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@bookie @gedaliyah And rivers and crystals are alive, if you define “alive” broadly enough.

What, then, makes a given definition useful? True?

What does it mean to be conscious?

@RobotToaster @moncharleskey Which is why we used to have “the dollar menu,” to keep the plebes bellies just full enough.

Someone, however, seems to have either forgotten that lesson or decided they have enough power to ignore it.

@ExLisper @Vedlt The cliffhanger in the second movie was legit homage to the old Saturday morning serials ,Buster Crabbe style. Not that I liked it, but I think it’s legit. However, there is no forgiving the Ewoks, the yub yub dance, Jar Jar Binks, or a thousand and one other crass marketing grabs. And by the way, Han fucking shot first, mother-fucker.

@Rhynoplaz <3

@Rhynoplaz @bizarroland what greater magic than kindness and compassion? We have that here, you have that power, here, now.

@LordMayor @Vedlt I amused my sweetheart the other night by explaining the Lucas/Kurasawa influence, and pointing out that a katana is not a broadsword but is instead a type of saber, not heavy.

@queerlilhayseed @bjoern_tantau I think I’m okay with calling the side that uses technology to destroy entire planets “the bad guys.” Your Sith mileage may vary.