Ooh a double reference, fancy!

Absolutely, but calling it a reference implies that it was intentional by the writer, which seems unlikely considering what he’s said about such things.

Not everything needs to have deep/real-world meaning. As i recall, Tolkien really didn’t like people ascribing such things to his writing. They’re just stories and should be treated as such.

That’s a fair point, i can absolutely see Gandalf the Grey justifying with something like “there is more evil in this world than just Sauron”.

Just not in any other ways, like it going against essentially his entire character and the ring not allowing it, among others.

Gandalf wouldn’t even still be there, since he was only there to aid in the fight against Sauron. He’d have gone off to Valinor shortly after Sauron’s defeat, together with the rest of the elves. And there’d be no Aragorn to be a good pal and extend the good lifespans of the realms of Men, so Gondor would never get a new king and the realms of Men would likely fall to evil a bit into the third age.

LoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.

“Listen to” and “obey” are two very different concepts, not sure where you got that I’m suggesting they do what he wants.

i doubt they’d have time to drown tbh, at depth a small leak is likely to cause immediate and sudden implosion, instantly crushing anyone inside. not sure how that would play out in a larger non-circular space though like rapture.

I mean, he is in control of the soon to be president of the US. Much as I hate it, other countries kinda do have to listen to him now.

Just saw a post about food positioning inside of a microwave, and immendiately see a post made by MicroWave themselves. Coincidence? I think not!

Not when it’s factually incorrect. There’s plenty of things wrong with America, no need to call it something it isn’t.

The twilight movie series. I’ve watched the entire thing at least 3 times, still love it. Meme scenes aside, they’re actually quite nice

Not that i engage in this particular variety myself, but this kind of activity typically gets more fun the deeper you dive in. I generally only watch esports, but the more i care about the outcome of a game, and the more i understand of the game, the more fun it is to watch. I can think of no better way of caring more about a game than siding absolutely with one of the teams and betting money on their victory.

Why choose just one? i have a list in wallpaper engine that’s like 150 images long that cycles through.

Well it’s not like they’re looking at their actual faces, they’re looking at an in-game avatar that’s often highly sexualized or otherwise very pretty

Playing the piano, or just singing at a professional level. Would be amazing to know, but takes years of constant practice and teaching to learn.

that is truly an amazing ass though

Then I’d say he has an even bigger issue, being an idiot