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I would say "many people think of them as brutes" but of course I would be referring to pig people.

I like the book so far. It is obviously bias, etc. But it reads well. I can see why it was included on the list of 'Great Books'. I rather read this than some equally long book published by a university press that is boring.

a nice feel-good piece from the nerd-in-chief and all-round shakespearean, patrick stewart.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl … -saved-him

Looked it up to check out some reviews. A ton of five stars calling it Deadpool. lol

One star calling it unbridled narcissism. Now if it were intentionally that way for comedic value, that'd be … a thing.

Just make stuff up Mac.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996 … -of-matter

Wikipedia nerds never waste any time updating bios with deaths.

Awaiting the final book of The Expanse tomorrow

I used to read metaphysics and books like that for a goof. Never did put it into any practice, but it was giving me ideas for RPG mods.

Still talking about the stuff in Mac's post. Metaphysics has taken on multiple meanings and is now casually used for candle circles, crystal magic, ghostbusters stuff, angels and demons. It's in the marketing and shelved in stores and sections frequented by new age soccer moms. Some of it gets really lost into its own lore, and is a bit of a trip to read. Possible treasure trove for D&D DMs looking for ideas.

I imagine the Potter craze has since diluted a lot of that with undisguised fantasy, but in the 90s I'd occasionally marvel at a chapter telling me something like how to raise a barrier against unfriendly magic. All you have to do is visualize something like a blue forcefield (all around your body, I guess a bit like the shield in the famous sci-fi, Dune) and keep that in the back of your mind so you don't drop it. Being a wizard is a bit of a headache.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a few with it actually printed on the back cover or somewhere with pretensions of categorization. At the very least, a book about "the science of crystal healing" doesn't do much to embarrass science just because it has the word in its title. Bit misleading though.

I suppose in some places in the US, you will want to put your "occult" and "supernatural" stuff in the religion or metaphysics sections to avoid beef with the kind of torchbearers who burn copies of Narnia because there's a witch in it.

Definitely, and probably a good hill to die on. Imagine trying to get them back in this political climate if they were all shut down.

Should just be common sense stuff. Forms of waste management have been around for a long time too. Homeless people should be able to take a dump somewhere that isn't the city sidewalk or behind someone's store, as a community improving service.

Libraries should exist for all communities as a service, even if they do have heretical novels like Harry Potter, or books that make people think about uncomfortable histories of the country that may be otherwise avoided by some state curriculums.