@DexDoruGreymon Even worse, its using the chopped up corpses of projects where people cared and created and made things. I'll take a ""worse"" looking project with intent and thought than something that looks flashy but theres nothing behind it. Gave it one thought, sent it and forgot about it.
Before I got pulled out of public school as a kid I was locked in a battle of wills with my second grade teacher that escalated to the point where she had my desk turned around 180 degrees facing the wall
The next day I waited til another adult came to the classroom for some reason and pulled out a small mirror I had brought with me and made a big show of using it to try to look at the chalkboard and when the other adult was like “hey so what’s with the—“, I burst out “I just want to learn :( :(“
Scythe and Root are mirror images of each other.
Scythe looks like a big brutal wargame with giant mechs but its actually a resource-collecting euro.
Root looks like a cutesy woodland romp but it's actually a cut-throat wargame.
Both these games are very popular because they are excellent games with good graphics from reputable publishers.
But they have caused a lot of confusion over the years when people actually open the box and start playing!
In addition to Project Gutenberg, the following are also helpful, free resources, especially for reading classic novels:
Standard Ebooks - use to download carefully and aesthetically formatted public-domain classics
HathiTrust - use to find and download library-verified scans of some rare texts and historical collections
Internet Archive - use to find scans of old, out-of-print books
Google Books - use to find and download scans of first editions or lesser-known works (use the "Full View" filter)
Wikisource - use to access and read public-domain primary sources and historical documents
Kindle Store (Amazon) - use to download free Kindle editions of many public-domain classics
Bookshare - use to gain access to a library of digital texts in accessible formats for those with verified print-related disabilities
LibriVox - use for free audiobook versions of public-domain classics
Libby and Hoopla - (check to see if your local library offers these) use to borrow ebooks or audiobooks of both modern and classic novels
So, I grew up in total poverty in a farming town in southern Texas. By a lucky chance I was able to attend university. The first week on campus I set foot in the student library, and what followed was one of the most transformative experiences of my life. (thread)
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