Mistakes are fine, it’s how you handle them. Instead of saying, “huh, I’m not sure if you’re right or not; let’s look it up, or just move on” he decided to adamantly defend his (incorrect) position.

Kinda like what you’re doing! Hahey!

That may have been written in after the fact, but the War of the Ring had not yet been conceptualized when Tolkien was writing The Hobbit. It was a standalone story for his kids

Funny, I have a different interpretation to “the incident with the dragon”, that Gandalf is intentionally underplaying the consequence of his “little nudge out of the door”.

Sure the original intent of the quest was mostly one of curiosity and greed, but it resulted in the Battle of the Five Armies. Which of course is much less of a huge deal in the book as it was in the movies (The Battle of Five Paragraphs more like), but still has significant implications for those involved.

Gandalf saying he was “barely involved” is also being quite generous to Gandalf’s involvement, as he a. picked Bilbo himself, b. provided the map and key needed for the quest’s completion, and c. served as a primary guide for the majority of the quest.

has the shit beaten out of you in the street for being a Bihari from the North

“Thank God I wasn’t a victim of class war”

“The Hobbit” is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which Gandalf recruits Bilbo (Frodo’s uncle, also a Hobbit) to help him and a host of Dwarves to retake the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.

Not necessarily a quest to save “Middle Earth” (so much as it was a quest for the Dwarve’s greed), though it may be argued that Smaug was a dormant threat that could have, at any moment, laid waste to nearby cities.

“The only red flag was the red flag”

I’m not a homeowner, don’t plan on being one any time soon, and have zero use for their services, but damn am I sold by their “Why CHIPDROP is probably NOT for you” promo video. That’s advertising gold, right there.

Sorry, you have to be a rich asshole.

This isn’t a name and shame situation. You don’t know that the game devs did anything wrong, so “naming and shaming” them would only exacerbate their problem if the negative reviews are unwarranted.

You hear that, fuckers?! This guy is ready to BLOCK YOU WITHOUT WARNING if you post things they don’t like. And they’ll PUT YOU ON BLAST PUBLICLY when they do it!

A Chow Husky. She’s the smartest dummy you’ll ever meet.

My dog did 👍🏽

Oh absolutely. It’s more likely I’ll have 3D printed a girlfriend before I can convince someone to spend that much time with me again.

Haha. Mines a gud gurl. She eats her veggies.

And my veggies.

And whatever else looks vaguely edible.

They’re 10lbs, and there’s something called “physical therapy” you should look into before mocking people’s exercise equipment 🤷🏾‍♂️

Are you a veteran? Same answers.

Ha. Hahaha. Yeah. No. Not necessarily.

Source: knew way too many vets with awful, untreated ailments from my time in US healthcare.

Where are you getting that number from? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an alcoholic beverage with that low of a percentage

Assuming this is real, maybe the wife bought them for herself and hubby thought, “I’m sure she wouldn’t mind if I started snagging these bad boys”. She notices that some are missing, asks about it, and we have our reveal.

If I wasn’t a filthy rentoid this room would have a concrete slab as a floor. It’s my do-everything office/workshop/ game room. Lord knows the carpets will be being replaced upon my departure.

Still had to vacuum, unfortunately. She’s very good oriented, but not very detail oriented.