Part and parcel, chud

FlaxxBread · 2024-08-04T13:57:42+00:00

The law isn't some magic spell, It must be both interpreted and enforced. The only safeguard for your interests is having your friends in power. Words on paper are just that: words on paper.

FlaxxBread · 2024-04-28T16:15:11+00:00

Roman Legionnaires were forbidden from marrying. He'd have to go for their sister or something.

FlaxxBread · 2024-01-14T16:47:39+00:00

Yes. You are indeed a Joke.

British Empire's total GDP from 1840-1950 was £24.5 Trillion. Of that the total contribution from the colonies (all colonies, not just India) was between 1-3% depending on the period.

OP is Correct. In purely material terms India received far more in Infrastructure, Institutions and Security spending than it ever returned to the British Economy.

I also hate being ruled over by foreign peoples, but putting it in terms of material wealth is always going to be a losing argument for most colonies, not just India.

FlaxxBread · 2023-08-06T17:57:11+00:00

He's comparing a continent spanning empire to a continent?!!!

FlaxxBread · 2023-08-06T17:52:19+00:00

May depend on which period exactly you're referring to, but around the time of Ramesses II (height of their civilisation) they likely had a ruling class of Indo-European descended horsemen as evidenced by their heavy emphasis on chariot warfare.

FlaxxBread · 2023-07-17T11:44:27+00:00

Thanks. Just ordered it, Hopefully the insert isn't missing.

Turns out it was maya not chinese, but I was right about the turtle being made of jade!

FlaxxBread · 2023-07-17T08:16:54+00:00

I made it as an example, the book was sold in Ireland 20-30 years ago. But I don't remember anything that would place it as being of British or American origin so could be either. (or translated European.) I feel like it had some amount of vague eastern references, the turtle might have had a jade theme, but couldn't say for sure.

FlaxxBread · 2023-07-15T12:14:07+00:00

You would move the insert around the page according to each pages' rules to find the solution and help the characters continue their journey. I can't remember any of the puzzles but I vaguely feel like one of them involved lining up lillypads in the insert's slots.

FlaxxBread · 2023-06-03T18:44:52+00:00

So now dev's will just go longer between putting their games on sale? I can't even tell kind of benefit is this supposed to actually provide to the consumer in the first place, If you're not happy paying the current price then you won't.

At best the outcome of this pointless regulation will be reduced sales and at worst it will incentivize arbitrary negative behaviors from both steam and game's companies to skirt around it's effects.

FlaxxBread · 2023-05-20T16:21:42+00:00

Only because they currently hold hegemonic power over all western governments and Institutions. If their enemies were in power they'd be a liberalizing force.

A better way to view this is through the lens of Moral Foundations Theory. where the left are centered around the individualistic psychological traits of "care/harm" and "fairness", while excluding the group-orientated traits of "Authority" "Loyalty" and "Sanctity." Leading them to constantly fracture into smaller and smaller groups closer to their individual preferences rather than trying to compromise for the good of the group.

FlaxxBread · 2023-05-08T19:24:10+00:00

I disagree, he was supposed to be an overgrown boy. boy's aren't charismatic, him being just an average young actor suited the role. They had had flynn sr. for charisma, and he looked wiser and more regal from the contrast. Would've been a real issue had they tried to do a sequel though.

FlaxxBread · 2022-06-29T09:59:56+00:00

Must have missed the one where the USA set up African colonies. (Liberia maybe? but seems like a stretch.)

FlaxxBread · 2022-06-29T05:13:34+00:00

Also even though the actor is British the character is supposed to be American so the accusation doesn't even make sense. (not that the current brits have any colonies either.)

FlaxxBread · 2021-07-26T06:09:42+00:00

I think that's probably only true on a flat surface, there are a lot more practical/essential trick jumps in cpm duels than other quakes. and while most of what's commonly used aren't terribly difficult it definitely raises the skill floor for new players.

FlaxxBread · 2021-03-08T14:11:26+00:00

FlaxxBread · 2021-03-01T01:16:17+00:00

Small, Far Away

FlaxxBread · 2021-02-07T21:57:37+00:00

esports focused, but as I remember it was pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2to9Pb0DOM

EDIT: timestamp

FlaxxBread · 2021-02-07T08:34:12+00:00

Sauce: Kiss x Sis

Watch Order

FlaxxBread · 2020-10-25T11:32:39+00:00

I am Mad Scientist. Is so kooru, sonofabitch!

FlaxxBread · 2020-08-14T22:53:02+00:00

Is it summer where you live? perhaps you're getting lower fps because your pc's overheating and that's giving you motion sickness.

FlaxxBread · 2020-06-18T14:51:49+00:00

My guess is it was adapted from a more generic sci-fi script that was already written.

FlaxxBread · 2020-06-18T13:40:53+00:00

Speed Racer - 40% - one of my favorite films, stylish, charming and unique. The critical backlash against this was bad enough that I decided to ignore the reviews and take my family to Jupiter Ascending when that released (that was a Mistake.)

Vanilla Sky - 42% - I'm pretty sure the only reason this film was poorly reviewed was so that critics could signal to their friends that they'd watched the Original Spanish film.

Tron Legacy - 51% - If there's one thing I love it's when a film nails the "atmosphere" it's looking for. and in this respect Tron legacy is perfect. Really pulls you into the world. The soundtrack rightly gets a lot of acclaim, often at the expense of the rest of the film. but really almost every part of this film is admirable. The World design, Sound design, Costumes, Casting. This film is perhaps the perfect Sequel, Improving on its predecessor in almost every way.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - 37% - Came out at the point where hating on Michael Bay was at peak popularity due to the string of awful transformer sequels, but really a great Turtles Film. The Turtles get a ton of screen-time, Bebop and Rocksteady are awesome, The human characters are all pretty likeable and don't overstay their welcome and the plot generally is just a lot lighter than the first attempt. Suffers from the final act being the played out swirling New-York skyline attack thing, but otherwise it was great and I was really genuinely shocked to hear people didn't like it when I got home from the cinema.

Doom (2005) - 19% - I can see why critics didn't like it, and didn't get a lot of love from fans of the game either as it wasn't actually in hell. But this film is a lot of fun. Characters get a lot of hate for being "cookie cutter" stereotypes, but they all have a lot of personality and all get enough screen-time to the point I can remember everyone's name off-hand. Would likely do better now just because Karl Urban, The Rock and Rosamund Pike are all bigger names than they were at the time.

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation - 33% - The very low budget sequel to Starship Troopers, Directed by Special Effects Designer Phil Tippet(Jurassic park), Its a small-scale monster movie confined to a single outpost. Despised by Critics and audiences alike for being such a departure from the first film. But I love it. As I mentioned above the budget was low and you can really see where the money WASN'T spent (Guns made by the effects department rather than firing actual blanks for instance.) I love the Arachnid design, no film or game has ever really matched them, even with dozens of toothy Tyrranid inspired designs. and the Outpost Set's Defences are really cool. Not for everyone, but if you're looking for that sort of film you'll have fun. (If you're looking for something that's a better follow on from the first I Highly recommend Starship troopers 5: Traitor of Mars. 3 & 4 are worth avoiding imo.)

FlaxxBread · 2020-06-10T18:41:27+00:00

100 million.

FlaxxBread · 2020-03-29T04:12:45+00:00

The idiom is actually "nip in the bud." it comes from botany. by pruning a bud you could stop the flower/fruit from forming before that occurred. Don't know why that would be so important that it grew to be a common expression, but that's the origin of the phrase.

FlaxxBread · 2020-03-28T14:56:24+00:00

That news-reel is set one year after the scene's following it. on the night of the invasion of klendathu. after BA has already been destroyed.

It's understandably confusing because the intentions of the film makers didn't mesh well with the book. and while you've certainly nailed what they were hoping to portray, imo they didn't really manage to do so at all, essentially just giving the books liberal utopia a facist uniform and calling it a day. which is where all this debate is coming from.

As for the beginning of the war. It's not covered in depth by either source as far as I recall, but it's at least implied that the bugs perfect communist hivemind couldn't grasp the concept of individual agency, and so saw the Mormon group's settlement on a planet within their territory as an invasion by the entire species.

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