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Sep 23, 2020 5:24 PM
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efemral
There are two worlds. One has electrons and planets. The other has homework and shoelaces.
LinkaAdoptsACouger
Shit, is that Lady Mary Crawley?
IWishAussieAnimalsWereMoreCuddly
Just finished reading the book recently! Such an excellent, poignant passage.
KriegsaffeNo9
I have had an absolutely miserable day and rereading this gave me full-body chills. RIP Pratchett, you were the best.
RoundTabler
They become real when we believe, which I think is more powerful
Ultratoxic
GNU Terry Pratchett
THEDEATHOFRATS
SQUEAK
IWishAussieAnimalsWereMoreCuddly
Just finished reading the book recently! Such an excellent, poignant passage.
BBBandito
Susan Sto-Helit
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
Is that Lady Mary?
Puppetmeatpudding
Nope, that's Susan. Death's granddaughter.
LittleMissDoeEyes
Mary Crawley, is that you?
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
Yep!
Northwindlowlander
"Where the falling angel meets the rising ape" is one of the most perfect lines ever
cryptochiton
It's related to a lovely quote from Robert Ardrey- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1158-but-we-were-born-of-risen-apes-not-fallen-angels
Live2pedal
Death is the greatest character in the discworld
PigsCanJump
Death's all-caps voice always sounds like a more soothing, amicable version of the "Borg collective" voice in my head.
Lazengann
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
StormBurnX
http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/
APerfectlyNormalPieceOfToast
Discworld taught me SO much about ethics
sparklepantsthedestroyer
Vimes teaches ethics, Granny teaches duty, Death teaches compassion, Carrot teaches honesty, the Luggage teaches not to steal.
JohnCheshirsky
Gotta love all the people going "bUt iF yOu gRiNd bLah bLaH bLaH aNd tHeReS nO mOlEcUlEs oF mEh mEh mEh sO tHat mEaNs iTs dUmB" 1/2
JohnCheshirsky
in the comments. Congratulations on thoroughly missing the point! 2/2
DelphiB
Video version, for those who want to hear it: https://youtu.be/DHSwvtHFsOU
BurnieCinders
Or the whole movie if you're keen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lutfbv8Dwc
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
That was good
diregamer
It's not Christopher Lee tho.
OwlExterminators
My boyfriend reads me discworld as bedtime stories. I am a lucky girl.
mthrndr01
If you two ever break up, let the man know that I will wear a wig and tuck if necessary.
16745
I also choose this lucky girl's boyfriend.
Puppetmeatpudding
I read them to my daughter. I'm a lucky dad.
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
So, is your boyfriend available? ...he like guys?
GenerallyAlright
It's taken me far too long to realize that Susan Sto-Helit and Lady Mary Crawley are the same person
StormBurnX
in my head it's sasha grey but I looked up who that is and damn you're right. both fine women, and I'm a gay man
davehaze
I read her lines in Michelle Dockery's voice. So fun to see her made up in this fantastic costume.
pakz
If that guy would be waiting for me at the end.. I would kinda be okay with it, I guess..
JohnCheshirsky
You know what, from now on I am choosing to firmly believe that.
16745
MY POINT, EXACTLY.
siyuri1641
If you pack a sandwich, ham doesn't make it through
ChrisYourself
Constantly forget how wonderful this series is, have to read again at some point
karcain
i recently got a library card for this express purpose, as buying all of the books again seemed a tad bit expensive right now
johnbWebPlayer
My wintertime favorite movie.
MrRandom314159
I watched it recently, and got... weirdly emotional when teatime started on the teeth. It.... we NEED that stuff man.
737ngjock
It’s pronounced TEH-AH-TIME!
Hemelsblauw
My favorite Christmas movie. Try to watch it every year.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Same
MuckDuck1
What movie?
koby
Hogfather
Redangle
What's it called ?
CoderMonkey
Hogfather. Watch the movie, get hooked, then read the book and be amazed.
TimothyTRiG
Hogfather, based on the novel by Terry Pratchett.
jennym123
Hogfather, based on the Terry Pratchett book of the same name. Movie is flawed but overall a fun experience. The book is amazing.
johnbWebPlayer
It is. But aren’t all holiday movies that we love? Except Elf.
jennym123
Haha I suppose that's fair.
AttackOfTheSpaceBat
I smiled when I realized even the captions were uppercase. Also where can I find this show/movie?
SomeCrazyNerd
It's on youtube
KingsOfWinter
first time I saw it I accidentally stumbled across it on youtube, not sure if its still there
Catskinner01
Currently on Amazon Prime.
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
What’s it called?
TORQD
"Hogfather". One of the best in the series.
updootyourpootsnoot
hm. the philosophy major in me wants to argue, but the other philosophy major in me knows there is no point, wish those two could agree
thekeyofe
Inside you, there are two ̶w̶o̶l̶v̶e̶s̶ philosophy majors...
lwbell851337
Isn't that the point of being a philosopher. The struggle never comes to conclusion
FrogBotherer
Get off Imgur and concentrate on your threesome.
SkeletonsLoveBooty
So are you in a 3 way, a cannibal, or an expecting mother with very advanced twin embryos?
GrossIncandescence
Fellow philosophy major, just chiming in to let you know there’s someone suffering alongside you
optimistcynic
Doctorate of philosophy suggest we just drink.
Babycuckoo333
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QgCfnBtF7M
GrossIncandescence
TheDudeSkywalker
Did they make a discworld movie?
pandro
They are produced for British television, so in the USA I didn't know about them for a long time.
emptyother
Several by now: Hogfather, Going Postal, Color of Magic.
Kuvajainen
Going Postal was god awful! Do not watch!
emptyother
It was not. Do watch.
Kuvajainen
I mean, it's okay as a movie itself but as a book adaptation it was just wet piece of garbage. Charles Dance was awesome though!
sockshoesockshoe
They are very fun. Tim Curry as a villain (in Colour of Magic) delightfully evil as ever
Kuvajainen
It's one of his best roles. He's a spot on Trymon!
CheesecakePi
Sort of. They're closer to a TV mini-series. IMHO, they fall short of expressing Pratchett's brilliance, but they're definitely interesting.
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
I prefer series to movies. Everything's so rushed in Movies.
Bigcurly2000
I'm not looking forward to the upcoming Watch series, seems like they've fundamentally changed everything, Pratchett's daughter is NOT happy
katwa
No fan I know is happy about... This.
TreesNStuff
I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, sᴏᴍᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛᴇʀʀɪᴇʀ, ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ.
theperilpartnership
This.
THEDEATHOFRATS
SQUEAK?
sparklepantsthedestroyer
??????.
CrumbyCake
Those values help define our behavior, and without definition we are nothing.
myellipsis
Justice, Mercy, Duty... even truth. These are subjective. What may be merciful to some is an affront to others.
CrumbyCake
Totally agree. It's societal and that even changes with time
jaggcomputing5
Case in point: The US Constitution and why Trump is so awful. Constitutions are simply a set of ideals, but ones which have to be faught for
cosmicbovine
I would argue that without definition you simply don't know what you are, but you are what you are, whatever that may be.
SpaceSphere
That quote about a healed femur being the earliest signs of civilization comes to mind https://images.app.goo.gl/Q6rmL99ojwgVyZWs8
CptRobotNinja
They our values well agree to base our society on, the point of which is to raise us all up. Its mutually beneficial
1Plebian
Sort of. It's also a con job. Efficacy is always changing, and interpretation is uh, multidimensional. Not to say it isn't at the core of
1Plebian
value and values, but it is paradoxical and it withers in the face of evolutionary impunity. Little lies become trojan horses.
MrJollyBear
Here’s the thing though, we’re nothing with definitions too.
ChillaAquila
Morality is an entirely human construct, and yet it is the thing that defines us the most. We define ourselves; I think, therefore I am.
cosmicbovine
Morality is arguably the coolest thing we've ever debated, and philosophy is as interesting as it is useless. I love it.
Denim777
its not useless! you spend moments in debate of nothings to avoid the melting iceberg of your mind that is sanity.
Miller16of16
Empathy. Even wild animals display it on occasion to members of different species. Empathy is the root of compasion,morality, justice,rights
ChillaAquila
Empathy stems from a need to ensure the survival of a group which ensures your own survival. But morality; right vs wrong; is uniquely human
Miller16of16
Agree to disagree. Empathy stems from self-awareness. Morality stems from social conditioning, changes somewhat from community to community>
Miller16of16
so in that case you're right, uniquely human but not universally defined.
Demuniac
Without definition we feel just as any other animal on our planet. A reproduction machine.
sweetnaivety
Many animals, especially the smarter ones, are way more than reproduction machines. Most animals can play and have fun and feel happy!
sweetnaivety
I'd say even the ones you wouldn't think would have feelings, such as fish, can show enjoyment and happiness.
cosmicbovine
I don't think that's true. I think arguing about the nature of morality and consciousness is rad but you can be slave to impulses (1/2)
cosmicbovine
which you have not defined. You can have values without understanding them: knowing killing is bad isn't why you're not a murderer (2/?)
cosmicbovine
(statistically, lol). Most of us understand empathy on some level, even if not intellectually (3/3)
cosmicbovine
You could argue all of our collective truths are basically a biologically selected way of thriving as a species, of course.
CoqRoq
Damn that was some spot on shit.
TakeTheStairs
grind up the blah blah and show me one molecule of hapiness, one molecle of pain... BOOM they must not be real. see how wrong this can be?
IGotTheMusicInMe425
Just search google for an image of a serotonin molecule, or of cortisol
ifitseasytakeittwice
When you believe in things you don't understand, you suffer. - Stevland Hardaway Morris
CoqRoq
You just sound Superstitious... and I Wonder who this Stevie guy is you're quoting.
redpandabanana
Read going postal and night watch. Shit gets too real for rn
monocline
I do love that reasoning. "You have to believe in the small ideas to learn to believe in the big ones.
superduperyooperthatspissedoff
That and you need to believe in them to make them exist.
newsguycraigevans
Meh, real examples of justice and mercy can be shown, you don't have to believe but they do exist (does not apply to Republicans)
ThatOtherTransGirl
They're not physical things. The point is they're only real if we make them real.
jiynxed
Pratchett hit shit really spot on constantly
CheesecakePi
Which is really impressive with how intentionally ridiculous the Discworld novels are. The man could shift from hilarious shenanigans /1
CheesecakePi
to deep insight without missing a beat, and it doesn't feel out of place, forced, or preachy. The man was freaking brilliant. 2/2
potshot
One of the reasons I find him to be one of the best, perhaps the best, authors. Humor is difficult on paper, and meaningful stories are (1)
potshot
difficult without sounding pretentious. But to do both is something else entirely.(2)
Eli93
Ho. Ho. Ho.
TatanyaTanatia
I heard a rumor that Terry Pratchett, the guy that founded Scientology and some other author were in a bet to see who could start a religion
TatanyaTanatia
But that was one of those 'before-fore' rumors. Like Manson and his rib, ankle-slicing murderers under cars...
CeruleanK
That story of Hubbard is popular, but Pratchett was 5 years old at the time. And if they had been contemporaries, they would not be friends.
CeruleanK
"I bet I could create my own religion. Let's try it." "Can you even begin to understand how fucking dangerous that is, you total idiot."
TatanyaTanatia
Yeah, I never believed it, but it came to mind.
Questionablysensible
No, it was Asimov and Hubbard. Pratchett was much younger
BloomAndGrowIris
I believe you're thinking of Robert Heinlein
TongueWagger
If I grind the universe down I won’t find a molecule of consciousness either. It still exists
Cryolith
Same with gravity? Consciousness is just an interaction between nerve impulses.
Dekkonot
Electrical impulses and chemicals do exist. The concepts we invent don't.
Dekkonot
You can compare it to conspiracy theories; people believe in them because they want there to be some sort of order in the world.
Dekkonot
But there's no order. No design. We just like to pretend that there is sometimes.
TongueWagger
That’s a different point. The that you can just break things down to an essence is a fallacy. We study subjects because they are useful. /2
zrXO
The Time New Roman sound different in my mind
Psymon100
Like paving slabs being ground together, I recall?
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
That's why it's my preferred font.
xwhittenx
For me it was deep with no emotions and very unsettling considering I imagined it @.@
zrXO
Someone know why?
Saturniidae
In the source material, everything Death says is in capital letters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(Discworld)
zrXO
neat!
doogalbeez
I heard the audio book version of death speaking.
Richter12x2
For me it sounds like Bobcat Goldthwaite
Bubbells
The old Roman sounds better
Stormbunny
In tones as deep and heavy as the slamming of leaden doors, far underground?
Spiffytown
That's the voice of Christopher Lee
porpoiseoflife
I always used James Earl Jones for the voice of Death.
zrXO
This is magic my dude, some time sounds like Morgan Freeman
3randomwords
It's the voice of Ian Richardson, does sound kind of like Lee though
Spiffytown
You are correct for this movie - Lee voiced Death in 'Welcome to Discworld', thought he did all of them
SmedC
I never realized but you're right. I do always read capitalized Times New Roman in his voice.
zrXO
dude, what is this magic?!
SchrodingersDictator
Death speaks is all capitals. As is only fitting.
gaidinbdj
Some have been reset, but originally Death also spoke without using quotation marks.
johnbWebPlayer
And should sound like Christopher Lee.
7oidberg
...after death.
heytheretaylor
*Small caps. Something about it being small caps always made it seem more profound to me
CrimeBrulee
Captures the gravitas
TreesNStuff
ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ sᴏ?
csp256
The Death of Universes spoke in somewhat larger caps.
shakefu
... the sound of great leaden sarcophagi slamming shut with every word
AlphaScapegoat
Oh I like that, is that phrase from something?
shakefu
Paraphrasing how Terry Pratchett describes Death’s voice.
CheckMate343
Pretty sure it's a quote from the Discworld books this is adapted from describing his voice, printed in all caps
TreesNStuff
ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ sᴏ?
zrXO
yeah, feeling it
MyKidIsAsleepAndImBored
kingkongkeom
finnsto
ᵗᶦⁿʸ ᵗᵉˣᵗ ᶠᵗʷ
eadanke
???'? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ???????!
kingkongkeom
Untoast
Danack
E_TOO_SPOOKY
johnzaku
IWillEventuallyPostTheGif
ℌ??'? ???? ??????
idontcareifthesundontshine
I can here someone playing to lute as I read it
Matrican
German for some reason.
Hybris51129
Like Krieg.
princessperona
How the hell do you do that?!
KLUSTENATOR
Like the guy that says "to be faaaaair"
zrXO
slow and profound
johnzaku
Mesencephalonster
Oh this wonderfully cursed
BenderRodriguz1010
BravelyEncouraging
Have a seat. Let's talk about your font selection.
TreesNStuff
ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs, ɪᴛ's ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴɪᴄᴇ sᴇᴀᴛ. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄʜᴇʀɪsʜ ɪᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴɪᴛʏ. ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ғᴏɴᴛs ɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ. ɴᴏʀ, ɪɴ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ.
TheMuteDoge
Break out the comic sans then boyo!
Deffentlynotagnome
Yes....yes you do. You can choose both of those if you wanted.
BravelyEncouraging
This response pleases me.
Nippledeepinahorse