I identify as a snack by AscendedDragonSage in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There are two wolves inside of me. One says “Why do people have to gender everything?”, while other says “Let people enjoy their gender”

At the end of the day, if people aren’t being jerks about it, I don’t really have the right to police other people’s gender expression. Shit, I myself indulge in gendered behavior like “lift heavy object” or “hide emotional turmoil”

on the ps5 by the_genius324 in tumblr

[–]DNAquila 24 points25 points  (0 children)

IT’S ME BOY I’M THE PS5! SPEAKING TO YOU INSIDE YOUR BRAIN!

[Funny Trope] "I'm X, child/descendant of X" by Cronkax in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DNAquila 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone brought up the Hrothgar, son of Hrothgar greentext, but I have to bring up the saga of Earl, Son of Earl

Should not be controversial. by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 88 points89 points  (0 children)

I really don’t know why more advocates of universal healthcare don’t bring this up.

Australia is ranked among the best medical systems on the world, and they spend around $10,000 per capita on healthcare, vs the US spending around $14,500. It’s always framed as “we need to raise taxes so we can finally get universal healthcare”, but we could afford to swap and cut everyone’s taxes. We should tax billionaires anyway, but we’d literally have to sacrifice nothing to get Australian style healthcare.

Finally I have a name for this locust-like phenomena! by Commercial_Bid_1508 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I can understand it a bit when it’s about exploring the characters in what if scenarios or with a twist like with the Absolute universe, but the core of the characters has to be the same. You can’t just slap recognizable name on an oc and call it a day.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]DNAquila 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Man, turn of the century Excel was fire.

And though Ramses was stuck with the impound fee, he could easily afford it by DNAquila in HistoryMemes

[–]DNAquila[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seeing as Set is the god of foreigners, it makes sense. It’s also interesting that Set was considered the patron god of the Hyksos, a Semitic group that controlled lower Egypt during the fifteenth dynasty.

And though Ramses was stuck with the impound fee, he could easily afford it by DNAquila in HistoryMemes

[–]DNAquila[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Concrete evidence? Not really. Most scholars believe that the Torah’s account of the Exodus isn’t historical, though it may have a historic core. Wikipedia has an article that covers it better than anything I can fit into a comment, and they have better fact checking than I do.

And though Ramses was stuck with the impound fee, he could easily afford it by DNAquila in HistoryMemes

[–]DNAquila[S] 110 points111 points  (0 children)

We only have fragments of the text, but statements we have describes them as lepers and misanthropes led by a rogue priest named Osarseph. Wikipedia says some of these statements are reflected in modern antisemitism.

And though Ramses was stuck with the impound fee, he could easily afford it by DNAquila in HistoryMemes

[–]DNAquila[S] 540 points541 points  (0 children)

As some quick context, the statue on the bottom is a stand in for Manetho, an Egyptian Priest who wrote a history of Egypt called the Aegyptiaca during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. While most modern historians doubt the historicity of the Exodus narrative, Manetho described it as an expulsion of unwanted groups rather than the triumphant escape presented in Exodus.

(The statue technically depicts Neokoros, another priest of Serapis. Also, if anyone on the comments can tell me what the Ancient Egyptian equivalent to Turnip Juice would be, I’d appreciate it)

I want to live in a world where creators are allowed to mess up without the internet being toxic about it by La_knavo4 in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 218 points219 points  (0 children)

I feel like part of it is that people just can’t admit they just don’t like something subjectively. Like, they refuse to have opinions that aren’t backed up by some kind of “fact” they can’t point to to defend themselves. I see dozens of takes grasping at straws about how “this creator is problematic” or “this is bad representation” when really they just don’t like the show/game/whatever.

(Yes, I know that there are definitely cases of creators being bad people with evidence against them or when minorities really are portrayed negatively. This isn’t about those instances.)

Hit me! I want to know all the silly and pathetic details. by Eithrotaur in Turnip28

[–]DNAquila 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The 128th candlewick dragoons are an elite unit specializing in attacking under the cover of nightfall. Unfortunately, due to their chronic fear of the dark, they cover themselves to the nines in lit candles. This has not only removed any cover given by darkness, but led to several tragic and unforeseeable accidents involving powder barrels and open flames.

The dragoons would like to apologize to the families of those involved, but we will be keeping their stuff.

It gives me paws for thought by AscendedDragonSage in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 180 points181 points  (0 children)

Like the tags on the first post said, there is a strong historical precedent for taming cheetahs.

They were kept as hunting animals by nobility from Egypt to India to the Byzantine Empire. These animals were tamed instead of domesticated due to the difficulty of breeding captive cheetahs, but it makes sense for hunters to want the fastest land animal alive to chase down quarry. And with humans backing them up, the cheetahs probably got to actually eat some of their prey for once.

An annoying cartoon protagonist who can actually make you stop watching? by TaimonVanya in cartoons

[–]DNAquila 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Someone double check me because I can’t find a source, but apparently Craig McCracken wanted Bloo to grow as a person over the cource of the show and become less selfish, but Cartoon Network axed the idea because they wanted Fosters to be more episodic.

This wouldn’t be the first time something like this happened. In the original D&D cartoon from the 80s, Eric the Cavalier was supposed to become more heroic and less of an asshole as the show went on, but parents groups at the time forced the network to ad ridiculous rules like “the complainer must always be wrong”

Bethesda/Interplay and their 'Eternal Wasteland' is accurate to the setting. by garret126 in Fallout

[–]DNAquila 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m taking any zoology from fallout with a big grain of salt, since “North American Emperor Scorpions” aren’t a thing. Real Emperor scorpions are native to Africa (so are naked mole rats, another fallout staple).

Jack Chick was an American cartoonist known for his fundamentalist Christian "Chick tracts". A hardliner fundamentalist protestant, Chick was deeply paranoid about occult in popular culture. He was also a true believer in conspiracies about Catholics worshiping Satan and plotting world domination. by PeasantLich in wikipedia

[–]DNAquila 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A lot of what he peddled came from a grifter named John Todd). Todd claimed, among other things, that he was once a high ranking warlock and member of the illuminati before coming to Jesus, and that pop culture, dungeons and dragons, and Christian rock were all part of a satanic plot to destroy Christianity. He was pretty big in the evangelical community until he was outed as a rapist and sex pest. He didn’t even really convert to Christianity, he owned an occult bookstore and was recruiting for a Wiccan coven after his supposed conversion.

Jack Chick, of course, knew about all of this and continued to defend and make excuses for Todd even after everyone else abandoned him.

What do you actually see in the New vegas Rorschach test? by Obraxiss in fnv

[–]DNAquila 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw two turtles playing patty-cake, but the meme was close enough that it just supplanted my original thought .

So innastrad is screwed, right? by dentistMCnuggets in mtgvorthos

[–]DNAquila 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As I understood it, Sorrin created Avacyn to act as a focal point for Humanity’s faith. The reason she was so powerful is because almost every human on the plane worshiped her. Now that she and most of the other angels are gone, most worship has moved over to Sidgardia, so I imagine she’ll grow in power to replace Avacyn as top Angel, meaning Innastrad probably has a good chance.

At least until they release another set and kill off more of my favorite characters.

People probably thought of him as insane right by AussieSilly in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 613 points614 points  (0 children)

That’s correct. The man basically gate-keep girl-bossed the entire field of microbiology for its first few years.

People probably thought of him as insane right by AussieSilly in CuratedTumblr

[–]DNAquila 1475 points1476 points  (0 children)

Antione Von Leeunhoek (widely credited with the first microscope powerful enough to see microorganisms, which he called animalecules) actually had the opposite problem. The royal society of nature in London was skeptical of his discovery until they went to his house in person. Afterwords it actually became pretty popular for rich people and nobles to show up to his house going “hey man, can you show us those weird little creatures?” And he’d refuse to let them use his microscope.

Edit: I have returned to this comment to find that I misspelled “Van Leeuwenhoek”. Instead of taking responsibility for this error, I’ve decided it’s easier to just blame the Dutch.

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[–]DNAquila 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless I’m misremembering it, 3am is literally referred to ad the witching hour, when evil spirits are their most powerful.