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1CEninja t1_j9k4j2i wrote

Reply to comment by gheebutersnaps87 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

On one hand I feel bad that HBO bungled his ending so badly that he probably feels like he has to make massive changes.

On the other hand, I've basically given up on him finishing before he starts slipping due to old age. At his current pace I simply do not have any confidence the last book will be very good.

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cham89 t1_j9k2uk4 wrote

Reply to comment by danielcw189 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

That was a typo I meant to say shouldn’t be in the title.

I understand the thought of putting away his clothes so he couldn’t leave and then would be forced to finished the book.

But the title says it, “forced him to do anything, but finish his book”

That reads as if he didn’t finish the book.

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danielcw189 t1_j9k2ee9 wrote

Reply to comment by LichStarfiter in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

You can't even answer a simple question?

>Good luck buddy. I have a feeling you're very proud of that confusing sentence.

I did not write it.

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danielcw189 t1_j9k27cq wrote

Reply to comment by cham89 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

>The title suggests that because he didn’t have his clothes he wasn’t able to write his book

That's not right. The title saying "to finish his book he locked his cloths away".

> The word but should be in the title.

Where would you put it?

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BluegrassGeek t1_j9k243u wrote

Reply to comment by Eliseo120 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

There's a swath of people who want to believe that these things never happened before, and that the new influx of conditions is due to "modern society" brainwashing people to take drugs for (insert random conspiracy theory here).

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dogwoodcat t1_j9k0fo5 wrote

Reply to comment by Future_Green_7222 in TIL of Macadam roads. These roads were convex, raised a few inches, and made of layered crushed rock; they were state-of-the-art for the 19th century. The rise of automobiles led to the dust issues that were solved by binding the roads with tar, leading to the invention of tarmac. by jamescookenotthatone

In places that don't see frost they can last indefinitely. Copenhagen started heating sidewalks about 20 years ago and the first ones they laid down in the trial still look perfect.

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