Sertou

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[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I can't work up much existential dread at this prospect. Given the immensity of the universe, the odds of this happening anywhere that it will affect the human race anytime soon are pretty damn slim.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My point is that Ashoka, no longer being a Jedi, was no longer bound by the order's rules. As such, she was free to start a family is she so desired. That said, she could have done so even after order 66. That she apparently didn't do so suggests that she had no such desire.

Master Leem wasn't the only exception to the prohibition against marriage. Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi was also granted an exception due to the low Cerean birthrate. He was allowed by the other Jedi to follow the Cerean custom of polygamous marriage—he had four honor wives and seven daughters.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ashoka was no longer a Jedi by the time order 66 was issued.

Also, while the Jedi weren't allowed to marry and were discouraged from forming strong attachments, this didn't always stop them. One Jedi master married and had several children with the council's knowledge, and was even allowed to remain a Jedi master, Thracia Cho Leem.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Thracia_Cho_Leem

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

That's just not so. J.M. Barrie's book popularized Wendy as a girls name, but it predates the book by centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Good points all. Blizzard never has prioritized communication.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Too late. Someone at Blizzard should have remembered that "You never get a second chance to make amfirst impression." No amount of FOMO will bring me back to this tedious grind disguised as an event.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

This is what one of Edmond Dantes alter egos did in the Count of Monte Cristo. “Lord Wilmore” was an eccentric Englishman who understood French perfectly well, but refused to speak it:

… Lord Wilmore appeared….His first remark on entering was, "You know, sir, I do not speak French?"

"I know you do not like to converse in our language," replied the envoy.

"But you may use it," replied Lord Wilmore; "I understand it."

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

To keep my family as happy and healthy as possible, as long as possible.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Nice, thanks for digging that up. It’s different than I remembered, but the important part is the same, Chewie got a medal.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I haven’t read it since middle school, more than 40 years ago, but I think I recall the Star Wars novelization (of A New Hope’s screen play) stated that Chewie was getting a medal too, but that he’s have to wait because Leia was to short to present it to him the same as she did for Luke and Han.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

NA beer is not basically “beer flavored soda.” The only thing the two have in common is carbonation and even that is produced differently in each. Soda is flavored syrup mixed with water that has been carbonated by forcing CO2 through it. NA beer is brewed the same as regular beer, and carbonation occurs during this process. For some NA beers, fermentation is arrested before significant amounts of alcohol form, while others are subjected to a vacuum to lower the boiling point so that the alcohol can be boiled out with a minimum effect of the flavor.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I can’t dispute that, but in fairness, there are quite a few of the original Sherlock Holmes stories where the reader couldn’t be expected to solve the mystery. The Adventure of the Red Headed League is one such, as I recall, though it has been quite a while since I read it.

For me the fun of the show is in the chemistry between actors and in the development of Sherlock’s character as someone who discovers his own humanity and eventually forms connections with those around him.

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