ChairmanMeow

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago

Ancap is anarcho-capitalism, e.g. screw the government, stateless society where capitalism is king. Not entirely the tankie viewpoint.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But isn't that part of making the reader explore and experience the world of magic, just like Harry is? There's no narrator here who already knows everything, you're experiencing the stories through the eyes of Harry, and only really know what he knows. In that context, it doesn't really make sense to have these early clues. The reader can't anticipate everything because Harry can't either.

Magic in general is just a plot device that can do whatever the author needs it to do.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure Olivander already mentions when Harry chooses his wand that it's basically a twin of Voldemort's, and in the subsequent books it's explained that that + Lily's magic is causing plenty of weird things to happen, including what happens in book 4. Sure, the exact reason why it happens is still "magic" but that goes for most magic systems if you delve deep enough.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mods can take subs private temporarily if they notice brigading. They can also contact admins who could use other tools at their disposal. Not fun, but effective.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Admins and mods have other tools to deal with those issues. But given that Reddit is a corporation it will likely also remove content that are in a murky area rules-wise, or given the current political climate selectively apply the rules. That creates a risk for redditors who try to use the site legitimately as well.

Mostly the photography market as far as I know, those raw images take up a lot of space.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 41 points 1 week ago (10 children)

What Reddit believes to be "bad content" has historically been a little dubious. So I can understand people are apprehensive about this.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Pretty sure the reasoning behind that was given in book 1.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they'll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total).

Pretty sure that's how you're supposed to signal. In most places it's not a legal requirement but it is recommended and taught by most driving instructors.

Although I do assume they switch to their right signal before taking their exit. If they don't, then yeah that's wrong.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yanukovitch own government ejected him, dumbass.

I mean I'm definitely on the left-progressive end of the spectrum but even I thought the writing got too "woke", or rather too on the nose.

The worst one imo was the giant spider in the hotel owned by a Trumpian figure. "Trump" wanted to shoot it, but the Doctor wouldn't let him because that would be wrong. Instead, she let it "humanely" suffocate itself to death, locking all of its offspring in a room to cannibalize themselves and die.

I never thought I'd find myself more sympathetic towards the Trumplike figure rather than the Doctor.

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