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Literate Chaotic / Re: Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?
« Last post by Cain on Today at 11:30:07 pm »
With regards to Kellhus, he ceases to be a POV character in the next series, so discerning the intent behind his actions is so much harder. 

However, the Thousandfold Thought definitely revealed one correct thing: the gods have a role to play in what happens next.  They cannot see the No-God and so cannot understand the threat.  In fact, the only threat they see is Kellhus...
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Richard Nixon's glittering half-life sarcophagus / Re: Open Bar: Free Russian Orphans with Every Purchase
« Last post by Cain on Today at 10:34:44 pm »
Incidentally, new hotel's internet is appallingly shit.  It's like being back on dial-up.  WTF is this nonsense, I thought this place was 4*?
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Richard Nixon's glittering half-life sarcophagus / Re: Open Bar: Free Russian Orphans with Every Purchase
« Last post by Cain on Today at 04:30:04 pm »
You know who does take security seriously?  Hungarian border guards.  Especially when they break the law by detaining EU citizens at the border for over an hour.  Namely, me.
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Richard Nixon's glittering half-life sarcophagus / Re: Open Bar: Free Russian Orphans with Every Purchase
« Last post by The Wizard Joseph on Today at 03:43:42 pm »
Quote from: LMNO on Today at 03:30:49 pm
Verily, the words of the non-prophets are scribbled on the bathroom walls of the sub-universe.


Or something like that.

The holes in the walls and filthy stalls are their doing too.
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Richard Nixon's glittering half-life sarcophagus / Re: Open Bar: Free Russian Orphans with Every Purchase
« Last post by LMNO on Today at 03:30:49 pm »
Verily, the words of the non-prophets are scribbled on the bathroom walls of the sub-universe.


Or something like that.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: OFFICIAL POLITICAL CARTOONS/PIC FREAD.
« Last post by Brother Mythos on Today at 02:05:25 pm »
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Literate Chaotic / Re: Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?
« Last post by tyrannosaurus vex on Today at 05:41:23 am »
Quote from: Cain on July 07, 2017, 06:55:21 pm
Also have fun spending the next 8 years figuring out if Kelhus is mankind's saviour or mankind's doom.

So far (just finished The Thousandfold Thought) it seems like he's either a well-meaning guy who nevertheless sees a need to put human civilization through the grinder in order to save it, a la Leto Jr.; a person who has succumbed to the temptation of using his overblown intellect and conditioning for nefarious ends; are actually a god who is just beyond such petty distinctions. Stealing Esmenet was a dick move, though. No way around that, really.

Bakker has an annoying tendency to make his characters behave in a completely absurd way in what seems to be nothing more than a way to force the reader into feeling suspense. Luckily the episodes haven't lasted very long so far (with the exception of Kehlus...). The world building is pretty awesome, and the strong threads of philosophy and metaphysics are pretty neat also.
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Richard Nixon's glittering half-life sarcophagus / Re: Open Bar: Free Russian Orphans with Every Purchase
« Last post by Eater of Clowns on Today at 02:47:01 am »
Quote from: LMNO on Yesterday at 05:20:30 pm
Is it not written in the Chao te Ching, "a nice tie opens many doors"?

Yes, it is. Chapter 27.

 :lulz: :argh!:
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: General Trump hilarity free-for-all thread
« Last post by The Good Reverend Roger on Yesterday at 09:20:32 pm »
Quote from: Cain on Yesterday at 08:59:23 pm
Spicer quit over the new WH Communications Director.  He's some investment banker friend of Trump with no background in corporate or government communications.

 :lulz:

This just makes it tastier.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: General Trump hilarity free-for-all thread
« Last post by Cain on Yesterday at 08:59:23 pm »
Spicer quit over the new WH Communications Director.  He's some investment banker friend of Trump with no background in corporate or government communications.
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