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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm usually more interested in nutrients than calories. Otherwise I'd just have a Guinness for lunch

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As an American who spent time living in the UK - 'sandwich' is a generous description of what you get in a £4 meal deal. Some meal deals have things made from actual food but good luck finding one of those at that price.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. Often best to use phrases like 'oh my understanding was x, am I missing something' or 'Wait I don't see how you're accounting for x, what am I missing?' or 'i looked at the source a few times and it seems to be indicating x, not y, am I misunderstanding the impact of z?'. Basically, people are much more willing to admit err when you are. If you start a 'debate' by recognizing you could be wrong you immediately soften the ground for both parties. Plus, everyone walks away feeling like 'we' won since we 'beat the problem' . Also, sometimes you actually are missing something and now when it's explained to you you don't feel like a jerk. Good vibe kinda shit

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

So one thing I didn't realize right away is that in the ship there is a board where the game auto stores your discoveries detective-style. It really helps provide guidance when you feel like you're out of leads or don't know what to do.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (17 children)

Yeah all of my most down voted reddit comments were the ones where I replied about something I'm an actual expert in. Scary stuff

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Good thing there's no corners or enclosed areas in malls

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'm not gonna worry about it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can only speak for myself. I think personally I have a better perspective on things now than when I was 14, but I guess I could be wrong.

I think you've misinterpreted what I mean by arc. I guess I meant the character undergoes more personal growth in the films. In the books aragon knows what he's about from day one. He is stoic af. And I get why he's written that way and why some would prefer that. In the films he's much more unsure about himself and over the course of the trilogy you see him kind of grow into being the king so that by the time he takes the crown it feels like you saw the internal journey that got him there. In the books of course we know that this period is what, like, a couple years of his very long life so that would feel more out of place.

Anyway, those kinds of changes bothered me as a teenager, but looking back at them now I feel differently. That's not to say I like all the choices Jackson made, but I've come around on some, understand others better, and have seen enough other material jump from book to film to be super grateful for the effort that whole team put in to try and do these films right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I like doing a reread/rewatch. Read the hook then watch it come to life. Honestly going back after all these years I find it like the movies more than when they released even. At the time I was young and wanted them to be more like the books, but as an adult I can understand and even agree with a lot of the changes. For instance, aragon is pretty different in that he's given more of an arc in the films, and I like that. But of course there's a thousand things I wish they had time to flesh out more. If they are going to do a remake I wish they'd do a series that allow them to slow down and really get into a lot of that. That's really the only way I can see them even possibly living up to the Jackson films

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Having lived in the US with publicly run transit and in the UK with privately run transit I'd say there's a lot of 'it depends' you're glossing over here. Very city dependent

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago

Hey I agree with you but might want to use a different metaphor in the future. Drying the well won't stop thirst, but neither will anything else, except well, death I guess.

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