Robert Brydon

I can't help but have a small bit of empathy* for the people who finding out that they were actually the *greatest* fool, as they look around and can't find anyone greater.

* This evaporates the moment a "have fun staying poor" post of theirs surfaces

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Admittedly, the Jeb! signs were pretty damn funny to English speakers but... wow, yeah.

Well, based on who they *did* try to protect, I guess we know who *this* version of the DOJ thinks the actual victims are.

(we already knew)

Antifa, or Discordianism?

I get more worked up over him than just about any historian, even Edward Gibbon doesn't upset me as much. While Gibbon still has poisoned a *lot* of people's understanding today, there are enough other sources its not just all... gone.

This is another great thread, and happy to have contributed to it.

But I have to confess my intention was solely to make sure that in every discussion of myth and translation, Snorri catches some strays. He knows why.

Also every new translation into English is in dialog, directly or indirectly with previous English translations, going back to the 16th century. Where you depart from (or stay similar to), Butler, Fitzgerald, etc. is also saying something. No translator today is approaching it de novo.

This is an awesome (2026 CE meaning) point.

But not 1611 CE awesome, thankfully.

Secondly, while we know Aphrodite didn't personally concern herself with monogamy, she was aware that many mortals cared deeply about it. So, while offering 'the most beautiful (romantically available) woman in the world" isn't as concise, it was certainly worth thinking over.

First off, the compact between suitors was to provide a deterrent to any sore loser amongst them. Odysseus clearly didn't consider that the obligation could be triggered by a non-Greek foreign prince from overseas whose wealth was comparable to all of theirs combined.

Anyone who thinks Helen's beauty or "personification of Greece" (?) is missing the real point of thr story:

Poorly drafted contracts that fail to make limits and exclusions clear can have ruinous consequences.

Let's be honest, it probably got some serious consideration and story boarding, and that's assuming it doesn't end up in the finished release.

I was going to say getting upset over this casting wouls be as silly as getting upset over the existence of the Miles Morales Spiderman.

Then realized that probably *does* upset some of the same people.

And don't get me started on Snorri Sturluson and how impossible it is to disentangle the older underlying myths from his 13th century lens and his personal political aspirations.

I think the way comic books spin off and reboot are a great way to think of mythic fiction (because that's basically what they are). But we only have a handful of surviving classical ones.

Sam Raimi's Spiderman is no more authoritative than the dozens of others, even if it'sthe only one *you* know.

Picturing Jeb! looking at the news every morning and crying out: "Who's clapping now, m*********ers! Who is clapping now?"

And yes, in my head canon he self-censors the profinity.

I mean, the pres doesn't seem to be really hung up on the Christian part of the ideology, so I'm sure Maher can reconcile it too.

Can one even call themselves a liberal if they don't disagree with other liberals?

Maher isn't yet? Figured that would happen at some point.

Other smug, sexist, fucks?

I too, have managed to surprise myself with expense of my reminder system. To be fair though, the experimenting with inks, types of paper, and ways to assemble and bind my personalized notepad and planner formats is entirely by choice.

Reviewing this for lawyers reminds me of the excellent videos made by the Chemical Safety Board after an industrial disaster.

I.e., "Let's strategically litigate against public participation! In Texas!"

He's merely insisting that his arrangements to do fraud continue to be enforced.

Day that ends in "Y"?

Narrator: He did not

Every TTRPG player knows the "It's what my character would do!" excuse for antisocial behavior.

I try to embrace "Leaving this table is what my player will do" if they don't knock it off.

But also failing to disperse justifies it too.

Joseph Heller wasn't writing an instruction manual, gods dammit.