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Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all(www.theguardian.com)

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acargitz@lemmy.ca
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Billionaires are dragons. Like the bad kind, like Smaug.

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Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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There are so few good dragons in fiction that most people are likely not thinking of the good dragons first.

I am struggling to think of good dragons.

Edit: I should have thought harder. I forgot about Puff.

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acargitz@lemmy.ca
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Paarthurnax 💔

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noride@lemm.ee
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Easy. Falcor, the Luckdragon.

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Presently42@lemmy.ca
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The dragon in one of the Witcher short stories comes instantly to mind. He was pretty great

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Infynis@midwest.social
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I haven’t finished the show yet, but John Hurt seems pretty chill in Merlin

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Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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D&D has the metallic dragons and Bahamut. There’s also Falkor from The Neverending Story, the How To Train Your Dragon movie series, the titular Dragon Prince, …

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Baggins@piefed.social
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What about Puff the Magic Dragon? Or The Soup Dragon?
How To Train Your Dragon is full of them.
And then there’s Luck Dragons. Or best of all, The Green Dragon in Bywater.

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Revan343@lemmy.ca
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Ever seen Dragonheart?

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TheSun@slrpnk.net
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Dudley The Dragon would like a word

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whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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Igon somewhere

“Curse you Bayle!”

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Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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Haha rampant greed and unchecked wealth are destroying our world, here’s a video game joke!

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whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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Touch grass my dude. Anger will leave you with nothing.

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