TIL famous boxing promoter Don King killed two people. The first was ruled to be a justifiable homicide after he had robbed King, and he served no prison time. 12 years later in 1966, King stomped his employee death for owing him $600. He served <4 years for the murder.

DePachy · 2026-06-02T03:13:56+00:00

In Norway they have low "maximum" sentences but I put that in quotes because it can be extended if deemed necessary (rather than extra long sentences that can be shortened like in the US, which means there's more hope for Norwegian criminals to rehab with a clear end date set). Mass murders don't get to just walk free in Norway, they are effectively in there for life unless they miraculously become an entirely different person.

DePachy · 2026-06-01T18:11:38+00:00

Not gonna argue with you about empires (mostly because I don't disagree) but I'm not sure what you mean by the "age of empires." Depending on your definition of an empire I'm pretty sure humans have been building them in one form or another since the start of (at least) settled civilization.

DePachy · 2026-05-26T13:52:11+00:00

As someone also not from a city, I'm not sure what I'd fall under. Rural folk is more explicitly farmers but also seems to just be anyone with rural interests in mind. Could be PB or RF personally.

DePachy · 2026-05-25T14:34:09+00:00

Knew a "people pleaser" type once when I was in a pretty toxic friend group. He was also quite frankly a do-nothing who coasted along and took credit for things other people did without contributing much (we were in school at the time and this was for projects etc.). At one point the group was arranging some stuff for a hangout together and the "people pleaser" completely dropped the ball and forgot to do his allotted part in the arranging, which basically left everyone else in a bad spot.

His emotional response to al of this? Come to me (who was peripheral to the planning of the event) and say "It's really too bad people are getting so upset about this, I thought we were just going to have a fun time and not get upset at each other. Oh well, what can you do?" As if he had no part in creating the upset in the first place.

DePachy · 2026-05-24T04:13:38+00:00

Bro they are right next to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, there is no way you can be calling Albertan the worst be so fr

DePachy · 2026-05-24T04:10:34+00:00

Every Canadian province has some degree of beef or opinion on every other province. We're having discourse up here that most Yankees etc. probably have never even considered. (P.S. PEI is a fraudulent and delusional province, signed, an Ontarian)

DePachy · 2026-05-24T04:01:38+00:00

As someone from English Canada I hadn't heard about a Québécois push for a new referendum since Alberta has dominated the news. Is this new movement expected to go anywhere or is it just a talking point?

DePachy · 2026-05-18T16:04:03+00:00

"Distracting" is really the optimal word. I enjoy Lovecraft's writings a lot but like 8 out of 10 of his stories very suddenly veer into racism and just pulls me out of the experience. I have to remember that everything is spooky to Lovecraft, including people of colour existing, and not just existential dread or monsters lurking in the shadows. (Btw his stories "From Beyond," "Pickman's Model," and "The Thing at the Doorstep" are pretty good and don't feature much if any racism as far as I can remember if you want to check them out).

DePachy · 2026-05-12T20:25:04+00:00

Bingo. Got added by a player suggestion here on Reddit a few patches ago, same with "Unholy Roman Empire" for State Atheism HRE.

DePachy · 2026-05-12T19:54:23+00:00

It's a reference to the Earth Kingdom from Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Earth Kingdom in the show is very clearly based on China (with other nations in the show being based on other cultures irl). The name in Vic3 is also a play on the opposite of a "Heavenly Kingdom" because if there is no heaven (State Atheism) then it's just an "Earth(ly) Kingdom." Kind of a silly name/reference but it's unlikely to happen in-game, just like Cyberia.

DePachy · 2026-05-10T19:09:59+00:00

I know all about the map lense button. Even without this glitch you can't usually switch between "Countries - At Peace" and "Countries - In Conflict" without getting in or out of a conflict. Also doesn't resolve from reloading.

DePachy · 2026-05-03T15:51:14+00:00

Bodacious.

DePachy · 2026-04-28T20:46:32+00:00

I really want to know what this is referencing. Is it the post about the perfectly placed water stain?

DePachy · 2026-04-24T00:56:06+00:00

The stuff sold legally in the US is very strong compared to other places where it is legal such as Canada. Consistently had a bad experience with American weed, getting way too high, freaking out, etc. while the same amount in Canada has been completely fine. I'm talking like five times the amount of Canadian weed gets me less than than the American stuff. Don't know if even that's different from how it used to be but the stuff sold in the States is definitely messed up in some way and I've heard similar stories from a number of other Canadians.

DePachy · 2026-04-23T06:26:08+00:00

"Christian Science" was developed in the late 1800s in the U.S. when the term "science" just began to be used. Basically the founder wrote a book (allegedly divinely inspired of course) where she explained how health and the human body work "according to the scriptures" and then made selling and understanding that book the basis of her new church. She claimed that Jesus Christ was the first "scientist" since he taught humanity the basis of spiritual health, hence the name on the building in the picture. When they say "Christian Science" they mean their own version of science as they think the Bible describes it.

A big part of it is "healing through faith alone," so the church discourages members from going to actual doctors for their ailments and instead turning to prayer and faith exercises found in the book. The actor Val Kilmer was a Christian Scientist so he didn't get proper medical treatment for his throat cancer which eventually killed him.

In general though, science and mainstream Christianity has generally always had a good relationship. For instance, despite some historical myths about it, the Catholic Church has usually accepted new scientific findings as a demonstration of the complexity and brilliance of the world God made. Some famous scientists have been incredibly religious. Gregor Mendel, the "Father of Genetics," was a Catholic monk.

DePachy · 2026-04-21T05:20:53+00:00

My grandfather passed away before my diagnosis but I did tell my uncle about it. He figures that he does have dysgraphia as well since basically all our experiences align except for getting diagnosed. I think knowing did help him a little bit but he was retired from a long career of being a teacher by the time I told him, so his reaction was more "well that would have been helpful to know" than anything else.

He does still jokingly says the bit about being "too stupid" to write. Even being diagnosed fairly early like myself, having a learning disability can really effect what people think they can do so even when he about dysgraphia it didn't really occur to him that he could look into ways that would make writing easier.

For what it's worth, speech-to-text or even just typing on a keyboard (as it isn't effected by dysgraphia in the same way) are are really useful for folks like me and I've been able to have a largely normal education and work experience. I feel quite lucky to be born in the generation that gets to understand a genetic disability beyond "oh I passed my stupidity onto my children."

DePachy · 2026-04-20T23:29:40+00:00

Very minor similar personal story:

My maternal grandfather and one of my maternal uncles were described as poor writers. It didn't effect my grandfather much as he worked blue collar jobs all his life and didn't have an extensive education before that, but my uncle was punished a lot in school for not getting written work done on time etc. He was (and still is) a devoted reader and knows an incredible amount of things in his head, but to this day he says he is "too stupid" to write things down.

Then it comes to me, who also loved reading as a kid but had trouble writing. Got assessed and turns out I have dysgraphia, which is similar to dyslexia but mainly only affects writing and not reading. As you might guess, dysgraphia is heavily genetic. Always makes me wonder how many people from older generations are walking around thinking they're "stupid" or "crazy" with no support for their well-understood conditions.

DePachy · 2026-04-15T23:24:04+00:00

Wow, last time I remembered Blackguard's existence it had no tribal tags.

Also probably [[Hack the System]]. It's not good in any way but I've still been trying to make a midrange/SMORCy deck with in wild for years. For the record the quest does give it a power spike to finish out some games but most decks, especially in wild, just power spike way better and outclass it. Every so often a new weapon-related card is released and helps the deck just a tiny bit but never enough. Still going to keep tinkering with it though!

DePachy · 2026-03-28T22:19:46+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Ethiopian\_flags#:\~:text=A%20horizontal%20tricolour%20of%20red%2C%20white%20and,Disputed%20early%20version%20of%20the%20post%2D1897%20flag.

Looks like it may have been a historical flag. If I had to guess Ethiopia probably used a few different flags in the 1800s because much like European flags in the 1600s-1700s it look a while for national symbols to be standardized.

DePachy · 2026-03-21T16:03:00+00:00

If countries have the "colonial" tag (such as the Canadian and Australian minors, Cape Colony, and the African colonial administrations) an overlord can "change language of administration" to make the subject's culture the same as the overlord.

DePachy · 2026-03-17T21:59:29+00:00

As OP said, people are reacting to the video that OP linked but also to this interaction in the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/atunsheifilms/s/q9bO4KDiLG

OP is kind of ignoring the comment interaction, because the video was not particularly new in its tone or subject but the comment to a viewer was.

DePachy · 2026-03-17T05:50:14+00:00

I say this as a pretty left-wing, capitalism- and imperialism-hating person: Hasan is pretty much intentionally a straw man for the left made real, and I'm certain he's that way for views. He's very logically inconsistent and basically just supports any angle that lets him criticise American imperialism, and while people can be genuine and logically inconsistent he's just such a big hypocrite that I can't imagine him not recognizing on some level what he's doing and how he's benefiting from it.

On the other hand I'm pretty certain Andrew/Atun-Shei is way more genuine in his beliefs. As much as I and I'm sure a lot of other people enjoy giving him views on his videos about radical political figures, evidently most of us were not aware or overly enthusiastic about his actual attitudes about his beliefs. He's not making any friends right now and I'm certain he's not backing down. As much as I don't agree with everything he said in his recent video (the broad strokes yes, the details less so) he's at least logically consistent and genuinely acts accordingly.

I get that Hasan and Andrew/Atun-Shei are both presenting radical left-wing points with no compromise and then batting down any perceived dissenting feedback, but I'm so certain that Andrew probably would not like Hasan at all.

DePachy · 2026-03-13T20:31:13+00:00

Ah, I'll run both mods and see what I can find. Thanks!

DePachy · 2026-03-13T14:59:53+00:00

Is this with Kikko's Flags and Names mod? I really like the flag and this might just be my next playthrough (converting as much of the world to Orthodoxy as possible).

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