un chien misirlou

you could have taters instead, better in every way

"A real [warrior] does not think of victory or defeat[, but] plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams."

-- The Hagakure

going back to 2017 me to explain that i am going to learn a lot more than i want to about horse dewormer, the efficacy of masking and mRNA technology

friggin rad! thanx L

wouldn't say I'm doing either, and of course neither approach decreases the likelihood of it happening. one merely acknowledged the possibility, remains prepared to dismiss it should it happen, and otherwise continue to exist, which is for me defiance sufficient unto the day.

madame this simply raises more questions, like 'what are soviet cruises'

it's a clap if you believe in tinkerbell situation, if you ridicule it enough any invention will work

1975 English language USSR map

Flip side of map

Detail of map, where exterior back of map when folded has been inexplicably styled to look like woodgrain.

Examples of insect damage to map and the tape I used to repair it.

This holiday afternoon's fixit project: repairing the insect damage to this 1975 USSR map that has likely been in my parent's attic since 1980 (I found it last month).

There are two weird things about this map, continued in comments. The first is obviously why my parents had it.

it's less of an 'assessment' than an 'observable fact,' in that your disagreement with it doesn't make it any less the case

yeah I've heard enough good things about dcc specifically I'm liable to check it out.

Someone firmly asserted to me that I should follow backing ttrpg kickstarters or purchasing ttrpgs by actually reading or even playing the games in question. Are they communists?

really wanted to love this because the aesthetic slaps but 3 integer health points instead of a health bar that shaves down in grazes is way too punitive for a survivorslike

someone who always runs out on the bill

some bollards are placed in the most fucked up places

i know nothing of its rep beyond "every description of the litrpg genre gives me hives" and "but many people whose opinions i respect seem to really like it anyway"

yeah purity spirals are a known failure mode always ready to happen

well since you asked I'll explain: it was a joke. I'm the "young boy" in question. I'm 24, she's 29. it's an age gap joke.

i mean since you immediately blocked the explanation you asked for in order to hide it, here it is again

i will handle that for you, as a California dweller

this started a holy war, so let me state a very plain and direct argument for this

the democratic primary is when we decide if we get to have things be good or mid

the general election is when you decide if you dislike nazis

tooth fairy based ubi

needs more apostrophes like tesc'real or te'scre'al for extra spice

tescreal is some morrowind-lore sounding bullshit and i will never stop saying this

as the primary caretaker for someone who burned out in 2019 and is still recovering, yeah, the damage is very real. and putting off the crisis by powering through till the late 40s/early 50s made the crash far worse when it did come.

that nikunj post was so fucking bleak man, less angry than profoundly sad that he's turned interesting tech into an implanted fomo drip

like, my brother in hephaistos nothing is actually forcing you to keep on working here

"you can always stop" is something so built into me i can't communicate it to people who get locked into this "must keep going" set and it's a shame because I've seen more than one person I care for burn themselves out unnecessarily

happens, for sure.

mije you don't need to demonstrate the literacy rates in the mx are as bad as they are here

Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell

One of the most enduring empires in history — Rome — was literally a multicultural economic zone. It fell when it lost that.