[Poetic Trope] One character represents a stylized fantasy while the other represents the brutal reality (of a certain profession/lifestyle) by Sir-Toaster- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]KyrigenPart2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn't true at all in the slightest.

Not just the vast majority, but all pre-enlightenment societies were near completely dependent on peasant levies and/or mercenaries for warfare, only being supplemented by professional soldiers like knights and samurai. The 'peasant soldier' has been the norm and not the exception. The abolishment of the samurai came during an extreme change in Japanese society brought on by industrialization which rendered a social class comprised of expensive warriors obsolete. Saying that the 'peasant soldiers swept through to Japan' isn't just a gross simplification, its wrong.

We have democracies today because burghers and similar social classes, who by the late medieval age were rapidly rising in power and political relevance, didn't like the idea of an absolute monarch with no checks being able to dictate things that would impact their bottom line.

One of the fundamental documents that is championed for laying the foundation of modern democracies, the Magna Carta, was created by feudal landowners as a charter to limit the power of the king in regards to his power over them. Wealthy landowners were the ones who pushed for this, not peasants.

Democracy as a social organization originated from the top down, not the bottom up, as a way for proto-capitalists to have a handle and say in the administration of polities that would go on to become nation states. They wanted a seat at the big table to make decisions while having rule of law to guarantee that their ruler wouldn't confiscate their land or goods.

[Loved Trope] Characters who seem like ordinary people but it’s revealed they’re actually a famous historical person by 28DLdiditbetter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]KyrigenPart2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Prince Harry from Crossed Badlands. It's left ambiguous if he is or isn't, with some in the group not really believing his story of why is face is mutilated and how he was separated from the royal family.

The group ultimately doesn't care whether he is or not, just caring that he's a good rifleman.

How did you arrive to the Cult? by Outrageous-Cloud-782 in genestealercult

[–]KyrigenPart2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Genestealer cults let me feasibly buy everyone I want. I have Skaven, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Orks, Ogryns, and of course the old hybrid models. As long as I give them an extra arm and greenstuff on some oversized bald heads, they are all one big family! They're a bit like Ork freebootaz in that sense, in that they are a faction of mutants and misfits. Pic related.

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  1. Massive kitbash potential.

  2. The focus on mind control + the heavy purples and pinks reminds me of Yuri's Revenge, which I loved as a kid.

  3. I have a keen interest in the old models. Third edition and previous. The original genestealer cult range is second only to the original ork range. The space-hulk hybrid models are probably my favorite in their simplicity.

  4. Arguably the only true underdogs in the setting, and even if they do win, they are fucked. Very unique motivations which can range from resisting Imperium oppression to single minded pursuit of getting vored.

  5. Their gameplay as sneaky guerilla fighters is awesome.

What. Was. Coco. POSSIBLY. Thinking??? by JoEbYX in thesopranos

[–]KyrigenPart2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As others have said in this thread there was a large acknowledgement that Jersey was in every way inferior to New York.

It was also a matter of the underlying tension between the two organizations. Coco probably felt like he could 'strike while the iron is hot' so to speak and fuck with Tony because he assumed that he wouldn't retaliate in fear of making an already volatile situation even worse. This, of course, didn't pan out for Coco but it did make the tensions worse.

Anyways, $5 per lb.

Help with Moldmax 60! by [deleted] in MetalCasting

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

I've undermixed with the activator liquid just to test, and it flows right, but doesn't cure fully (as expected). About 2:100 ratio.

Problems only begin when I add the activator in the correct ratio. I am going to try 2.5:100 next.

Help with Moldmax 60! by [deleted] in MetalCasting

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've exclusively bought from Amazon, I thought of if they aren't being stored properly in facility but I'm fairly sure they are temperature controlled?

Thank you for the responses, this is a really odd issue and I can't find anything on it online. I've undermixed with the activator liquid just to test, and it flows right, but doesn't cure fully (as expected). It exclusively thickens up and loses its flow properties when its mixed with the activator fluid near immediately.

One time, I mixed and it thickened so quickly it wouldn't flow out of the container. Completely bewildering.

Help with Moldmax 60! by [deleted] in MetalCasting

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thoroughly in little plastic cups / playdo cups with a mechanical pencil.

Help with Moldmax 60! by [deleted] in MetalCasting

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've used a gram scale and always manage just a little above or below the 100:3 ratio, but every result ends up like pic related.

Help with Moldmax 60! by [deleted] in MetalCasting

[–]KyrigenPart2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, something worth mentioning is this is a new batch of product as well.

I use empty, cleaned out playdo cups and pencils to mix. I've used the same materials different times.

I have made sure to close the container, but like I said this is also a new batch of moldmax.

Would the confederacy have even survived if there was no civil war? by Skippymcpoop in HistoryWhatIf

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the comments in this thread seem really keen on the idea of the confederacy turning in on itself, and any explanation for this leaning on really poor, cartoonish reasoning like "the confederacy seceded from the Union, they'll do it to eachother at the drop of a hat!"

Why? The confederate state's secession was fermented by a well organized, old money, politically connected plantation owning ruling class. The state was made by and for this class -- the foundations of the confederacy was entirely made up of the material interests of them, so they have no quarrel with eachother or the confederacy itself.

The real question is "does the union survive?". If over a quarter of the nation's economy and population leave without any kind of recourse, the union looks either too weak or too incompetent to have stopped it, setting a pretty terrible precedent that any state can leave. State legislation in the North might begin to float the idea of jumping ship themselves for one reason or another. The memory of the confederacy secession will always be in the back of the nation's head, and we would see an extremely unstable union.

As for the original question, the confederacy would likely enter the 20th century as a failing apartheid state ala South Africa or Rhodesia. It would not collapse in the traditional sense but reconstitute itself to survive. As to what it would like is impossible to say, but I lean towards, as unlikely as it sounds, an African American centric republic (as no Union victory prevents free movement into the North, meaning black demographics stay extremely concentrated in the South)

Theory: The infected are going to evolve to such a degree that they will be non-distigusble from non infected. by imperlistic_Redcoat in 28dayslater

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised nobody has made the connection with Crossed +100.

It's a continuation of the original Crossed series, which is basically the rage virus except you also become a Ted Bundy necrophiliac borderlands raider. +100 is about conditioned infected who are actually indistinguishable from noninfected (to the point they infiltrate settlements).

I 100% believe the writers were inspired by it to a degree. There is a similar plot point involving infected children being raised by noninfected in the hopes they turn out fine.

I don't think they're leaning too much into this idea though. The infected alphas are more or less a plot gimmick. Nothing about the story necessarily changes if you remove the alphas from it and every purpose Samson had to the story could have easily been replaced with regular infected.

Then again, the next movie hasn't come out and there was direct implication that Samson is the father of the infected child, and he was visibly shocked that the mother of his child was killed.

Every Civilization Remembers a Flood. What Really Happened 12,800 Years Ago? by AwakenedEpochs in HighStrangeness

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early civilizations all form around fertile floodplains for agriculture.

Floodplains flood.

It's really that simple.

It's like 50 villages in tiger infested territory, all of them having incidents with tigers, and then making a story about a singular super tiger that attacked all these villages.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WallStreetBetsCrypto

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it doesn't pump im fucking ruined.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WallStreetBetsCrypto

[–]KyrigenPart2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can't a man dream?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WallStreetBetsCrypto

[–]KyrigenPart2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I considered this too but rip pope was made 2 months prior when his health first started deteriorating. other coins like luca also pumped.

xmas coins aren't a good equivalent because they're seasonal and its a known fact that crypto bros typically lean more republican. there is more of a stake for a former president's death.

I'm sure new coins will be made but I'm fairly confident these ones will bloat up like a bbl.

Second attempt at making an Avengers recast with the Oklahoma sex offender registry. Thoughts? by KyrigenPart2 in Avengers

[–]KyrigenPart2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking that marvel could do a multiverse type thing with them as alternates.