Dsmizz

2826 pts ยท September 22, 2015


Holy shit that just took me back...

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I don't think you understand the concept of "Hotdogs"

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began work on the Silmarillion.

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Because it's the same planet? Arda is literally Quenya for Earth. Tolkien was setting out to create his own mythical prehistory when he

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It is by the latter half of the Second Age. Since he has marked the Shire on the map, this must be placed after the Rounding.

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It's only flat prior to the Drowning of Numenor. By the time of the War of the Ring, Arda is decidedly round.

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What most people "consider" Middle Earth is Middle Earth. The entire planet as you are referring to it is called Arda.

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Ok but the thing is, Arda actually is flat until the drowning of Numenor.

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Reading comprehension bro... I didn't say that these were ALL from the movies. I said that over 80% of them were.

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swathes of things. They are not Canon.

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The movies are definitely not part of the Canon. They are fantastic movies, but they are just patently and undeniably wrong about large

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between his work and Tolkiens.

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Like... 80% or more of these are Peter Jackson, not Tolkien. Don't get me wrong, I love the Lotr movies... but there's a big difference

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When a power structure is involved it's called "Institutional Racism". Racism itself is nothing more or less than prejudice based on race.

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It's not that complex a concept.

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That doesn't even make sense. Racism is "prejudice based on race". Institutional racism is "A system of oppression based on racism"

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people that "redefine" racism to suit their agenda just replace the def for racism with the def for institutional racism.

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Racism is defined as "prejudice based on race". That's it. You don't get to just make up whatever definition suits your agenda best. Most

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means nothing more or less than "prejudice based on race", and anyone can be racist, regardless of skin color.

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We already have a word for Racism as a overarching social construct. That's called INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. Whether you like it or not, Racism

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**I prefer to make up definitions that don't actually exist whenever my argument is flawed without them.

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In all fairness... I've never met an Asian who was bad at math.

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Sure. I mean.... aside from the fact that he's batshit fucking crazy, he seems like a real swell guy.

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The fact that there are no iterations of Starcraft on this list saddens me greatly.

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She's in season 8 but doesn't become an actual recurring character until season 9.

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The moon wasn't "force-thrown". It was pulled down by a Dovin Basal, a creature engineered by the Yuuzhan Vong to manipulate gravity.

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Can confirm... I am in fact a huge Tolkien nerd.

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To be honest, posting the chart on it's own probably isn't particularly useful, since orthography is complicated and mode-dependent.

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Only apply a placeholder telco when there is no consonant in the operative place for whatever mode you are using.

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