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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That sounds a bit like Aryan fantasy but I'm not jumping to conclusions.
Really I'm not. Interesting concept but the pigmentation of the iris is like skin colour. It ultimately reveals a blue iris if removed.
I've read the series, and it's not. The characters struggle with the (often nonsensical) established caste system and their role in it, and it's intended as a mirror to real world caste systems and racial divisions rather than as a celebration of them.
Edit: from what I remember. It's been a year or two since I read the Stormlight archives.
Yeah, you’re spot on. It’s not heavy handed, but the eye color caste/class stuff is not supposed to be seen as a positive for sure.
If it were a glorification of that concept, then sure, but it’s not. Most of the time spent on that particular bit of world building it to point out what a stupid system it is.
Interesting, the series sounds like it's really worth checking out.
It's very good if you're into high fantasy. It's a time investment, though. 6500 pages and counting.
It's worth the investment, though. So are his other series.
It's funny. My introduction to his work was the ending to Wheel Of Time, which I found pretty disappointing. So I avoided his books for a long time. I finally broke down and read Mistborn, and now I've been reading Sanderson stuff almost exclusively for a couple years.
If you like fantasy, he is writing some of the best out there right now. The Stormlight series is planned as 10 books, 5 so far, so if you want to “try it out” you might want to start elsewhere. His Mistborn trilogy is outstanding, and the first book can actually stand alone so you don’t feel like committing. It’s also got some good social commentary in the world building about class systems etc.
If you don’t like fantasy, then probably not worth your time.