Rich
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They named the Streisand Effect after me.
Hmm. The certain knowledge that one day I WON'T be doing Duolingo makes milestones like this feel more like a potential stopping point than an achievement.
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Hmm. The certain knowledge that one day I WON'T be doing Duolingo makes milestones like this feel more like a potential stopping point than an achievement.
Now obviously the way Akallabêth says that Numenor being drowned Atlantis-style is the reason for the world becoming round instead of flat is utter bobbins. Especially the idea that elves can still act like it's still flat.
... IF you take it all literally.
... IF you take it all literally.
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Now obviously the way Akallabêth says that Numenor being drowned Atlantis-style is the reason for the world becoming round instead of flat is utter bobbins. Especially the idea that elves can still act like it's still flat.
... IF you take it all literally.
... IF you take it all literally.
I've endured Billy Dee Williams and Kelly Marie Tran singing Jingle Bells in Huttese. I think I deserve a reward for that alone.
September 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I've endured Billy Dee Williams and Kelly Marie Tran singing Jingle Bells in Huttese. I think I deserve a reward for that alone.
Silmarillion is in the BAG. Akallabêth is GO.
September 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Silmarillion is in the BAG. Akallabêth is GO.
Anyway, back to the Silmarillion. It's fair to say that Tolks was Going Through Some Things by the end:
September 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Anyway, back to the Silmarillion. It's fair to say that Tolks was Going Through Some Things by the end:
There are... SO MANY kinds of elf. Like, you think cheap 80s/90s fantasy like D&D or Fighting Fantasy overdid elf races? It was always a feature, not a bug.
Except with Tolkien they're both diverse and simultaneously EXACTLY the same.
Except with Tolkien they're both diverse and simultaneously EXACTLY the same.
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There are... SO MANY kinds of elf. Like, you think cheap 80s/90s fantasy like D&D or Fighting Fantasy overdid elf races? It was always a feature, not a bug.
Except with Tolkien they're both diverse and simultaneously EXACTLY the same.
Except with Tolkien they're both diverse and simultaneously EXACTLY the same.
Sure about that, Vikram?
August 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sure about that, Vikram?
Less than an hour left and that's all the Discworld books done. Start to finish. In order.
Gulp.
Gulp.
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Less than an hour left and that's all the Discworld books done. Start to finish. In order.
Gulp.
Gulp.
Anyway, the core of the actual plot is that Wallace is a charismatic populist leader who is beloved by the common folk and the soldiers, but he and they are ultimately betrayed by the conniving politicians, who...
...stab them in the back...
...stab them in the back...
August 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Anyway, the core of the actual plot is that Wallace is a charismatic populist leader who is beloved by the common folk and the soldiers, but he and they are ultimately betrayed by the conniving politicians, who...
...stab them in the back...
...stab them in the back...
No software to be found in Borderlands 4, got it. Thanks, Randy!
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
No software to be found in Borderlands 4, got it. Thanks, Randy!
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After a couple of cracking years, France return to being utterly dull and forgettable.
Apart from singing in a grain silo, that is.
#eurovision
Apart from singing in a grain silo, that is.
#eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
After a couple of cracking years, France return to being utterly dull and forgettable.
Apart from singing in a grain silo, that is.
#eurovision
Apart from singing in a grain silo, that is.
#eurovision
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