Ooh a double reference, fancy!

Absolutely, but calling it a reference implies that it was intentional by the writer, which seems unlikely considering what he’s said about such things.

Not everything needs to have deep/real-world meaning. As i recall, Tolkien really didn’t like people ascribing such things to his writing. They’re just stories and should be treated as such.

That’s a fair point, i can absolutely see Gandalf the Grey justifying with something like “there is more evil in this world than just Sauron”.

Damn, that camera must have a fast shutter speed then

Gandalf wouldn’t even still be there, since he was only there to aid in the fight against Sauron. He’d have gone off to Valinor shortly after Sauron’s defeat, together with the rest of the elves. And there’d be no Aragorn to be a good pal and extend the good lifespans of the realms of Men, so Gondor would never get a new king and the realms of Men would likely fall to evil a bit into the third age.

Well, you seem to be more certain about this than i have been about anything, ever. Really no point to argue anything at that point.

No, because I’m not. This was what i experienced when i first came to lemmy a bit over a year ago (i think? It was when reddit made their api paid). Things may have changed since, i wouldn’t know since i blocked the instance after i was sure of what was going on after like a month.

That’s fair, let’s just agree to disagree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense

The origin of the term “common sense” is in the works of Aristotle.

Right, I’m sure Aristotle knew a lot about take-a-penny-leave-a-penny and cents… Unless you’re just memeing, in which case ignore me

Yes, technology does march forward. That doesn’t change the fact that many cars you’re not even allowed to touch yourself, even the few things you can fix that don’t require expensive speciality tools.

no, just trump

This was like a year ago and i have had the instance blocked since, so that would be difficult. Just know that there are reasons most of lemmy hates hexbear, this not least of them. Anyways, i think we’re done here, have a nice day.

I’m sorry but no, that is not at all what hexbear people have tried to tell me. They have repeatedly said that no one died in the event at all, with no distinction made about it happening on the square or not. I’m glad that doesn’t seem to be what you think, but i also don’t appreciate being told what I’ve experienced. This has happened several times and not once have they expressed the nuance you have here.

And yet many, and i mean many, on hexbear and ml keep spouting shit about no one being killed and you’re a western capitalist pig for even suggesting they were.

One of the many reasons i don’t play mobile games

The twilight movie series. I’ve watched the entire thing at least 3 times, still love it. Meme scenes aside, they’re actually quite nice

Not that i engage in this particular variety myself, but this kind of activity typically gets more fun the deeper you dive in. I generally only watch esports, but the more i care about the outcome of a game, and the more i understand of the game, the more fun it is to watch. I can think of no better way of caring more about a game than siding absolutely with one of the teams and betting money on their victory.

There is literally a “do not repost/edit my art” tag on the pic, please