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>>42875
I can only interpret it as Ron being an unreliable twat. I mean what else is he going to do, searching for the Horcruxes is literally the most important possible task. Always disliked him honestly. I'm Harrymionie til I die. I don't even remember why they suddenly started finding Horcruxes after he left.

I get that it being aimless is the point but as a story that's boring and unsatisfying. I've already been on enough shitty English camping holidays that seemed neverending, that's not what I read/watch fiction for.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003814436/

The last movie is the highest rated on IMDB and the second-last one of the highest rated, if you look at the reviews you can see people express that view I stated.

>>42876
>unreliable twat
Except he's not especially in the context of the scene, since despite being significantly injured (severe hypothermia, starvation, crippling injury etc.) he's still with Harry. Harry is the one projecting his fears of abandonment onto Ron. Ron was pretty much always there for Harry and never hesitated to stand up against threats and dangers no matter how scared he might have been.
>I don't even remember why they suddenly started finding Horcruxes after he left
They didn't. Ron left and then because of Hermione's wards couldn't find them despite basically trying to find them immediately after leaving, so he was searching for them for several weeks and came in for the save with the Sword of Gryffindor. Hell, he wanted to stay but Harry literally tells to him to leave repeatedly. Ron's biggest problem in the scene (and it's just realistic relative to such arguments) is that in his frustration and anger, he comes off a lot harsher and provokes a similar response from Harry, and Hermione in this instance was being an utter willow.

Also the movies cut out a lot of scenes and switched up dialogue that was important to Ron's character, resulting in him coming off as more of a prat than in the books.

IMDB is not a reliable source I'm going to be honest, primarily because the number of reviews and so on there are paltry compared to the sheer SIZE of the fandom itself. Almost everyone I knew hated it, even unreasonably so.

I agree that Ron/Hermione wasn't a very good pairing, but neither is Harry/Hermione.

Harry Pothead

They've announced the cast for the HBO series

Huffleproles are the only good house.

>>45451
>>45242
I think the Eye of Sauron is literally the sun. Imagine in ancient times that someone told you the sun was a living being, a god, and he could see you all day while he was up. This is a key part of Abrahamic religion, right? This idea of an all seeing, all powerful entity that punishes.

On top of that, the "Sauron as a king" idea is just that some ancient kings were crowned as "son of the sun", or avatars of the sun itself. It's the Pharaoh.

Now, Tolkien's history with Mordor and Sauron goes to before our recorded history. Morder according to his maps is roughly modern day Romania. The very characteristic mountain range around it makes this clear.

So, what Tolkien is actually saying is that solar worship and the idea that the king is the avatar of the sun started here, and this religion of solar worship essentially led to the evils of empire building, as the above anon explained. It's anti-human.

>>46259
These proto-Romanians of 5000 BC created the Tartaria tablets, which is proof of their sophistication in that age. They were the products of steppe tribe invasion into Western European agricultural lands. This is probably the story of "Sauron" in LOTR who creates "orc slaves" out of "mud". This is the steppe tribe creating mutts out of the Romanian agriculturalists and turning them into slave soldiers for the empire. Everyone else then had to contend with this mighty economic power.

So, those proto-Romanians are in the same region as Greece and Anatolia. I think they moved southward and into the Mediterranean, and they became the Minoans, the Phoenicians, and the "Egyptians" (King Menes being the first Pharaoh, although some archaeologists believe Egypt existed for thousands of years before this, so King Menes and his descendants maybe didn't build the pyramids). Then, they moved eastward and became or conquered the Sumerians and Babylonians (and Mesopotamia at large). I believe the Babylonians called them Gutians in their age, so it didn't all happen instantly – they didn't conquer the whole world in one swoop.

In the end, it isn't even a single group of people that we can label so much as it is an influence from this ancient period that is felt by many people today, although some people try to claim they descend directly from them. I believe this may be the root of Judaism, but it's also in Hinduism. The whole thing about being the solar avatar is at the root of this all.

>>45453
>It doesn't take super-vision to see up to the top of a tower, anon. Especially if there's a big, bright object up there.
That's true, but exposure to and use of the ring has also been altering Frodo on a fundamental level. I don't have the text at hand to reference but several times both while wearing the ring and without it Frodo is able to see beyond the physical world to the spiritual one beyond it.

>>46259
>So, what Tolkien is actually saying is that solar worship and the idea that the king is the avatar of the sun started here, and this religion of solar worship essentially led to the evils of empire building, as the above anon explained. It's anti-human.

Except the elves were worshipping the sun and moon back before they left the undying lands. The creation of the sun is a pretty significant event in the Silmarillion and is treated unequivocally as a good thing.

>>46263
Some variation of it then. The Black Sun worship could have started there. My understanding of the black sun is that it boils down to solar and lunar eclipses, and it would also probably be associated with comets and anything else that causes hellfire and years of acid rain and black/cloudy skies.

>>46236
I like obey because I like They Live

>>46158
>Never met an old skater with all their teeth
Wear a mouth guard.

>>46243
>>46158
TBH those skaters seem to get into a lot of street fights too, so maybe the teeth loss isn't even from the skateboarding itself.

Are inline skaters welcome? That mobbing from skateboarders in the 00's was devastating.

>>45987
Not really an issue outside of the US.

>>45440
Kia estas la kunteksto de tio?

>>45457
Ĝi estas piednoto el la libro "Aelita, aŭ la Marso formortanta", eldonita esperante en 1928. Mi trovis ĝin dum kiam mi helpis provlegi ĝin ĉe pgdp.net.

>>45458
Kio estas pgdp.net?

>>45477
Ĝi estas retpaĝo, kie oni povas provlegi librojn por "Project Gutenberg". Iu afiŝas libron al ĝi, kun bildoj (po paĝo) kaj tekstoj transskribitaj per komputilo (po paĝo). Sekve oni korektas la transskribaĵon laŭ la bildoj. La transskribado ne estas perfekta, ekzemple: ofte mi vidas ke la "j" finaĵo aperas kiel punktokomo ("plej" aperas kiel "ple;"). Ĉiu paĝo estas provlegota trifoje, per tri malsamaj personoj. Sekve oni priskribas la apero de la teksto (diklitera, kursiva, ktp.), dufoje. Finfine oni metas la paĝojn kune je libro kaj sendas ĝin al Project Gutenberg.

Bedaŭrinde la retpaĝo kaj ĝiaj instrukcioj estas en la angla, do vi devas kompreni ĝin se vi volas helpi, sed se vi ja parolas la anglan, mi rekomendas ke vi provu ĝin, estas kelkaj esperantlingvaj libroj kiuj bezonas vian helpon!

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>>46098
Is there some breakdown of audience demographics? Because, who watches this crap? How does it keep making money? Now obvious answer is children, but wouldnt children prefer animated version?

>>46099
>>46099
Well disney doesnt do 2d anymore. This is basically an animation considering one of the titular characters is full cgi. I don't know that kids really even prefer animation tho. I watched a lot of acted kids movies and even mixed live action and animation kids movies growing up, I think a lot of the acted ones did well, it is just the cartoons are more critically acclaimed.

I watched Sinners. The scene where they're playing music and all the ghosts of past and future black and Chinese musicians appear was kinda cringe. I understand what they were going for with it, all the best and most iconic music and culture of the USA was made by black USAnians but the juxtaposition of a modern DJ and rappers and rock stars with the old timey blues came off as silly.

Any good films yet this year? Everytime I look at new releases its celebrity documentaries, war propaganda, and cop propaganda.

I watched the movie Marshmallow. Or rather I tried to watch it. I'm embarrassed to say but I couldn't sit through the slow burn build up to the big reveal. I started skipping through it. Might be my fucked up brain. Might be that the movie just isn't that good. That's all I have to say about. Don't really know if I recommend it.

jesus, if people I knew irl found out I browse /leftypol/ I would probably kms
great job OP

>>42757
Your friend might be jelly.
>He gave comparisons of football uyghurs
I'm assuming lumpen since he watches football, so he probably thinks football players are the greatest and most successful people on this planet. Not worth bothering with.

Hey transhumanism anon, will you be doing another tattoo?
Also, could you re-post that tattoo again (since it was lost after the harddrive failed)

I want to get a tattoo on my shoulder/upper arm. What should I get? I want it to have a spiritual and philosophical significance. Maybe something to do with nonduality and/or the dialectic.

Well tattoo guy, the election has kicked in:
>>>/siberia/674080
Will you do a new tattoo?

if it doesn't show him taking money from british intelligence to betray socialism and invent fascism then it's glowie propaganda as far as i am concerned

This show is like a decopunk expressionist fever dream, the fact that its set to electronic music makes it seem weirdly modern

>>46150
I interpreted it as trying to portray anxiety. could be wrong though.

>>46154
no. it is an epic just like 300 but with fascism instead of the greco-persian wars. it is fascist apologia disguising itself as liberal victimization - if there was ever a difference to begin with. the premise here is that being a fascist is heroic and cool

>>46155
I think you might be retarded, anon.

where is the best place to upload fan fiction?

>>45977
AO3 is still the king by far

Invisible Cities. Feels like hearing bedtime stories from Borges.

>>45748
Mason and Dixon is Pinecone's best book. His most beautiful prose (I find GR's prose repetitive), his most creative, his best characters, etc. It does, admittedly, lack the wild transgressive vigor of GR.

>>45905
This is just a rambly and incoherent off-the-cuff list but since you say you want to read as much as possible you might as well go for it.
Non-fiction
>The Principles of Communism (assuming you haven't read anything else from M&E)
>Hobsbawm's Age Of books (incl. Extremes)
>The World as Will and Representation (both volumes) (don't get too blackpilled by it though)
Fiction
>Hamlet and Twelfth Night
>Dubliners
>Journey to the End of the Night
>Naked Lunch
>First and Last Man
>Catch-22

Decided to reread Paradise Loft because that stuff is awesome. Will Finally read Paradise Regained also
>>46148
>>45908
thanks for the recommendations, will look into them

>>45805
obviously meant to quote >>45804

>>45710
You need to diagnose it first so you know what treatments work and which make it worst (e.g. stretching can make an inflammation worse). There's many different issues that you could have. Could be bicep tendonitis if you have pain in front of the shoulder, could be any of the rotator cuffs, could be multiple things at once.
And stop doing anything that aggravates it. Only after the pain goes away try adding one exercise at a time with lighter weight, do fewer sets with slower and controlled reps, and maybe reduce range of motion. You need to eliminate whatever caused your issue originally, which is different from what aggravates it once the issue is already there.
Overhead and bench press in particular can cause shoulder issues for many different reasons, so I would definitely stop doing those until it goes away.

>>45902
I am seeing a PT now and doing the exercises she recommends. Still havent got a diagnosis so idk. She seemed pretty sure it's not a tear. What other chest exercises could I maybe do?

>>45710
Could it be bad form? If the bench press is hitting your shoulders, you're doing it wrong and you can get hurt. You're supposed to feel it on your chest (and triceps to a lesser degree). I spent several months doing it wrong as a beginner and always wondering why my shoulders were working hard while my pecs weren't. Form is key.

>>45802
Fellow poster, I ask you to chill a bit? Perhaps its a cultural barrier because your post does read as rude. I'm just sharing my opinion, on top of yours. Why go straight to the idea that we're fighting and one of us must win a discussion? I conceded to most of what you were saying and gave further pointers. Discussion can be productive and lead to a deeper understanding, which is why I ask you to please point to my errors of thinking, it's not about winning….

As I said, low intensity cardio is easier to maintain for long periods of time than high intensity cardio. Which means you can do more and burn more calories total. Not everyone can run for 30 minutes, but many can walk for a full hour. This is what I meant. Besides the point that high intensity cardio burns more carb storages and can lead to increased cravings for the same amount of calories burnt. I think we both agree that diet and calorie restriction is more important than burning calories by cardio.
>your body needs to spend more energy to maintain your muscles active as opposed to being atrophied and spending much less THROUGHOUT THE DAY, not during exercise, just train whatever, it'll help to lose weight.
The calorie expenditure change due to increased muscle mass is relatively small. Maybe you didn't mean that, I couldn't parse your comment to be honest. I'm guessing at what it's saying.
>pay attention to how I specifically said planks don't make you gain more strength
Fair enough, because in another part you did say they aren't good for strength. However, you also said this:
<otherwise planks are great, it's the main exercise to build bracing strength
I hope you see why I responded in such a manner.

2nd pic makes me want to drop acid and go listen to jazz.

>>46048
>>46036
Reminds me of Woodring.