The Dunes here are amazing, and they're how I learned about geomorphology, which is the study of movement landforms. We've had a great trip

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  • plantifa [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    "The Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe folks, he has a wonderful fief, tremendous fief of Salusa Secundus. Those Sardaukar, they're so tall, handsome, they really are. And Salusa Secundus, It's a prison planet folks, they locked them up, and wow, would you look at them now, they're the Imperium's fiercest warriors behind the Fremen. And let me tell you, Salusa Secundus? That's right, one of two sources where Shigawire grows, and it's so tremendous, it really is, that Shigawire, so strong. As strong as my shielded retinue! The Padishah Emperor, he has so many, so many shares in CHOAM, he does folks, but let me tell you, if I had as much shares in CHOAM and I was on its Director Board, there'd be no trouble with the Landsraad. I would have made a great deal, a tremendous deal, between the Houses of Harkonnen and Atreides, there'd be no need for Kanly, bad for business!"

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      For some reason the Dune setting is perfect for :trump-feed: copypasta. :chefs-kiss:

      • plantifa [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        It has the perfect mix of novel and familiar, its funny af to imagine Trump gushing over how huge heighliners are and how fast, tremendously fast it is to travel through foldspace, but also how its very unfair that CHOAM refuses to put him on the director's board. In general it's really enjoyable to do "Trump but he's in X" bits because once you get a few of the mannerisms down, and you have some trivia about X, you can just turn off your brain and riff because he's a catty and spiteful being of pure id, the structure of his statements don't even have to segue in logically and can drop off one train of thought for a digression and maybe returning to it later after rambling about something else.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          because he’s a catty and spiteful being of pure id.

          Basically he's already Baron Harkonnen. :surprised-pika: