• Mac@mander.xyz
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        2 days ago

        I used to dabble in the noodly appendages but I was put-off how serious people seemed to be taking the whole thing.
        That’s how things always start: the initial group makes a joke, the second group pretends to follow it, and then later down the line people actually buy-in. It’s essentially the 4Chan playbook.

        • bufalo1973@lemm.ee
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          1 day ago

          That’s something I’ve always though. That “thunder is a god fighting the frost giants” started as a joke. Like many other religions.

    • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      been a long time since I read the book, but didn’t the original tenets include a bunch of edgy language like destroying anyone who encroached on your freedom? This reads like it has been sterilized.