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-- Kyon, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Wow! He's been able to identify every flying object he's ever seen? Must be a boring fellow when stargazing!
I think he means he's never seen an alien spaceship...
I'm not sure stars can be called "flying objects".
Well, you can't quite know if a skyward light is something flying near earth until you've identified it, can you? :-)
Mmm. You can usually tell that something's a celestial object, and thus not a flying object, without being able to classify it further...
You've identified it in the relevant sense for the purposes for which the UFO classification was created.
Yikes, too much nesting!
The Air Force (or whatever) invented the classification UFO for an object they don't yet know how to respond to because of the current inability to identify it. Knowing that something is a far-off celestial object is sufficient identification in this context, making it no longer a UFO. [/pedant]
Bumper sticker: "UFOs are real; the Air Force doesn't exist!"
ETA: wait, that contradicts my original point. You know, just forget this last comment. Stars count as flying. They travel without touching a planet's ground. Deal with it. ;-)
Thank you.
Well of course not, you read far too many books for that to still work!
So, in Haruhi, does Egan's law apply? Does it all add up to normality? :)
Are you aware of the anthropic principle?
Yes; don't see how it applies.
It's another quote. No, Haruhi's world does not add up to normality.
Speaking of Haruhi, should I consume it in animated or text form? (If animated, what order?)
I'd second Eliezer. You must start with animated, and watch it in Haruhi order. There is a very good reason that Kyoani broadcast it that way, and it improves on the novels in other respects.
(I withhold any assessment of season 2, however, because of Endless Eight; you may choose as you will whether to watch the anime or just read the Baka Tsuki fan translations.)
Because of Endless Eight? What about them?
My original intention was to wait for the pirates to finish plundering the 2009 version and watch that.
Some people are insulted enough by them they prefer to not watch season 2 at all.
Adaptation decay? Discontinuity? Ah, yes, there it is (scroll to bottom)! Thanks for the heads up.
This may be the only Japanese work of which I honestly couldn't say, but on the whole, I'd guess animated first.
First? Are you implying that I should go through both ultimately? If yes, why?