bajajoaquin t1_jeez88e wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Reply to comment by verc1ngetor1x in The LOTR The Return of the King is a great film but the confrontation with the Ghost Army has always puzzled me. by verc1ngetor1x

Don’t know why you were downvoted but you’re spot on. It’s extra drama introduced into the movies that isn’t in the books. In the original, Aragorn declares his ancestry, and that the curse would be lifted if they go to battle with him. They accept and go.

bajajoaquin t1_jecjspp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:42 AM

Reply to The paths of unmanned bicycles pushed until they fall over by mkrevolin1

If you push until it falls over will it ever fall over?

bajajoaquin t1_jebpwkf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:11 PM

Reply to We’re Washington Post journalists who spent the past months investigating how the AR-15 became a symbol of the gun control debate, political identity and mass shootings. Ask us anything. by washingtonpost

One of the things you touched on but didn’t explore a lot is the idea that a lot of this is really driven by marketing rather than politics. The smith and Wesson ad was mentioned and now the new Springfield saint victor ads.

A two pronged thought/ question then. Is there similarity in how the soda/junk food/ beer industries market to the biggest users and the way gun makers are marketing ARs? Is the imagery being used of the lone “operator” driving resolution of some problem driving mass shouting?