But first they would need to invent some tape
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    Here's my answer from the last time this came up (which might as well have been yesterday from how often people unfairly lionize Sam and shit on Frodo):

    “As he stood there, even though the Ring was not on him but hanging by its chain about his neck, he felt himself enlarged, as if he were robed in a huge distorted shadow of himself, and vast and ominous threat halted upon the walls of Mordor…”

    "Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dur… He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be. "

    "In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command."

    Sam was tempted, and if he possessed the ring long enough he would have been overcome like any other, but his Hobbit-sense saved him in that one small moment, when he had held the ring but a short while.

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  • Anon has a role model
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    Not entirely. Sam was tempted, and if he possessed the ring long enough he would have been overcome like any other, but his Hobbit-sense saved him in that one small moment:

    ""As he stood there, even though the Ring was not on him but hanging by its chain about his neck, he felt himself enlarged, as if he were robed in a huge distorted shadow of himself, and vast and ominous threat halted upon the walls of Mordor..."

    "Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dur... He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be. "

    "In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command. "

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    Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
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    Of course they do. They only exist in the first place to deflect from corporate responsibility for climate change.

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  • How many fediverse instances are you signed up with?
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    Enabling NSFW is probably most of it, but I also blocked the user Madness (or something like that) who posts most of the celeb spam, and my feed has been 100% better.

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  • How many fediverse instances are you signed up with?
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    Three. lemmy.ml, sh.itjust.works, and lemmynsfw

    lemmy.ml because I was a relatively early adopter in the reddit migration. sh.itjust.works because they're the largest instance I'm aware of that defederates the fewest other instances. If there were a large instance that didn't defederate anyone, I'd definitely join.

    sh.itjust.works is what I consider my "main" account currently, but unfortunately beehaw has the largest gaming community, so I have to keep a lemmy.ml tab open for it too. I use lemmy.ml on the living room computer so there isn't porn on the tv all day.

    Either way, it's handy to have accounts on at least two different instances for when your main instance is down.

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  • NPR's guide to the top 100 scifi/fantasy books
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    I love how their second recommendation for people new to fantasy is The Simarillion. I mean, this is a pretty terrible flowchart in general, but jeezus

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  • Why the [removed] do swears show up as [removed]?
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    I think I've finally figured it out based on what my sh.itjust.works account shows:

    1. If you're on a censored instance, all words will be blocked no matter what
    2. If you're on a non-censored instance looking at a comment from a censored instance, that comment will still show up as removed
    3. If you're on a non-censored instance looking at a comment from a non-censored instance, the comment won't be censored

    When I'm on my sh.itjust.works profile, the comment by @Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network isn't censored, but mine still is. So, the censorship gets you both coming and going - no censored words can make it into a censored instance, and no censored words can make it out either.

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  • Why the [removed] do swears show up as [removed]?
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    It may be your instance - your comment shows as "Looks like I can say removed just fine" to me. I may be switching to lemmy.ee it seems.

    Edit: turns out my alt on sh.itjust.works can see them fine, so I'm migrating my account over there.

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  • Why the [removed] do swears show up as [removed]?
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    Are there any instances that you know of that disable the censorship? I already got my fill of cybernannies on Reddit.

    Edit: My alt on sh.itjust.works can see the censored words, and it defederates with much fewer instances than lemmy.ml. Seems like migrating over there is the best choice.

    Edit 2: I think I've finally figured it out based on what my sh.itjust.works account shows:

    1. If you're on a censored instance, all words will be blocked no matter what
    2. If you're on a non-censored instance looking at a comment from a censored instance, that comment will still show up as removed
    3. If you're on a non-censored instance looking at a comment from a non-censored instance, the comment won't be censored

    When I'm on my sh.itjust.works profile, the comment by @Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network isn't censored, but mine still is. So, the censorship gets you both coming and going - no censored words can make it into a censored instance, and no censored words can make it out either.

    I've just edited all of my scripts to point to my sh.itjust.works profile instead of lemmy.ml. Wish there was a way to migrate comments and posts over, but no biggie.

    Has anyone made a multi-Lemmy yet? Where all of your posts and comments from all of your profiles can show up in one place?

    (also, what's the formatting for double-spacing after a list?)

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  • I first came across Lemmy in my exodus from Reddit, so that's the platform I'm most familiar with, but now that I'm a bit more fluent with how it works, I wanted to start to branch out to the rest of the Fediverse as well, starting with Kbin. I want to create a Kbin account to try the platform out, but I'm not sure which instances have which "characteristics" yet, so I'm not sure which one I'd feel most comfortable with. So, what are the main Kbin instances, and what are they like? For example, here are my impressions of various Lemmy instances so far, to give an example of the kinds of info I'm looking for: lemmy.ml - privacy and security focused, with a hint of tankie politics, requires a paragraph to make an account, but no email lemmy.world - catch-all instance that's pretty neutral in most ways, easy to sign up for but does require an email beehaw.org - very restrictive instance, designed to be a safe space for its users, heavily focused on gender and social issues. Very stringent moderation and account application requirements sh.itjust.works - one of the more open and "anything-goes" instances, defederates with relatively few other instances, and has completely open signups

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    What complete foods do everyone here prefer?

    I have Milk Fuel (or its new name, Basically Food Boost, congrats axcho!) for lunch every day, and for dinner twice a week. Also once a week or so I have ViteRamen for dinner, adding an egg and some Sriracha. I've also tried DIY (the common masa-based recipe), Jimmy Joy, Queal, Huel, a few others once or twice, and the OG Soylent waaaay back before they sold their soul. So what do you all prefer?

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    The Kamura tracks were awesome, don't get me wrong, but the vocals in them and the instrumentation of the hub track got old and repetitive pretty fast, to the point where by the end of base game they really started to grate. The soft instrumentals of the Elgado track really helps make the hub a place I don't mind spending extended periods of time between hunts. That's all - I was hunting this morning and that occurred to me, and I figured the comm here can use all the posts/discussion it can get! Happy hunting!

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