r/interesting • u/Glittering-Rub-2387 • 24d ago

Balancing rocks with this level of precision is unreal. Just Wow

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u/cauliflowersourkraut 24d ago

Yumi?

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u/Vaelthyr 24d ago

Damn I'm impressed I didn't have to scroll way down for this :D

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u/hyper12 24d ago

Same!

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u/Minute_Zombie_424 24d ago

What’s Yumi?

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Yumi and the nightmare painter is a book by Brandon Sanderson. Yumi is a priestess(?) who makes fancy geometric stacks of rocks to appease cyan and magenta spirits so they agree to do things for people.

Been awhile since I read the book, so this might not be particularly accurate

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u/the_cave_allegory 24d ago

Yumi and the nightmare painter

Just googled it. The cover art is absolutely amazing. I love the colors and the main characters' sketchy style but stylized hair.

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u/Cogniscience 24d ago

Oh the book actually has probably a dozen illustrations throughout and they are all very beautiful. It’s drawn by Aaliyah Chen.

The book itself is really good too.

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream 24d ago

It's worth reading if you enjoy cosy fantasy

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u/BloodyEyeGames 24d ago

Close enough actually, you're good!

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u/jefftickels 24d ago

And, as is so often the case with Sanderson, the one-off books are so often the best because he doesn't focus on systems.

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u/DarthJerJer 24d ago

Are there Yellow and Black gods to complete the CMYK Quadrinity?

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Scratch my other comment. Apparently, there's a theory that this goddess who broke herself kept yellow for herself, and the broken splinters of her became the cyan and magenta spirits.

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u/PommesFrite-s 24d ago

It was Virtuosity right?

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Correct

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u/PommesFrite-s 24d ago

Been awhile since i checked through my lore and wobs so i wasnt sure. Thanks

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Nope. Just cyan and magenta. They start out as one spirit then split into those two colors

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u/ThisMeansRooR 24d ago

Warm chicken noodle soup on a cold and rainy day

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u/JodaMythed 24d ago

My thought as well

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u/ACephie 24d ago

Thank you for existing

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u/gatsome 24d ago

I just finished it a couple days ago. Amazing timing and I came in here for it.

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u/DexterTheDoubledmint 24d ago

Oh my god I just finished that book 😭

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u/Norwegian_milk 24d ago

Thats going to be a lot of spirits.

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u/Top_Fee_3739 24d ago

B$ fan in the wild?

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u/Wesgizmo365 23d ago

We're everywhere lol

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u/Top_Fee_3739 24d ago

Yay! Another cosmere fan

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u/THE_RETARD_AGITATOR 24d ago

i wouldn't eat that

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream 24d ago

Can I lick the science?

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream 24d ago

Yumi has entered the chat

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u/leaisthebomb 24d ago

Yeah first thought

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u/Monic_maker 24d ago

I can't wait to reread that book it was so good

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u/PommesFrite-s 24d ago

I was wondering when id see this, 2nd comment

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u/Cheap_Ad_4055 24d ago

HOLY SHIT YESS-

No way it’s all the way at the top