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@AntiCthulhu I agree that the "camouflage" motivation is most likely, but fortunately, it does have the effect of allowing the stories to be interpreted in a way that's not fully anti-religion if one chooses.

That was one of the benefits of the culture being as it was at the time.

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@AntiCthulhu The Therns in "Gods of Mars" were also intended by Burroughs as a critique of organized religion.

However, Burroughs always wrote these themes ambiguously enough that one can choose to interpret them as merely critiques of false religions (not unlike Elijah's mockery of Baal).

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@jd_sauvage Also:

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@Fiannawolf2 Portal fantasy was already "canonized" years before even Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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@NeilWoods_ @J0hnADouglas Do you think it could be saved by a fanedit that cuts out a lot of the jokes and maybe some of the gender-related themes?

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@ChangYeeFong77 @DaddyWarpig I wonder if this will be a movie that can be drastically improved by a fanedit that cuts out a lot of the jokes?

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@SarahAHoyt I think there's a lot more at play than is obvious on the surface.

I'd recommend following @ArminNavabi, who has access to the most in-depth info on what's going on in Iran and some very interesting theories about what President Trump's strategies are.

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@J0hnADouglas Is that Deborah Ann Woll?

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@SuperAG01 @OMBReviews @ArminNavabi There's a very good chance that it will end with the Iranian regime totally collapsing and being replaced by a government that follows the will of the majority of its people.

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@SuperAG01 @OMBReviews The thing to understand about the negotiations is that there is no actual intention on either side to make a deal. If you want to understand what is actually going on, I'd recommend the most reliable source of info on Iran, @ArminNavabi, and his YouTube channel, Liberty Politics.

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@RoninGreg @Nina7Infinity Bingo. The military that America has "left alone" is the Artesh, which is relatively loyal to the Iranian people but which the regime has disarmed as much as possible. The military that America is at war with is the IRGC. You'd think someone from Iran would know this.

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@William_42318 @RainyDaychili @AdrianneCurry @wearevibin She's a registered Republican voter. In Florida, there's a website to check one's voter registration status. It was intended for people to check their own, but all that's necessary to check is the person's name and date of birth, so people quickly found out she's a Republican.

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@OrangeHat2185 That video is from during the Biden years. End Wokeness posted it as a response to people saying that the UFC event is defiling the White House (the point being that there is no way the UFC event could possibly defile the White House worse than what's in the video).

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@BrianNiemeier The only solution is that all tests and writing have to be done in-person in the classroom with no digital technology around. That way, there's no way to cheat with AI and also no way to be mistaken for doing so.

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@TheBugleDaily1 Counterpoint: it's just showing the Bugle as it was decades before you took over and cleaned it up.

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@Fiannawolf2 Have you ever read Manly Wade Wellman? He wrote one of the Captain Future novels ("The Solar Invasion") and a lot of other stories, including many about John Thunstone (an occult detective who fights supernatural evil and has a holy sword-cane forged by a saint).

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@DavidVStewart I'm sure some people would find it easier to fake doing that (by reading an AI story on another monitor, or a piece of paper, and pretending to write slowly, changing sentences, etc.) than to actually do the brainwork of coming up with a story on their own though.