God forbid someone cracks a joke. leave it to some emotionally damaged nerd to get all bent out of shape from…checks notes a meme.

Really? You use the meme that basically says “you’re dumping a lot of irrelevant info in the wrong place” and have the audacity to get pissy when they hit you back with…a different meme?

The gall to call someone “emotionally damaged” when you immediately read an attack from an exchange of memes.

No. he just translated it into treebeard for localization for English speakers. educate yourself.

You killed my father

I don’t know what you’re referencing and planes aren’t really my specialty, but personally, I’m fascinated by the whole concept of the Instrument Landing System.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I have the technical understanding to confidently explain how it works, but it’s using the modulation of different radio frequencies and the ways they cancel out to indicate to pilots whether they’re correctly facing and approaching the runway. If the plane isn’t in the right approach path, certain side frequencies will come out stronger and can be used to determine the exact angle you’re off.

It’s friggin’ fascinating.

Anyway, were you referring to a specific part or just seeing if I can also nerd out about some other random topic?

Stick to your day job, m8. The jokes ain’t landing especially when the whole “joke” is a weak-ass personal attack.

Do better. Or better yet, give up.

Also, Shire just means Farm.

might not have made you laugh, but you’ve got to admit, you’re going to be bent out of shape about my joke for at least a couple days.

go outside, touch grass. have a quiet moment and reflect on why a meme chapped your ass so thoroughly.

I actually feel kind of sorry for you that you’re so bent out of shape on something so fucking insignificant.

You are an ass. Do better.

And all of the evil characters/places have Arabic or Germanic sounding names.

I love his work, but he was racist. Same thing with Lovecraft, though Lovecraft was more xenophobic because he rarely left the house, and foreigners were scary.

Which evil characters? Azog, Radbug, Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman. Not even remotely Germanic or Arab-sounding. Linguists have drawn comparison between Black Speech and ancient Mesopotamian languages, specifically Hurro-Urartian languages, which originated in what is now the Armenian Highlands. Again, not remotely Arabic, which is Semitic language. The only comparisons to Germanic languages I can think of in the Tolkien universe are dwarves and men.

If you’re gonna accuse a dead person of something awful, have your facts straight.

Harad/Haradrim/ Swirters were basically Arabic/African dark skinned swarthy people that served as heroless bad guys, unless I missed out on something. https://share.google/GGo7jZXCys45ZC8W7

Which evil characters? Azog, Radbug, Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman. Not even remotely Germanic or Arab-sounding. Linguists have drawn comparison between Black Speech and ancient Mesopotamian languages, specifically Hurro-Urartian languages, which originated in what is now the Armenian Highlands. Again, not remotely Arabic, which is Semitic language. The only comparisons to Germanic languages I can think of in the Tolkien universe are dwarves and men.

If you’re gonna accuse a dead person of something awful, have your facts straight.

Yep. Some common names:

Steve ← Steven ← Stephanus ← στέφανος = crown (or wealth)

Linda ← -linde = tender, soft

James ← Iacomus ← Iacobus ← Ἰάκωβος ← Ἰακώβ ← יַעֲקֹב = heel, footprint / follow, watch, observe

Karen ← Catherine ← Αἰκατερίνη ← Ἑκάτη = one who works from far away (referring to a goddess)

Didn’t he also say that his actual Entish name would take too long to pronounce for regular mortals to bother with?

Hello, my name is Personface

Overt bad guy: Sauron

Secret bad guy: Saurumon