selfdestruction9000 t1_ja8rnho wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:07 PM

Reply to What's a simple method for calculating the number of bees in a beehive? by TargetOfPerpetuity

You’re making this more difficult than it needs to be, just count one bee and multiply by the total number of bees and you have your answer.

selfdestruction9000 t1_j39onfo wrote on January 7, 2023 at 12:14 AM

Reply to Don’t hold back on those New year resolutions 😂😅 gives new meaning to “going hard” in the new year! So laughs for Friday! Have good day! [discussion] by Mz_hyde350z

If you are feeling down, just know that there is someone out there who is new years resolution is to bang you…?

selfdestruction9000 t1_iydh9qc wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Reply to comment by SAT0725 in People give George R.R. Martin grief for the delay of "The Winds of Winter," but imagine trying to write a continuation of your series after HBO already wrote their own ending to it... by SAT0725

And there’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s going to lead to a lot of unfinished stories. ASOIAF will not be finished, the tales of Dunk & Egg will not be finished, and Fire & Blood Part 2 won’t be released (his next book is another retelling of Part 1).

selfdestruction9000 t1_iyczj0f wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:14 PM

Reply to People give George R.R. Martin grief for the delay of "The Winds of Winter," but imagine trying to write a continuation of your series after HBO already wrote their own ending to it... by SAT0725

He published A Storm of Swords in 2000 then it wasn’t until 2005 that A Feast for Crows came out. When it was published, half of the POVs were cut because the book was too big to be published and he said the next book containing the cut POVs would be published in six months. Then six years later A Dance with Dragons was finally published, and it was only published then because he cut the two big battles (Mereen and Winterfell). Now we are coming up on 12 years since that book and he’s still not close to being finished with The Winds of Winter. I’m sure the show had an impact, but the pattern started long before the show was even in the works.

Then there’s the whole issue of the story still growing and expanding at the end of book 5 when it should be condensing with characters moving into position for the endgame. He’s built an interesting world but it’s clear he wants to keep world-building rather than focusing on the story he set out to tell.