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    [Discussion] HOTD S03E08 "The Treasons of Tumbleton"

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  • hang around for another season when her story arc was more or less over

    Jace actor in shambles. (But I know that was largely a production fuck up.) And I suppose Jace did have his final character building moment.

    I think saving Helena's death for next season would have been better. It would give Alicent a reason to try and return to King's Landing. The season could have ended with Helena being force fed and upset, and Mysaria sowing seeds about Rhaenyra being cruel to her. With a 2 year gap it'll feel like she's been living in hell for 2 years. Alicent could first learn that Aegon/Aemond are alive. Then once Helena dies Alicent can learn and feel a sense of guilt since she failed to kill Aemond.

    Is Ulf's castle Tumbleton? The last shot I remember seeing is Ulf on dragon, being chased by Hugh on dragon (?), being chased by another dragon (?).

    I didn't get the vibe that he was going to stick around. Especially since at least one of those dragons is Vermithor.

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    [Discussion] HOTD S03E08 "The Treasons of Tumbleton"

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  • Shout out to Rhaenyra for putting on her "we're the baddies" makeup.

    Also poor Joffrey. Sent away by mum. Returned to mum but can't see her. Finally gets a day with mum but it's the day she's going crazy, killing septons and yelling about prophecy.

    But really poor Helena. Her last words with Alicent a few episodes ago really had the vibe of last last words. Refusing to eat. There's more to being alive then just being not dead. I didn't think it would all happen so fast/this episode.

    Also Gwayne lived, did Daeron? I have to assume so.

    Winter Wolves went out like champs. He seemed so happy to die. Good for him.

    But of course the hero of the episode, which is to say the man who fucked everything up and just wanted a pint, Ulf. It looks like he survives into next season. Maybe he just fucks off to nowhere and lives his best life. I don't see him joining up with Aegon unless he just lucks into it.

  • Number on or number off which one do you prefer??

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  • The number of people that have it on surprises me.

    I'm reminded of the 24 hour news channels who love to put ultra detailed timing. If there is a press conference at 9pm they don't just say it's at 9pm, at noon they'll start a 9 hour countdown.

    So if you watch the news at any point that day you'll know it's 8:43:22 until the press conference. It's 6:12:43 until the press conference. It's 5:24:46 until the press conference.

    Those numbers don't mean anything.

    When I started writing this comment I had 92% battery left. Now I have 91% battery left. If I ramble for too long what if it goes to 90%? At the rate it's dropping am I going to have less than two hours of battery life left? Where is my charger?!?!

    Or, I can just look at the list mostly full icon. I'm good.

  • 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out

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  • So you're not 100% incorrect, but does it happen in 2027? 2028?

    Logistically it'll probably happen eventually, but when?

  • What fandom has/creates the best fangames (not romhacks)?

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  • AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake)

    It's the story of Metroid 2, told in the style of Super Metroid. It adds a bunch of quality of life features and also adds new content that fits the world.

    If you like 2D Metroid, you'll love this game.

    The added Thermal Power Plant escape sequence was amazing.

    You fight your way in, standard area. You fight a boss, who after being defeated begins a power plant overload.

    Now you have a classic escape sequence. What you don't know is that the timer (overload meter) is not actually a timer, it moves up based on your progress. When you dug into the plant there were a number of slow moments, so now you have to slowly go through them in reverse. Finally you reach the top, the airlock. The slowest moving doors in the world. KABOOM!

    You think you've failed. But Samus lives. You have 1 HP and have to limp two screens over to the healing room.

    It's a cinematic moment in a video game. I'll never forget it.

  • [Discussion] HOTD S03E07 "The Dragon in Winter"

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  • For the baby scene it was pointed out that the guard who takes it away was Criston Cole. I don't know how much Helena knows about Criston, but I assume she knows he's very loyal to Alicent, so that tracks.

    If the throne needs to be destroyed, and she saw a confident woman on a dragon, do you think that might have been Dany? Or maybe her interpretation would be Rhynera?

    So if she can't avoid her fate, or if she knows she has a role to play, it sounds like she's going to have to take a more active role. I can't think of what that something should be, but if she's having dreams maybe whatever it is will play a big role in the last season.

  • Game of Thrones’ newest cast revealed

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  • Looking forward to the Alt Shift X breakdown.

  • [ASOIAF Spoilers All] The Game Of Thrones Play Just Confirmed - And Unconfirmed - A Bunch Of Fan Theories

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  • Robert killed Rhaegar because he was distracted by his visions.

    Honestly that's hilarious. I love the idea that Rhaegar sees the battle before him, sees how the battle is going to go, and begins to mimic it... only to be smacked down by BOBBY B.

    Both Rhaegar and Lyanna have prophetic visions about the Song of Ice and Fire. They share a vision of Daenerys and her dragons.

    Have Targaryen's shared dreams/visions before? Have non Targs, other than Bran, had visions?

    Also interesting that they see Daenerys and not Jon.

  • [Discussion] HOTD S03E07 "The Dragon in Winter"

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  • I hated everything about the other dragons fighting Sheepstealer. I thought Syrax was going to die. I thought Sheepstealer was going to die. I thought Caraxes was going to die. Stop fighting!

    On the flip side, Sunfyre lives! What a moment. I love rooting for Aegon who is a complete bastard of a man.

    Aemond + Alicent was fucked up, I'm glad it was really Alys. But predictably Aemond is an idiot.

    Speaking of predictable, Ulf has surprisingly betrayed Rhaenyra. He's going to cause so many problems next episode. Plus if Hugh is stuck in the city, his dragon will probably try to save him and cause even more mess. Or maybe he'll just do something stupid to protect his wife.

    Also speculation about Helena's dreams. She gave birth and her child is taken away. Helena rides Dreamfyre and burns some people. Helena lives happily ever after... until snow.

    Working backwards the snow is reality, so everything before it was probably a lie. So Helena's story will end horribly (not surprising given the show). She was commanding of her dragon... So the opposite may be some dragon accident? Fire breathing everywhere wildly? And the baby being taken away, means the baby being stillborn?

  • Don't ruin it for others

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  • The Thing should be fine.

  • [Discussion] HOTD S03E06 "Faceless Men"

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  • Aegon makes sense, everyone wants to be the next Conqueror.

    But Daeron is surprising. Although given how confusing all the different names already are it's probably for the best they don't reuse them too often.

  • Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

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  • So I don't think I've missed it.

    As you said,

    Their thought process is that if Massie wins/is appointed, then it will give him an "incumbent" advantage in the midterms

    But I don't believe Massie can run in the midterms.

    I admit I am wrong that he can't be the incumbent, because technically being the incumbent just implies holding the office, not running for the office they currently hold, but in a world where a special election happens (or an appointment), and Massie takes McConnell's Senate seat, he can not run in the midterm election.

    Per Ballotpedia the deadline to file as a unaffiliated (independent) was in June.

    Any special election would only cover the remainder of McConnell's term and not the term after, which is a whole separate election that is happening in November.

    My guess, after reading more about it, would be that a special election could include the two current midterm candidates AND Massie (as an independent), and that election could result in a Democrat winning. Then because the Democrats "just won" it would lower Republican voter turnout in the midterms. (Although I suspect in this scenario the midterm and special election would both take place in November, so it wouldn't be two separate elections, but Massie would get more air time to ensure the Republican doesn't win.)

  • Welcome to Starfeet Academy

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  • She's just a hobbit who stole the ring.

    A lady Bilbo.

  • Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

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  • I guess it's not nothing, but it also removes a vote from the US House.

    I'm also not sure that in this hypothetical scenario Massie would be seated before the November election.

    Per this article,

    Beshear would have 30 days to call an election, and prospective candidates would then have 49 days to consider running and file.

    Let's assume Beshear calls for a special election on August 2nd, a day before the deadline. Plus 49 days brings you to September 20th, but that's not when the election is held, that's just when everyone must declare by.

    Is there anything that clarifies that timeline?

    And of course secondary to that, would the people of Kentucky vote for the independent Massie who can at best serve for a few months, or would you "double" vote for the person running in the standard election so they can start working immediately.

    To be very clear, McConnell is a piece of shit, he's probably dead or at the very least incapable of performing his duties and should be replaced. But I just don't see a scenario where Massie actually is able to do anything.

  • Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

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  • He can't be the incumbent.

    The race for McConnell's seat is already underway and the Republican nominee already picked. Additionally all other deadlines to run as an Independent have passed.

  • Apple to debut smart glasses in 2027 with focus on privacy: report

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  • I mean nowadays you carry a computer on your person constantly. Your hands are touching a computer, your eyes are looking at a computer.

    Computer glasses are seen as the next step.

    I'm not confident it actually is, but I understand the why it's being tried.

  • Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

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  • So I've heard this said before, but I don't really get it.

    Massie is a current Kentucky House representative, he lost his primary so his term will end in January.

    McConnell's seat is up for election in November, so his term also ends in January.

    If a special election is held, it's just to fill out his term until the end of January.

    So in a scenario where a special election is held and Massie wins, he has to resign his House seat to take the Senate seat, but the term still ends in January.

    Does that really change anything?

  • [Discussion] HOTD S03E06 "Faceless Men"

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  • Also Ormund and the Hightowers are supposedly "trapped" in Tumbletown, but Ulf is in King's Landing and Hugh is in Tumbletown. I don't think Ormund has plans on leaving, but he's not really trapped.

    Ulf and Hugh just had their "is life better?" discussion. Ulf seems easy to turn. Hugh's weakness is his wife who just rejected him. Hugh has generally seemed level headed, but he was pretty aggressive when trying to get his wife to leave.

  • [Discussion] HOTD S03E06 "Faceless Men"

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  • RIP Criston Cole. It's fitting that we see him die, and fairly unceremoniously, but other characters are still talking about him. Just what he always wanted.

    Also my immediate reaction was RIP Corlys, but after thinking about it, probably just captured? Criston was clear, so Corlys being unclear means he's just captured. Probably.

    Gwayne being real with Daeron about Ormund was great to see. Daeron has at least someone good (or at least better than Ormund) looking after him.

    Helena and Alicent seeing each other again seems doomed. That was definitely a "we're never seeing each other again" conversation.

    Plus Rhynera seemed a little too into Helena having dreams. If Alicent is gone and she's looking after her... Things could get ugly.

  • What laws (if any) should exist around recreational drugs?

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  • So one the arguments around drugs like marijuana is that "under the influence" is difficult to detect and test.

    For alcohol we have BAC or Blood Alcohol Content. It's far from a perfect measurement, but it is measurable and we have laws that define "too much". It's also relatively simple to measure.

    We don't have a way to simply measure Blood Marijuana Content or any similar measurement. Even if we can measure it, what is "too much" is also not well defined.

    Which I largely mention because "similar to alcohol", while I agree, is easier said than done.

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