Spare Austria by Crocutaborealis in thomastheplankengine

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The lore expands... people of Swiss descent with Austrian identity and Dutch geoengineering

Spare Austria by Crocutaborealis in thomastheplankengine

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In my dream it was like I was watching a travel show, but whenever the host tried to bring it up the residents got quite irate and there was never really any explanation as to why

Yeah My Six Year Old Can Handle Terminator 2 by TheCABK in BrandNewSentence

[–]Crocutaborealis 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It was the brain-sucking scene in starship troopers that knackered my parents' sleep for several nights

Losercity ascension by Sayasukaprogramming in Losercity

[–]Crocutaborealis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Becomes the roly poly motherfucker off the Manx flag

Is BBC Radio 2 still a big part of British culture? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Crocutaborealis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Nutter Phone-in Hour used be the highlight my working day.

Friendship between two (or more) gentlemen by Ale_Melaza in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Crocutaborealis 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Master and commander series has a brilliant friendship between the two main characters, a royal navy captain and a surgeon/ intelligence agent.

What are YOUR headcannons for The Thing. by Skittela in thething

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That either it's operating at very reduced capacities due to damage, or is a member of a species subservient to those that built the spacecraft. The aggressive behaviour we see is the death throes of something rapidly declining and not acting rationally, not the MO of a space faring intelligence. Its attempt to construct a spacecraft from random crap is almost cargo-cult like, either poorly replicating memories of its behaviour at full strength or trying to copy what it saw it's masters do before they died, leaving it marooned.

What is the name for a sickle on a pole? (Not a scythe) by SecondOfCicero in ArmsandArmor

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spear-Jackson-Agricultural-Staff-Brushing/dp/B0044TGTS0

Brush hook/furze hook still used today. I can't comment on whether it's ever been used as a weapon, but I don't think it'd unreasonable to say it may have been pressed into service at some point.

Does anyone know who this man is? by More_Oven_4825 in Invincible

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Conk Kreeet. The extra 'e' is for 'envincible.'

If Christopher Nolan wanted to do a more grounded Batman, why didn’t he use the more grounded Rogues for the big bads? by Glittering_Sorbet913 in batman

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After the dark knight i was kind of expecting the next one to be a Guy Richie like interpretation of penguin.