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Spooky time (lemmy.world)
 
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I love Firefox's twitter ๐Ÿ˜ (lemmy.world)
 
Sowing chaos in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The digital Pied Piper of Berlin

Downvote me all you want, but I have to complain. Most bad things in the series would never happenโ€” especially to Harryโ€” if people just talked, explained, or defended themselves like human beings. in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to highlight Harry's character development throughout the series. Although he made several questionable choices in GOF, OOF, and HBP, we should consider that he is a teenager throughout most of the series. Teenagers, umm, well, aren't great decision-makers. As a teenager, I mostly acted mainly on impulse instead of rational thinking.

And talking about individuals defending themselves, not all perspectives find a receptive audience. A perfect example is in OOF, when Dumbledore testifies before the Minister of Magic about Voldemort's return. His statements are met with scepticism and disbelief, mirroring a similar experience Harry had trying to convince others at Hogwarts.

If you want to share counter-examples, I'd be happy to hear them.

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Idle Cooking (lemmy.world)
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It's not about the cooking, it's the f*ck ton of dishwashing left.

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For those of you who use instant messaging services like Signal or WhatsApp, what do you use as your profile picture? (lemmy.world)
 

Used to have a funny picture of my cat as my profile picture on Signal, but I removed it later on. Now, I don't use one on my personal accounts.

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Video games are one of the few places where failure motivates us to get back up. It's a temporary setback that allows you to keep going, teaching us resilience and the power of a second chance. (lemmy.world)
 

i swer i'm not high...

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If you were to create a Horcrux, how many would you choose to make, and what would you pick to contain them? (lemmy.world)
 

I'd make 3 Horcruxes. One I'd place in a stone or seashell and chuck it into the ocean. I'll put another in a NOKIA ๐Ÿ˜‚. Since living beings can also be made into Horcruxes, my third pick may be a Phoenix.

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Mommy, look, I'm a pilot... (lemmy.world)
 
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3 browsers (lemmy.world)
 

I know you can play the game at chrome://dino, but it doesn't evoke the same nostalgic feeling of a 10yr old me turning on aeroplane mode and spamming space bar to try and beat my brother's high score. Good memories.

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What's a moment you loved from the books that never made it into the films? (lemmy.world)
 

My favourite part is when the prophecy could have applied to Neville or Harry. This meant that Voldemort had the option to kill either one of them. Ultimately, he chose Harry. However, there was a possibility that Neville could have been The Boy Who Lived. It's a shame this plotline didn't make it into the movies.

It's fun to speculate how the story would have proceeded if it was Neville Longbottom & The Philosopher's Stone ๐Ÿ˜‚.