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doverhog posted:I read them before ever hearing anything about them on the internet. Finished book 2 before book 3 was released. There was no brand, just the books, and they were gripping. So did I. They weren't well written. He came up with a good world and sprinkled in large amounts of sex and violence. That doesn't mean he's a good writer.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:"I devoured all his books. What a bad author that man is." "I read 2 and a half books from an author over a couple years and think he writes interesting worlds, but desperately needs a good editor because his writing skills don't match his imagination."
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:Videos of people being swept off of rocks, jetties, etc. and out to sea during storm or high swell event when they have specifically been warned not to be there, will always be hilarious. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1b4QHzulR2/?igsh=MTQ0OXVzczB6eWNveA== Ditto with trucks stuck at the beach.
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thetoughestbean posted:Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam were political losses, not military ones War on Terrorism, War on drugs, War on the Southern Border, etc. We have grandiose notions with no achievable end goal.
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steinrokkan posted:None of those are wars Exactly. That's why we keep losing them.
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poo poo Fuckasaurus posted:Bit of a stretch to call something a military victory when we failed to achieve any of the goals set out as justification for the operation. The US military over the last 40 years doesn't just have a losing record, it has a losing record among the list of supposed victories you hand-picked. Pathetic. We've had lots of military victories. You're just confusing military objectives with political objectives.
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Gripweed posted:I've said before, all private automobiles should have limiters built in that stop them from going over 75 miles an hour. There is no good reason not to do it. Why 75mph? Why not go back to 55 speed limit? Why limit it below the speed limit in many places?
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Gripweed posted:65 is a reasonable highway speed, plus a little extra for passing or emergencies. Based on what?
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Gripweed posted:reasonableness. Seems like if you're going to declare a national speed limit it should be based on something other than being coincidentally exactly how fast you like to drive on your work commute. You're just the exact stereotype of "Everyone who drives faster than me is a maniac because I always drive perfectly"
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Jan 21, 2024 05:51
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Fagtastic posted:Research consistently finds that risk of fatal accidents correlates exponentially with average speed. Sounds like we should go back to 55mph national average then. Instead of Gripweeds highly specific "what I feel is reasonable" speed limit.
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Jan 22, 2024 10:05
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thetoughestbean posted:Where’s here Portions of the Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming road networks have 80 mph (129 km/h) posted limits.
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:so not arkansas Their post was poorly worded they said 75mph is average, which is true for Arkansas rural highways. Some places being 80 was a separate statement.
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steinrokkan posted:What the Ikea manual doesn't say is that if you put an incorrect screw or dowel or something into the wrong slot, you are hosed because the parts are designed to disintegrate into sawdust if you try to correct your mistake and take them apart. Putting the wrong screw or dowel in anything will destroy it. Metal will strip. Hardwoods will crack. That's why it's the wrong one.
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Gripweed posted:not if it's wrong because it's too small Why would a too small dowel or screw destroy ikea furniture?
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Gripweed posted:It wouldn't. So your definition of the wrong screw or dowel being the screw or dowel that will destroy the furniture is inaccurate. Haha. Such classic gripweed. Really good job ignoring the conversation and the original point that was made to try and be pedantic. Really, stellar work. You're still on top of your game.
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Gripweed posted:Even in the context of the discussion, you were simply incorrect. Oh man. You're so good at this. Yep. Crossthreading never existed until Ikea was invented. That's absolutely unique to Ikea and not user error.
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Gripweed posted:If you put a dowel that’s too small for the hole in the hole, nothing will break but it’s still the wrong dowel. The definition of the wrong dowel is not “the dowel that will break the thing you’re inserting it into” Oh, man. You circled back around to pretending the original post doesn't exist. That's awesome. Such classic Gripweed antics. I guess I'll defer to you being the expert on wood being too small for the hole. 
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Gripweed posted:Genuinely, what the gently caress are you talking about? You haven’t actually been responding to me, you’ve just been making these weird little lovely aggressive posts that hide whatever point you may have behind a veil of general prickishness. Oh no. Weird little lovely aggressive posts? In response to your totally genuine attempts to participate in a conversation? That sucks.
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Gripweed posted:How am I being disingenuous? I’ve been responding as best I can to your defensive pissy responses to me. If you don’t want to defend the post I criticized, you don’t have to. If you do want to defend it, do so. But nothing is gained by this weird thing where you keep responding just to let everyone know you’re vaguely upset with me for some reason. I'm glad you're doing your best. How's your funko pop collection doing?
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Nameless Pete posted:Smoke bomb distraction opinion: Math is grunt work. Seconding this. People who say " Math is Everything". No, it's not. It's just the way you've decided to assign value to and describe the world. Shakuntala Devi posted:Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. Like this. She was massively talented at Math, so that's the lens she looks through. But there's tons of things we can do without Math.
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Panfilo posted:You know there would be people huffing mystery pill dust so hard. I'd pay extra for some mystery pill dust.
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Elissimpark posted:What about the scrapings from the sharps container in our medicine room at work? Definitely benzos, probably some opioids. Bro, I'm working 6 12-hour overnights in a row. Let me stir that into my coffee.
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thetoughestbean posted:Instead of complaining about Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s dumb nitpicks of sci-fi movies, people should just ignore him. The media would stop boosting him if it stopped getting interaction The classic ignore the problem and it will go away strategy.
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thetoughestbean posted:When the problem is people giving annoying assholes attention, yes, ignoring them solves the problem Yes, if everyone ignores him, he goes away. But if you think he's famous because people know he's wrong, then you're in for a big surprise
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doverhog posted:The bot is not gonna be connected to anything or be sentient. But in the nether spheres AI will judge you for all your sins, like god used to do. I don't think I want my porn consumption habits weighed against a feather by an AI Anubis.
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Aramek posted:Is it worse at the end or the beginning? You know, it might be worse at the beginning. You know what I mean?
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Tiggum posted:This isn't an unpopular opinion, it's an insane opinion. Mashed is possibly the best way to eat potatoes, and while scrambled eggs can't hold a candle to devilled eggs, they're still great. My unpopular opinion is that colcannon and cabbage in general is underrated. It deserves more love.
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