mystes posted:

I think the site is blessed regardless of how you feel about the actual images

Taeke posted:

I'm not going to bother looking up the exact source but I remember reading a story or tweet or whatever of a trans person meeting Pratchett at a signing decades ago and introducing themselves with with their deadname at first (because they hadn't transitioned fully yet iirc?) but asking him to sign it to their chosen name. When asked why they told him they thought they were trans but were still in the process and that was what their true name was going to be. Terry replied along the lines of "Well, I'm honored to have been one of the first people to meet the real you."

Terry Pratchett isn't just one of my favourite authors. He's one of my favourite people, up there with saints like Mr. Rogers. Truly #blessed.

I still use his audiobooks (Celia Imrie, Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs are amazing, they really capture the tone and humor of the books. I don't know how I feel about the new ones yet, it feels overly produced and I don't like how they do the footnotes) to fall asleep to almost every night because they're engaging enough to quiet my ADHD mind, while also being familiar enough to be able to nod off to without missing too much, and every time I discover new jokes, new insights, have a new appreciation for clever or beautiful phrasing, etc.

Watching his documentary on assisted dying broke my heart, knowing what was coming, but it was also really well done and beautiful.

Pookah posted:

If I'm remembering the same encounter as you, it was this:

Inzombiac posted:

The only thing I don't like about the Pratchett estate is that they won't put out a complete Discworld set.

I would buy one for me and all of my friends!

Inzombiac posted:

The only thing I don't like about the Pratchett estate is that they won't put out a complete Discworld set.

I would buy one for me and all of my friends!

Taeke posted:

I don't know how I feel about the new ones yet, it feels overly produced and I don't like how they do the footnotes) to fall asleep to almost every night because they're engaging enough to quiet my ADHD mind, while also being familiar enough to be able to nod off to without missing too much, and every time I discover new jokes, new insights, have a new appreciation for clever or beautiful phrasing, etc.

freelop posted:

https://www.discworldemporium.com/product/discworld-collector-s-library-the-complete-collection/

You mean like this?
I have this set, they look super nice

mobby_6kl posted:

https://i.imgur.com/nn9Fcot.mp4

mobby_6kl posted:

https://i.imgur.com/0pDp02J.mp4

mobby_6kl posted:

https://i.imgur.com/0pDp02J.mp4

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Wolves tunneling through deep snow in China.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XtbRPMdvDg

Wendigee posted:

I'm angry they scared the wolf at the end and also scared that it's possible to run into a tunnel of wolves if you're running for your life through the snow

Scared and angry.

Trabant posted:

https://i.imgur.com/FpgYH2p.mp4

Wendigee posted:

I'm angry they scared the wolf at the end and also scared that it's possible to run into a tunnel of wolves if you're running for your life through the snow

Scared and angry.

Pookah posted:

If I'm remembering the same encounter as you, it was this:



I think he was also asked at some point about how he felt about his having trans fans, and he said something along the lines of 'I don't generally inquire into the details of my friends genitalia, so...'
Also, anyone familiar with his whole body of work knows that a constantly repeated theme is that it is up to the individual to decide who they are, and that no one is required to fulfill the circumstances of their birth.

quote:

Plot
In 1976, Renée Richards is on the tennis court as a professional tennis player. The film flashes back to 1964, when Renée Richards is an eye surgeon named Richard Radley (both roles played by Redgrave). Radley has a successful career and a fiancée, but secretly cross-dresses at night. Unable to speak with his mother Sadie (Louise Fletcher), who is a psychiatrist, Radley consults his own psychiatrist, Dr. Beck (Martin Balsam), who advises him to grow a beard. This strategy works temporarily until Radley is drafted into the Navy, which does not allow beards. Following his discharge and a failed marriage, Radley undergoes gender reassignment surgery and becomes Renée.

Renée relocates to California, resumes her career as a surgeon and begins dating. After playing in a local tennis tournament in La Jolla, Renée is outed as transgender by a television reporter. In the ensuing controversy, Renée takes the United States Tennis Association to court, where she secures her right to play professional tournament tennis as a woman without being subjected to chromosome testing.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Dog day afternoon was about someone getting their lover a sex change op wasn't it?

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

Oh, don't worry, you can't run through knee deep snow

redshirt posted:

Wonder how many beaver die per year trapped under their own felled trees.

It's got to be a considerable number I'd think. Given their frequency of dangerously cutting down trees.

Facebook Aunt posted:

They are small and very close to the trunk. Normally the tree has a bunch of branches so the heavy part of the trunk isn't going to be very close to where the beaver stands.

dinahmoe posted:

My dad was a big fan of the album “Switched on Bach” by Wendy Carlos. He told me that he and my mom listened to it a lot when I was in utero. When I got a little bit older, he explained to me that Wendy Carlos was a woman who was born a man. He told me this in a very matter-of-fact way without any judgment. I grew up thinking that this was just a thing that happened to some people. For reference, I was born in 1969.

redshirt posted:

They are bigger and slower than you think, and look at the tree in this video. That's how a lot of them look.

mobby_6kl posted:

https://i.imgur.com/qExMlJe.mp4