• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      22 hours ago

      He didn’t finish LOTR at 45, and arguably he never finished them as he was always fiddling with some story or another.

      I’d say you’re still doing quite well

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        22 hours ago

        He finished LotR as well as the Hobbit while he was alive.

        He didn’t finish all of his other stories in the same setting before he died though.

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          21 hours ago

          not saying that you’re wrong, but the order of your words seem to imply that the hobbit followed lotr.

          it actually was released seventeen years (and a whole second world war and more) earlier.

          it was released even before we voluntarily chose to irradiate our atmosphere like dumbfucks. the hobbit came out in 1937, lotr came out in 1954.

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            21 hours ago

            I was responding to LotR first and just added the Hobbit to the end of the sentence because I didn’t have time to start the sentence over.

            Didn’t know ‘as well as’ implied an order.

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              20 hours ago

              Pooping at work? That’s about the only reason to not have time to proofread.

              Boss makes a dollar, I don’t see a dime, that’s why I poop on company time.

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                19 hours ago

                While I do that daily, it is never rushed.

                I was posting the reply above while in a drive thru.