Alex_Jones [he/him]
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Chapotraphouse@hexbear.net•Kitchen Nightmares US is theoryEnglish
1·4 years agoI watch the second half because I can usually see the cracks starting to come back before the credits roll.
He would have been infinitely cooler by just saying ‘fuck you nerd’ when asked to debate. They’re just performative bullshit. You’re not liking the ideas. You’re liking the person.
Alex_Jones [he/him]@hexbear.netOPtowriting@hexbear.net•So, one of my short stories is getting published.English
1·4 years agoI did about forty or so story submissions, trying to do several a day. There are cool sites now where you can shotgun applications for free. Over the span of a few months.
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the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•Rowling was the first writer to write seriously on class and wealthEnglish
0·4 years agoThere are a few stories like that. I heard there’s one where a single ruler who can allocate magic to others and the wealthy surround and pamper them in exchange for power.
Fantasy has so much potential to explore things like wealth and class. It’s a shame that jkr is the extent to which most people know the genre.
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the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•Rowling was the first writer to write seriously on class and wealthEnglish
0·4 years agoWe can’t have a character unable to afford all of the frivolous magic shit. That would create too much character tension and motivation. Who wants to read a story about being poor in a fantasy setting?
As I wrote that, I realized more and more how little thought Rowling put into her created world. He spends time with a poor magic family and they still have things like a family house and land. They don’t show adaptations they have to make while living in poverty like cutting costs on food or luxury items.
There was also a mistake on her part by making the dad obsessed with the nonmagical world, yet unable to utilize savvy to benefit himself or his family. I mean if you can’t afford to buy clothes from the magical world, and they don’t seem all that different from mundane ones, why not get a job in the muggle world where being able to magic shit would give an advantage?
And that in itself speaks to Rowling’s lack of creativity. She could’ve illustrated arbitrary value on things. Like Ron getting dress code violations or teased for only being able to afford muggle shoes or whatever. A kid wearing expensive Air Jordans to magic school and getting a reality check on arbitrary markers of class? That would be interesting and you could still have the story be much the same.
Oh well…
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Movies & TV@hexbear.net•The new Spider-Man movie is so fucking dumbEnglish
1·4 years ago“we don’t have avengers in our universe”
I fucking wish I could say the same thing.
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askchapo@hexbear.net•What's the wildest thing, good or bad, you heard from a teacher or professor?English
1·4 years agoOh yeah that all tracks. Spreading democracy in another country is a huge tell.
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the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•Least racist redditors have a solution to ChinaEnglish
1·4 years agoDon’t forget that criticizing mods is hate speech there
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the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•I came out the gate at +1.5 degrees CEnglish
1·4 years ago:astronaut-2::astronaut-1:
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food@hexbear.net•I love toast, but it almost always cuts the inside of my mouth.English
1·4 years agoI brush every day and floss at least every other day. I don’t bleed too much when cut and my mouth heals pretty fast from damage like this. It’s just weird.
I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome and that affects tissues, so that might be it.
I just wanted to blame toasted bread. I thought we all were acting against our better judgment to consume the food of the gods.
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memes@hexbear.net•dedicated to the guy that makes our mod logs oh so entertainingEnglish
1·4 years agoThere are socialist spider colonies. They survive a lot better than solitary spiders.
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History@hexbear.net•Do y'all remember in school being told Hitler was a great public speaker and could hypnotize people?English
1·4 years agoHitler was a magical monster man. Not the inevitable outcome of systemic issues, eugenics, imperialism all coalescing unabated.
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Chapotraphouse@hexbear.net•leftist meming on my professor that i have minor disagreements onEnglish
1·4 years agoUncritical support for petty bitch moments. :marx-goth:

That show is some quality slop. It reaffirms how delusional business owners really are and can be.