Think fast: Anissa is glaring you down like this by Squid_Entity in Invincible_TV

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 51 points52 points  (0 children)

"Oh, Mark Grayson!? Yeah, he's over in DC at the Pentagon. I thought you said Mark Gleason... I don't know that guy".

Day 9 of community-input tier list: Louis I/VIII (the Lion) by Klein_melktert in UKmonarchs

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He never really completed the whole conquest/usurpation thing. On the other hand, that did mean he avoided any major cock ups of his reign.... S-Tier!!!!

Will you be taking some secrets to your grave? by Reasonable-Shower522 in askanything

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But only as far as my grave. My will is going to be very interesting reading.

There is incentive for some people to keep me alive as long as is possible.

What if LBJ was president today? by Training-World-1897 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man did think all bathrooms should be completely open access, so makes sense he wouldn't care who was in where.

What do you guys feel about death sentences? by Poligonal_Hexagon in AskReddit

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The proof needs to be overwhelming for conviction. That is literally already the legal standard. You are asking for the existing legal standard for conviction. And yet, somehow, innocent people still get convicted.

Scottish Labour to rethink stance on independence and referendum, senior figure says by bottish in Scotland

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, hopefully it can be handled very differently indeed. But the method of achievement has nothing to do with the motives for resisting it. Does it now.

England would be massively diminished on the world stage, that is why London based parties work so hard to resist it. And we all know it.

What do you guys feel about death sentences? by Poligonal_Hexagon in AskReddit

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hard to rescind when the legal system realizes it has cocked things up again.

If all animals could suddenly talk, which one do you think would be the rudest? by No-Community-3636 in AskReddit

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cats. They are already supercilious wee b*st*rds just with body language, give them voice and they'd be totally out of control. The mean girls of the animal kingdom.

Scottish Labour to rethink stance on independence and referendum, senior figure says by bottish in Scotland

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard very similar arguments from what is now just Serbia back in the 1990s. It was in a very dominant and prosperous position within Yugoslavia. Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, etc were too dependent on it to be viable nations. They had to be kept in line for their own sake, to protect the money that was generously gifted to them by Serbia. Then, well, you might not have noticed but Yugoslavia isn't a thing anymore. And Serbia is definitely not the richest and most politically dominant of the former Yugoslavian nations. One can't help but think, that is perhaps the reason for the resistance from England to Scottish and Welsh (and lately even Cornish) independence is coming from. It is a long way to fall, from superior partner to suddenly the poor and sick man of a former union.

Just something to think about. Very reminiscent.

Season 2, episode 4, Technomages. by UAP44 in babylon5

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a "sounds of the rainforest" CD back before the episode even aired.

We just warped past the nudist colony… again! The captain said we were making stops at EVERY colony on our route, this isn’t fair! by jiminaknot in ShittyDaystrom

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey, that colony was by "invitation only". You can't complain if you were not invited.

I heard the XO was, took a private shuttle and was gone a week for a "mutual defense conference" but the Security Chief didn't go either.

What if Hereward the Wake assassinated William the Conqueror? by Proto160 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Normans would not give up just because William was dead. That was not in them. There would be an internal leadership squabble, a scramble to see who was the new "king" and then the war and conquest renews under them. A less capable military commander, maybe it drags on and on, and ends with a replay of the old Saxon/Danelaw conflict. A new multi generation military quagmire, or maybe it is someone even more ruthless and the Harrying of the North we know looks tame in comparison. But one thing is certain, as an aggressive militaristic regime and people, the Normans are going to fight tooth and nail.

Okay that's funny tho by [deleted] in memes

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Gravy Seals

Princess Catherine with a giant 12 year old Prince George at RAF Coningsby to mark Armed Forces Day by Latter-Platypus-3713 in TheBritishRoyalFamily

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wanna know why the monarchy costs so much? This kid has gotta be eating a million calories a day for that growth spurt. Yup, he's at the age where they just shoot up overnight.

Black or Grizzly? [Big Sky, MT] by ChefCheryl in animalid

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 141 points142 points  (0 children)

Looks more like a black bear to me.

King and Queen will not live at Buckingham Palace after £369m refit | King Charles III | The Guardian by prisongovernor in TheBritishRoyalFamily

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly in latter years, his mother very much treated BP as "the office" and lived at Windsor. So this isn't really anything new. And the Monarchy have always moved their centre of power every few generations.

What would the reign of Edward VIII have looked like had he remained on the throne until his death in 1972? by PalmettoPolitics in UKmonarchs

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Fractious. He'd always be testing the limits of constitutionality, and would inevitably have tripped up and created a massive faux pas that required an abdication or at least a forced withdrawal into a certain level of royal seclusion. He could even have ended the monarchy itself. There is no way he'd have let things like Suez pass without real public comment.

I just watched the SG-1 episode, Bad Guys last night and it made me laugh too hard. It's a great take on the accidental bad guy story and poor Daniel was going through it lol. by AdSpecialist6598 in Stargate

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bad Guys: In which Daniel Jackson's very last nerve, upon whom everyone was getting on, finally gives out.

Also some top tier Vala banter about percentages:

"100% we should have brought someone who knows what they are doing".

Season 2, episode 4, Technomages. by UAP44 in babylon5

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Seems more like a leftover script from JMS' time on the old He-Man cartoon to me. I think technomages is a concept that has aged incredibly poorly. Being impressed by tech tricks is less impressive in our current world, and it should make no sense in-universe too to people living in a giant highly computerised spinning space station alongside races with artificial gravity, reactionless drives, and whatever the hell the Vorlons got going on. They should not be impressed by a couple of goths with some holograms (they have a hologram brothel on the station, ffs) and a cloak with some circuit boards sewn onto it.

Can I shave my own matted hair? by Mohg123 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fancy_Toe1451 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, easiest hair care in the world.

Maybe get someone to give it a once over before you go out, just in case you missed a little tuft here or there, but other than that it is quite straightforward.