ME: fuck, this spreadsheet is going to be unreadable
ENENTARZI (Sumerian accountant whose soul is imprisoned in my Excel program): O great scribe, by the blessing of Nadu, perhaps a pivot table?
ME: hey thanks man
ENENTARZI: Truly this afterlife is a wondrous and blessed one
Mass Effect 1 is a game that you could genuinely convince yourself was the adaptation of the world of some door stopper military sci Fi books (probably about the first contact war) and 2 & 3 are clearly just video game worlds for playing video games in
@GarbagePlate585@siniysvolk It really also just has everything to do with Marvel not giving a fuck about sidekicks in general because Stan Lee hated them, capfamily only ones to make it
@GarbagePlate585@siniysvolk Not hating on Chris Evans at all but it’s funny how Captain America’s supporting cast mogs the supporting cast of any other avenger
The brilliance of Herbert's writing is making us empathise with people we must find despicable and making us find people despicable we once rooted for.
Tan France: You’ve been on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy before?
Paul Atreides: No, this is the first time.
Tan France: Your shirt is tucked French fashion. Who taught you to do that?
Paul Atreides: It… seemed the proper way.
You must read God-Emperor of Dune understanding "precognition" as the computability and predictability of human individual/group actions, which will take off in our lifetimes; the computers/Bene Gesserit are the Fates, who Leto II frees us from. It is in dialogue with Foundation.
don’t want to dunk at all but this just baffles me. reading canonical/old/influential stuff has never been severed from pleasure for me. i don’t think i just happen to have a fetish for it, either. i don’t like the feeling of being in the dark. illumination = joy.
(after my date orders ten pieces of salmon sashimi) lol grizzly bear ass meal! (realizing she might have grizzly bear friends or family) Mighty and sophisticated animals, they are
@chuckmonkey2010@CynicalDane They explain it in the book but Arakkis is a quasi-fiefdom, the Harkonnens were on a CHOAM contract to govern and mine spice, but with the understanding that they may have to give it up someday. The emperor gave Atreides fiefdom in full, in exchange they had to give up Caladan.
It's funny how every big city in North America has that one otherwise totally unremarkable strip mall way out in the suburbs that has been taken over by Asian restaurateurs and is now an internationally recognized foodie destination.