Oh, and Dunsany! Can’t believe I forgot him.

They’re both mass-market pulp that are entertaining to read. There’s plenty of sci-fi and fantasy that’s literature: Ursula LeGuin, Tolkien, Gene Wolfe, NK Jemisin, Vonnegut… the list goes on.

I mean, it’s Tom Clancy. It’s a fun read, like Dan Brown or Brandon Sanderson, but it’s not literature or anything.

People worry about conservatives just having more kids but realistically they work lower end jobs and don’t have money for that. Imagine raising 3-4 kids in this economy, not many will do that.

I suspect there are a lot of corpos voting red, especially once you get to the C-suite. I don’t think it does any favors to anyone to assume that Trump’s sweep was just the redneck vote.

Puerto Rico is lovely

Oregon here. Black or blue pen, in the comfort of your own home. Ballots get mailed out weeks ahead of time to everyone in the state, then you can pop them in the mail or bike over to the local library or wherever your closest dropbox is. Ranked choice voting for Portland for the first time this year, too.

I’ve found the $5 a month tier to be just about right. There have been a few months I’ve gone over, but they make that super easy to deal with: they just change the subscription renewal date and you start your next month a few days early.

Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-borne_disease

FYI “mouth breather” predates the setting of Stranger Things by decades. It’s also not about manipulatively forcing them to deny it: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/508300/mouth-breathing-as-slang-for-stupidity

You’d probably want height in there as well

It would basically let you see all the hidden characters that indicate formatting, which made it possible to see why your text would suddenly display in a weird way.

This isn’t about gathering data so much as it is encouraging Trump supporters to get out and vote, is my read.

I understand where you’re coming from, but I disagree completely. They are written in a different style than we’re used to today, but they’re masterfully done. To me, the movies are largely good adaptations, but the books are far superior.

But that’s the nice thing about taste: everyone’s entitled to their own.

That is relevant to my interests. I’ll have to pay a visit to Baltimore.

Good thing real life doesn’t follow videogame logic

Oh man, that reminds me of a place near me that does palak paneer fries. It’s like Indian poutine. Amazing.

I bet they’ve got websites with RSS feeds. Pick up an RSS reader and subscribe to their news & announcements page.

Relevant link: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/

I think they tend to be more interesting too, yeah.

I’d rate them about the same, personally. Though Brooks is at least just derivative and juvenile; Goodkind gets increasingly self indulgent.

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