mountaingoating

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   by mountaingoating 10y ago

   I just want to add that, if you like this article, the author, John Crowley, is an amazing and underread novelist. Little, Big is the best fantasy novel I've read for people who are sort of lukewarm about fantasy (and one of the greate
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   by mountaingoating 11y ago

   Every time is see a post like this I get the urge to pretentiously rant about the ongoing decline of appreciation for aesthetic values. Tech culture often seems completely tonedeaf on artistic issues. Talking about the "value propositi
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   by mountaingoating 13y ago

   I guess so, but I wouldn't be too negative about it because she probably wouldn't have gotten burned at the stake.
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   by mountaingoating 14y ago

   I'm not sure exactly what the correction that you're supposed to be issuing is. He cited the buddhists, not Buddha, and you say right away that "there's a huge gap between what Buddha saw and taught and what is said by the teachings in mode
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   by mountaingoating 14y ago

   If you are getting antsy, you should, of course, play Space Engine! It's the ultimate exploration game. It aims to be a complete, accurate simulation of space, and you can download it for free. Of course, it's riddled with bugs, but it is
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   by mountaingoating 14y ago

   What makes you think you know what's best for him? I guess you probably went to college, but maybe you didn't. What I do know, is that you didn't both go to college and also choose not to go to college. If you did go, then you don't know wh