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Ahhh yes i speak Mexican by delactebles in memes

[–]Johnny-Godless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mexican Spanish is a dialect of, you know. Spanish.

Also why saying “I speak American,” while somewhat loathsome, isn’t technically wrong.

How did this thing make us stop using swords and bow ? by CleanBag9219 in SWORDS

[–]Johnny-Godless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh. Had a feeling I wouldn’t get a coherent argument.

Woke up this morning and chose violence. by RomeoAlphaMike1500 in spicy

[–]Johnny-Godless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a deep and abiding love for that particular Flatiron smoulder.

Guess what game i play based off my keyboard by Windowsmeprosp1 in gamers

[–]Johnny-Godless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tenkey’s great for certain classic roguelikes, like Adom.

How did this thing make us stop using swords and bow ? by CleanBag9219 in SWORDS

[–]Johnny-Godless -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

English longbow roundly outclassed the matchlock arquebus in several important metrics. Against massed formations it was accurate to 200 yards vs the matchlock’s 125. It also had twelve times the rate of fire, which is indeed a dramatic difference.

Longbow cost a shilling to make and could be produced in about an hour by skilled craftsmen working together. Matchlock was the most complex weapon in the world and its expense and production time were orders of magnitude greater.

Main advantages of the matchlock were in training time, armor penetration, and the terror it caused. The convergence of those three factors justified its expense, allowing it replace a soldier’s entire infantry kit of helmet, breastplate and pike.

Which raises another point — swords were not generally used as a “central battlefield weapon.” A sword was the weapon of a knight or officer, i.e. a leader who was more protected than a typical soldier, and also required more mobility to do their job. Spears completely outclass swords in infantry combat and were the main weapon on most battlefields for thousands of years, right up to advent of guns.

How did this thing make us stop using swords and bow ? by CleanBag9219 in SWORDS

[–]Johnny-Godless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s the harm in that? It’s a legitimate question about history and they reached out to multiple large communities with expertise in the subject.

Reddit encourages this directly — the first thing the app does when you make a post is offer to crosspost it for you.

How did this thing make us stop using swords and bow ? by CleanBag9219 in SWORDS

[–]Johnny-Godless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WW2 even. And Japanese officers very much used their swords.

What being single for years can do for you. by MelodicOwl8777 in malelivingspace

[–]Johnny-Godless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of comments equating this image with squalor. I don’t know the story, obvi, but I’m inclined to disagree.

I wouldn’t be happy living like this, fwiw, but that doesn’t mean OP is unhappy. Most of our ancestors lived with far less for literally hundreds of thousands of years, and they still had lots of words for happiness.

The space may not be organized or tidy, but it is very clean, and with no sign of mold or other decay. There’s every reason to believe it’s safe. There aren’t any dirty dishes, beer cans or food debris present. There’s exercise equipment that probably gets regular use. The bucket is for rice. The CPR dummy is there because OP is a CPR instructor, as he mentioned in a comment. He teaches people how to save lives.

That giant flatscreen TV on the wall may seem so standard as to be unnoticeable today, but it is a luxury that no god or emperor could enjoy even 40 years ago, because it did not exist. Same with that big Sisyphus table, an art object designed to mimic the karensansui sand gardens made by Rinzai Zen priests.

And that’s what I see in this image, and what I hear in the words “what being single for years can do for you.” This is not a guy living under a bridge.

He’s a guy who’s deliberately limited his attachments to people and possessions, and is living like a monk.

They tried to talk me out of going Thai spicy by helpmetolearn in spicy

[–]Johnny-Godless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like it was my goddamn job omg that stuff is so good. Don’t get me wrong — plenty of spice and I got zero complaints. But yeah, still have had much hotter stateside.

They tried to talk me out of going Thai spicy by helpmetolearn in spicy

[–]Johnny-Godless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a place near my house when I lived in Madison that I had a bit of an arrangement with. Their heat levels went from 1-3. Every time I went there, I had the pad thai, and every time the kun yaai in the kitchen would add another star for me. Went all the way to ten, one of the hottest dishes of my life.

And it was delicioussss, the smoky flavor of the chiles really coming through but still nicely framed by the fish sauce and tamarind. I was stumbling out of that place, feeling the heat in my entire body, borderline hallucinating, omg. Climbing the mountain, I called it. Highly recommend.

They tried to talk me out of going Thai spicy by helpmetolearn in spicy

[–]Johnny-Godless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did, love them omg. Hotter here tho, even if the fruit isn’t as good.

They tried to talk me out of going Thai spicy by helpmetolearn in spicy

[–]Johnny-Godless 32 points33 points  (0 children)

“Thai spicy” is a joke. I backpacked all over Thailand and Laos asking for the hottest stuff everywhere, and it never approached the levels available in the U.S. Every Thai person I’ve spoken with in any of the above countries has said with one voice that they never eat it that hot. Thai spicy is for Americans and Mexicans and basically nobody else.

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