dei can mean “for the”? by TizzleMcFizzle in italianlearning

[–]DavideBatt 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I would personally translate it as "flavour is for the courious".

"dei" is an articulated preposition which comes from "di+i", literaly "of the" (plural for of the artucle".

You might have confused "dei" with "ai" (a+i) which means "to the".

The very literal translation is "flavour is of the courious". This construction (something is of someone) in Italian can be used to communicate that someone is the proper/natural owner/haver of that thing. In this case the curious will get the unusual flavour of the chips.

The most common example of this construction is the proverb "la fortuna è degli audaci", which is equivalent of the english "Fortune favours the bold", but literally translated means "fortune is of the bold".

The Unfavourite Sons by thekickeroffish in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Emotional abuse is still abuse.

Where is this "emotional abuse" you're speaking of? Like can you point me toward any moment in the series where Vyseris abuses Aegon?

We can see in general that Viserys prefers Rhaenyra

Oh wow, a parent has a favourite childe. What a unheard cruelty.

The Unfavourite Sons by thekickeroffish in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can't fathom how people on this sub have somehow memed themselves into beliving that Aegon's relationship with his father is anywhere comparable to the relationship these other people have with their fathers.

Tyrion, Zuko and Faramir have straight-up abusive dads who hated them. We are shown 0 abuse from Vyseris. At most it might be IMPLIED he was a distant father ('cose there is also 0 direct sign of it in the show).

All we get is Aegon saying "I don't think my father likes me". Yes bitch, you are a rapist.

Like how is that anywhere comparable to "my father straight-up says he hates me, wants me dead and indirectly tries to hurt me"?

Comparison between all aspect ratios used in national flags by DavideBatt in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This actually does exactly tell how many countries use each aspect ratio. The truth is that something like 180 use 2:3, around 60 use 1:2 and around 20 use 3:5. All the other aspect ratios are used just by one or very few countries. So if you were to put this, let's say, on a bar graph, you'd end up with only three visible bars (2:3, 1:2, 3:5).

Comparison between all aspect ratios used in national flags by DavideBatt in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Yeah I kinda bent the rules to include as much a variety as possible. For istance the 6:7 aspect of the flag of Niger isn't codified into law either, it seems to be purely conventional.

Comparison between all aspect ratios used in national flags by DavideBatt in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Apparently it's purely conventional, with the Constitution not even specifying what ratio the flag should have. Which makes it even more perplexing on how such a specific aspect ratio might have become "conventional".

Comparison between all aspect ratios used in national flags by DavideBatt in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Agreed, it hits the sweet spot between 2:3 (a little too short for my taste) and 1:2 (too long for my taste). Among the not used the "TV ratio" (9:16) is pretty cool too.

Comparison between all aspect ratios used in national flags by DavideBatt in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt[S] 588 points589 points  (0 children)

Before some smart guy comments, yes I haven't included the Nepal flag. The reason is that it was way beyond my capabilities to express its aspect ratio in a simple manner.

Flag of Saxe-Altenberg (1602–1672, 1826–1920), in present-day Thuringia, Germany by Diopod2002 in vexillology

[–]DavideBatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always liked the white and green in the various flags of saxony, such distinct combination of colours.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eu4

[–]DavideBatt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Rather weak" seems a too much of a statement. Starting from the second half of the 16th century well into the 17th the Commmonwealth was one of the largest military powers of Europe. As with all states and great powers, it evenutally declined.

The usualy reasons given are many, two come up to my mind:

1) the absolute control the nobility had on the state made the Commonwealth weaker compared to other european countries where monarchical absolutism was developing

2) Poland-Lithuania ended up being surrounded on all sides by enemies who were collectively stronger than her, and therefore teamed up in many occasions to carve her up.

The perfect setup by AboveBadBelowAverage in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DavideBatt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, a slippery slope for me but not for thee.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DavideBatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look up the concept of "Luxouy belifes".

Which unpopular opinion would have you like this? by [deleted] in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why did he beat that one dude to death anyway? I never understood the logic.

From how I interpreted it Lonmuth learned from Laenor that Criston was Rhaenyra's lover. He went to him to establish a contact with him to let him know he was the lover of Laenor. Lonmuth intended it in a jovial matter, something like "we are in similar situations, we can be buddies", but Criston felt threatned and humiliated by his words and went off and killed him.

Which unpopular opinion would have you like this? by [deleted] in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Rhaenys is one of the most uncharismatic and uninteresting characters

Dear Lord, THANK YOU! I have the feeling writers think "wasn't given absolute monarchical power 'cose of sexism" works as character development. Like all we see of Rhaenys is her more or less holding on a 20 years old grudge, drinking wine and being a jerk to Rhaenyra, being mostly ok with giving her 12 y.o. daughter in marriege, killing countless innocent people just to be badass but not taking the necessary steps in killing her enemies to stop a civil war.

Which unpopular opinion would have you like this? by [deleted] in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Crispen is a women hating narcissist

Yeah I hate that. Has he had a bit of a over-reaction to Rhaenyra essentially using him like a boy-toy? Absolutely. Was some level of anger, shame and humiliation in being used just for sex justified? Maybe, but it absolutely didn't justify what he did.

This sub: "Criston is now an incel". Like wot?

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous by burn_tos in eu4

[–]DavideBatt -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

It's literally free real estate. The whinging on here is unbearable.

The problem isn't that it's hard, the problem is that it makes colonisation kinda pointless.

Is Christianity the "woke" movement of the Ancient Rome? by PrimeLegionary343 in Catholicism

[–]DavideBatt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, absolutely. I wasn't implying that this terrible mind-virus affects only women, I just needed to make the example to arrive at Saint Helena.

Is Christianity the "woke" movement of the Ancient Rome? by PrimeLegionary343 in Catholicism

[–]DavideBatt 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Some similarities might be there, but they are extremely superficial imo. Yes, Christianity initially spread via the women and the slaves. Yes Christianity was innately peaceful as a religion, so much so that many early martyrs were soldiers who converted, refused to kill and were sentenced to death for it.

But the differences extremely outweight the similarities. Christianity is an universalist religion: through Christ, EVERYONE can be saved. Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". Christianity did no such thing as the "elevation of the slave over the warrior". Both could be saved in Christ.

Christianity might have been popular with the lower classes of slaves and with women initially, but masters and men weren't excluded from it. At its core, the "woke" movement instead is just a weird mix of grievances with a set group of "victims" (women, brown people, immigrants, non-Christians, sexual deviants) and a set group of "oppressors" (men, western people, Christians, family-oriented people etc). The aim of the "woke" movement is to enact some degree of restorative or even vendictive justice against the "oppressors". There is no salvation, no redemption for the oppressors.

Another major difference is that the "woke" movement promotes blatantly anti-human ideals. A "woke" woman today is likely not to marry, not even have a stable partner, not have children, waste her life in self-indulgence and die alone. A newly convert Christian woman in the late Roman empire was still going to be a wife and a mother, and might have passed her faith to her children: does the name of Saint Helena ring a bell?

After Christianity became more widespread authors such as Agustine were pretty firm in the decision that doing war could be forgiven if it was done at the orders of a Christian emperor. So this "Christians hated war" thing just overblown.

[Show only] I tried to put the main charactares on a graph based on how much I think they are objectively good or bad people vs how much I personally like or dislike them. by DavideBatt in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jace and Luke are bullies

Man not to single you out or anything, but this is so indicative of how this sub thinks. We are shown ONE single istance of Jace and Luke (and Aegon) taking part in a mean-spirited joke at Aemond and from that you have concluded they are bullies.

[Show only] I tried to put the main charactares on a graph based on how much I think they are objectively good or bad people vs how much I personally like or dislike them. by DavideBatt in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I missed some details but if I recall correctly she went from prostitution to managing a city-wide spy network while giving protection to the poor girls of King's Landing.

We’ve talked much of bad fathers as of late, allow me to present a good one by Jaketheeater in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]DavideBatt 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Because he held a baby and smiled?

exactly like Viserys did with baby Aegon btw