring characters. The best starting points are Guards Guards or Mort. If you like them you can read more.
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Mar 13, 2015 08:24
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RFC2324 posted:Don't forget Hogfather, and Going Postal also have great movies for them. No. The "Going Postal" movie only a superficial resemblance to the books. It is a bad movie.
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Mar 13, 2015 11:27
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Amazing. Sometimes memes can absolutely capture the moment perfectly.
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Mar 13, 2015 11:32
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theflyingorc posted:This is horrible advice, don't read his weak boss because of lack of recurring characters. Have to agree here - Mort is the best book of his early works. Introducing Deaths extended world and the relationships he's forged with Albert, the death of rats and Death's daughter Ysabell.
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Mar 13, 2015 14:42
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Zoinks, that's a spoopy maymay!
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Mar 13, 2015 14:50
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Colour of Magic isn't bad per se but it definitely feels separate from the rest of the series. It's just sort of a parody checklist of stuff that happens in a fantasy setting. I read it first and almost didn't bother reading another Discworld book because it felt kinda of  I read Guards! Guards! second and would definitely recommend it as a starting point, although The Light Fantastic isn't a bad spot if you'd want to begin earlier in the series, and does establish a few things that get brought up in later books.Pratchett always had the keenest understanding of human nature of any author I've ever read, even when his characters weren't human. Only read the Xanth novels if you like to read about fantasy creatures' tits.
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Mar 13, 2015 14:52
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Mar 13, 2015 15:08
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That amount of polyester clothing, plus fire, plus alcohol, plus impaired vision, seems like a wonderful idea.
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Mar 13, 2015 15:54
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On that topic I can't help but notice that nothing is actually on fire in that pic. Someone help them.
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Mar 13, 2015 15:59
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Karate Bastard posted:On that topic I can't help but notice that nothing is actually on fire in that pic. Someone help them. The drinks are props too. They're cargo-culting masculinity. The hunting blind behind them tells me they are "ironically" hunting humans. Probably juveniles.
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Mar 13, 2015 17:26
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Karate Bastard posted:On that topic I can't help but notice that nothing is actually on fire in that pic. Someone help them. I doubt they dare to sit around any kind of open fire in those suits. The suit material is probably flammable as heck on its own but you also have to think about the build up of bodily odours,sweat and gasses coming from the furry inside those suits. They are basically bombs just waiting to go off.
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Mar 13, 2015 17:27
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Because they're still good books in their own right? Relatively few of Pratchett's books were weak. Monstrous Regiment was pretty "meh" but Guards! Guards! was fantastic, Mort was great, and
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Mar 13, 2015 17:50
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Danger Mahoney posted:Pratchett sucked and was only popular because socially stunted nerds love both fantasy and smug observations about society that make them feel superior. Take a benign social norm, reductio ad absurdum, shoehorn it into a fantasy setting, rake nerd money in, repeat. 
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Mar 13, 2015 18:07
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I agree, if there's one group of people that would find no benefit in extremely plainly stated lessons about how to be less of a piece of poo poo, it's fantasy novel readers and nerds. I for one would like to see both of those groups continue on in complete ignorance of how terrible they are. Thank you.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:11
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PYF macros and other dumb poo poo: Pratchett-chat with a brief intermission for fursuits.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:20
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Notice that there are no maps of Discworld. Ahem... e: I see your point though
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Mar 13, 2015 18:33
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Gruffalo Soldier posted:Ahem... Pratchett also said it was "basically impossible to map it" because continents came and went or sometimes just exploded.
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A BUNCH OF NEW POSTS IN THE MEME THREAD?! OH BOY! 10 minutes of this poo poo later....  gently caress.
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