Recent content by Jordi

Even if Thorin was legally right, that doesn't make him morally right, and I think that is what most people care about. Following the letter of the law while violating the spirit is generally frowned upon by people who aren't lawyers. Even without considering his dubious verbal agreement, we...

The thing is: that is the vast, vast majority of people. I think the way to look at things like this is that there are really multiple Romeo and Juliet stories: one is the exact story written by Shakespeare, and another is the story that exists in the minds of 99% of people. Not in the least...

I'm not sure how you can deny that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet contains a love story. In fact, it is widely considered the love story. It's about two people who are so in love that they go against their families' wishes to be together, get married within one day and don't want to live in a...

Honestly I'm not sure the length of the rapier is the unmitigated advantage that it's made out to be. Yes, having reach is nice, but so is being useful in close proximity. If an opponent does manage to close the distance, the rapier may become unwieldy especially since the tip is basically the...

I think we mostly agree. I'll say though that perhaps whether or not a story is good can be judged on several different "scales". I get the sense that the kind of "good story" you're referring to is about how good the "tale/legend/narrative" (I don't really know the correct word) is. But you...

I don't think this is necessarily as paradoxal as you make it out to be. The stories and characters in a video game (or how they are experienced) are sort of a collaboration between the developer and the player. If the developer provides a very light story / character, there is more room for the...

Err... Maybe I'm not calculating it right, but it seems to me that if you want the PS3 you still need to save AR$ 2450 and for the PC it's AR$ 3778. Your income is AR$ 100 a month. You'll probably make more money when you're older, but assuming it stays constant for a while, it would take you...

I just love how everybody is super confused and quoting everybody except for Legion (post #6) who perfectly explained what this is about. I agree with OP 100%: you should attack the arguments, not the people making them. Even if you think they're nasty pirates and you think being on the internet...

Or maybe all music got better except Dutch music. But yeah, I've also read the research on how music used to be more diverse back in the day. I think one problem is that you used to be able to win with just a good song. Nowadays you need a ton of spectacle and broad mass appeal, because it's...

You know The Netherlands won it 4 times right (of which one was shared)? #9 is not our best EVER by far, although it's the best this century (Marlayne placed #8 in 1999). But I agree that at least in recent history, we absolutely suck at sending appropriate acts to Eurovision.

Maybe you can search in Klingon, but it doesn't seem like Google Translate has it. It's not in their list of languages, and if I past in SecondPrize's sentence, it also doesn't automatically detect it (it thinks it might be Slovak). I think this is actually a point in favor of Google, since...

In the appreciation of the work, the author should be completely irrelevant. Not just the author's opinions, but everything about the author. If Picasso made a crappy painting, it's still a crappy painting. If Hitler makes a good painting, it's still a good painting. However, in the...

That depends entirely on what their own interests are. There are a lot of hobbies where you won't meet many people, or maybe just not many people of the opposite gender. And even if you do occasionally meet new people, you say "friendships will form" as if that's a given. That's not true for...

That is NOTHING compared to this little gem: OT: I really like the Big Bang Theory and seriously don't get why people find it offensive. Yes, the characters are stereotypes. Welcome to television. But for all their (stereotypical) flaws, how are they depicted? Pretty great guys, right...

I don't know if you guys literally meant to say "keep living your life as you always have and just wait until a right girl will eventually come along", but I just want to make sure that everyone reading this knows that that generally isn't the best advice. If you have been living your live in a...