in the appendices Tolkien says that the characters are not *actually* called what they appear to be called in the text, that he has translated their "real names" into approximately similar english names, eg samwise gamgee is really banazir galbasi
People love making this joke about Dune, where it makes no real sense since that it's set in the future & many common names now are thousands of years old, but not for LOTR, where it's much weirder for a guy to be called Tom.
"protests turn violent" says the chyron underneath this footage of cops in full space marine armor shield-bashing a passing septuagenarian to the ground for no visible reason whatsoever
As part of the crackdown on fare evasion, more emergency exits in NYC subways are locked. This is wrong and dangerous for countless reasons. Also a person on my train couldn’t get their baby stroller out. I tried helping them lift it over the turnstiles but it wouldn’t fit. 🤬
A typical complaint fielded by Babylonian administrators: “I am not getting water for my sesame field. The sesame will die. Don’t tell me later, ‘You did not write to me.’ The sesame is visibly dying. Ibbi-Ilabrat saw it. That sesame will die, and I have warned you.”