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Oct 18, 2020 20:14
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Joe Slowboat posted:He sees the inescapability of violence and says ‘that’s why I, a smart person, have dedicated my life solely to violence and do not seek anything beyond it’ - which is truly mastery of Sword Law, even if it sucks. I'm pretty sure it's not?
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Oct 18, 2020 23:24
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skaianDestiny posted:I'm pretty sure it's not? No, it is. The issue is that Sword Law is neither cool nor good. We just had an entire chapter on this!
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Oct 18, 2020 23:53
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Captain Oblivious posted:No, it is. The issue is that Sword Law is neither cool nor good. We just had an entire chapter on this! Sword Law sucks and you should do literally anything else with your life. That is the entire point of Meti. Incubus is the student who learned everything she had to teach about Sword Law and then didn’t go off and do something else. He is completely poisoned by the blade. And like... given his origins one can hardly blame him. He had nothing, was abject, was completely powerless against the forces of the world. Now, because he can kill people really well, he’s a god. That’s the only justice in this rotten world, to him - Sword Law, the law of strike first, the law of violence. Sword Law sucks and you should do literally anything else.
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Oct 19, 2020 01:10
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You've made Incubus sound like the dozenish people I know that went to grad school because they couldn't handle life without grading and then went into being professors because they couldn't see anything about themselves other than school.
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Oct 19, 2020 01:13
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Tulip posted:You've made Incubus sound like the dozenish people I know that went to grad school because they couldn't handle life without grading and then went into being professors because they couldn't see anything about themselves other than school. That's funny, because I was trying to describe him in terms of the kind of trauma child soldiers can get! Violence does work at removing your enemies. Incubus knows first-hand how effective violence is at making people stop being problems for him; if anything, Maya's continued existence is proof to him that you win when your enemy is dead, and only then. Or, to quote a novel about the civil war in Somalia, 'Guns lack the body of human truths' - when you have a hammer, everything is a nail or irrelevant because you can hit it with a hammer anyways until it stops getting in the way of the nails.
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Oct 19, 2020 01:20
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Tulip posted:You've made Incubus sound like the dozenish people I know that went to grad school because they couldn't handle life without grading and then went into being professors because they couldn't see anything about themselves other than school. If you meet God on the road, cite him.
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Oct 19, 2020 02:29
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Reach tenure through violence
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Oct 19, 2020 05:18
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TwoPair posted:Reach tenure through violence *Stabs someone and takes their degree off the wall* "I am now a... *looks down at the paper* certified doctor of anthropology."
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Oct 19, 2020 05:49
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Twenty Four posted:*Stabs someone and takes their degree off the wall* I was an anth major and I think that's not too far off from how it works in that field.
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Oct 19, 2020 05:56
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As we all know, all anthropology majors are required to master a historical weapon of their choosing (many master several, to broaden their skillset in preparation for their Thesis Defence.)
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Oct 19, 2020 06:06
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Royalty is a continuous textbook revision.
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Oct 19, 2020 06:22
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wiegieman posted:As we all know, all anthropology majors are required to master a historical weapon of their choosing (many master several, to broaden their skillset in preparation for their Thesis Defence.) It's purely ritual, like disemboweling an effigy of Joseph Campbell.
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Oct 19, 2020 08:47
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wiegieman posted:As we all know, all anthropology majors are required to master a historical weapon of their choosing (many master several, to broaden their skillset in preparation for their Thesis Defence.) The oldest surviving anthropologist adorns his desk with a single, jagged, bloodstained rock. If anyone asks him he just says its a good paperweight.
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Oct 19, 2020 10:18
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And a good letter opener, since it’s particularly sharp.
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Oct 19, 2020 10:22
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Rigged Death Trap posted:The oldest surviving anthropologist adorns his desk with a single, jagged, bloodstained rock.
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Oct 19, 2020 10:38
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The oldest weapon is a rock.
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Oct 19, 2020 11:16
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Polgas posted:The oldest weapon is a rock. Looks like Polgas cain't get the joke either.
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Oct 19, 2020 11:20
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Graduation is a continuous papercutting motion.
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Oct 19, 2020 11:46
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The Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography sighs and puts a brick in his sock.
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Oct 19, 2020 16:23
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MonsieurChoc posted:The Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography sighs and puts a brick in his sock. Survival is a continuous running motion.
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Oct 19, 2020 17:03
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Innocent_Bystander posted:Survival is a continuous running motion. Ah, the Rincewind Technique
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Oct 19, 2020 18:07
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The sanctioned action is to Publish.
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Oct 19, 2020 18:59
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Consider: there is no such thing as a lecture.
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Oct 19, 2020 20:10
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when i retire from the military in 10 years i will get my teaching certification and live in a barrel.
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Oct 19, 2020 20:19
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ElMaligno posted:when i retire from the military in 10 years i will get my teaching certification and live in a barrel.
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Oct 19, 2020 20:33
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PMush Perfect posted:The only unrealistic part here is a teacher being able to afford their own barrel. i am married and she can be my
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Oct 19, 2020 20:45
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I just quit my teaching gig and can confirm, work leases you a barrel.
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Oct 19, 2020 21:56
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Murder the Dean and steal his chair.
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Oct 20, 2020 04:38
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SardonicTyrant posted:Murder the Dean and steal his chair. So business as usual at UU, at least early in the series.
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Oct 20, 2020 07:03
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Well if it’s UU the later iteration of the Dean is famous for having two chairs. So you want to wait for him to ripen before you slay him.
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Oct 20, 2020 08:39
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Joe Slowboat posted:Well if it’s UU the later iteration of the Dean is famous for having two chairs. So you want to wait for him to ripen before you slay him. He went off to Brazeneck (the cur!) so his chair is vacant. Both of them.
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Oct 20, 2020 10:17
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Ridcully is kind of Royalty, when you think about it.
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Oct 20, 2020 19:17
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Reach heaven through very big dinners.
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Oct 20, 2020 19:35
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Royalty is having the power to obliviate all work and completely destroy the world, and pointedly not doing it.
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Oct 20, 2020 19:42
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Bongo Bill posted:The sanctioned action is to Publish. If you don't, well... 
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Oct 20, 2020 19:50
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It occurs to me that Maya is going to Ruin Everything in service of her grudge, but the demiurges will still be incredibly polite and respectful to her as she does it just because it will cheese off Incubus.
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Oct 20, 2020 20:42
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Rand Brittain posted:It occurs to me that Maya is going to Ruin Everything in service of her grudge, but the demiurges will still be incredibly polite and respectful to her as she does it just because it will cheese off Incubus. Well, it wouldn't be very Royal to care about things like consequences.
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Oct 20, 2020 21:27
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MonsieurChoc posted:Ridcully is kind of Royalty, when you think about it. What they got was someone who shoots birds (and anything else), talks at a consistent shout, wears jogging suits and has about as much respect for mother nature as he does for the members of the faculty (which is not a lot). Early attempts to bump off Ridcully resulted in the ambitious Wizard being stabbed with his own knife, having his head repeatedly slammed in doors or being surreptitiously shot with a crossbow." Yeah, that checks out.
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