flamingo_pinyata
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- Comment on Where did the voices of the gods go? 5 days ago:
Guy makes an interesting hypothesis but without much weight behind it
Westworld uses it as a piece of fictional worldbuilding
Annoying edgelords and “let me explain” guys latch onto it unironically
- Comment on That time Toyota accidentally created a military vehicle 1 week ago:
This is one I still have trouble with. If a word contains both W and V, I never know in which order
- Comment on The Gallipoli experience 1 week ago:
The only battle to be a foundational moment for 3 different nations
- Comment on That time Toyota accidentally created a military vehicle 1 week ago:
*AN Africa
If the first sound (not necessarily letter) of the word is a wovel, “a” becomes “an”
- Comment on Everyone is a gangster until the room glows blue 1 week ago:
We have this insanely dangerous and radioactive thing, and we need to move it somehow? Screwdriver goes brrrrr.
I assume everyone was wearing safety squints and flipflops.
- Comment on Why are there so many plug types? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Don't like your neighbour? Here's a pro tip: 4 weeks ago:
More like “heretic”
The inquisition didn’t officially recognize witchcraft as real, that was mostly civilian courts.
However if you had any … ideas … about Christianity and God that didn’t follow the official church line. How do you feel about early versions of waterboarding? - Comment on So who has Rome beat in total numbers do you think? 1 month ago:
China: calm down kids
- Comment on I see why he'd want to but man just go to therapy 1 month ago:
Well, the full story is a bit more complicated.
Vitaly killed a guy he misguidedly held responsible for the death of his family.
It would have been a story about the futility of revenge if not for what happened after when Vitaly returned home.
- Comment on What's the point of secret areas if they're going to be boring? 1 month ago:
That’s why they kept it secret. Imagine trying to explain to the faithful that the most holy place of your god is mid.
- Comment on It’s crazy how their ghosts still wander these halls 1 month ago:
Enter Russian Neo-Nazis.
“There’s this ideology that wanted to commit genocide on our people. It’s so awesome!”
- Comment on Non-smart smart move 1 month ago:
There were many, many attempts. Most with a European bias tbh, but not all
- Comment on Non-smart smart move 1 month ago:
It was a good idea for the time it was created, when Europeans were constantly killing eachother all over the place.
Finally, it was forming the EU that got them to stop. So creating a common language kinda felt unnecessary after that. - Comment on "But they could've posed a threat to the new system!" 2 months ago:
If the Chinese could have handled it well, so could have the Russians.
There no bigger PR win than former royal family living new lives as productive members of the communist society. - Comment on monee 2 months ago:
- Prices start rising
- Surprised pikachu face
Diocletian: I know, I’ll fix prices by decree!
- Comment on Which countries live right next to each other and barely trade? 2 months ago:
Morocco and Algeria
