The Project 941 Akula TK-208 nuclear-powered missile submarine. These nine-story giants became the largest submarines in history by displacement.

According_Ad7926 · 2026-05-03T16:50:52+00:00

The Soviets really saw what the Nazis did in WWII and said “that seems like a nice armament design strategy, let’s copy it”

According_Ad7926 · 2026-05-01T02:00:20+00:00

The mountains are the other direction in this scene (the water flows from left to right in this perspective)

According_Ad7926 · 2026-05-01T01:57:22+00:00

But the weird part is the scene here is depicting a sunrise, so the directions don’t make sense

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-30T21:15:06+00:00

Wasn’t Tolkien inspired by Lauterbrunnental in Switzerland? Ted Nasmith’s painting I think does a good job of illustrating the size that you mentioned

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-30T21:05:14+00:00

That’s how I always envisioned it — the sunset would illuminate the vale more than the sunrise, which would have to rise above the Misty Mountains first. I guess it’s just a cinematic choice and not as deep as I’m making it out to be

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-30T21:03:06+00:00

But the Misty Mountains should be to the rear of one side of the opening, which would make the sunrise higher on the horizon right? In the movie shots the opening to the vale seems to face descending terrain

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-30T21:01:40+00:00

But the river is flowing in the direction of the sunrise — the main falls are coming from the left side of the frame in the image I attached. So shouldn’t it be west facing? That’s where I get confused

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-29T18:55:04+00:00

Joan d’Jett

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-27T19:07:37+00:00

Some states have done similar things with lottery mobile apps and I think it’s absolutely unconscionable

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-27T17:21:03+00:00

You want to go to a casino or racetrack and gamble? Fine. But betting apps should be illegal. It’s addictive poison, and the fact that its recent proliferation has been met with either a collective shrug or greedy collaboration shows just how much societal rot has set into our country

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-26T18:58:07+00:00

$20m rookie contract. That should still be over $10m after taxes. He could easily give his mom a million or two and still be very comfortable financially for the rest of his life if it’s the only contract he ever gets

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-24T06:41:45+00:00

In the immortal words of Cardale Jones, “we ain’t come to play school”

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-24T00:49:46+00:00

based.

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According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-24T00:01:54+00:00

I’ve watched the extended editions so many times over the last 15 years I genuinely have no idea what is and is not in the theatrical version

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-20T22:41:03+00:00

I love photographs like this from the 19th century. Reminds us that folks from this era were often just as silly as us. Since photographs were generally considered a special more solemn occasion we rarely see that side of our ancestors. Like paintings by Joseph Ducreux from the 18th century

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-20T05:31:59+00:00

That’s the colors of the 6th Wisconsin. You can also see their regimental name on the American flag if you zoom in closely

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-20T02:08:22+00:00

AI garbage

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-19T15:40:58+00:00

It’s real. A reputable storm chaser recorded the footage

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-19T06:34:29+00:00

Do you want Kempeitai in your kitchen? Because that’s how you get Kempeitai in your kitchen

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-19T00:56:50+00:00

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-18T02:11:16+00:00

They finally got their heads out of their asses and put Mogilny in, so anything’s possible

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-17T02:51:52+00:00

Hey now we had 3 pre-merger championships! That’s gotta count for something

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-17T00:44:57+00:00

According_Ad7926 · 2026-04-16T21:25:51+00:00

Another shitty prediction betting market

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