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- Comment on predatory giraffes 11 hours ago:
A cassowary usually weighs around 59-85 kg and they can absolutely fuck you up, so a 200-250 kg one the size of a giraffe with a lance on its face is a huge no from me.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 1 week ago:
So that’s a completely different conversation. One that I think the US should have, mind you, since I agree that it’s wildly unsafe.
But my point is that if your car can’t pass inspection, it shouldn’t be on the road, and it definitely shouldn’t be racing, on-track or no.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 1 week ago:
The one held in my city is pretty reasonable. And if they’re not passing inspections to race on a track then they shouldn’t be racing on the street either.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 1 week ago:
Y’all are assholes who do asshole things.
Seriously why do y’all do this? You can rent time on tracks for cheap!
- Comment on From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man 1 week ago:
They may be desperate for people, but how does your industry treat women? I was wanting to get into trade, but they all seem filled with sexist assholes, and good money and fun work or not, there’s only so much sexist bullshit I’m willing to put up with.
- Comment on Halloween is coming up, folks. So here's your first idea for a costume 1 week ago:
Arthur is a kid’s show that ran from 1996-2022. The meme is a classic to use when you want to show you found something frustrating or infuriating.
- Comment on Without fail 2 weeks ago:
These days people put out a lot of their personal information online. Often people blast their name and location without a care.
Even if you are more careful than that, you probably give away more than you think. And it is still possible to look up addresses once you get someone’s real name and general location. Someone with a grudge can spend a frightening amount of time looking though past posts and such to piece together where you are.
- Comment on Without fail 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Fatherhood 2 weeks ago:
Not just that; look at it from a specific angle, and it’s about a white, straight, human male ‘saving’ the poor, savage alien species—when not beating up the evil, aggressive brown alien species, that is.
I mean, they are obviously missing a lot of the context, but they’re not pulling their beliefs out of thin air, either.
- Comment on Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate? 4 weeks ago:
Is this satire? Please tell me this is satire
- Comment on Aged like milk 4 weeks ago:
Just sweet, all-lovin’ folks, yeah? /s
Someone with a Xitter account should be replying with these on all those ‘family man’ posts popping up
- Comment on Aged like milk 4 weeks ago:
Oooh do it
That one with Hitler and his dog is a good one
- Comment on Too soon? 4 weeks ago:
They’re trying to make him big again. So much for that, I guess
- Comment on Aged like milk 4 weeks ago:
They say you should only say good things about the dead.
Charlie Kirk is dead. Good.
- Comment on Aged like milk 4 weeks ago:
Now that’s an obituary I can read with great satisfaction.
- Comment on Ding ding ditch is punishable by death apparently 5 weeks ago:
Because those people weren’t armed.
- Comment on Ding ding ditch is punishable by death apparently 5 weeks ago:
Because in America things like the Tulsa Race Massacre happen a fair bit, and the cops either stand by or join in, so you have to be able to defend you and yours.
Remember folks, armed minorities are harder to oppress.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 2 months ago:
A ‘removed’?
- Comment on Orb 2 months ago:
More like incredibly aggressive. They are a type of algae after all. If you don’t keep a firm leash on them they’ll reproduce enough to drain all the oxygen and nutrients from an enclosed system like an aquarium.
Plant tribbles, if you will.
- Comment on Spiritual Safety Tip! 2 months ago:
For most of them, it’s because they truly, deeply believe that if they don’t convert you, you’re going to burn in hell for eternity when you die.
For most of the leaders of those sorts of churches, it’s because more people means more money for that new private jet they’re saving up for.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 2 months ago:
Does it make sense to nitpick how much they’re getting though? The fact that they’re being denied any bonus is shady as fuck.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Nothing sinister at all. It has a long and proven track record. Which you can check out if you don’t want to be low-info anymore. Doctors and dentists support it.
But there’s a subset of people who want us to go back to disease-ridden serfs, because when your teeth are falling out and 3 out of your 5 kids died young from disease and you can barely make rent, you’re too distracted to care what other people are doing.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
There’s only pros. It’s proven to prevent cavities in children and adults, much better than brushing alone.
There’s also the sad fact that not every kid is taught to—or sometimes allowed to—brush their teeth.
- Comment on Nothing more to be said 3 months ago:
Bark bark bark
Shoo, go sealion somewhere else
- Comment on lets join a cult 3 months ago:
- Comment on The joy of quitting a shit job with an asshole boss 4 months ago:
OTOH, if this is in the US, we are almost entirely at-will when it comes to employment; we can be terminated at any time, for something as petty as the boss not liking our socks, no heads-up required.
Here the two weeks notice is considered a courtesy, and sadly fewer and fewer businesses are proving worthy of that courtesy. It seems from the post title that this company did not deserve much respect at all.
- Comment on Calm down 4 months ago:
- Comment on 'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas 4 months ago:
It was a hate crime murder. Seems the US is a shit place for gay people to live to me.
- Comment on Anon gains a superpower 4 months ago:
I agree. I think that’s why I like Kate Griffin’s Matthew Swift series (and the other novels she sets in the same ‘verse). The general rules of the magic system are explained, but the magic still feels wild and mysterious and… well, magical.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 4 months ago:
If we’re talking ‘young adult’ (which I think is a silly book classification group), the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede always gets my top pick—shorter, sassy, fun, with well-written female protagonists. (All her books are pretty good, really.)
Another of my top choices in the Fantasy YA category are the Tiffany Aching books by Sir Terry Pratchett. Great fun and Sir Terry’s wonderful brand of biting wisdom.
If you like the ‘kids go to boarding school, have magical adventures, save the world’ formula, Mercedes Lackey did a pretty good series called the Shadow Grail. Although the kids are older (and more sensible) than the Harry Potter protagonists.
The Castle Books by John DeChancie are another fun romp of a series. Younger me loved the idea of a castle filled with 144,000 portals to adventure. Although the technology in it is a bit dated—at this point in time, rather humorously so.
Gail Carriger’s book series are all a good read; my favorite she’s done so far is the Finishing Series. Not as much magic as other books on this list, but still a well-thought-out system. Her books are really more steampunk-fantasy with a sprinkling of magic on top.
China Mievelle doesn’t really write series, per se, but all his books are fun and well-written, with interesting twists and ideas. I’d say they are the very definition of whimsical.
If your requirements are ‘good books by authors as awful as JK Rowling’, well, that’s tougher, but fortunately David and Leigh Eddings decided to throw their hats in the ring! Horrible child abusers, but their writings are genuinely good, way better than what Rowling writes.