AKAS (All K’s Are Silent)

Please, read the rules! No spoilers in this community!

I could ask my parents but I’m afraid it was a German collection of short stories

Why are you asking?

Star Wars started as a metaphor for the Vietnam war (with the US as the bad guys). In The Force has always been a lot of philosophy. Just because you didn’t get it as a kid, doesn’t mean it was silly.

And I say that as a trekkie who never really liked Star Wars but I see why people do and can appreciate it

You make it sound so arbitrary.

Everything that comes in the first third of your life/fandom is normal, how things should be, how they always were.
The second third is new and exciting.
The third third is the downfall of the franchise, not worthy of the name.

The length of these “thirds” can vary but that’s the gist of it.

I found the cursed ones

Interesting. Good for you you skipped the toxic stuff

No way!

Sorry for your loss

Syllables can vary in length. Japanese has very short syllables while English has rather long ones. Counting phonemes would make more sense

So I assume you went from Twitter to mastodon?

“I said we meat at night, not as knight”

Oh, I remember that effect when a tetris game I programmed made some sounds I didn’t program into it. I assumed it had to do with poorly shielded cables

No, the bullet will stop them

If 275 is half of 550, then what is half of 275?

Checkmate atheist

When people don’t learn roman numerals at school anymore…

It’s 10, plain and simple

Tbf he has the concept of a plan

Because the more you look for reasons, the realize there is none and that’s depressing

Because people who always ask “why” don’t achieve anything. Did you get nothing out of the story above?