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I always assumed that was more about Herbert trying to point out the relative impoverishment of the Dune universe, which would generally line up with the economic thought in which Herbert was writing it and libertarians in general. Also, didn't the baron have to bribe the hell out of the emperor? He basically stripped everything he could from his fief to guarantee holding Dune.
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Ithle01 posted:I always assumed that was more about Herbert trying to point out the relative impoverishment of the Dune universe, which would generally line up with the economic thought in which Herbert was writing it and libertarians in general. Also, didn't the baron have to bribe the hell out of the emperor? He basically stripped everything he could from his fief to guarantee holding Dune. Not the empire, but the guild for transporting troops to Dune. He spent credits comparable to several decades worth of spice production for the attack.
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Jul 14, 2021 06:06
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Spice, space pussy magic or... spice again I guess, nobody folds for free.
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Jewmanji posted:There aren’t really any villains in the strict sense in Messiah, Children, or GEoD. Like, the conspirators in Messiah are in a narrative sense the bad guys, but when you realize what the effect of the Jihad was, suddenly you realize they are in the right. Pretty sure Wensicia qualifies in Children. Also, kinda Jessica and Gurney torturing Leto, heh. The Tyrant is clearly the villain in GE 
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I dont know posted:Not the empire, but the guild for transporting troops to Dune. He spent credits comparable to several decades worth of spice production for the attack. Also the Baron is new money. His family has never had ancestral castles: his buildings need to use tricks because they have been quickly whipped up on the middle of an already populated city.
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Jul 14, 2021 08:16
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Maybe they should cut the budget on the weird crush an amphibian juice boxes smdh at these year 10000 millenials
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Jul 14, 2021 08:35
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exmachina posted:Also the Baron is new money. His family has never had ancestral castles: his buildings need to use tricks because they have been quickly whipped up on the middle of an already populated city. Part of it is also that a Baron is the lowest ranking noble (at least in the English system), while a Duke is the highest. So that partly explains why the family had less in the past, and adds an envy angle to the blood feud.
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I am a Baron, sir, and you have slandered my honor. I challenge you, sir! *rushes up to you with my amped-up suspensors and bellybumps you repeatedly like an elephant seal*
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I dont know posted:Not the empire, but the guild for transporting troops to Dune. He spent credits comparable to several decades worth of spice production for the attack. That's it, thanks.
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phasmid posted:I am a Baron, sir, and you have slandered my honor. I challenge you, sir! *pulls out your
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Jul 14, 2021 17:02
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Harkonnen discount hairplugs, chairdougs and plowglobes
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this knowledge is too heavy a burden for me
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Jul 15, 2021 02:47
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Jul 15, 2021 03:00
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Bubblyblubber posted:Spice, space pussy magic or... spice again I guess, nobody folds for free. Melange spice, moon mice or pongi rice No mahdi folds for free
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Jul 15, 2021 05:31
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Gonna mix a bunch of spice up with some Water-of-life and boof it all up my rear end
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Jul 15, 2021 05:39
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told u i was the kwisatz haderach
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Jul 15, 2021 05:52
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The crazy thing is this could be canon
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Jul 15, 2021 05:54
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The crazy thing is this could be canon Weren't Jews in Space unknown in this universe until Chapterhouse?
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Johnny Aztec posted:Gonna mix a bunch of spice up with some Water-of-life and boof it all up my rear end Paulo butt-chugged some ultra spice and they say he microwaved a baby while he was prescient, not worth the risk.
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Jul 15, 2021 13:53
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Hold my spice beer, he said...
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uber_stoat posted:Paulo butt-chugged some ultra spice and they say he microwaved a baby while he was prescient, not worth the risk. Ken Penders is that you
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uber_stoat posted:Paulo butt-chugged some ultra spice and they say he microwaved a baby while he was prescient, not worth the risk. He's got the "munchies" for a Caladanian Cheeseburger
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Jul 15, 2021 15:22
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Fuschia tude posted:Pretty sure Wensicia qualifies in Children. Also, kinda Jessica and Gurney torturing Leto, heh. When did the spoiled part happen
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Shageletic posted:When did the spoiled part happen At Jacurutu. They imprison him and pump him full of spice, essentially to get him to agree to help the BGs smoke Alia. Which he does, but it’s also where he figures out the Golden Path so I guess the joke was on them in the end
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Jul 15, 2021 15:43
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I've got some whale fur stuck in my teeth if you knwo what I'm saying
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Jul 15, 2021 15:44
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The Bloop posted:I've got some whale fur stuck in my teeth Yes we do, we told you caladan tuna is dangerous we warned you dawg Fuschia tude posted:Weren't Jews in Space unknown in this universe until Chapterhouse? Odrade or Taraza say as much when they slam the big button labeled "DEPLOY SECRET JEWS", they know the Jews existed because of their other memory, but their continued existence is kept secret.
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Jul 15, 2021 17:08
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Tickets for the Dune trailer are sold out at the local imax (minutes after they went up)
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Jul 15, 2021 17:13
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lol just lol if you haven't abused spice essence to watch the future movie in your moving mind
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Jul 15, 2021 17:31
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@tylerthefacedancer Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Watching Movies Real Hahahaha Ghola Just Imagine The Movie In Your Head Like Ghola Close Your Eyes Haha
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Jul 15, 2021 17:41
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Sean Young as Chani is possibly the worst casting in the Lynch film. When I read the book "lily white, potentially insane and somehow still completely innocuous" was not how I pictured her.
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Jul 15, 2021 18:45
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I mean, your average freman is a lily white (aside from tiny strip of face) knife wielding madman who's always high on crystal spice soo
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Jul 15, 2021 19:03
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Why would a fremen be white?
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Jul 15, 2021 20:05
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I think he's referencing the stillsuits being white in the book
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Jul 15, 2021 20:07
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exmachina posted:Why would a fremen be white? like a cave frog - ironically never exposed to sunlight because they are always in a sealed cave or a stillsuit
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exmachina posted:Why would a fremen be white? They're never exposed to the sun even as kids. Over millennia that would lighten a sub population. The fremen probably aren't white though as they do go into ther cities and stuff and probably have considerable genetic diversity through smuggler interaction as well.
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Pretty sure No true Fremen would mix with a smuggler. Maybe the corrupted city Fremen, that aren't worth the name.
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Johnny Aztec posted:Pretty sure No true Fremen would mix with a smuggler. But have you considered... Oops! At the Orgy.
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Orgy's Bloopers and Practical Jokes was a Sietch TV favorite at dinner time
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Why would fremen be tanned? Their skin never sees the sun, outside of maybe the hands or the upper face. Let's face it they would have clammy pale flesh and dried beef jerky faces and hands 
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