Gargleblaster

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[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Silk Road did not pass through Rome or India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#/media/File:Silk_road_Kazakhstan.svg

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I stand corrected. Then Legends and Lore is is the Elric-less Deities and Demigods.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

TSR had permission from author Michael Moorcock to include Elric but I think the publisher was unaware. And so there was a legal stink that resulted in Elric and Lovecraft being removed in a later edition of Deities and Demigods.

Legends and Lore was 2e.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If that Deities and Demigods has Elric and HP Lovecraft in it, it's worth something.

Elric is called Elric (obviously). Look for Hastur the Unspeakable. That's part of Lovecraft. I guess Cthulu was in there, but I don't remember.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This would've resulted in my leaving if I hadn't left in June.

Saved me 3.5 months.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who came before Socrates? I don't think there's any historical evidence of his existence other than Plato talking about him simply because he's so far back...unless you're talking about beyond Greece.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I came here to say this. The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff are also solid reads.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pomelo. Like grapefruit without the mess.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Abandon the FOMO completely. I do not reward shitty behavior. Destiny 2's launch was the end of that. Let other people pay top dollar to playtest it and work all the wrinkles out. Let all the DLC come out and the game GOTY edition if it's that good. Let others buy that. THEN, when they are going to launch the sequel, all of that pap will be sold at basement-level prices. Maybe wait a bit longer if it was really popular.

I'm playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 right now. ;-)

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A commercial passenger plane should not be the subject of government research.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

The resulting aircraft/technology can be sold to commercial aviation and/or be used for military purposes

That is what companies like Boeing and Lockheed are for.

NASA has no business making airplanes for rich passengers.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago (22 children)

We need bullet trains, not more passenger jets.

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