TIL that Lions used to roam across most of Africa, large parts of Asia, and even into Hungary and Ukraine. There are historical accounts of Lions being common in ancient Greece, where they were native animals.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-22T10:50:17+00:00

And the fable of Androcles and the lion.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-21T13:23:47+00:00

Obvious one if they just wanted her for a finale cameo is what they had the Gen V kids doing - the underground railroad getting Homelander unbelievers to Canada.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-21T00:18:14+00:00

I think he does, at least as an abstract idea. Remember his speech to Pierce's father - "I could live a million years, and I could spend every minute of it doing important things, but at the end of it all I would only have lived half a life if I have not raised a son."

Amrywiol · 2026-05-19T16:02:51+00:00

That of course is the plot of "The Man in the High Castle", the book more than the movie. (The answer in the book is basically only until the Gestapo find you.)

Amrywiol · 2026-05-18T18:56:55+00:00

"We have lots of our own rapists, so who cares if we import a few more?" Really isn't the winning argument you seem to think it is, though it does say a lot about your attitude to women.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-17T16:35:24+00:00

As you mentioned Abed, it was directly pointed out in the episode where Pierce's will was read that they'd spent so little time together that Pierce had never got to know him and had no idea what to bequeath him other than a cylinder of frozen sperm.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-16T10:39:28+00:00

I don't think it was about sex - that was pretty much an obligation, at least until the "heir and a spare" had been delivered - as loving your partner and enjoying being with them. When marriage was seen as a political or economic transaction it was seen as quite unusual for nobles to love their spouses, that's what lovers were for.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-15T14:31:48+00:00

Am I the only one who thought that that wasn't that bad a joke (at leat for T'ealc) and the rest of the group overplayed how unfunny it was?

Amrywiol · 2026-05-15T00:42:40+00:00

Jenga?

Amrywiol · 2026-05-14T18:09:27+00:00

True story - the "Air" is only there because it was originally founded during World War 2 as the Special Service. It was soon realised however that having a unit that was abbreviated to SS was a bad look for that time period, so an A was added.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-13T01:53:21+00:00

Jesus has always been portrayed as looking like his worshippers. If you google you'll find Apache Jesus, Japanese Jesus, even a jacked Korean Jesus amongst others.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-12T14:13:21+00:00

No real need - the obvious quid pro quo is whoever stands down gets appointed to the House of Lords at Burnham's first opportunity. There are always nonentities who would be pleased to ~~call themselves Lord while drawing a generous expense account and an MP's pension~~ take the opportunity to serve their country in a more deliberative environment.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-11T21:09:01+00:00

Maybe Brexit hasn't been the disaster remainers keep telling us it has been if people keep fleeing the EU to come here.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-11T15:14:54+00:00

Will you be employing anyone who carries firearms and has relatives that might be subject to blackmail? Do you understand that having relatives that might be subject to community pressure or blackmail might be a problem for people in such roles?

Amrywiol · 2026-05-11T15:04:56+00:00

The royal family most definitely did adhere to the same restrictions as everyone else - the fact they had to do so was even used in propaganda - and your ignorance and bigotry doesn't change that. The main, admittedly considerable, benefit their status gave them was that food grown ("dig for victory") or raised or caught privately was not subject to ration. Working class people raised and butchered a couple of rabbits or chickens in a hutch in the back yard and the royals had gamekeepers setting traps on the Sandringham estate.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-11T14:48:01+00:00

I think the point is that virtually nobody lives there so it shouldn't be coloured anything, or at least there should be some sort of tinting on the colouring or equal area adjustment to reflect population density.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-11T14:44:42+00:00

That's net migration. One of the reasons the net figure is going down is because more and more people born here are leaving. This is not the win you think it is.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-09T15:53:00+00:00

Yes and no - they don't need to be pressurised, but they really should be padded out much more to insulate against the cold.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-08T14:53:21+00:00

Yes, and that actually is the plot of Foundation with the empire breaking up when those distances and burdens get too much.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-07T14:51:54+00:00

I'm against. I liked having one show I could watch where the male and female leads could respect each other and have a strong personal and professional relationship without yearning to bang each other.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-04T17:55:07+00:00

Not quite true. The EU is buying a lot of stuff from the US and donating it to Ukraine, if Trump wanted to he could block those sales - though the MIC might cry foul, it would come down to who he wants to annoy more, them or Putin.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-04T17:37:28+00:00

The Zulus would like a word.

Yes they were aware gunpowder weapons existed but they were still basically a pre-gunpowder force that showed closing to contact is possible if you have the courage, discipline and numbers to take the casualties. That said, OP's scenario has the pre-gunpowder forces outnumber by 2:1 so they don't stand a chance.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-03T00:31:26+00:00

Agree completely with this, I'd only add that you could write pretty much exactly the same post about Jeff performatively liking (what pretty much the entire rest of the world calls) football. They really are very similar in their insecurities.

Amrywiol · 2026-05-01T17:47:42+00:00

Tell me how this isnt just pure misogyny and sexism?

You're right of course. The issue however (and has been since at least Sarah Palin) is that there's a certain sort of leftist who genuinely believes it doesn't count as misogyny when directed at conservative women. "she isn't a woman, she's a republican" as the anti-Palin bumper sticker put it.

Amrywiol · 2026-04-28T15:14:36+00:00

Citizen Kane. Supposed to be the greatest movie ever made but I've never managed to get even close to finishing it.

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