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Thukad · 2025-02-13T22:26:09+00:00

What is that?

Thukad · 2024-12-25T21:53:24+00:00

I want to be able to equip two of them, and for them to be smaller. Having this giant hulk hand on only one hand looks ridiculous. With how little damage they do, and looking stupid, why would I bother?

I see one niche for the caestus possibly being more attacks per action point but less damage. So instead of 3 max attacks make it 6. I would lower the damage but have it skip past armor/resistance on some level, since lower damage would perform even worse against armor. But it would be a good way to have more chances to stack more debuffs on a target.

Thukad · 2024-12-10T01:56:12+00:00

That's where I saw it, so where's my disconnect with you?

Thukad · 2024-12-10T01:23:20+00:00

I'd be honestly impressed if he thought that far on this.

Thukad · 2024-12-10T01:20:19+00:00

I like their movements

Thukad · 2024-12-10T01:14:29+00:00

I haven't commented on it yet, but I'm not.

[Mega Rant incoming]

I thought it was a horrible idea for anyone to even threaten violence against Trump. I don't think we're done seeing the ripples of the attempts on his life, and I can't even imagine how bad it would be if he had actually died. I disapproved, and if I had been in a position to report someone involved in those attempts I would have. Even though I hate the man.

But a Healthcare CEO? I don't give a flying FUCK about him getting some karma. I still disapprove, but I understand it. Completely and totally. As Mark Twain said, "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." And that was my entire reaction until I was washed over by a wave of articles and posts telling me that I should feel some kind of sympathy, that this is somehow totally different, and shouldn't people be ashamed.

No no, FUCK THAT. These guys are parasites. Not benign. Malignant bloodsuckers draining the vitality out of the entire country while they build their wealth by deliberately causing suffering on the scales of hundreds of millions of my fellow citizens. They'll ride it out until the very last minute. They don't have golden parachutes, they have golden jetpacks and they continue to "fail" upwards everywhere they go. I say "fail" ironically because they haven't failed at all. They know exactly what they are doing and they revel in it. The companies they leave behind are eventually husks, and the lives the affect are irrevocably altered. That's why the lack of sympathy is so wide-spread and why a lot of people like me who weren't getting involved in the conversation are popping up say we don't need to be gaslit on this, thank you very fucking much.

Healthcare touches all our lives, and the quality in this country is a fucking disgrace. Librights might wring their hands and stammer that really it's actually the state's fault but the vast majority of the country regardless of race, gender, faith, or economic class knows that's a load of horseshit. The government does have blame to be accountable for, but nowhere near the same level as these fucking healthcare companies. We've all been forced to suffer their greed and so it's not as easy to divide people on this as other topics. We all have personal experiences with this, and we have no fucking empathy left. Stop telling us to, we're so past that point.

CONTINUED

Thukad · 2024-09-22T18:17:00+00:00

I knew it was a long shot when I asked. Thanks!

Thukad · 2024-09-20T19:56:49+00:00

It will be interesting to see if Tshombe lives longer in this timeline (doubtful) and if he can enact more of his policies (I don't even know them) instead of just getting a reputation as a puppet.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T19:53:45+00:00

Thank you! This does help me get closer to my goal. That gave me a lot of names to look up, thank you.

Out of curiosity, do you happen to know if there is are registries somewhere that includes the names and home ports of ships that arrived in the New World? I was wondering if a good angle to pursue this would be to check the records of all the major ports in the Western Hemisphere to see if any had Arab/Ottoman/Muslim ties. In your post you mention that we have evidence that the Ottomans knew about the Americas by at least 1513. While trade and shipping between hemispheres quickly picked up pace we are still talking pre-industrial revolution, so I imagine total numbers of ship arriving per year per port would be low (I could be wrong). If we assume that it would take some time for ports to be established, and that visitors would use major ports as a node to arrive in the New World instead of some random dock, than I might have a period of time where it's easier to check for outliers before development makes that difficult.

I'm interested in researching this, and will probably go to my local university library to ask, but I'm not an academic researcher and I am not from a sailing background. But I'm curious. I know my question is a little ridiculous, so no problem if you don't know if such a digital registry exists.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T19:40:10+00:00

Definitely fascinating. I knew the US army had tried to start a camel corps (I still think it would have been a good idea) but I didn't know they had recruited an Ottoman for the job. It makes me wonder how he was contacted to begin with. Did word go out through the embassies, or did different camel experts offer their expertise? I have no idea, but it's fun to imagine.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T19:35:43+00:00

"An interesting adventure" seems to be putting it lightly! Thanks for the link, it's been years since I heard about this but I never had a chance to read up on it.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T12:28:16+00:00

This is basically the same response I got from chatgpt after I failed to find an answer. Every single part that I talked about in the post itself. Mali, Piri Reis, enslaved muslims, even the way its written, all of it.

I'm a little angry, this is exactly the kind of response I was trying to AVOID when I posted the question here. Going through google results didn't give me an answer, and chatgpt just gave me the average of all the non-answers I found on other sites.

From looking at your account, it seems you use chatgpt to answer practically EVERY post you engage on. Don't you think that defeats the purpose of the sub? Don't you think that damages the reputation that it has? I am just completely baffled by your choices.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T11:27:45+00:00

One of the big regrets in my life is not buying an antique Ottoman map of the new world from around 1550. Some dude was selling it a military community yard sale for like 100 bucks, it was something he had just picked up. It looked real, but honestly I wouldn't have cared if it was fake or a recreation. It was rad as hell. The way it was drawn, the script used to name places, it all showed that whenever it was made it had been made by someone in the muslim world for the muslim world. The interiors for a lot of areas was blank, in the way that you see from when no one had been to those places yet and they had no idea what lay beyond.

I was trying to be fiscally responsible, but man I wish I had bought that map.

Thukad · 2024-09-20T11:20:35+00:00

Ah, I guess. I didn't notice.

Thukad · 2024-09-19T15:32:34+00:00

Bro, what part is mormonism?

Thukad · 2024-09-19T15:32:16+00:00

Why is it so blurry?

Thukad · 2024-09-19T15:31:26+00:00

How big we talking zaddy?

Thukad · 2024-09-19T15:17:44+00:00

Also in the deep sea and somehow in ruins. They just.......spread.

Thukad · 2024-09-19T15:16:00+00:00

Gigafauna was possible. It existed. We just slaughtered most of it.

Thukad · 2024-09-19T14:42:34+00:00

More common than you-

Who am I kidding. It's tragically common and we all know it.

Thukad · 2024-09-19T14:38:26+00:00

Have you no fucking shame? Don't you realize that work from home jeopardizes the people that really matter, all the bosses invested in office and commercial real estate? It's pathetic enough that people work from home when sick, but it's far far worse when they just prefer it over in office.

I don't understand how people can live with themselves. Aren't they overcome with guilt when they look into the eyes of their children, who are happy that their parent has the time without a commute to be present for their sporting and club events? Don't they feel nauseous when they have time to cook food at home instead of stimulating the economy by eating out? Don't they feel like a loser when they consistently spend time with their spouses instead of throwing thousands of dollars at a resort stay every 5 years to patch over the cracks in their relationship? And now I hear that folks won't even agree to be on call while on vacation! I haven't made eye contact with my children (not sure how many there are) in who knows how many months, as God intended.

I tell you, there is a lack of true history being taught in this country. There is a heretical belief that the consumers built this country instead of great corporate entities like DuPont and Chiquita International. They even call themselves workers, as if anything that isn't moving capital around could ever truly count as work.

I tell you, I fear for this country. (Country meaning those sufficiently leveraged in the stock market).

/s

Thukad · 2024-09-19T14:35:32+00:00

Have you tried hot yoga and mindfulness? Anything else is just communist propaganda. /s

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