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		perihelions on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Liu Cixin's War of the Worlds (2019) You haven't watched many Netflix adaptations! If the sensation of being banished from 10-dimensional cosmological heavens down into dead 3-dimensional purgatories could be meaningfully be experienced by humans, that ineffable tragedy, it would be the sensation of being forced to watch the Netflix flattening of a book you once dearly enjoyed.

jnovek on April 29, 2024 | [–]

"If the sensation of being banished from 10-dimensional cosmological heavens down into dead 3-dimensional purgatories..."

Ahem, spoilers. :-)

You made me laugh. I understand this reference as of about 14 hours ago.

jnsaff2 on April 29, 2024 | [–]

One could argue that your TV screen is 2-dimensional.

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