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Yeah I also do hope that they will listen to the worthwhile criticism and ignore the racism-based criticism. I'm personally less concerned with the tropes used to build Galadriel's arc (if I'm understanding your post correctly) though. I don't think they were employed in too ham-fisted of a way, and as @CitizenVectron and @Greatoneshere pointed out, I think they were coherent reasons (both logically and related to the story) for Galadriel to act the way she did. Regarding this post, for example: You may ultimately be right about how they tell the story (i.e. how long they drag it out before she sounds the alarm), but I think for now you are 1) likely making an assumption about this being her actual motivation for keeping quiet and 2) making some assumptions about which way the story will be told before it's actually told. It was Sauron who made the argument that she can't tell the others because they'll think she's in league with him. Sauron is a manipulator, and it makes total sense that he would play off of this possible fear, but we don't know yet how much Galadriel will let the manipulation affect her. Early signs point to "not very much", IMO, since her reaction in that moment was to see through the manipulation and respond with bold defiance: Galadriel: "I should have left you on the sea." Sauron: "The sea that you were on because the elves cast you out. They cast you out for deigning to beg them for a few petty soldiers. What will they do when you tell them you were my ally? When you tell them that Sauron lives, because of you?!" Galadriel: "And you will die because of me!" And she immediately begins preparations to fight him. It's true she didn't tell Celebrimbor and Elrond within those two minutes that she was with them after being with Sauron , but as @CitizenVectron and @Greatoneshere also pointed out, she had some legit tactical reasons not to have done so. Besides the ones they mentioned, she wasn't even sure that Elrond was actually Elrond, for example! On that note, I did also notice that she didn't ask Celebrimbor to also verify his identity like she did with Elrond. Anyway, I think we'll just have to wait and see which way they go with it. I would totally agree that if they turn it into some drawn out drama of nobody believing her and suspecting her motivation across multiple episodes that will be lame as hell, but for now I think it's too early to know for sure.

They're not around to tell their story.

I have a Google Nest Hub in the kitchen and a couple Nest Minis throughout my apartment and in no particular order of importance, I find them great for: Controlling the smart plugs (lamps) Playing synchronized music throughout the apartment Setting timers, looking up recipes, etc. while cooking Watching Netflix while doing the dishes Scheduling a time to turn off my TV at night when I'm watching in bed (my TV doesn't have a sleep timer, somehow) Using the Hub as a digital photo frame. I'm not sure how they make money off of it either, other than selling my (hopefully anonymized) data.

You're robbing them of the gift of resiliency to bullying! </Jordan Peterson, probably>

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I think I might go for this model also. I was looking at the Panasonic DP-UB820-K since it also had some great reviews and was 20% off on Amazon ($397), but its Blu-rays are region locked to Region A, and a significant portion of my Blu-rays were purchased in Germany (Region B). I knew DVDs could be region locked, but I could have sworn I had read that Blu-rays were region free by default.

5 people killed and 18 injured at a gay club in Colorado Springs, CO.

Sounds like definitive proof that Elon is a moron, if he actually believes he can get Trump to pay for anything.

Maybe a desperate ploy to get people to start using the site again, amid all of its current troubles?

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Deactivated my account yesterday... Better late than never.

I finally got around to watching this series. I was initially very hesitant to do so, given my enormous fandom of Tolkien's writings and my concerns that the studio was going to butcher this, but I'm so happy with the final results. First, it's absolutely beautiful. I initially watched this show on my tablet while on an airplane and now I'm going back and watching it on my 4K TV because damn, it's gorgeous. Top notch effects, cinematography, etc. It's easy to see where the budget went. The actors do a great job, IMO, and I love that they went with all relatively-unknown people. I love the slower pacing and the long establishing shots; Middle-earth never looked so good! I was also really concerned that they wouldn't treat the original source material with the respect that it --in my opinion-- deserves, but these worries were completely unfounded. I love all of the new characters they've created and IMO they fit in with the canon very well. The Harfoots, Adar, Bronwyn, Arondir, etc... they all flesh out the world sketched out by Tolkien so well without coming off as being shoehorned in, IMO. I have a couple minor quibbles also (e.g. what someone mentioned about Halbrand having to suggest to Celebrimbor that he should try creating an alloy with the mithril, as if one of the greatest Elven smiths wouldn't have thought of that ) but the changes from canon generally make sense to me and are pretty minor, IMO; it seems clear to me that the showrunners have enormous respect for the original material. Overall, I'm so impressed! Lastly, I just want to say that I really appreciated and enjoyed reading the discussion about all of the minute aspects of the lore here. I mostly avoided this topic before I watched the show, but after watching the show I've now gone through and read all 18 pages. I will admit that it has been over a decade since I've read these books, but they remain my all-time favorites. It was really a pleasure to read everyone else geeking out on this stuff. The wait of up to two years for the next season is going to be brutal!

Sorry if this has been asked a million times already in this thread, but which 4k player are you all using?

Yeah I live in Portland, OR but grew up in southern ID and have family there. It's a beautiful area, but you do have to watch out for rednecks and apparently murderers.

I briefly considered a Tesla but between all of the stories of their terrible build quality, the rigid ride, and Musk, I think I'll eventually buy an Ioniq 5 (to replace my 2007 Prius).

Just want to say that I love mail-in voting. Dropped off my ballot around noon and by 3 pm i had an email saying my ballot had been counted.

I'm sure it's hard, but I think you're doing the right thing. Taking care of yourself will let you be there for Elton in the best way, no pun intended.

Cognitive dissonance is a heartless bitch.

Is he meaning that he's being censored because he's black (rather than for his actual racism)? If so, that seems like a classic "boy who cried wolf", cheapening any future (legit) cries of racism.

@PaladinSolo just FYI I added a spoiler tag and NSFW warning to be on the safe side; I'm guessing some people's employers may not be as tolerant of any sort of context here.

I also got an Uber from a Tesla yesterday and I asked the driver about it. He said that he was actually renting the Tesla specifically in order to do Uber. We didn't go any more into detail than that but a deal with Uber or a deal with a rental company would make sense.