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I doubt this is news to most members, as the details surrounding these quotes are often discussed here, but to give my post some context, this is what JRRT had to say on the matter:

"I don’t much approve of The Hobbit myself, preferring my own mythology (which is just touched on) with its consistent nomenclature – Elrond, Gondolin, and Esgaroth have escaped out of it – and organized history, to this rabble of Eddaic-named dwarves out of Völuspá, newfangled hobbits and gollums (invented in an idle hour) and Anglo-Saxon runes."

And also Christopher:

*"...The Hobbit was drawn into Middle-earth – and transformed it; but as it stood in 1937 it was not a part of it. Its significance .

Perhaps a variant of "Bland-name Product" and "Fictional Counterpart", even though it has a more specific use case.

Some examples come from the Grand Theft Auto series, such as "eCola", "Sprunk", "Cluckin' Bell" and "Burger Shot". They're also used when a company wants to make fun of another one, without explicitly naming them.

IIRC, it's quite the technical term; you'd hear it in a marketing class, and then, never again. So here are a few words that are NOT what I'm looking for:

Caricature, mimicry, facsimile, spoof, counterfeit, counterpart, simulac

All I can remember is a scene of the mysterious man approaching a character and "flashing" him. Instead of his body we see a television or a monitor which is used as a device for another character to talk through. Similar to Lau in Batman or L in Death Note (Watari's laptop).

I don't remember if this is supposed to be a serious or a funny scene, nor do I remember if it belongs in a film or in an animation (2D or 3D). Time frame is also blurry, after 1990 (?), I wouldn't count on it.
Maybe the mysterious man's trench coat is beige, but I'm not so sure.
If I recall correctly the guy inside the television is making an offer to the character, a sort of deal.

I've searched for characters

A few days ago I started a 4 TB download to disk using MegaSync, dubious content, not that it matters. The download is sitting at 3.1 TB and going strong, but the link to the MEGA file has since been deleted, probably for copyright reasons. Since I've already started the downloads, will I still get all the files?

This is my first time using MegaSync (and downloading such a huge file), and the subfolders seem to be incomplete, does MEGA not download them in order but instead has a specific method to do so? it does seem to be downloading the larger files now.

I'm screwed right? Friend kicked me as a joke, when he added me back years of messages were lost. Another friend sent me the HTML export for the text messages and he'll soon send the media files, but it's not the same.. Is there any way to restore it?

After a buzzing sound (which was common) I unplugged my mic, now it doesn't work at all. It has been driving me crazy for days. It detects the mic, and said mic works in other computers, but no sound comes out of it when it's plugged on mine. The RealTek software installed on my computer is the Asus' SupremeFX

I've tried: Uninstalling and reinstalling sound drivers Plugging in both the front and rear jacks Checking Windows 10 Privacy Settings Checking every setting in the audio settings Trying to use the microphone using only the default audio driver, it produces a very loud static noise. Trying out different microphones on my computer, none of them work.

When I first built this computer I

I've been running some experiments recently on account deletion after a friend of mine was permabanned and all of his messages were simply deleted. Is this the only way to get Facebook to delete your messages? I've tried permanently deleting my account; After waiting 30 days the account was gone, but my messages were still there. There are few ways to get insta permabanned on Facebook, otherwise you have to get a day ban, then 7, then 14, then 30 and finally a perma. Is this really the only way?

https://imgur.com/a/ObEYSkc (How my perma banned friend's messages show up. He is not the only one too, but I can't find other chats to put here as example, they are exactly the same though).

As the title says.

I've tried pushing the PSU down while trying to lift the stand, to no success.

I've found other similar posts and their solution was to remove the right stand that supports the PSU, but I dont know how to do that, the screw holes are waaay to small for any wrench of mine.

PICS: https://imgur.com/a/Xi3Ra8Z

Edit: Managed to nudge it in there. Well I say nudge it but it was more like that final push you make with all your strength when you're constipated and then finally poop. Honestly I'm surprised the entire case didn't explode, not even a single bit of it.

I've been building myself a computer for gaming and 3d modeling/sculpting, after reaching pretty much the edge of the budget I've put this together:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 GPU: GTX 1050 Ti 4Gb (temp, will switch to RTX 3080 when possible) MOBO: Asus Prime B550M-A RAM: HyperX Fury 32GB (single module, will get 128GB/4x32 when possible) PSU: Corsair 750W 80 Plus Bronze CX750 STORAGE: 500GB HP SSD S700 Series Built on a Corsair Air 540

pcpartpicker says there are no compatibility issues, however some threads on this and other pcbuilding subs don't recommend the motherboard (Asus Prime B550M-A), stating it is overpriced, weak and "cheap". So I've decided to create a thread myself and ask for recom

Obviously exaggerating a bit here but i am aware simply going back to eating is bad. I really didn't wan't to break this fast, i was planning at least a month, but it happened, the headaches, temptation of eating and the "weak feel" i can take, but not the "throwing up" feeling in my throat (for lack of a better term), i will however switch to IF next week and hopefully it'll be much easier.

So, i think i'm getting catfished, 99% sure. The person catfishing me is supposedly a girl, but, i think "she" is a guy, "she" goes out of her way to make sure stories remain consistent, and almost never slips up with the gender pronouns, until last night, i was always suspicious, but last night she messed up. So i came up with a little plan, i'll ask "her" a seemingly normal question, but with a surprise, if "she" answers it, she is a dude, since it's a question only a guy can know the answer to, if not, well then my suspicions were wrong and i rest easy.

I've been thinking about said question for a while now, but can't come up with one, so here i am, if you've got one, fire away. (Please

Here's who i can remember: Walt, Hurley, Miles and Jacob's Brother (If we assume Claudia's ghost was really her)

Those are the ones i remember from the top of my head, are there any more?