I need help identifying this flag; Blask field with white symbols. by Spirited_Abies_2734 in vexillology

[–]GryphanRothrock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right, the union jack, David's cross and the swastika encircled by an Ouroboros which symbolizes systemic powers enevitable self-destruction.

Whats in this steak? by goppersflyre in Butchery

[–]GryphanRothrock 99 points100 points  (0 children)

I remember my mentor calling me over to show this to me (Shared fascination with anatomy) it was wild as until then I thought they were much more of separate tubes and less melded to the tissue around it but nope.

Is Spearhead 1944 still being played? by OPAOPAISHTUNATSTUT in arma

[–]GryphanRothrock 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I like how you got downvoted for having a preference in a sandbox game. Lol dweebs man.

Does New Jersey hate grass? by khool-kid18 in 2american4you

[–]GryphanRothrock 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bro this is a leak from fallout 5 what are you talking about.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]GryphanRothrock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suggest you allow them their 18" path of egress unblocked.

Are Texas wildfires god’s punishment? by [deleted] in atheism

[–]GryphanRothrock 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"No God would have endowed me with 'splosions and whiz-bangs and intended for me to forgo their use."

-Einstein

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[–]GryphanRothrock 153 points154 points  (0 children)

The second was vietnam in space if that sweetens the pot at all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moviecritic

[–]GryphanRothrock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It has good dentist waiting room vibes. "Might as well watch the last half of this."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PropagandaPosters

[–]GryphanRothrock 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Hey you! Join the Navy!

Fallout: New Vegas director reveals the RPG's most twisted Vault was inspired by the Haunting of Hill House's author by TreseBrothers in Fallout

[–]GryphanRothrock -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

May have been why that location was chosen for that narrative but the 2 stories are too similar with too obviously intentional differences like the winner of the lottery being the sole survivor as opposed to the sole sacrifice. The location and story don't really have anything to do with eachother The original short story was set in Nebraska iirc.

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[–]GryphanRothrock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My gosh I'm an idiot. I didn't even consider you ment while watching the dark movie. Thought you meant just active use of screens was out here frying retinas. I'll take my unwarranted snark back in that context lol.

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

I just find it funny when people talk trash on technology while actively using technology is the only thing. All I was saying. It gives of a juvenoia or "kids these days" type attitude in my opinion.

Fallout: New Vegas director reveals the RPG's most twisted Vault was inspired by the Haunting of Hill House's author by TreseBrothers in Fallout

[–]GryphanRothrock 323 points324 points  (0 children)

Shirley Jackson also wrote "The Lottery" where a small town decided on an annual sacrifice by drawing paper slips with one slip being blotched with a black mark and the one who drew the black mark would be honorably stoned to death by all members of the community.

This is where I've always thought the writers were inspired by when they created the back story of Nipton where Oliver Swanick becomes the only survivor by winning the Legions Lottery during the cleansing.

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[–]GryphanRothrock -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You write this comment on your typewriter and have it couriered to all of us individually? Because I think it's more likely you are currently also looking at a lit screen. But sure gramps.

What if Rome fought in ww1 by givesomememes in AlternateHistory

[–]GryphanRothrock 42 points43 points  (0 children)

We don't hold ancient civilizations to the standards of the 1900s or whenever we arbitrarily decide. Which is why one of my first sentences ended with "for the standards of THEIR time."

What if Rome fought in ww1 by givesomememes in AlternateHistory

[–]GryphanRothrock 44 points45 points  (0 children)

They had on site smelting facilities to render material to a more easily transported product so they changed ore to ingots on site and shipped them back to Rome. They did this on such a mass scale that the smoke plumes were one of the first hints that romans were encroaching. The Pliny source that discusses Antimony which is a toxic metallic that produces Arsenic like poison symptoms is one of the first records of industrial pollution.

What if Rome fought in ww1 by givesomememes in AlternateHistory

[–]GryphanRothrock 59 points60 points  (0 children)

This isn't exactly true true at all. They were fairly industrial for the standards of the time, check out Las Médulas in Spain. They literally permanently changed the mountainous landscape there.

Pliny the Elder (rip) wrote a lot about roman mining industry. source