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(DIR) Post #ALdMhgIPWjNVJaX6ie by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:25:00.578895Z
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This week, I re-read Frank Herbert's Dune for the first time in 22 years. I understand and appreciate it better a lot more as a beat-down adult than I ever did as an arrogant teenager.Young me thought the prose in Dune was pretentious and clunky. Middle-aged me realizes that it is majestic enough to do justice to the enormous scale of the story's expanse.Young me wanted to see more of the sandworms and psychic powers. Middle-aged me appreciates the complexity of the political maneuvering from all sides; you cannot always fight against evil using straightforward grug methods.Young me thought "he's the space messiah; I get it already!" Middle-aged me appreciates how Leto and Paul present themes of responsibility and proper leadership, and the beauty of solidarity.Young me thought Baron Harkonnen was a ridiculous caricature of villainy. Middle-aged me understands that a grotesque, treacherous, murderous pederast is terrifyingly accurate to real-life evils, and something worth fighting against.I've never read any of Frank Herbert's sequels, let alone the 20 books his son cranked out (which are generally considered to be really bad), but I definitely will now that I'm mature enough to "get it".
(DIR) Post #ALdNDTTCkU96npk3ge by mikegastin@noagendasocial.com
2022-07-19T01:30:47Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Excellent reflection.
(DIR) Post #ALdNSHlMYe88pzIWRM by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:33:17.757427Z
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@mikegastin now I understand why old people get +1 to wisdom in most versions of D&D.
(DIR) Post #ALdNdxWrc2ijYg5AMC by mikegastin@noagendasocial.com
2022-07-19T01:35:34Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad We earn it, that’s for sure. Not that the kids care.
(DIR) Post #ALdNjreeMmQ54oXYJ6 by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:36:36.637927Z
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@mikegastin WW3 will be a harsh lesson to them. the survivors will be far stronger and wiser than us.
(DIR) Post #ALdNzp6VcLLnncBGXQ by Duine@detroitriotcity.com
2022-07-19T01:39:31.024607Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad >Young me thought "he's the space messiah; I get it already!" Middle-aged me appreciates how Leto and Paul present themes of responsibility and proper leadership, and the beauty of solidarity.Oh boy I bet you'll fucking love Dune Messiah, unironically. Children of Dune and God-Emperor of Dune.You may just be ready to achieve a power level high enough to achieve the fabled "Reader of Heretics and Chapterhouse" status.
(DIR) Post #ALdOANgbtcp7wy6Kbg by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:41:25.143255Z
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@Duine I once had an acquaintance once tell me "I think Frank Herbert was snorting Spice when he wrote Chapterhouse" and that turned me off at the time.But, as an appreciater of weird shit, I now look forward to reading it.
(DIR) Post #ALdOE47QabkUQAOy3s by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:42:02.536273Z
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Anime Dune posters by Ryoichi Ikegami.
(DIR) Post #ALdOIwaG22FkV2DFvU by Duine@detroitriotcity.com
2022-07-19T01:42:58.282598Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Honestly I think God-Emperor and Heretics are the biggest trip. Chapterhouse just tries to move the plot forward to the ending that never came.Children and God-Emperor have the best quotes, bar none. Just every other page there's something that makes you stop and reflect.
(DIR) Post #ALdOTRfPJwBXnWd3po by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:44:43.022742Z
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The 1984 Dune movie had a lot of problems, but the Guild Navigator looked really freaking cool.
(DIR) Post #ALdOZfkjrVnvDq5ljc by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:46:00.164843Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Children of Dune is as far as I went and I was close to regretting it
(DIR) Post #ALdOaKAfaWJWZqX2hs by Moon@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:46:03.886669Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad you gotta wonder what motivates them at that point. they live in a vat, not exactly opulence
(DIR) Post #ALdOfE6FaXPVCAno1Y by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:47:00.293691Z
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@Moon @noyoushutthefuckupdad spice
(DIR) Post #ALdOgp25l3uM1wcNmq by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:47:16.773563Z
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@Moon maybe the desire to explore the universe. maybe some of them were cripples/diseased people/don't care about physical pleasures and living in a vat is an improvement.
(DIR) Post #ALdOjCZrBtGHdEXvKC by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:47:43.441211Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad THEY GOT FUCKED UP MACHINES ON IX. NEW ONES
(DIR) Post #ALdOkocpDP3PvOhhpo by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:48:00.107514Z
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@Ottovonshitpost @Moon dude, spice!
(DIR) Post #ALdOrmesvTO9qszS1Q by djsumdog@djsumdog.com
2022-07-19T01:49:15.953914Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad The most recent Dune movie blows all the ones from the past out of the water. I never finished the serious, just the first book in high school. But I do want to go back and reread it and finish the series this time. I really enjoyed the book in high school. I remember the constant Orange Catholic Bible references, the index/glossary filled with all the lore and the fact none of the chapters had numbers.
(DIR) Post #ALdOuzlqdCCVO6mK0G by djsumdog@djsumdog.com
2022-07-19T01:49:50.670541Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad @Moon or the spice transformed them so much they exist outside of time, able to live their past as their present and future
(DIR) Post #ALdP0OjHGOCCF99V0S by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:50:49.061902Z
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@djsumdog as a teenager, I thought it was annoying to keep flipping back to the glossary for all the new terms. as an adult, I realize that Herbert integrated them pretty well into the text if you aren't speed-reading like I was as an impatient brat.
(DIR) Post #ALdP5et8bzmpo8GydU by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:51:46.964005Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad @Moon the navigator looks like the Eraserhead cum umbilical cord babies
(DIR) Post #ALdP9zWlokjIyesPcO by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-19T01:52:31.299739Z
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@Ottovonshitpost @Moon snorting spice and navigating the endless depths of David Lynch movies
(DIR) Post #ALdPOF3wr4vrDGBsQK by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:55:08.429780Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad @Moon Zappa called it his "conceptual continuity"
(DIR) Post #ALdPRMep4g6bdVvYC8 by Zauber@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:55:42.441847Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Books 1-4 form a complete narrative and best capture the core essence of Dune and its themes IMO. Books 5 and 6 are fun, but the plot is cut short due to Herbert’s premature death before book 7.The son’s books are mediocre at best and can be entirely skipped.
(DIR) Post #ALdPTgVaEwHFmYiCmm by James10550088@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:56:07.641858Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad Dune Messiah is worth a read if you enjoy political intrigue.
(DIR) Post #ALdPVQqDSex9lpCCwK by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:56:26.413733Z
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@James10550088 @noyoushutthefuckupdad I wanted more jihad
(DIR) Post #ALdPZ2gjCgSc1GTnFY by caekislove@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:57:00.270621Z
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@Ottovonshitpost @James10550088 @noyoushutthefuckupdad It turns out that the real jihad was the friends we made along the way.
(DIR) Post #ALdPcLssI2z4QIjt8y by Ottovonshitpost@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:57:41.470217Z
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@caekislove @James10550088 @noyoushutthefuckupdad Stilgar old friend, let's kill 60 billion people
(DIR) Post #ALdPkagT9FgidnrhFg by ElTigre@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:59:10.834244Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad If you enjoyed Herbert's pontificating on themes of power and responsibility you'll probably enjoy the sequels, atleast some of them.
(DIR) Post #ALdPlmTwljdnWOZk0W by James10550088@poa.st
2022-07-19T01:59:23.787495Z
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@Ottovonshitpost @caekislove @noyoushutthefuckupdad >you will never commit genocide on a million world’s with your best friend
(DIR) Post #ALdQDwTHDsY0bvgrMu by GLObalMARinePR@poa.st
2022-07-19T02:04:29.195579Z
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@James10550088 @Ottovonshitpost @caekislove @noyoushutthefuckupdad "Never" is a long time indeed, my friend.
(DIR) Post #ALdWymN7BnLkciWc1g by guizzy@pleroma.guizzyordi.info
2022-07-19T03:20:10.070561Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad The first 4 are excellent. 5 and 6 have some interesting ideas but I would not call them really good books.
(DIR) Post #ALdpN7cbdI2QeaWnQm by xyfdi@gameliberty.club
2022-07-19T06:46:15Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad I've had a similar experience with the A Clockwork Orange movie. Mum wanted to see it, because it was banned in the UK at some point. So as a 14yo kid I watched it a couple of times (6), and I could see with all the violence, rape and drug usage why it would be banned.FFWD a decade or so and I rewatched it as an adult and I saw speeches, political manoeuvring, incriminating of the government. Hmmmm, I now knew why mum wanted to see it. ( Eventually it turned out to be a licensing issues why it couldn't get published in the UK or something. )
(DIR) Post #ALdqGZyRvAJIVvBmnA by xyfdi@gameliberty.club
2022-07-19T06:56:17Z
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@djsumdog @noyoushutthefuckupdad I liked the last installment of the old movie (directors cut or something), the one which seems fairly complete, includes thoughts of the characters and lasts close to 3 hours. And it also shows the viewer some of the political manoeuvring that went on behind the scenes.Then you see the first installment of the new movies and it's mostly estheticly pleasing shots and action shots, and that covers the movie. Ask anyone who watched this movie and nothing else what the Landsraad is ( it gets mentioned 2 or 3 times ) and get them to explain why it's relevant, and they won't be able to do so.
(DIR) Post #ALfpdCBioMaTlWXNsu by iotalex@noagendasocial.com
2022-07-20T00:38:44Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad now go back and read 1984. It's the same reason I reread it every 7 years, it's never the same book.
(DIR) Post #ALfpgkrqKZ06Brw85A by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T05:59:14.239392Z
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@iotalex I HATE EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN
(DIR) Post #ALfrt2R52OR23qP4WO by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T06:23:48.835125Z
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@LoliHat @iotalex t. pornosec employee
(DIR) Post #ALfsWAydDQl9qQl7dA by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T06:30:56.118475Z
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@LoliHat @iotalex wut
(DIR) Post #ALfsi5yVdelLo3NxXU by YTFoidLover1488@poa.st
2022-07-20T06:33:05.742717Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad @LoliHat @iotalex Damn Stray looks epic maybe I should get that game.
(DIR) Post #ALftA2usbUZsQe11yy by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T06:38:08.297464Z
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@LoliHat @iotalex I read a bunch of Alan Moore comics years ago but the only ones I liked were Watchmen and From Hell.
(DIR) Post #ALftiIx7UKPg0fOoMK by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T06:44:20.004448Z
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@LoliHat @iotalex I did read a volume of League, but all I remember is the lurid sex scenes.
(DIR) Post #ALfu3IGbEW1hxpWEqW by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club
2022-07-20T06:48:07.026080Z
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@LoliHat @iotalex so bad it killed Sean Connery's career.
(DIR) Post #ALfzfpilnZFYUntMKu by sarvo@novoa.nagoya
2022-07-20T07:51:07.385Z
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.club anime may very well be one of the few things that can do Dune proper justice
(DIR) Post #ALn2npdLgSmOxpCGga by iotalex@noagendasocial.com
2022-07-23T17:27:32Z
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@LoliHat never heard of it. I'll look into League of extraordinary gentlemen.