“The character was written as a white man who’d been accepted into Fremen society (in what can only be described as aDances With Wolves situation), but is now played by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Sharon Duncan-Brewster.”

Liet is fine as a woman. It does change a few thing in the books, but nothing egregious—someone’s dad is now their mom.

No matter what you believe, Earth is changing, and we will have to adapt. That’s why I think that Dune, this book, was written in the 20th century. It was a distant portrait of the reality of the oil and the capitalism and the exploitation—the overexploitation—of Earth. Today, things are just worse. It’s a…

Outer Banks resident here. My son and I spent yesterday exploring for treasure but we came up empty handed. I’m not sure this documentary is accurate.

I don’t know how to respond to these stories.

It always seems to me that members of the gaming subculture are reimagining a world where their interests had a far larger impact than they actually did.

While people are quick to call the translation a “mistake,” I don’t think it’s completely fair. The romanji was clearly closer to Ae-to-su so even if you were playing in Japanese you’d wouldn’t be saying anything close to approximating Aerith.

Who mentioned state ownership of housing stock?

“Marxism” and “Marxist” aren’t exactly the same thing. A Marxist analysis can mean a wide range of things but from the context here I’d say it simply means a deontological critique of the housing market in a capitalist society. 

Olive!

No stars for you.

I thought this was meant as an obviously cheesy joke but the four stars and all the replies leave me questioning my assumption.

“Dziobak was no castle built of stone, but a house of cards.”

If anyone’s up for a challenge, I’d suggest giving Everquest a try.

Nearly the same thing happened to me back in September. No notice or anything.

I’m not particularly sure what it means but I can venture a guess:

If capitalism was any more real we’d all likely be sick, dying, or dead already. 

Kids today. They think they can pull off a Norm McDonald joke and come to realize the consequence of hubris.

I’m giving you a star just so you won’t give up. You’ll get some newworkable material sorted out eventually, Amy Schumer.

Yeah. I think there is a conflation here of satire with sarcasm.