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sx nmb*r	69	0.22%
w@@d n_mb_r	420	1.34%
Jeb! number	538	1.72%
Biden numbr	30330	96.72%
Total:	31357 votes

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Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:50

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 04:25

THS: Sep 15, 2017

Feldegast42 posted:

lol is that POE

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:51

Dalael: Oct 14, 2014; Hello. Yep, I still think Atlantis is Bolivia, yep, I'm still a giant idiot, yep, I'm still a huge racist. Some things never change!

Hustlin Floh posted:

Look at your post history

That would be unfair & cruel punishment

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:51

galenanorth: May 19, 2016

eager for more polls because Deval Patrick entering isn't enough primary news

I want to know who makes the sixth debate already but the deadline isn't for another entire month. I'm guessing Gabbard as the seventh on stage, based on another New Hampshire poll, but nobody else makes it

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:52

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

WampaLord posted:

Just ask Jeb!

Now he's got his own thread in C-SPAM!

Cuck Yeah!

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:54

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008; Can't post for 6 hours!

Also, having a rose emoji in your Twitter handle means you think women shouldn't be able to vote

It's true, some people with an extremely strong vested interest in rose twitter being sexist did some research and made that shocking discovery, though it brought them no pleasure

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:55

Meme Emulator: Oct 4, 2000

THS posted:

lol is that POE

Nah it�s meant to look like a dark souls item

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:55

World War Mammories: Aug 25, 2006

THS posted:

lol is that POE

major from software erasure here, you hate to see it

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:56

Lastgirl: Sep 7, 1997; Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

loquacius posted:

Also, having a rose emoji in your Twitter handle means you think women shouldn't be able to vote

It's true, some people with an extremely strong vested interest in rose twitter being sexist did some research and made that shocking discovery, though it brought them no pleasure

unfair to botany twitter and surfer twitter when blue wave emoji are being appropriated for political gain/smears

# ? Nov 14, 2019 17:57

Dalael: Oct 14, 2014; Hello. Yep, I still think Atlantis is Bolivia, yep, I'm still a giant idiot, yep, I'm still a huge racist. Some things never change!

Has anyone just considered banning twitter?

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:05

Lansdowne: Dec 28, 2008

botany twitter ain't havin no bernie

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:06

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

Dalael posted:

Has anyone just considered banning twitter?

twitter was less than a year from insolvency when Trump came along and made it the only platform that is probably going to survive the social network wars

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:07

Victory Position: Mar 16, 2004

loquacius posted:

My favorite false meme origin story is still the conrcob thing due to the vast disparity in believability between the obvious real explanation and the one they spent hours digging through ancient obscure cultural references to find

them doing the exact same thing with the rose emoji is a close second though

that they immediately didn't jump to Faulkner's Sanctuary always makes me lmao

real well-read guys, yeah, you sure do love books as much as you say you do :rolleyes:

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:12

lobotomy molo: May 7, 2007; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Fleetwood posted:

do you have to read the other books first or can you start cold with A Little Hatred?

you can start with A Little Hatred, there�s lots of returning characters but it takes place years after his other books; so all the characters get characterized (or re-characterized) very well. his other books fuckin own too, all in different ways:

The Blade Itself Trilogy = a fuckin� masterful deconstruction of stereotypical LotR fantasy

Best Served Cold = Kill Bill in Fantasy-Italy

The Heroes = Waterloo in Scandinavia

Red Country = Unforgiven with swords

Sharp Ends = short stories taking place during all the other novels

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:14

Phone: Jul 30, 2005; 親子丼をほしい。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeOnN5-2xYw

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:15

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Somebody is gonna ask Warren about Deval and I hope it happens on camera because there's gonna be mad 'I'd like to speak to your manager' Vibes in whatever she says as a reply.

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:17

Nothus: Feb 22, 2001; Buglord

galenanorth posted:

eager for more polls because Deval Patrick entering isn't enough primary news

I want to know who makes the sixth debate already but the deadline isn't for another entire month. I'm guessing Gabbard as the seventh on stage, based on another New Hampshire poll, but nobody else makes it

Are they going to bend the rules to let Deval on stage?

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:17

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008; Can't post for 6 hours!

I can't really imagine reading A Little Hatred without having read The Heroes, let alone without having read the First Law trilogy

but the idea is interesting to me, I'm curious which characters from A Little Hatred a fresh reader would guess were main or secondary characters in the originals

Victory Position posted:

that they immediately didn't jump to Faulkner's Sanctuary always makes me lmao

real well-read guys, yeah, you sure do love books as much as you say you do

to be fair there aren't any corncobs in Harry Potter so the usual wheelhouse is useless here

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:19

Victory Position: Mar 16, 2004

Nothus posted:

Are they going to bend the rules to let Deval on stage?

*shakes the Magic Succ Ball*

All signs point to succ

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:19

lobotomy molo: May 7, 2007; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

why you should read The Age of Madness:

quote:

Logen heard muffled shouting beyond the door. The big cupboard wobbled against his back. Another plate clattered from its shelf, bounced off his shoulder and smashed on the stone flags, scattering fragments across the floor.

�Nice loving plan,� snarled Ferro. Logen�s feet slid as he strained to hold the teetering cupboard up. She dashed over to the nearest window, fumbled at the metal frames round the little panes, prising with her fingernails, but there was no way out.

Logen�s eye caught on something. An old greatsword, mounted over the fireplace as an ornament. A weapon. He gave the cupboard one last shove then hurried over to it, seized hold of the long hilt in both hands and ripped it from its bracket. It was blunt as a plough, the heavy blade spotted with rust, but still solid. A blow from it might not cut a man in half, but it would knock him down alright. He turned just in time to see the cupboard tipping over, dropping shattering crockery all over the stone floor.

Black figures spilled into the room, masked figures. The one at the front had an evil-looking axe, the next a short-bladed sword. The one behind him was dark-skinned, with gold rings through his ears. He had a long, curved dagger in either hand.

Those weapons were not for knocking a man on the head with, not unless they meant to knock his brains right out. Seemed that they�d given up on taking prisoners. Killing weapons, meant to kill. Well, so much the better, Logen told himself. If you say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, and one thing only, say he�s a killer. He eyed those black-masked men, clambering over the fallen cupboard, spreading out cautiously around the far wall. He glanced over at Ferro, lips curled back, knife in her hand, yellow eyes sparkling. He fingered the grip of his stolen sword�heavy and brutal. Just the tool for the job, for once.

He plunged at the nearest mask, yelling at the top of his voice, swinging the sword over his head. The man tried to duck away but the tip of the blade caught him on the shoulder and knocked him reeling. Another one jumped in behind him, chopping with his axe, sending Logen stumbling away, gasping as his weight went onto his bad ankle.

He flailed around with the big sword, but there were too many. One scrambled over the table, got between him and Ferro. Something hit him in the back and he stumbled, spun, slipped, lashed out with the sword and hit something soft. Somebody screamed, but by then the one with the axe was coming for him again. Everything was a mess of masks and iron, clashing, scraping weapons, curses and cries, ragged breathing.

Logen swung the sword but he was so tired, so hurt, so aching. The sword was heavy, and getting heavier all the time. The mask weaved out of the way and the rusty blade clanged into the wall, knocking a great chunk out of the wooden panelling and biting into the plaster behind, the shock nearly jarring it out of his hands.

�Ooof,� he breathed as the man kneed him in the stomach. Something hit him in the leg and he nearly fell. He could hear somebody yelling behind, but it seemed far away. His chest was hurting, his mouth was sour. There was blood on him. All over him. He could hardly breathe. The mask stepped forward, and again, smiling, smelling victory. Logen lurched back towards the fireplace, his foot slipping, falling down on one knee.

All things come to an end.

He couldn�t lift the old sword any more. There was no strength left. Nothing. The room was growing blurry.

All things come to an end, but some only lie still, forgotten�

There was a cold feeling in Logen�s stomach, a feeling he hadn�t felt for a long time. �No,� he whispered. �I�m free of you.� But it was too late. Too late�

�there was blood on him, but that was good. There was always blood. But he was kneeling, and that was wrong. The Bloody-Nine kneels to no man. His fingers sought out the cracks between the stones of the fireplace, prising between them like old tree roots, pulling him up. His leg hurt and he smiled. Pain was the fuel that made the fires burn. Something moved in front of him. Masked men. Enemies.

Corpses, then.

�You�re hurt, Northman!� The eyes of the closest one sparkled above his mask, the shining blade of his axe danced in the air. �Want to give up yet?�

�Hurt?� The Bloody-Nine threw back his head and laughed. �I�ll loving show you hurt!� He tumbled forward, flowed beneath the axe, slippery as fishes in the river, swinging the heavy blade in a great low circle. It crunched into the man�s knee and cracked it back the wrong way, scythed on into his other leg and ripped it out from under him. He gave a muffled scream as he spun onto the stones, turning round and round in the air, shattered legs flopping.

Something dug into the Bloody-Nine�s back, but there was no pain. It was a sign. A message in a secret tongue, that only he could understand. It told him where the next dead man was standing. He reeled around and the sword followed him in a furious, beautiful, irresistible arc. It crunched into someone�s guts, folded him in half, snatched him off his feet and flung him through the air. He bounced from the wall beside the fireplace and crumpled on the floor in a shower of broken plaster.

A knife whirled, hissing, stuck deep into the Bloody-Nine�s shoulder with a damp thud. The black one, with the rings through his ears. He had thrown it. He was on the other side of the table, smiling, pleased with his throw. A terrible mistake. The Bloody-Nine came for him. Another knife flashed past, clattered against the wall. He sprang over the table and the sword followed behind.

The dark man dodged the first great swing, and the second. Fast and tricky clever, but not clever enough. The third blow bit him in the side. A glancing bite. Just a nibble. It only smashed his ribs and knocked him screaming to his knees. The last one was better, a circle of flesh and iron that carved into his mouth and ripped his head half off, showering blood across the walls. The Bloody-Nine plucked the knife from his shoulder and tossed it to the floor. Blood ran from the wound, soaked through his shirt and made a great, lovely, warm red stain.

He dropped and faded away, leaves falling from the tree, rolling across the ground. A man lunged past, slashing at the air where he had stood with a short-bladed sword. Before he could turn, the Bloody-Nine was on him, left hand snaking round his fists. He struggled and strained, but it was useless. The Bloody-Nine�s grip was strong as the roots of mountains, relentless as the tide. �They send such as you to fight me?� He flung the man back against the wall and squeezed, crushing his hands around the grip of his weapon, turning the short blade until it was pointing at his chest. �A loving insult!� he roared, spitting him on his own sword.The man screamed, and screamed behind his mask, and the Bloody-Nine laughed, and twisted the blade.

Logen might have pitied him, but Logen was far away and the Bloody-Nine had no more pity in him than the winter. Less even. He stabbed, and cut, and cut, and smiled, and the screams bubbled and died, and he let the corpse drop to the cold stones. His fingers were slick with blood and he wiped it on his clothes, on his arms, on his face�just as it should be.

The one by the fireplace was sitting, hanging limp, head back, eyes like wet stones, staring at the ceiling. Part of the earth now. The Bloody-Nine smashed his face open with the sword just to make sure. Best to leave no doubts. The one who�d had the axe was crawling for the door, legs twisted out and dragging over the stones behind him, gasping and whimpering all the way.

�Quiet now.� The heavy blade crunched into the back of the man�s skull and sprayed his blood across the stones.

�More,� he whispered, and the room turned around him as he sought out the next kill. �More!� he bellowed, and he laughed, and the walls laughed, and the corpses laughed with him. �Where�s the rest of you?�

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:19

lobotomy molo: May 7, 2007; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

loquacius posted:

I can't really imagine reading A Little Hatred without having read The Heroes, let alone without having read the First Law trilogy

but the idea is interesting to me, I'm curious which characters from A Little Hatred a fresh reader would guess were main or secondary characters in the originals

yeah, at first I was gonna say �nah read six other books first�, then I thought about it, and really? I think you could pick up 95% as you go along.

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:20

ATP_Power: Jun 12, 2010; This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.

If you're going to read fantasy most people read as kids as an adult why would it be anything but Earthsea

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:21

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Lansdowne posted:

botany twitter ain't havin no bernie

https://twitter.com/commiecompost/status/1184924303399063552

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:21

platzapS: Aug 4, 2007

Looking at filing deadlines and I'd say we've got this month for new people to jump in before they start missing too many deadlines.

Next deadlines to be on ballot are:
12/2 Illinois
12/6 California
12/9 Texas
12/18 Ohio
12/20 North Carolina.

e: these may not be accurate

platzapS has issued a correction as of 19:07 on Nov 14, 2019

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:26

Addamere: Jan 3, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

Isn't all this star trek chat exactly what the pop culture containment thread is for? Take it over there pls

if i were a mod, in addition to banning all the other mods, I would ban anyone who posted about posting

i would also ban delaware

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:27

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

platzapS posted:

Looking at filing deadlines and I'd say we've got this month for new people to jump in before they start missing too many deadlines.

Next deadlines to be on ballot are:
12/2 Illinois
12/6 California
12/9 Texas
12/18 Ohio
12/20 North Carolina.

Who manages these deadlines, the party? Since I wonder if someone with a whole lot of pull with that particular party could somehow jump the line on getting onto the ballot...

It probably really depends on when they print these things

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:31

Addamere: Jan 3, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Bernie Sanders

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:32

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

the rampant sexist-racialism of the left

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:33

Son of Thunderbeast: Sep 21, 2002

Addamere posted:

if i were a mod, in addition to banning all the other mods, I would ban anyone who posted about posting

i would also ban delaware

yeah immediately after making that post I realized I didn't actually care that much BUT I keep seeing dozens of new posts in the succ zone and thinking "what happened now" and it's a bunch of pop culture chat

which, fine cool I like sci fi and lit and stuff, but c'mon

Addamere posted:

Bernie Sanders

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:34

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

Nonsense posted:

the united states was less than a year from insolvency when Trump came along and made it the only country that is probably going to survive the trade wars

thank you president trump

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:34

Nothus: Feb 22, 2001; Buglord

Feldegast42 posted:

Who manages these deadlines, the party? Since I wonder if someone with a whole lot of pull with that particular party could somehow jump the line on getting onto the ballot...

It probably really depends on when they print these things

Lol it's the Dems. There is no management.

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:35

LGD: Sep 25, 2004

Fleetwood posted:

do you have to read the other books first or can you start cold with A Little Hatred?

as others have said, with the exception of the The First Law trilogy, they can all be read and enjoyed independently, but they're set in a world with an advancing timeline and feature a good number of recurring characters so you'll certainly get more out of them (and interpret some things differently) if you've read the other books

however it can also be fun to read them out of order (which I did myself, though at an earlier point in the series), since it'll recontextualize books you've previously read/etc.

the original trilogy does have some important context regarding exactly how dickish/monstrous various wizards who occasionally pop up in later books are

LGD has issued a correction as of 18:41 on Nov 14, 2019

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:35

Son of Thunderbeast: Sep 21, 2002

Homeless Friend posted:

we're being raided, gas every star trek thread

WampaLord posted:

smdh at this helldumping

also lmao

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:35

kazr: Jan 28, 2005

Homeless Friend posted:

thank you president trump

The tweetman called, very tall and handsome tears in his eyes "sir, thank you sir,"

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:37

temple: Jul 29, 2006; I have actual skeletons in my closet

Feldegast42 posted:

the last line always kills me.

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:37

platzapS: Aug 4, 2007

Feldegast42 posted:

Who manages these deadlines, the party?

No, they are state laws.

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:39

galenanorth: May 19, 2016

Feldegast42 posted:

Who manages these deadlines, the party? Since I wonder if someone with a whole lot of pull with that particular party could somehow jump the line on getting onto the ballot...

It probably really depends on when they print these things

It varies by state law. For example,
https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tennessee/tn-code/tennessee_code_2-5-205

Tennessee Code posted:

The secretary of state shall submit the names to the state election commission no later than the first Tuesday in December of the year before the year in which the election will be held.

That translates to December 3 this year.

https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/qualifying-procedures-president-united-states

I think the Ballotpedia page is inaccurate at least in this case, and it's looking at deadlines for House and Senate candidates but not presidential candidates.

galenanorth has issued a correction as of 18:42 on Nov 14, 2019

# ? Nov 14, 2019 18:39