TheCunningLinguist
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As someone who almost lost an eye to a line drive while on the mound, the masks are kinda cool. They are for player protection.
June 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
As someone who almost lost an eye to a line drive while on the mound, the masks are kinda cool. They are for player protection.
Pratchett has Sybil Vimes? And Agnes Nitt? And Nanny Ogg? And literally every wizard except Stibbons?
May 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Pratchett has Sybil Vimes? And Agnes Nitt? And Nanny Ogg? And literally every wizard except Stibbons?
Discworld has so many but my favorites are when the wizards accidentally invent AI and Granny Weatherwax’s broom that literally needs to be jumpstarted by jumping off a cliff.
April 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Discworld has so many but my favorites are when the wizards accidentally invent AI and Granny Weatherwax’s broom that literally needs to be jumpstarted by jumping off a cliff.
It does not! Somehow, it gets worse!
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It does not! Somehow, it gets worse!
And still, none of them knows anything about girls.
April 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And still, none of them knows anything about girls.
I once had a soldier whose wife was a Dreamer. I told him to get her citizenship asap. This was 2017? 18? They were so young. I think about them a lot lately.
April 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I once had a soldier whose wife was a Dreamer. I told him to get her citizenship asap. This was 2017? 18? They were so young. I think about them a lot lately.
There might be honor for Aiel in receiving their punishment *but we are never shown that.* This isn’t deep. It’s not some commentary on femdom. Just a criticism of some novels I’m enjoying otherwise.
April 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There might be honor for Aiel in receiving their punishment *but we are never shown that.* This isn’t deep. It’s not some commentary on femdom. Just a criticism of some novels I’m enjoying otherwise.
Listen. My post was meant purely as commentary on how women are treated in the narrative compared to men. Da’covale are slaves. There is no honor is beating them, men or women, but we get shown the women getting beat.
April 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Listen. My post was meant purely as commentary on how women are treated in the narrative compared to men. Da’covale are slaves. There is no honor is beating them, men or women, but we get shown the women getting beat.
I wouldn’t have as much of a problem if a man got spanked for any of the above reasons. I’m only on book 12, so maybe Rand or that dude who is like “what happens in gaishain time, stays in gaishain time” or if we hauled up a man and displayed him naked for a few days. That’s my problem.
April 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wouldn’t have as much of a problem if a man got spanked for any of the above reasons. I’m only on book 12, so maybe Rand or that dude who is like “what happens in gaishain time, stays in gaishain time” or if we hauled up a man and displayed him naked for a few days. That’s my problem.
So there are 41 books and many ways to read. Color of Magic is the very first, but a lot of people recommend starting with Guards! Guards! in the City Watch storyline. I think there’s no right or wrong way. I did publication my first time but pick what interests you!
www.lspace.org/books/readin...
www.lspace.org/books/readin...
April 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So there are 41 books and many ways to read. Color of Magic is the very first, but a lot of people recommend starting with Guards! Guards! in the City Watch storyline. I think there’s no right or wrong way. I did publication my first time but pick what interests you!
www.lspace.org/books/readin...
www.lspace.org/books/readin...
Have you tried the Discworld? It’s not wordy like WoT but the word play is delicious and oh so fun.
April 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Have you tried the Discworld? It’s not wordy like WoT but the word play is delicious and oh so fun.
We got a hot tub at the top of this tower. Stunning 360 views. The best. We can talk cost afterwards.
April 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We got a hot tub at the top of this tower. Stunning 360 views. The best. We can talk cost afterwards.
I liked both Dirk Gently shows for different reasons. The Elijah Wood version is unhinged in the best way.
Psych is an oldie but a good crime of the week show. I was crying at the completion of certain story lines by the end.
Warehouse 13. A comfort show. Scifi but also cool history.
Psych is an oldie but a good crime of the week show. I was crying at the completion of certain story lines by the end.
Warehouse 13. A comfort show. Scifi but also cool history.
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I liked both Dirk Gently shows for different reasons. The Elijah Wood version is unhinged in the best way.
Psych is an oldie but a good crime of the week show. I was crying at the completion of certain story lines by the end.
Warehouse 13. A comfort show. Scifi but also cool history.
Psych is an oldie but a good crime of the week show. I was crying at the completion of certain story lines by the end.
Warehouse 13. A comfort show. Scifi but also cool history.
Fans are exhausting.
April 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Fans are exhausting.
I saw the first two seasons and then started reading the books. I’m on 12 now! Who’s gatekeeping books? Is that what this is? “You’re only reading cause of the show?” How childish.
April 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I saw the first two seasons and then started reading the books. I’m on 12 now! Who’s gatekeeping books? Is that what this is? “You’re only reading cause of the show?” How childish.
Super great point. And I didn’t know Nicole Maines was on Yellowjackets, I might have to give it another try.
April 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Super great point. And I didn’t know Nicole Maines was on Yellowjackets, I might have to give it another try.
It was a very deliberate decision to have a trans actress play not just an Aes Sedai but a KEEPER Aes Sedai, arguably the second most powerful woman in the Tower. So my take is that yes, that character is trans. I’ll only believe different if a writer for the show says so.
April 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It was a very deliberate decision to have a trans actress play not just an Aes Sedai but a KEEPER Aes Sedai, arguably the second most powerful woman in the Tower. So my take is that yes, that character is trans. I’ll only believe different if a writer for the show says so.
Joanne: “Women are women, and you should use the womens bathroom.”
Also Joanne: “Not like that!!”
Also Joanne: “Not like that!!”
April 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Joanne: “Women are women, and you should use the womens bathroom.”
Also Joanne: “Not like that!!”
Also Joanne: “Not like that!!”
“May we offer you a trans Keeper in this trying time?”
April 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“May we offer you a trans Keeper in this trying time?”
For clarification. This is commentary on the books.
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For clarification. This is commentary on the books.
Have you read any Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett??? (I get unnecessarily excited if I get to introduce a new person.)
April 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Have you read any Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett??? (I get unnecessarily excited if I get to introduce a new person.)
Trollocs “Chopped.” “In your baskets you have mutton from the Two Rivers, a Tairen, venomous lizards from the Aiel waste and….a carrot. You have thirty minutes, your time starts now.”
“Immediately, a stew comes to mind.”
“Immediately, a stew comes to mind.”
April 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trollocs “Chopped.” “In your baskets you have mutton from the Two Rivers, a Tairen, venomous lizards from the Aiel waste and….a carrot. You have thirty minutes, your time starts now.”
“Immediately, a stew comes to mind.”
“Immediately, a stew comes to mind.”
I’ve got to hand it to Rand.
April 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’ve got to hand it to Rand.