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Totally, yeah no biggie! Makes complete sense. The base audio level from recording podcasts and on camera audio would be different because of the mic proximity so you were just using the levels off the other. Yeah, just a small balancing issue with the dubbed audio seeming higher than the on camera audio but that's super easy to level for next time. Nice stuff and props for being chill about the suggestion was exactly how it was meant (i.e. I was not trying impale you with the flames of a thousand fiery swords in a personal attack against your honor )!

I feel this pain so hard. Whenever it's that like teachers' or administrators' or sisters' thing I'm always like welp 50/50 chance here let's hope we get lucky lmao. Condensation sure be living up to that rank!

Big brain strats might honesty start transitioning to that lol

While on the topic of chromosomes, why HS Bio is important:

Lol loved the Sword-Nimi/Nightblood reference. Not sure if the book would have survived the box stabbing (although with Brandon Sanderson books it very well might have ). The book weight gag is top notch too lol. There was a whole discussion in the memes thread about how we might need book stands in addition to the books for later releases so I definitely feel your pain. This is literally why I've started getting some of them as Kindle versions lol. I would take the dubbed audio down just a tad for future things to keep better balance. Overall, good quality and plenty funny, nicely done!

So were all the Toothbrushes before the Lord Tooth created the Diagram on his day of Super In-tooth-igence (aw darn now you made me reveal even more stuff... )

Oop @A Windrunner we probably weren't supposed to reveal that part so soon either

Welcome, welcome! So happy you joined us for your first forum experience ever!! I would definitely say it's the perfect one to join (although I admit I might be biased). If you have any question don't hesitate to ask! That's so awesome that you've enjoyed perusing the theories so much! I'm sure our more avid theorists would love to hear that. We would love to hear any of your ideas as well even if you think you don't have much to say! And man, what a unique way to get motivated! You need to lead some like alternative motivation classes or something that's awesome Out of all the Spren we have seen so far, who would you most desire to have bonded you? And @A Windrunner this is such a good question: I am excited for the answer! Look forward to seeing you around Aither!

Exactly. It was the secret meaning behind the title. If you rearrange all the words in the title you actually get "Boys love toothbrushes" We were trying to keep it hidden but I guess we failed (lol it was a joking response to Rosharan's earlier revelation )

(Note: Totally a joke ) It's like a $24,000 solid gold toothbrush. I can both appreciate that it looks cool and have absolutely no need for it at the same time.

Welcome to the Shard @Flyingbooks42! Amazing to have you join us! Obsessing over the Cosmere is the perfect trait for here, you'll fit in perfectly! I'm guessing the username isn't based off of real life experiences but if it is I really would like to know about this . Can these books do hovering too? Would love to have a book just hover in front of me every day so I could read. Although it would need some type of warning system now that I think about it... *screeeech* *crunch* "OW!!" You have quite the Sandosical (totally didn't just make up that word don't worry about it ) resume right there! Which series would you say is your favorite out of those you've read? And man @Koloss17 is killing it with questions, I eagerly await your answer!

Welcome, welcome! Happy to have you join the Shard! How timely that you finished before RoW! You must be doing something right to get that down perfectly ! The Brandon fairies are in your favor! So glad you are enjoying what you found! There are so many amazing people on here it's so wonderful you think so well of what's been made! Would love to read your takes on things as well! And our community is only made better by your addition to it's ranks

Hey Mike! Welcome to the Shard! So happy to have you join us! Good thing we now have a Mike New Here, our Mike Old Here was wanting a new version to spice things up Lol, wonderful to have you around. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, everyone around here is super amazing and wonderful! And I would give you more questions to answer but you got a lot already . And, yes the most obvious I love it:

The Shattering of the Sweatshirt!! I sense a wonderful spinoff series here lol. I do hope we meet our other pals soon. Looks like @Ghanderflaffle will be the pocket but we will need more than that! Awesome thinking on your favorite aspect! You are totally right the crossover potential is epic! Would be crazy to see how the different characters fared against (or with!) one another and how they were affected by the different magic systems. And good choice with WoR! I totally agree the whole fantasy wowza stuff really starts there. WoK is excellent but if you came for the magic you really start to get it from WoR. Hmm, I think I would either have to agree with WoR for the same reason or go with OB for the Dalinar lol. Welcome again! Edit: One last thing to avoid any further shatters to the Sweatshirt , mods prefer if you post all in one massive post. You can tap the plus icon near "quote" on multiple people to quote them all at once! Also: Sanderson Memes are great, the Cosmere section would likely be of interest, and maybe somewhere in the Social section? Just pop about wherever!

@Orlion the Platypus Ah for sure, makes more sense than your first post No worries! @Ixthos brought up some very good points you're right so if you fit about there then I can see what you were saying better. Nice discussing with y'all! Props for keeping it chill too, lot more productive and interesting when everyone's sharing ideas respectfully rather than having it be a screaming match

Thanks! Glad you like! Inspired entirely by @Rosharan A.C.'s post so props to him for the original idea! Ooh and Fish with @jastzui's art in a meme. Is this how you know you've finally made it?

A very serious answer to a very serious question good thinking! Yeah I definitely think as cool as Spren would be highstorms would be kind of disastrous. I mean we can't even survive normal hurricanes that well! So, good choice on Rithmatist, sad to not have it live in story form but living the story every day wouldn't be so bad . Nice choice! As your last step until you become a full fledged Sharder someone must up your spirits as high as they can go by telling you, you did something wrong . Lol no biggie just a small reminder that the mods like it best if you put everything in one long post rather than multiple. You can use the plus button next to "quote" to quote multiple people at once by clicking it on all the posts you want to quote and then responding to each in one giant mega-post! Welcome again!

Well said @Ixthos. I most definitely agree that we can get shades of this truth. It's also a truth we have grown to accept out of necessity as you said as the world wouldn't be able to function without it. Most definitely Plato's allegory of the cave and the Matrix examples do apply. We could be released from our subjective reality and enlightened with this objective knowledge. I do think this very much still applies though because this isn't something we would find but would be brought to, yes "when truth comes from outside and touches us, then we can know." And yeah not that it does exist, but that it could, and it could potentially be brought to us. Nicely put.

Interesting contribution. It would seem Kant would tend to disagree with you on what objectivity is. Here's a quote from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy published by Sonoma State University to illustrate: "Immanuel Kant used the expression “Ding an sich” (the “thing-in-itself”) to designate pure objectivity. The Ding an sich is the object as it is in itself, independent of the features of any subjective perception of it." So, it would seem that, at least to some, objectivity does actually mean "thing-as-it-actually-is" or "as it is in itself" to quote their words exactly. Although, of course, you may not agree with that interpretation. Lol all good just had a moment of "wait, should probably ping so I'm not discussing with someone who ain't here" Hmmm ok I think I can grasp what you are saying here. I was more arguing from a "we can't know" rather than an "it can't exist" perspective here so I'm seeing the confusion. Yeah, I do think you are right that this statement does undermine itself as being an objective statement. My critique would be it could be a subjective statement but that's weak here. Your correction here allows it to exist while not guaranteeing you can find it, I like it. I still have the same argument of: "this statement is declaring an objective truth while also admitting it may not exist. If it in fact doesn't exist, how could you have made this statement" but it does hold up slightly better than the other. Yeah ok lol I think this is where that distinction needed to be made. I do agree that it may exist. I don't agree that we can find it, but it is possible it exists. As to your last statement in that paragraph. I think it would actually be two questions lol. Whether it exists and whether we can know it. I think they are both equally important. A few more quotes from their paper illustrate my view quite well: "One should, in other words, agree that the idea of some objective reality, existing as it is independent of any subjective perception of it, apparently makes sense even for one who holds little hope for any of us knowing that there is such a reality, or knowing anything objectively about such a reality." And: "One cannot get out of one’s subjective impressions, it seems, to test them for reliability. The prospects for knowledge of the objective world are hampered by our essential confinement within subjective impressions." Them being markers of reliability for objective truth. So yes, for me whether it exists and whether we can find it are different things. Does it exist: possibly. Can we find it: it would seem not.

True, true I just don't think that gets us particularly far either. "I'm certain it's possible to be certain" Well if you're certain it's possible to be certain then you're uncertain if you can be certain and if you're uncertain if you can be certain then you can't be certain about anything. Either way I don't think you get anywhere new but I do agree neither is an ultimate answer. That is why "there is no objective truth (perhaps "that we can find") beyond our subjective reality" is a better way of phrasing it maybe? And from earlier: "Well, how would we verify it beyond using our subjective senses, logic, or interpretation? So then right back at you , is it true that it is impossible to know objective truth?" Edit: Realized you're not following the thread lol @Ixthos

Exactly. We don't know, that's why we can't ever know with absolute certainty anything. And if that statement is right then you can't ever know with absolute certainty anything. And if the statement is wrong then that just proves that you can't ever know with absolutely certainty anything cuz you would have just failed in knowing something with absolute certainty You're bringing up the "how do you know that you can't know cuz then you wouldn't know that" argument and while true, in reality whether or not it is correct you either prove that you can't know by being right or prove that you can't know by being wrong cuz you would have just got something wrong.

Experience is bringing up the exact dilemma here in that we can't ever know with absolute certainty, anything. There is no way to verify to an absolute certain degree anything is true. Our senses could be misleading us, tools could be inaccurate, we have no objective way of verifying anything. So yeah I think this is perfect: We recognize that we can't ever know an objective truth and so we accept a subjective one to function. Doesn't mean it is right to any degree, but it is accepted. Good thinking!

*facepalm* *double facepalm* *triple facepalm* *sigh* YES! The funniest! Well, how would we verify it beyond using our subjective senses, logic, or interpretation? So then right back at you , is it true that it is impossible to know objective truth?

Well I'ma say that friend is a keeper for life! Maybe even throw in some frequent cookies or something too! Awesome that you took them up on it too tho! Lol, so true! It is a little counterintuitive when used to texting and stuff tho so that's where we come in! The Force is strong with this one...