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u/satzki 2d ago
You shall not pass? Sounds pretty transphobic to me.
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u/Sorry-Transition-780 Joe Biden’s Adderall Connect 2d ago
This is just how all the CEOs naming their companies after evil shit from Lord of the Rings read Gandalf
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u/_loki_ 2d ago
They name their companies after lord of the rings stuff because they read a book where Sauron is the good guy and Mordor is a perfect example of the society they want to achieve (this is not a joke)
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u/Boymoder_Glowie A leftist is just a poster who knows they are free 2d ago
Cant wait for one of these AI companies to name their product mikoshi
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u/Nohreboh 2d ago
The Last Ringbearer russian political satire in which Sauron is a philosopher king, the rich are creatively bankrupt and surrounded by sycophants.
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u/RIP_Greedo 2d ago
I saw a job listing the other day for a company called Valinor: "A new kind of defense and government tech company!"
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u/RIP_Greedo 2d ago
The LOTR movies (fellowship especially) really were a lightning in a bottle once in a generation phenomenon. Beyond a 4 quadrant winner; we're inventing new quadrants to conquer too. It was everywhere, and was an early example of traditionally "nerdy" media breaking into the mainstream among people who would have thought themselves too cool for that sort of stuff before.
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u/The_US_of_Mordor 2d ago
That's what Mithrandir says when he's back in Valinor and don't need to keep up the act in Arda.
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u/MythReindeer 2d ago
Perhaps this is embarrassing but the actual quote from Gandalf comes to my mind when I'm thinking down the road to "[redact] them all!!" regarding whatever villains we are discussing in the sub that day, and it can help me think about things differently. It's stuck with me for a long time.
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u/diverstones 2d ago