“What comes before determines what comes after,” Kellhus continued. “For the Dûnyain, there’s no higher principle.” “And just what comes before?” Cnaiür asked, trying to force a sneer. “For Men? History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.” Shallow breath. A face freighted by unwanted insights. “And when the strings are seen . . .” “They may be seized.” In”
― The Darkness that Comes Before
― The Darkness that Comes Before
“Game devs actually owe a tremendous debt to GamerGate, in my humble opinion. If GamerGate had not risen up, our creative freedom would be severely limited now. It's true. Gamers are the only ones who stopped SJWs and their crazy culture assault. Gamers conquer Dragons and fight Gods for a hobby.”
― SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police
― SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police
“The more crowded the concerns of the present, the more difficult it became to see the ways in which the past portended the future. Had”
― The Darkness that Comes Before
― The Darkness that Comes Before
“SJWs don't like to be seen as the vicious attack dogs they are because that flies in the face of their determination to present themselves as victims holding the moral high ground. This presents somewhat of a challenge for them, of course, since it is difficult to be proactive about your thought-policing if you need to stand around waiting for someone to victimize you first. SJWs have solved this problem by adopting three standard tactics: self-appointed public defense, virtual victimhood, and creative offense-taking.”
― SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police
― SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police
“We Dûnyain, Cnaiür, are guides and trackers, students of the Logos, the Shortest Way. Of all the world, we alone have awakened from the dread slumber of custom. We alone.” He drew Cnaiür’s young hand to his lap. Thumbs probed the spaces between his calluses. How could bliss ache so? “Tell me, Chieftain-son, what do you desire before all things? What circumstance? Tell me, one who is awake, and I’ll show you the trail you must follow.” Cnai”
― The Darkness that Comes Before
― The Darkness that Comes Before
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