• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    Everywhere they went people were getting kidnapped, orcs were invading, trees were coming to life, and the dead were rising. Id want to be far away from that elevator.

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    So ackshually…

    Aragorn was descended from Elros who was a half-elf, but that was so long ago he may or may not be a full man depending on how racist one is about miscegenation.

    Legolas was an elf and Gimli was a dwarf, so explicitly not Men.

    How about Eomer and Faramir instead?

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      Elros and Elrond had a choice as to become Eldar or Edain. Elrond chose Eldar, while Elros chose Edain. Once they chose their mixed nature was resolved.

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        Not exactly, since the Númenóreans still had longer lives than Men due to their elven heritage. So while one could absolutely make the argument they were Men, there’s also a case to be made saying they weren’t pureblooded Men.

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    Let’s be real. We’re all NPCs so if any of the men are from something with action, we’ll probably end up dead. My pick would be Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, and Steve Irwin. Super calming and chill

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      Good point!

      Okay, real world examples from me (notably, a big dude, so y’know, probably not as in tune to things as I could be):

      Bernie Sanders My brother My Uncle

      … I… Really thought I’d have better options until I really started thinking about it

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        Yeah. Same issue here. So how about:

        Bob Ross. Carl Sagan. Steve Irwin.

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          I’d swap Steve for Bernie.

          Not because I think Steve would hurt anyone directly. But at any moment he may be like “would you like to see this deadly spider I’ve got in m’pocket?” And then pull out a spider that even spider scientists didn’t know existed or some shit. He would never let the spider hurt you, but you’d have a heart attack anyway.

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            I think he’d respect the spider enough not to keep it in a pocket. Though Bernie seems popular in the comments too.

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      The people you know well enough to trust them are close to you but unknown to others, so other people wouldn’t really appreciate your unswer if it was just some common unknown people. You mostly cannot bet on the character of celebrities, because you don’t know them personally (see Gaiman). Fictional characters are known by many people and their personalities are nicely described in the books, movies, whatever…

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    I’d choose: Boromir, Ned Stark, and Sean Bean.

    No way anything bad can happen to me with those magnets around.

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      The whole elevator would just crash through the foundation. You’d be collateral when Death gets a 3 for 1 final destination style.

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        Nah, I think it’d go more like this:

        • Get it in the elevator and see them all in there.
        • Go to press the button for your floor (the top floor) and see that it’s already pressed.
        • Have a pleasant trip up.
        • Arrive at your floor and the doors open.
        • All three politely allow you to exit first.
        • Step out of the lift safely.
        • Elevator malfunctions, plummets and crashes through the foundation.
        • Walk off thinking how nice they all were.
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      I dunno. Might take Sharpe instead of Ned Stark, good to have someone that knows how to use a rifle

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      three clones of tom scott, who say “we are standing in an elevator going to the 5th floor” in perfect unison as you enter

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      I feel like Gimli would hog it, Aragorn would obviously be awesome, and Legolas would be chill but you could tell he’s thinking your weed sucks, he’s got a much better connection.

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        i like to imagine that weed is the opposite of beer when it comes to elves and dwarves, elves barely even notice while dwarves start giggling when standing next to someone puffing a blunt

        Oh and hobbits would of course treat it like something abjectly holy, they already take pipeweed extremely seriously and that’s just tobacco. Actual devil’s lettuce might well start hobbit cults.

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    first 3 celebridudes that popped into my head:

    Tom Hanks, Keannu Reaves, and Willie Nelson.

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      Pedro Pascal, Sir Ian Mckellan, and Sir Patrick Stewart.