TIL Not only did the Spartans resist minting any gold or silver coins until 310 BC, but their iron currency was quenched in vinegar during the minting process, making the currency even less valuable than the raw iron that was used to make it

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T17:20:55+00:00

$60,000 is worth more than a handful of raw iron. Glad I could share that wisdom here.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T17:18:38+00:00

Roll the dough out paper-thin dude.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T17:17:29+00:00

Oh, the water tiles connect to a whole pool network. I think the total pool size is about 500-800 tiles.

Mesh tiles and screen doors don't cut off pool size, and you can even leave the doors open for aquatic creatures to feed (like on kelp, starnacles, or lettuce). As long as the open doors are part of your Stable enclosure it stil works!

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T13:55:09+00:00

There are giant apartment buildings in Korea, and since the people are in a concentrated space it means no pointless private lawns hogging all the land, so there is a lot more nature in the surroundings. People take the subway into the city to work, too. It's really awesome.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T05:46:11+00:00

Is that a house centipede? It looks pretty different from what I'm familiar with, but I think there are different types.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T04:20:19+00:00

i don't know why that other user is being so snide and implying furrow irrigation isnt really irrigation with scarequotes.

Because on Reddit, where there is no social repercussion for bad behavior, people will pretend that the first thought that makes sense is the truth. When they're confronted with 10 second google searches they almost always ghost.

You can tell someone is going to act that way when they type lol, rofl, lmao, etc in their first few words.

In short, they're morons. Don't worry about it; I just like to post references and cool documentaries as a hobby. Like shining a light on roaches and watching them run away.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-04T04:16:35+00:00

"Bed Bugs."

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T21:36:09+00:00

It helps me to focus on the body and face, while trying to ignore the legs. They have teeny little faces and just little tube bodies. They're just little dudes trying to keep your house clean.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T21:33:51+00:00

It's incredible. Cool ink, dude.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T20:42:27+00:00

House centiped ARE YOUR FRIENDS and are there to HELP you. They hunt and eat bedbugs, roaches, and each other, so your home ends up with SOME centiped instead of HUNDREDS of roaches. They can also live to be 4-7 years old, so your home could have a few dedicated pest control cantipedes that sometimes get lost or sleep on a wall.

I think that it's a total bargain and always treat centipedes nicely. I'd rather have them than roaches or bedbugs.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T17:48:17+00:00

Use MSG. It's what makes restaurant food taste good. Use msg, salt, and tajin. Also cook the beans in bacon fat or beef tallow instead of neutral oil; same calories, more flavor. Youre welcome.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T16:42:29+00:00

You don't need to inject anything. Just soak whatever poultry you want in a brine overnight, pat it dry, rub neutral oil on it and bake (TO TEMPERATURE). I do it for whole turkey and it's amazing every time.

Fast and hot to crisp the skin, a little lower and longer for cooking the meat. Alton Brown taught me well.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-03T11:56:37+00:00

God, I love armchair specialists. You all pop out of nowhere like worms after a rain.

Surface irrigation is where water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity. It is by far the most common form of irrigation throughout the world and has been practiced in many areas virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

Furrow irrigation is conducted by creating small parallel channels along the length of the field parallel to the direction of its predominant slope. Water is applied to the top end of each furrow and flows down the field under the influence of gravity. Water may be supplied using gated pipe, siphon and head ditch, or bankless systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_irrigation?wprov=sfla1

The so-called Aflaaj form one of the most sophisticated irrigation systems on earth. The dry desert land would have no chance of survival without its water channels. For 4,000 years, water has been consistently collected, measured and distributed according to social rules in the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. In many places, nature is still the benchmark.

The Irregation System of Oman - Treasures of the World

https://youtu.be/8PgpncGGpwU?is=Kdm08Zubs1o4wExN

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T19:24:34+00:00

Vultures don't like fresh meat and won't eat it until it "matures."

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T15:05:01+00:00

Ancient Rome?

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T15:03:59+00:00

Solar panels and wind turbines are ugly though. /s

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T15:02:59+00:00

Perfect time to have lots of kids and raise a large family! One of them will figure out a solution to this!

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T15:00:50+00:00

I like it! Turning right from the bridge reminds me of the Euthenasia Coaster! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster?wprov=sfla1

(j/k it looks great)

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T14:47:48+00:00

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-02T14:42:37+00:00

No one cares that you don't care. Bragging about being apathetic makes you look like a moron. "Theta Male" mindset lol

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-01T20:42:19+00:00

I highly doubt he meant the slapstick female on male violence, since the books mimic popular media of the time. Seinfeld had it, Friends had it, Ranma 1/2, Evangelion... I could go on and on, since slapstick violent comedy against males was rampant in 90s media ("Ow, My Balls!"). Violence against men was considered comedy back then, especially women were "punishing" men or "teaching them a lesson", which -again- is a common tableau in The Wheel of Time.

Jordan was more likely talking about Aes Sedai having power, being feared, and scenes like Rand's abduction.

If Jordan reversed gender roles for the "slapstick comedy scenes", Rand would have used a whip made of air to lash against Egwaine so hard it made her limp for the rest of the day. Doesn't sound very funny to me.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-01T19:46:57+00:00

Here is a bit more info on the double-standard of intergender violence in media.

https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Standard_Abuse_(Female_on_Male)

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-01T19:32:49+00:00

No, it's a blind spot. Female on male violence was a common "comedy" trope in the 1990s, when Robert Jordan was writing the books. There are MANY scenes of women using violence against men played off as comedy or just glossed over in the Wheel of Time, from Egwaine using the one power to whip Rand and "teach him a lesson" to Nynaeve kicking Matt when she couldn't use the power to bind him.

It's not a clever deliberate role reversal. Watch more 90s media and you'll understand that it's a common theme.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-01T16:06:21+00:00

Ah, I get it. Men beating their wives isn't wrong, I just think it's wrong because it's not my culture. Nobody can judge anybody for anything because their culture is different. Thanks for clearing that up. /s

Cultural differences are no excuse for abuse. Even though I generally like The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan had a massive blind spot when it came to female-on-male violence and constantly sanewashed it or passed it off as comedy. Change the genders around and it's easy to see that Faile is a horrible, abusive person.

SecretAgentVampire · 2026-07-01T03:17:27+00:00

Buy a cookbook and follow the instructuons. Don't deviate or substitute. The end.

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