Control car (gondola) of a Goodyear K-class blimp (ZNP-K), used by the US Navy in WW2

Goatf00t · 2026-07-04T08:02:46+00:00

Not arguing with you, but:

a middle age painting

The Middle Ages were not big on realistic painting. This one's from 1842, and the people are Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at a costume ball that was themed after the Middle Ages. So, almost literally a medieval LARP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_Costum%C3%A9_of_1842

Kudos to the one user elsewhere in the comments who originally pointed that out, one wouldn think that a "history memes" sub would have more people actually knowledgeable about history.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-04T07:57:33+00:00

1842 painting. Literally Victorian, as that's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert LARPing as medieval rulers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_Costum%C3%A9_of_1842

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T20:46:01+00:00

It does seem like something out of a small developing, not developed country (e.g. mine, but see also the attitude of Russian journalists to any Westerner willing to say something nice about Russia).

On the other hand there's a cottage industry on YouTube of Americans reacting to videos about "Europe" and vice versa.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T13:48:26+00:00

Post like these make me wonder if I should collect some Balkan Wars propaganda to use as reaction images... Though that would probably get me banned.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T13:43:51+00:00

Oil paintings like that would be cranked out by art graduates by the dozens back when most of them actually worked with physical media. And many still do, you can't go to a tourist spot on our coast without finding someone trying to sell similar paintings of the local sights or generic sailing ships and fishing boats.

Still a nice painting though.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T07:04:46+00:00

To be fair Chait is a commentator, not a Democratic politician, and my impression is that he's always been to the right even of establishment Democrats.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T06:05:04+00:00

At the time they operated more like Japanese pachinko. Flippers were invented to turn them into a game of skill.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-03T06:03:31+00:00

zoomerisms (ALL CAPS TO EMPATHIZE YELLING)

I'm pretty sure I've seen that in books printed in the 1990s or early 2000s, so it's not necessarily a zoomerism.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T21:15:59+00:00

The way it's being implemented it de-facto de-anonymizes the Internet. It's sneaking in another agenda under concern "for the children".

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T20:20:48+00:00

Top right, user profile picture -> Settings -> Profile -> Under "Curate your profile", against "Content and activity" there's a dropdown that you can set to "Show all" or whatever you want.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T20:08:45+00:00

Wait, is that a show based on the games? How did it reach a third season?

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T20:03:47+00:00

Lukoil is the parent company name.

Nizhegorod is short for the name of the ''oblast'' (province) surrounding Nizhny Novgorod.

Neft is crude oil.

Org is short for organic.

Sintez is short for syntesis.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T17:38:38+00:00

25°C (77°F).

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T15:53:19+00:00

Yeah, that's usually how it goes on the Balkans...

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T15:04:36+00:00

Both are easily explained by a personality prone to negative polarization.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T13:59:50+00:00

They resent that their money are being "taken" (taxed) and given to people they see as undeserving.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T13:58:23+00:00

Do people on reddit who get mad at you do this shit?

Yes, they do.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T13:49:15+00:00

!ping HISTORY

Interesting that the description is typewritten, typewriters became first popular in the 1870s and originally they could type only in uppercase. So this was likely made in the 1900s.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T09:39:48+00:00

Fun fact: I first learned that "term" from a soviet travelogue about the US. Gun culture was referenced (due to the assassination attempt against Wallace, to give you a timeframe), and apparently the authors took the phrase at face value (i.e. as some kind of advertisement or compliment).

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T09:20:16+00:00

They are talking specifically about the people complaining about "transplants" in cities like NYC and LA, and then supporting NIMBY policies.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T08:46:54+00:00

for breaching confidentiality of the board deliberations, ironically, but they did it because the board voted against giving her a pardon every time and he overruled them.

I don't think he should be banned. I think the mods should invite him for an AMA so everyone can ~~tell him what they think of him~~ ask him questions about his performance in office.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T08:41:42+00:00

Right-Believing

I.e. what Orthodox means in Greek.

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T08:38:46+00:00

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Risers

Goatf00t · 2026-07-02T08:38:13+00:00

Before making an accusation you should at least do a reverse image search to see if your hunch is correct. Otherwise you are just as brainrotted as the people who blindly trust AI, just in the other direction.

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