Kepabar

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[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

There is no oxymoron.

Smoking is harming oneself.

Selling is harming another.

They are not equivalent.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website -1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I would argue that society should reserve the right to punish individuals who harm others for their personal benefit.

And I would argue that selling a physically addictive substance that directly causes harm with no benefit to the user for personal profit is causing harm.

So while I don't support arresting people for smoking, I 100% so support arresting people for selling.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Of these I've watched 8 completely:

  • Battlestar Galactica.
  • Parks and Rec.
  • 30 Rock.
  • Chernobyl.
  • Game of Thrones.
  • Deadwood.
  • Halt and Catch Fire.
  • Bojack Horseman

6 others I've started and gave up on part way through:

  • The Last Airbender.
  • Atlanta.
  • Better Call Saul.
  • Breaking Bad.
  • Veep.
  • Reservation Dogs.

Of the rest, half of them I've never even heard of.

I guess I don't have good taste in TV?

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

I do have a fear of something like this happening and do not let my cat into the room when I'm working for this reason though.

I could believe it.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think I can agree with that - Ashoka's two sabers don't really fit well with the more traditional samurai style combat as they are a relic of the 90s/00s gymnastic style fighting Star Wars had.

I just realized in the Ashoka/Baylan fight I was thinking of she only used one saber.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Neelix is all the punchline you need.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Considering that most audiobooks (after the discount) fall in at around $0.75/hr, you'd have to be listening to 4ish hours a day to break a hundred bucks a month (unless you listen at a higher playback speed; I don't). 2-3 hours a day is probably my personal average.

I'm not one to bash pirating - I do it for audiobooks with exclusivity deals from time to time. But I hope that if you are pirating all your audiobooks that you donate to the author directly to make up for it.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The credit is for a full book, regardless of book cost.

So you get one full book and then any other books you buy are discounted.

But the big reason I go with them is they give you DRM free audio files of the books to download and keep. Most books are both in m4a and mp3 format.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Funny, the fight choreography between Ashoka and Baylan was a highlight of the show for me.

I loved the deliberate feeling to the fight. It felt more like the classic lightsaber fights. Closer to the samurai duels of old which those original fights were inspired by.

A major complaint I've had against Star Wars since the 90s was how flashy and acrobatic they made saber fights. It made them lose much of their weight.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Highly unlikely.

Anyone with an R next to their name would be commiting political suicide to cross the isle like that.

We might see one of the more centrist Rs try to broker a power sharing deal if things get too bleak though since it's apparent the freedom caucus does not know what compromise or negotiation means.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I have a subscription to libro.fm for that

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

Wow. Useless.

Last audiobook I did was 52 hours long.

It's been awhile since I've done a book shorter than 15 hours.

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