Doubletake2121

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

The Cubans that left often had gotten their shit taken by the Cuban government. It's actually why you see Cuban cigar brands, and then the same brand, but a different manufacturer that's NOT Cuban on the American market. A lot of those families had their farms and marques taken by the Cuban government, who still uses them today.

Most of those families that left sold their marques to large corporations, that manufacture them today. It's also why those cigars are almost universally terrible. They trade off the name.

All that to say, a lot of former Cubans want to see the Cuban government suffer for things like that. It's the one I know of specifically, but there were more. I couldn't say if they have a, "King in Waiting" mindset about it, with regard to their eventual possible return to Cuba, but thats the gist I get from my times interacting with them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I was a big fan as a child, but I haven't re-read them in about 15 years or so, since Sanderson finished it. Whenever that was.

It's not at all well paced. That's some fandom cope if I've ever heard it, good lord.

I can tell you 100% that I don't plan on reading it again. It's not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago (13 children)

The author's story was also pretty terrible. I re-read it again last year, and man does it drag. You could most likely cut it in half and make a better series.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago

Hilarious, considering that Harvard didn't even admit Americans for the first 140 years it existed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I gave up on Reddit a few months back, but to say that Lemmy is as simple and intuitive as reddit just isn't true. I only use Lemmy now, and it's not very convenient, but I get the highlights from the news, which is all I really wanted.