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minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·25 days agoThey know what they are doing, and that is openly bragging about how evil they are.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·25 days agoI mean, the company is literally named after this fucking thing from LOTR. These people are comic book level evil.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoThe palantiri (Tolkien) are not evil. Literally just a magic viewing orb. I’m baffled the Tolkien estate didn’t sue them into oblivion for using the name.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoI know, but given that when we see them in the series they’re exclusively used by Evil, its… it just floors me
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·25 days agoAnd the whole reason they’re evil is because the most powerful person who has one gets to choose what all the others see. I’m sure there’s no metaphor there.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoWow, maybe you just hate capitalism and freedom and breathing exercises and having slaves.
They know what they are doing, and that is openly bragging about how evil they are.
I mean, the company is literally named after this fucking thing from LOTR. These people are comic book level evil.
I mean, the name!
The palantiri (Tolkien) are not evil. Literally just a magic viewing orb.
I’m baffled the Tolkien estate didn’t sue them into oblivion for using the name.
I know, but given that when we see them in the series they’re exclusively used by Evil, its… it just floors me
And the whole reason they’re evil is because the most powerful person who has one gets to choose what all the others see. I’m sure there’s no metaphor there.
Wow, maybe you just hate capitalism and freedom and breathing exercises and having slaves.