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2017-12-28, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
Wait, what?!?
How is it "go figure" when the artistic creators/adaptors of both those DVD sets both grew up before the 80s? As did the creators of Star Trek, Star Wars, D&D, Mario...virtually every Sci Fi or Fantasy franchise that we revere in the US. As a child of the 70s/80s I faced the perceptions that you mention in the first line, but they were far more tightly tied to affiliations and demographics other than age.
So...yeah. Get off my lawn, kid
Now, for the person in question...why would you want to? Are you hoping to change their perceptions? If so, is it because you want to share something important to you with them, or just to prove they are wrong? Do they read at all, or just watch TV? I think those answers can be pretty insightful and could help guide advice.
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2017-12-28, 03:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
I think it's pretty optimistic to expect any sort of further contribution to the thread from the person who started it. Looks like a drive-by.
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2017-12-29, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
I feel like at this point I should probably mention that the OP has started several threads along these lines before, and the general consensus seems to be that they’re some kind of bot.
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2017-12-29, 02:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
No matter where you go...there you are!
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2017-12-29, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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2017-12-29, 07:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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I'd be suprised, but I know little about 'bots.
The OP has done 28 posts in the last year and a half, and they all seem to be on a pro video games and Space Opera theme, and defending them from what he perceives as attacks.
My guess is that what is meant by "I know a guy who believes violent video games create killers and DnD leads to interest in the occult", is that there's someone he's seen on-line or on television, who talked some smack about his favorite genre and/or hobby, and he's considering sending that person Space Opera DVD's as a "that'll show him" gesture.
If you look at some of his previous threads, you'll see him name some anti-video games/space opera folk.
I suspect that the OP either makes the rounds of different Forums before getting back to this one, or this is just something that he gets bugged about every 80 days or so.
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2017-12-29, 07:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-12-29, 10:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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2017-12-29, 10:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-12-30, 08:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2017-12-30, 12:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
Eh. Sometimes I forget to say thanks! in a thread I start. This type of thread is a simple question and answer thing, no response required. Just look up what people suggest. Pretty weird thread for a bot if you ask me, but it's possible.
Also Playgrounders really can come across as smug, argumentative, pricks sometimes. I include myself in that description.
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2017-12-30, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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The OP, responded more to their What happened to this genre? thread.
I think that he/she just doesn't "live" here like some of us do.
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I really don't think 'bot, but I don't know much about them
..Also Playgrounders really can come across as smug, argumentative, pricks sometimes. I include myself in that description.
That's part of the fun!
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2017-12-30, 03:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
There have been other instances as well (there's one thread where the OP links to what appears to be an entire movie), but none of the responses are really replies to the thread - the OP don't appear to be engaging with the thread at all.
On the plus side, the original posts usually trigger an interesting discussion so I can't complain too much.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2017-12-30, 03:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2017-12-30, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-12-30, 08:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
True enough.
I always forget this place is relatively tame, in comparison.
Still, all that means is that our (hypothetical) A.I. has time to actually learn before going insane.
So ultimately we would cause more damage.
Well, either that or the A.I. discovers Worm.
Then we might get Dragon instead."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2017-12-30, 08:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-12-30, 09:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
Bah! Monkeys rule, toasters drool. Or they will once they build that upgrade.
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2017-12-30, 09:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2017-12-30, 11:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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2017-12-31, 01:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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2017-12-31, 02:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
On the topic of the OP being a bot: if he/she wasn't, then one might expect an eventual reply in one of their threads to be something like:
"Hi! Thank you all for your lively speculative discussion of my person-hood. As you can see, by acknowledging that you have been debating the exact nature of my existence, I have satisfactorily proven a level of self-awareness that is impossible for modern AI to achieve."I write a horror blog in my spare time.
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2017-12-31, 02:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
Whether it's a bot or not, it fulfills roughly the same function. There's no intent to read responses or engage with anybody, it's just filling space in a way that tries to fly under the radar of moderators and while the wording and focus shifts slightly it's really been doing the same post over and over again.
- Do you like space operas? Not including popular ones like Star Wars or Guardians of the Galaxy!
- People who don't like space operas or are critical of speculative fiction and/or gaming media are lesser beings who gobble down inferior works of other genre and we - presumably you or I here in this forum - must ridicule and patronize them.
- It's because of these cretins that we're denied the space operas we so richly deserve, damn them all!
It's taking your specific taste in media, presuming it somehow denotes your superiority, and then uses it as a basis of an aggressive persecution complex.
This is radioactive material in a forum like this.
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2017-12-31, 06:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2017-12-31, 07:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What works of sci fi and fantasy would you recommend non fans?
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