This is part 2 of the theory, part 1 here https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterBooks/comments/gmgg5y/the_big_game_of_professor_dumbledore/
So, let’s begin
As we know, a couple of days before Harry’s birthday he starts getting letters from Hogwarts. They’re clearly sent by Dumbledore – the letters rolled up inside the eggs seems to be just his idea of a joke. The number of letters keeps growing and ends up in the arrival of one – but a very large – Hagrid… Very Dumbledore style.
At this point we don’t believe we should feel sorry for the Dursley’s – Cinderella’s relatives brought it all upon themselves. Plus the travesty with the letters is clearly not organised just for fun, and definitely not in order to get the letters to Harry. It was obvious that since Vernon didn’t let him read the first one he will confiscate the others too. So really all this was just somewhat of a compensation to Harry for many years of abuse – he is clearly loving the Dursley’s reaction to the crazy amount of letters, finally they look pathetic and helpless.
Possibly it’s also somewhat of an obscure apology from Dumbledore who kept Harry at Dursleys for so long. But what’s way more important – the letters and the big strong Hagrid who arrives as a saviour and defender create the right state of mind for Harry and delicately but quite permanently form a trust imprint. Now Harry strongly believes (and will for a long time) that Hogwarts and Hagrid (and later – Dumbledore, but so far he’s behind the scene) are much more powerful than the Dursleys and magic world is where Harry will find protection and escape from the muggle-world problems.
So basically Dumbledore’s games are both preparing Harry to the miraculous discovery, give him a chance to enjoy a bit of a revenge on his abusing relatives and also arouse trust to Hogwarts and those within.
So Hagrid’s behaviour should be analysed mainly from this point of view.
Is Hagrid as simple as he's trying to look?
The atmosphere was, no doubt, largely created by uncle Vernon himself – the deserted island, no one to call for help, no one will come, etc., but we must admit that Hagrid is using the situation brilliantly. Even just the fact that he is appearing in a saviour’s aura, finally bringing salvation from the hated Dursleys, is an unmistakable influence on Harry’s feelings. The boy is distrustful, but Hagrid earns his
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I've seen a lot of hate on Gibson all around the internet. I get that their guitars are pretty expensive and not really affordable, Les Pauls Junior with one humbucker for 1500USD etc.. But besides that, what's up? They don't get that much hate for just expensive guitars do they? I've seen Gibson getting a lot of hate on their Instagram posts too, mocking them of suiting other guitar companies, mocking puns etc. Can anybody be so kind and get me into the loop?
This is very hard to describe, but its often when someone is arguing informally, and I'm not even not sure what to google.
I mean we all know the media is full of crap, bought and paid for to serve as propaganda arm.
So why the surge in resharing the crap hit pieces and financial fiction, even if to "poke fun"?
I have been exposed to and accidentally consumed more Faux Business, Motley Tool, Marketcrotch, C-KEN-E-C, etc on this sub than I ever have in the wilds of the internet. You can't even safely click on a meme or shitpost without accidentally losing more braincells. Well more than you would normally clicking memes and shitposts.
I doubt this is accidental... This is feeling like a Trojan FUD delivery system.
Edit: Annnnnd I'm getting annihilated with the downvotes. Confirm my bias why don't you?
Bonus points if you can find a youtube clip
It's this video where a youtuber (the sort of mcnasty or raccooneggs) describes what PoE is but mocking all of the game mechanics and the community. It kind of finishes by saying how the rest of the game is based on trading.
Whenever she sees him texting me she'll say "Oh are you texting your queen again?" with an eyeroll. Or if he has an opinion that's different from her she'll say "Who made you think like that, your queen?" She sounds like a girlfriend jealous that her boyfriend has a female friend. It's really gross.
It’s been stuck in my head, he’s mocking the audience and says ‘we think science is gonna save us bill’ or something similar and then resignedly goes ‘ahh fuck’ I thought it was back to the garden but doesn’t appear to be that.
Yes, of course that sounds stupid, because you’re doing it wrong.
EDIT: Yikes, I didn’t expect this to blow up as much as it did. To clear a few things up:
-I’m from Lancashire, born n’ bred.
-In “I’m going t’ shop” I meant that the “the” isn’t pronounced at all, it’s more of a glottal stop. If the “t” is pronounced at all (it’s often just missed off too) it’s almost always because we’re saying “to the”.
-In the case of “Pete’s in’t bath” or “trouble down’t pit” where the “t” is only replacing “the”, it isn’t pronounced at all. There’s just a glottal stop at the end of the previous word instead.
-For all the people saying that they’ve never heard anyone say it wrong that way, it’s pretty much every time there’s stereotypical Yorkshire accent on TV. They’ll loudly pronounce a T in the place of “the”, but that’s just not a thing that anyone does. Here are a couple of the worst examples:
Jeremy Clarkson (even though he’s from Doncaster and should know better)
-I understand that some people are definitely doing it on purpose as a mockery, which is fine. It’s just weird that it’s always wrong in the same specific way, putting extra emphasis on a word that isn’t even really pronounced.
Source: https://twitter.com/ftfonfs1/status/1341796885355515913?s=21
In the clip above Nick Wright and Brandon Marshall poke fun at Kyrie Irving but take it too far as they mockingly preform a Native American ritual for laughs as their co-hosts and guest Chris Broussard, Jenna Wolfe, and Kevin Wildes sit by and laugh. This was to make fun of Kyrie Irving who saged TD Garden before his pre-season game against the Boston Celtics. What do you guys think?
r/PokemonCirclejerk: So, did you get your Sinnoh Remakes and Pokémon Breath of the Wild yet? I'm so certain that you're gonna say no that I'm gonna take a long, slow, sip of my coffee.
Pokémon Fans, holding up Brilliant Diamond, Sparkling Pearl and Legends Arceus: Actually, yes.
r/PokemonCirclejerk: SPIT TAKE
I don’t think the podcast was GOT specific, maybe just what they were doing weekly at that time but I’m not certain.
Meanwhile, the photographer, finally happy with her tableau, stepped away from the boy's body and took up position a short distance away with her camera to begin documenting this tragic incident.
*blowjob
Previous part here https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypottertheories/comments/g3cgld/the_big_game_of_professor_dumbledore_part_3/
The way to HogwartsIt’s not only important what Hagrid tells Harry, but also what he keeps quiet. Why did the boy need a ticket for Hogwarts Express that will never really be needed and no one ever checks it? Generally it’s fairly clear – a reminder for Harry and an explanation for the Dursleys. But why does Hagrid, who tells Harry everything in great detail without missing a thing, suddenly forgets to mention platform 9 ¾ and how to get there? His entire conversation with the boy is structured so professionally that we have to assume that the silence about the platform was also needed for some reason...For what reason – we find out at the platform.Let’s have a detailed look at the scene. Harry spends about 20 minutes trying to figure things out. He asks the guard, rushes around in search of the right train and platform and ends up just standing helplessly with his trunk and an owl (a white snowy one). A boy with a luggage like that would look rather strange. But somehow a lot of students with similar baggage are passing by without drawing any attention to themselves – when Harry eventually finds his way to a right platform it’s full of people. So everyone is habitually carefully avoiding muggles’ attention. And suddenly Harry finds himself near a fairly picturesque group of people – a rather vivid mother with five similarly vivid children and four massive trunks. And the mother is loudly complaining that the place is packed with muggles. What else would Harry do but follow them?And fine, spotting them could be a coincidence. But then Molly proceeds to ask her children: “Now, what's the platform number?” Molly, who has been taking her sons to the station for the last 10 years at least.Either it’s another big bug or there are truly many magic platforms around. However Hogwarts Express stubbornly leaves from that same one during all Harry’s school years… Or maybe it’s a hint for us – Molly isn’t as simple as she seems.Let’s see how Molly organises her children’s transfer: first Percy, then each of the twins. Here Harry finally makes his move and starts the conversation. Molly however takes the lead.*“"Hello, dear," she said "First time at Hogwarts? Ron's new, too.""Yes," said Harry. "The thing is -- the thing is,
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Coworker: Hi OP! Me: Hey! How’s it going? Coworker: Hey, how’s it going? (in the same tune as me, often followed by a chuckle)
I never know how to react, because to me, it’s weird as fuck to repeat somebody word-for-word like that — and then laugh. I always wanna ask, “What, was that funny?” but I forget and freeze in the moment, and I just pretend that it didn’t happen. I also don’t wanna seem confrontational, especially if they have no ill intent, but I never see other people do this to each other. They’ll say
“Hey, what’s up?” “Nothing much, what’s up with you?”
Not
“Hey, what’s up?” “Hey, what’s up? Heheh”
I can’t help but feel like there’s something wrong with my voice or my affect, but whenever I’ve asked someone about it (including therapists), they act like they have no idea what I’m talking about. I get a lot of intrusive thoughts, and one of the most nefarious among them is “what if I’m mentally handicapped and everyone just humors me?” Being mocked to my face certainly doesn’t help.
The second most nefarious intrusive thought is, “what if xyz thing is all in my head and I’m just crazy?” What if the traffic light is red, not green, but I think it’s green and I blow through it? What if I’m not on the toilet right now, and I’m just crapping in the street?
What if they’re not actually repeating me word-for-word and they’re really saying “I’m good, how are you?” and I’m just completely insane?
Did I mention I have anxiety?
