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minus-squareFargeol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up78·1 month agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1589/
minus-squareTheLazyNerd@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 month agoCan I also make my own canonical version of the bible?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoWhy not? That is what all these people did.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoYes, there’s an XKCD for that too. Just change “standards” to “bible versions”
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIf you find enough people who agree to your canon
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThis is objectively the best canon, and everyone shall agree
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAs long as the Apocalypse isn’t in there, I’m in
minus-square_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoEveryone knows the doctor that created Mary Shelley in Frankenstein’s novel doesn’t have a name
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoBook’s within arms reach but can’t be bothered reading it cover to cover to confirm… but plausible. The book is the captain’s retelling of the ravings of the doctor as he lies dying on the ship. Followed by his retelling of the monster’s story. I don’t recall the doctor’s name ever being mentioned.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThe creature (to avoid the M word) only learned speaking while listening to a family who lived in a cottage in the woolds and we get so much back story about them, it’s amazing
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd then a gorgeous Arab woman rolls up with a couple of servants in tow and that’s how he learns to read. That book is plain nuts.
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1589/
Can I also make my own canonical version of the bible?
Sure. Just add it to the pile.
Why not? That is what all these people did.
Yes, there’s an XKCD for that too. Just change “standards” to “bible versions”
always had been meme
If you find enough people who agree to your canon
This is objectively the best canon, and everyone shall agree
As long as the Apocalypse isn’t in there, I’m in
Everyone knows the doctor that created Mary Shelley in Frankenstein’s novel doesn’t have a name
Book’s within arms reach but can’t be bothered reading it cover to cover to confirm… but plausible.
The book is the captain’s retelling of the ravings of the doctor as he lies dying on the ship. Followed by his retelling of the monster’s story.
I don’t recall the doctor’s name ever being mentioned.
He’s just « The Doctor »
The creature (to avoid the M word) only learned speaking while listening to a family who lived in a cottage in the woolds and we get so much back story about them, it’s amazing
And then a gorgeous Arab woman rolls up with a couple of servants in tow and that’s how he learns to read. That book is plain nuts.