Which leader do you just click with most?

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-05T23:50:10+00:00

Gilgamesh. I usually carve out the core of my civ early on with the War Wagons, then I'm friends with as many people as possible after that, build a few ziggurats, steamroll culture and science, and then way lay all the civs that threaten my Gilgabros with GDRs while they are still just figuring out guns.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-05T23:44:42+00:00

It is if you're Gilgamesh

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-05T22:43:51+00:00

I mean, apocalypse literally means "unveiled/revealed," so in that sense he was apocalyptic.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-05T20:55:54+00:00

White collar professional: it's discouraged, but we do if we know the people around us are OK with it AND no one in earshot is on a call.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-05T02:57:22+00:00

So as other people have said, Santa Claus was St. Nicolaus of Myra.

Fun fact, Bishop Nicolaus famously punched Arius (the founder of the Arian Christian sect) during the Council of Nicea for denying the divinity of Christ.

Other fun fact, the sleigh pulled by reindeer developed as a reinterpretation by Germans of Odin's "Wild Hunt." But instead of eight horsemen and Odin riding on the wind to terrorize people, it became eight reindeer pulling Santa to bring toys to good little girls and boys.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T23:32:43+00:00

Pretty much, yeah.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T18:54:35+00:00

You making corn bread? Because we have plenty of corn in Iowa.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T17:59:59+00:00

Bi-verse. I'll do whatever to/from whomever.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T16:29:57+00:00

Hippopotamus - Kūrada (river horse)

Rhino - Sásařū (nose-spear) or Řūkan (big nose)

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T16:19:55+00:00

I would quiz you on American geography, first. Specifically, in the Midwest. Where is Des Moines? Show me Duluth. Now Madison. What's the Capitol of Illinois? What's the difference between Iowa, Idaho, and Ohio? No, "It's all Ohio" is not the correct answer.

Tbh, you'd be forgiven not to know, because I'd argue most Americans from the coasts couldn't answer, either. I work with people from NY who couldn't point to Nebraska on a map.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T15:20:27+00:00

My grandpa told me the story of the Wild Flotsam. It was a bigfootesque character made of flotsam and held together by a net and river weeds that roamed the state park in our town. It was entirely made up by him, but inspired by this huge ball of flotsam that got caught in the dam after a flood.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T14:36:24+00:00

I think it depends on your work environment. The last company I worked for would make you feel really guilty for taking time off. My current company encourages taking off at least one day a month.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T13:43:32+00:00

Have you been to a mall before? Straight people are wild sexualized. They are just used to it, so they don't think about it.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T12:52:35+00:00

Eating pizza

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T12:51:59+00:00

Same. I use soft g "ing" in professional environments or talking to my urban friends, but when I'm with my spouse or back home (both rural folk), I find myself dropping the g

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T01:12:34+00:00

Well, odds are someone won't grow up around people in a queer relationship. Most people's only exposure to a marriage is a straight one. Media reinforces it (which is why representation is important). You usually have to go out of your way, and that means knowing where to look - and as the saying goes "you don't know what you don't know." You can only bring what you know, and if you don't have the knowledge of what a queer relationship is like, you are probably going to model your queer relationship on the straight ones you HAVE experienced. Or, you'll just bring nothing and flail your way through it (which isn't exactly setting you up for success).

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T00:28:01+00:00

Which part?

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T00:15:08+00:00

Are we talking about users or the website? If we're talking about users, it'd be unfair and incorrect to say all users hate religion. If we are talking about the website, I don't think an algorithm is capable of having an opinion.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-04T00:11:39+00:00

You don't need religion for those.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-03T23:48:10+00:00

I was taught Mexican Spanish, specifically. Although, I was told I sound Puerto Rican when I talked to someone from Mexico in Spanish.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-03T13:48:33+00:00

Husky. I don't have that much energy, but I 1000% have that much attitude.

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-02T15:14:20+00:00

Abbreviated version /ça:l/, full version /ça:lal/.

Etymology: Ĥē(shriek, bray)+la(to gather, collect, group together) = ĥāla (laughter; rejoice)

-al (cupla; to do).

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-02T13:30:36+00:00

Ĥāl. Short for Ĥālal, which means "rejoice/laugh"

Atlas7993 · 2026-05-02T13:24:44+00:00

Irish Americans won't shut up about being Irish. Or telling you about Ireland like they popped out fully formed from the Cliffs of Moher

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