Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
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@danirabbit i didn’t know that palantir was a LOTR thing until the other day and when i found out i could’ve facepalmed through my skull
@fieldswork Lotta Saruman’s in our midst
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@danirabbit community and friendship or all-seeing-eye, hmmmm what should we choose lol
@Ashedryden “we must join with him, Gandalf. It would be wise” type shit
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit Wildest part, to me, is that LOTR isn’t *subtle* about who the villain is.
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit There are two types of people in the software world, those who got lotr and those who think they are binary
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@danirabbit There are two types of people in the software world, those who got lotr and those who think they are binary
@danirabbit Interpet this any way you like
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@danirabbit Wildest part, to me, is that LOTR isn’t *subtle* about who the villain is.
@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online no no, I'm sure Sauron being the dread lord of a place that sounds suspiciously like the Latin word for "death", who allies with people who perform genetic experiments on elves to corrupt and create monsters, is uh... ...
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit Seems to be largely “didn’t”.
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@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online no no, I'm sure Sauron being the dread lord of a place that sounds suspiciously like the Latin word for "death", who allies with people who perform genetic experiments on elves to corrupt and create monsters, is uh... ...
...@aud look if you’re gonna be a Luddite about it you’re gonna get left behind
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@aud look if you’re gonna be a Luddite about it you’re gonna get left behind
@danirabbit@mastodon.online @griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com the problem with Mordor is obviously that it lacked a comprehensive B2B strategy. Would have been a Utopia if not for...
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@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online no no, I'm sure Sauron being the dread lord of a place that sounds suspiciously like the Latin word for "death", who allies with people who perform genetic experiments on elves to corrupt and create monsters, is uh... ...
...@aud @danirabbit A lazy but accurate summary—in my opinion—of like at least two thirds of the plot is a bunch of people, in sequence, going “that Sauron guy hoodwinked you too? Man, we have to do something about that guy before it’s too late because he is a scheming villain who wants to trick everyone”
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@aud @danirabbit A lazy but accurate summary—in my opinion—of like at least two thirds of the plot is a bunch of people, in sequence, going “that Sauron guy hoodwinked you too? Man, we have to do something about that guy before it’s too late because he is a scheming villain who wants to trick everyone”
@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online It's a good thing Tolkien didn't draw super obvious comparisons to Lucifer and his fall or anything, too...
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@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online It's a good thing Tolkien didn't draw super obvious comparisons to Lucifer and his fall or anything, too...
@danirabbit@mastodon.online @griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com (I say as a big Lucy stan)
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@griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com @danirabbit@mastodon.online It's a good thing Tolkien didn't draw super obvious comparisons to Lucifer and his fall or anything, too...
@aud @danirabbit @griotspeak right like this is the thing, Tolkien was trying hard to make a mythos that's distinct from any real thing and original, and yet the core metamyth is as Christian as it's possible to be
like, each of his Ages ends with the downfall of the greatest remaining evil power.... as if evil is a thing with a specific face, as if stopping an individual makes change in the world
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@danirabbit There are two types of people in the software world, those who got lotr and those who think they are binary
@alatiera @danirabbit wait but
Something something there are 10 types of people -
“Oh but I’d use the ring to protect Gondor”. Sure bud.
@danirabbit This VC funding is a gift!
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“Oh but I’d use the ring to protect Gondor”. Sure bud.
‘But if you’ll pardon my speaking out, I think my master was right. I wish you’d take his Ring. You’d put things to rights. You’d stop them digging up the Gaffer and turning him adrift. You’d make some folk pay for their dirty work.’
‘I would,’ she said. ‘That is how it would begin. But it would not stop with that, alas! We will not speak more of it. Let us go!’
-- JRR Tolkien
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit Noo noo, it is fine. We put a lot of guard rails in place to keep the Ring from turning evil. Also, ignore those nine wraiths over there… ahem
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit wait, is there anyone in the tech industry who *did* get The Lord of The Rings?
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit “Buy my new course ‘How to become a Nazgûl’, and you too can learn how to live forever*! Be one of the first 9 customers and I’ll even throw in this signed ring for free!”
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Kind wild how the whole tech industry is just people who did and didn’t get The Lord of The Rings
@danirabbit
Or that were just evil.
