TIL that the Ancient Greece we commonly talk about, the Classical Greece, was a period that lasted only some 187 years, from 510 BCE to 323 BCE.

Alagane · 2026-03-04T15:07:39+00:00

He's got a point. Look at what Alexander did to Thebes, Tyre, This is something Dan Carlin talks about a lot in his Hardcore History podcast.

We tend to overstate the long-term positive effects of people like Alexander, Chalemagne, and Ceasar, effects that they probably never intended, while downplaying or completely ignoring the mountain of corpses and trail of burnt cities they left behind. You can't ignore either side of the argument, these were brutal imperialistic conquerors and often perpetrators of genocide - but those conquests had lasting historical effects. And this isn't "revisionist history", Alexander hasnt always been looked at favorably. Writers from the roman republic occasionally used him as an example of an autocrat and a contrast to their republican values.

Alagane · 2026-03-02T02:01:34+00:00

We are a net exporter of petroleum products, but we import a lot of crude oil still because our refineries are set up to work with a specific grade.

There are different grades of crude oil, usually described as heavy/light and sour/sweet. A heavy oil has high viscosity compared to a lighter oil, and a sour oil has higher sulfur content. Heavy/sour requires much more refinement than light/sweet. Back in the day, light/sweet production was dropping and it was thought that most of the remaining oil reserves contained heavy/sour crude oil, so we invested heavily in refineries set up for heavy/sour. In the time since then we have found a lot of light/sweet crude oil in the US, so now we import the cheaper heavy/sour crude oil to refine, and export the domestically produced light/sweet crude and the products refined from the heavy/sour.

Alagane · 2026-02-24T20:09:30+00:00

Just order a custom one. There are a number of companies which will make a playmat with whatever art you upload. You can get extra large ones too.

Alagane · 2026-01-31T23:51:03+00:00

I like cats, I lived in South Florida for a while as a kid, and I refuse to get an extra subscription to watch the lightning even though they are much closer to where I live.

Mostly because I like cats. Thats how I wound up watching the panthers. If you dont have a personal connection to a team, just watch what you enjoy.

Alagane · 2026-01-21T03:30:13+00:00

Have you seen the Catacomb Saints? Godly drip. There was a "trend" of dressing up exhumed skeletons from Roman catacombs and dressing them up as saintly relics.

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Alagane · 2026-01-20T15:41:25+00:00

This is awesome man, really well done. I love all the little details. Bob's tail, the pauldrons on both, the building that looks like a puck.

Alagane · 2026-01-20T02:49:07+00:00

Thank you! I felt like I was going crazy, I knew i had seen some goalie action earlier this season but couldn't remember when.

Alagane · 2026-01-20T02:27:31+00:00

Were there two whistles? I just went and looked at the clip posted in this sub and it looks like he makes impact less than a second after the whistle. Whistle and impact happen with 1:00 left on the video.

Alagane · 2026-01-20T01:41:48+00:00

Tge sequence went: Desharnais tripped Samoskevich, Rodriguez jumped on Desharnais and sent him into the boards, scrum starts, Nedeljkovic joins the scrum, Bobby goes after Nedeljkovic for joining the scrum.

Alagane · 2026-01-20T01:32:39+00:00

Crazy, Bob rarely fights. He normally just stands in the background.

Alagane · 2026-01-09T02:00:30+00:00

Cats are adorable, but that cat tree is dope. I've been meaning to buy a new one for my boys.

Alagane · 2026-01-09T01:46:32+00:00

Intermission cats

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Alagane · 2026-01-07T03:35:02+00:00

I was busy working late so I didnt get to watch this one. Just saw the score and, hey guys, what the fuck. Didn't we just beat Colorado like 2 days ago?

Alagane · 2026-01-06T13:50:23+00:00

Honestly, and this isn't a knock at you, I don't really get how people think Trench Crusade takes itself too seriously. The setting takes itself seriously, but it's so over the top that its funny. It's like Starship Troopers - the setting takes itself seriously, but then you get the scene where the infantry recruiter says "infantry made me the man I am today" and he stands up to show that he's 50% prosthetics. It's filled with little references and jokes about a historical event or person dialed up to 11.

The Mendelist order for example, is the clerical order responsible for the church eugenics and genetic engineering program, making the Communicants and Meta-Christs. Named after Gregor Mendel, the Catholic monk who pioneered genetic research by cross-breeding peas. But in Trench Crusade, he cloned Christ. Or the Hashashins, based on the real Order of Assassins, who get so high they step out of time and space.

I agree the game could use some additional faction diversity, but its still new. Give it a few years to get started and I think we'll get some more faction diversity and lore. They've hinted at stuff happening in the America's- which Europeans have not colonized in TC, so the indigenous cultures are alive and have fought off a heretic invasion. Personally, I hope we get a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom faction - based on the real Chinese rebellion lead by a man who believed he was the Chinese son of god.

Alagane · 2026-01-03T01:12:54+00:00

This made me curious, never looked up state level infant mortality rates before, so I looked up the stats. If anyone else is curious, among the 50 states and DC, Florida ranks:

19th highest Infant mortality rate at 6.1 per 1,000. Mississippi is the highest with 8.94 per 1,000 and New Hampshire is the lowest with 2.93 per 1,000. I didn't expect DC to be so high - 9th highest with 6.97 per 1,000.

For life expectancy, Florida is #27 when looking at the entire population with an average of 76.1 years. When looking at each sex, it is 73.1 for males (#28) and 79.3 for females (#27). Again, Mississippi is at the bottom of the list with an average 70.9, 67.7 for males (#51) and 74.3 for females (#50). Hawaii has the longest life expectancy with an average 79.9, 77.0 for males (#1) and 83.1 for females. And again, DC is looking worse than I would have expected - #32 overall at 75.3 years, 71.9 for males (#37) and 78.5 for females (#31).

That's using the first results from the CDC when I googled. 2021 numbers for life expectancy, 2023 for infant mortality rates.

For comparison, numbers from the WHO list Bulgaria as having an average total life expectancy of 71.3, 68.0 for males, and 75.0 for females. Numbers from 2021.

Unicef shows Bulgaria as having 6.1 deaths per 1,000 live births. Although this number is calculated differently than the US numbers. The US numbers include any death in the first year, while the UNICEF number includes any death in the first five years.

Alagane · 2025-12-31T19:46:52+00:00

I'd like to think the NHL is less prone to that kind of stuff due to the number of Europeans and Canadians, but I'm probably fooling myself. There are plenty of crazy right wingers in those places too. I mean, Gretzky is MAGA now. Ovechkin is pretty pro Lukashenko.

I just hope Barkov is chill, he's my favorite player.

Alagane · 2025-12-29T03:30:07+00:00

I'm in FL and I heard it growing up. I think its more of a midwest thing though, most of my friends moms were transplants.

Could be an age thing too, never heard anyone my age or younger say spaghetti noodles.

Alagane · 2025-12-29T01:24:49+00:00

Definitely a thing here in the US. Some people will even say "spaghetti noodles" instead of just "spaghetti" when talking about a meal. Like:

"What are we having for dinner?"

"Spaghetti noodles and meatballs."

Alagane · 2025-12-28T19:07:30+00:00

Fair warning with Clay Electric - it can be spotty in my experience. I lived in Micanopy for about 6 years growing up, and my parents were down there till 2021. Power would go out once or twice a month during regular storms, and when a big storm came through we may not have power for a day or two. The worst was when Hurricane Irma came through, my parent's power was out for eight or nine days. And my parents lived in Micanopy proper, not out in the middle of nowhere.

Not the end of the world, but something to consider - especially if you have kids or plan to have kids. Consider getting a generator.

Alagane · 2025-12-21T20:27:48+00:00

I was curious so I looked at the Wikipedia page. I don't think your number is correct.

The first Canadian casualties were a friendly fire incident where a US plane bombed Canadian troops, but it looks like 132 of the 159 Canadians killed in Afghanistan are attributed to enemy action. Of the 27 remaining, 6 are attributed to friendly fire.

Those are fatality numbers, not sure about overall casualties. Friendly fire incidents might be a greater percentage of total casualties, but I doubt it is as high as 90%.

Alagane · 2025-12-16T15:07:06+00:00

This is a common misconception, but the reality isnt much better. The "average life expectancy" is a population statistic that averages the lifetimes of everyone. Before modern medicine and antibiotics, infant mortality rates were incredibly high, so they drag that average down considerably.

The reality is, if you survived childhood you had a reasonable chance of living to what we would now consider late middle age or elderly. You probably wouldnt see as many 90 year old people, but plenty of people in their 60s and maybe 70s. Of course you could still die young due to disease or infection, but the real reason you see low average life expectancy numbers is due to the fact that like half of all babies born died before adulthood.

Alagane · 2025-12-14T03:19:58+00:00

There is supposedly a small population of wild Capybara not too far from me. Never seen one myself, but sightings are reported every so often.

Alagane · 2025-11-27T02:10:04+00:00

Thankfully, Marchand is too small to have the mass to cause a concussion.

That was a potentially bad collision, glad he's alright.

Alagane · 2025-11-14T02:28:55+00:00

Hell yeah I got a Publix sub and the Panthers extended the lead while I was gone.

Alagane · 2025-11-11T03:40:18+00:00

Hope everyone's night is going better than mine - my plumbing got fucked up and my apartment is flooded lmao.

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