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“Every character in the Silmarillion has so many names” factoid actually a statistical error. Most characters in the Silmarillion don’t have more than one or two names. Túrin Neithan Gorthol Agarwaen son of Úmarth Adanedhel Mormegil Thurin Wildman of the Woods Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga, who lived in a cave and has ten names, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

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love when recipes are like "to melt the chocolate, cradle it gently in your arms in a Pyrex® 2003 20cm diameter dish over a bubbling cauldron on a moonlit night". have you met my good friend Michael Wave

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He’s tired

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Lego bottle

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reverse suicide note where everyone you write on it dies

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Some missionaries supported by my church are stuck in Iran right now. Please pray for them, and the underground church they are there to minister to.

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AITA for striking my (M43) son (M20) when he rejected me as his father?

I understand that the title might have you thinking the worst, but please hear me out.

I didn't have a relationship with my son for basically all his life. This was due to my circumstances at the time: I went through a major personal tragedy and was severely injured, to the point of being on life support. To this day I have a lot of issues with my health.

I recently reconnected with my son. I immediately invited him to meet my boss (M92), in hopes that I could set him up with a job opportunity. I feel that this is significant. As far as I know, my son has been working in menial jobs in agriculture, but then apparently chose to leave that life and - to my shock - join a criminal syndicate.

I felt as if getting a good government job would be a way to turn over a new leaf in his life, especially given his past. However, he immediately became combative. I attempted to give him some guidance in managing his emotions, but he rejected that as well.

I'm sad to say that the argument became physical. Some blows were exchanged, but in the end, I was angry enough to strike him. I immediately felt very bad, and decided to offer him the government job on the spot. He rejected me again, and chose to leave very abruptly. I haven't had any contact with him since.

So, AITA?

Edit: Yes, I admit that to call it striking him was an understatement. To clarify, I cut off his hand.

Edit: However, I feel like it should be stated that I myself am a quadruple amputee and we have excellent healthcare.

Edit: I did not immediately identify myself as his father when we met. I think this was my mistake. I think he would have been much more receptive of my message had I done so. As it stands I only told him of our relationship after I had struck him.

Edit: My wife is not in the picture. To my knowledge she passed before his birth.

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My sister (i love her) is telling me all about one of her favourite series, ACOTAR, which I can confidently say that I will never read, but my sister's a good storyteller, so I'm enjoying it, but I just have to say, dang, there's a lot of sexual assault in this series,

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Hey there’s no such thing as a “season of singleness” hope that helps

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Happy gold certification Self-Titled 🥳

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I NEED TO READ I NEED TO WRITE I NEED TO CREATE I NEED TO DRAW I NEED TO CLEAN I NEED TO WORK OUT I NEED TO LEARN *watches YouTube for 6 hours*

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The way you change your immediate reactions to things is that you catch yourself having an uncharitable/bigoted/overly judgmental thought and you catch it and replace it and then you do that a hundred times a day for your whole life and eventually one day like five years later you realize that you think differently now and you’ll always be working on something but that’s how life goes and that’s fine.

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My hot take is that censorship and pushback results in the best shows and movies.

Not because I’m pro censorship, but because it forces creators to push for what they Really want in a scene, and if they really want something they have to be creative to get it in there. It forces cleverness, cunning, being subtle .

And in this new era, it’s a lost art. It’s blatant, it’s in your face. If things are ALL in your face, then it’s less a movie and more about preaching

And you know what, some things that are censored aren’t worth being put in.

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season 2 of atla is so good because you’ll watch an episode and it’ll be like -

A plot: aang learns to stand his ground in order to begin earth bending

B plot: zuko screams at god to strike him down with lightning

C plot: sokka is stuck in a hole