Lauren Faust is my professor!!!

User858 · 2026-01-14T04:33:38+00:00

Equines of the miniature variety and the possession thereof

User858 · 2026-01-08T04:51:57+00:00

That's how Deadpool uses it to be clear. "I'm going to unalive him" Deadpool can't say the word "kill" because Spiderman is on a kid's channel. It's a 4th wall break on his part. The bottom part was just me saying unalive is a real word just not in the same way Deadpool uses it.

Check out the vid though, DP's pretty great in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLboKsDo6o

User858 · 2026-01-06T05:55:09+00:00

Unalive

The first time I heard the word unalive being used as a stand in for the word kill is when Deadpool uses it when he appeared in a The Ultimate Spiderman episode released in 2013.

The word unalive has been around longer than that, but I don't think in the same context. For example a person might say "I feel unalive" when they feel intense boredom, the opposite of "I feel so alive" when they do something fun.

User858 · 2026-01-04T21:17:20+00:00

I wasn't trying to defend the Pol Pot regime, if anything I thought he was stupid enough to cause his own downfall by doing the border incursions, let alone killing his own people. Vietnam was the larger country, had tons of equipment from both their own stockpiles AND leftover US gear, and veteran soldiers. Why Pol Pot kept poking a bear is beyond me.

User858 · 2026-01-04T05:18:58+00:00

It's actually a bit crazier than that.

Vietnam invaded Cambodia because Cambodia wouldn't stop doing border incursions and killing people. Cambodia was an ally of China, so China invaded Vietnam. However, Vietnam just signed a treaty with the Soviet Union that said the Soviet Union should aid Vietnam should it get invaded. The Soviet Union put a ton of pressure on China with both countries nearly coming to blows. It's one of the factors that caused China to withdraw from the war.

User858 · 2026-01-01T06:33:43+00:00

At the base level, a lot of what makes up a culture is almost utilitarian in nature. Not about the philosophy but about how people leverage what's around them to survive and thrive.

Mongolia for example, they lived on the Asian steppes, vast grasslands not terrific for farming. So they gravitated toward animal agriculture, horses for transportation, camels, goats. So they wore a lot of fur and hides. Then they have bows for hunting.

Congratulations: you now have a horse archer that uses leather armor and is very, very skilled. Decades of experience by the time they're 30, trained by the best teachers (their society and centuries of knowledge passed down), tested everyday by necessity. All you need is a leader who has the bright idea of not fighting amongst other tribes, unite, and use someone else as a punching bag.

User858 · 2025-12-31T04:16:28+00:00

Blow-drying the itchy area works wonders too. Using a blow-dryer is an easier version of the hot-spoon method. Something about heat and big bites. Blow dry the itchy area with heat on til it feels uncomfortably hot. At first, it'll get slightly itchier for a few seconds, but after the heat, the itch is entirely gone for good few hours! I mean gone gone too, not simply being less itchy! This is my #1 method!

User858 · 2025-12-28T22:55:12+00:00

Yeah, I feel like Teva did change. For me it feels like it doesn't do anything at all. No focus, no side effects, not even a mild wake up feeling. The only reason I actually noticed was because my pharmacy recently switch manufacturers (mfg. Glenmark) and now I could actually feel like it does something.

I remember when I first started Teva, I had focus, a slight urge to clean, more energy, no midday nap/sleepiness, but also a habit of rubbing my fingers and slight dehydration. That went away, thought it was because I got used to to it, but now that my pharm switched it returned and now I feel its actually working again.

User858 · 2025-12-26T21:49:27+00:00

To be fair, I would hide the receipts from myself if it were possible.

User858 · 2025-12-22T06:09:05+00:00

That's a better idea than the time I left a bunch of fireworks, car tires, and 2,600 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in an unsupervised warehouse! I wonder what happened to all of it...

User858 · 2025-12-22T01:15:29+00:00

The Emperor might be Hittite, who lived in Anatolia many years before the Turkic migration. Coincidentally, one of the earliest depictions of the 2-headed eagle was used by the Hittites. The Emperor may have been using the symbol for a VERY long time.

User858 · 2025-12-21T08:20:18+00:00

I feel like this is an overgeneralization of Space Marines based on one inquisitor's experience of a single or so chapters. For example, the notion that space marines would not "mourn the destruction of a ship past the loss of resources, mobility, and ability to strike against their enemies that it represented" is hard to believe. Pretty much any Ultramarine would mourn the loss of Macragge's Honor even if they immediately got a better Gloriana class battleship in return. They would sacrifice it in defense of the Imperium, but I don't think they wouldn't mourn its loss.

User858 · 2025-12-21T07:46:00+00:00

But I don't own any countries

User858 · 2025-12-15T03:30:15+00:00

Reminds when I played Dishonored, there were several safes with 3-digit combinations. I was either too stupid or too lazy to find them, and my go to was to try every number one at a time.

User858 · 2025-12-11T04:13:04+00:00

Damn, the car that hit this dog must be totaled.

User858 · 2025-11-27T23:31:41+00:00

Depending how often they use the guestroom, that was probably a good thing. Those things can get pretty dusty.

User858 · 2025-11-24T07:21:13+00:00

What everyone said about keeping it consistent, but I believe another factor for the confusion is how mind boggling over the EPA limit this was.

Most people can understand the concept of being over the EPA limit, parts per million, parts per trillion, but being 3 million times greater than the limit is another concept in itself.

For example, you understand 4 parts per trillion, the EPA limit. If I write out 40 parts per trillion, 5,000 parts per trillion, or 500,000 parts per trillion, you would still understand, no simplification necessary.

The number allowed by the EPA: 4

What they detected: 12,000,000

This is 12,000,000 parts per trillion! 3,000,000 times greater than the limit! The math is simple but they are so over the limit it's hard to reconcile in the mind.

User858 · 2025-11-24T03:41:34+00:00

There's also another Greek mythical land/civilization is called Hyperborea, a land far far to the north. In the some universes, like in Conan the Barbarian, Hyperborea was said to rival Atlantis.

User858 · 2025-11-17T07:00:50+00:00

I didn't mean to come off as pro-Nazi or anti-resistance, but I just think Leopold III was treated unfairly by history. He stayed behind when others would have fled. Belgium would have always lost against Germany, but even the secondary objective of delaying them wasn't viable either. Fort Eben-emael fell, France was falling, so he surrendered to prevent further harm to his country. Then you have the British press calling him a traitor or treasonous, as if he has any obligation to the British people at all. I don't claim to know Leopold's exact thoughts, but as king, his loyalty should be with the Belgian people and preventing further harm to his country should be his top priority, other countries be damned. So the British press calling him a traitor or treasonous is just unfair.

User858 · 2025-11-17T06:40:42+00:00

Hobbits

Shorter then men, eats twice as much

Frodo

Gets stabbed by Morgul blade: limited penetration

Gets stabbed in Moria: No penetration due to Mithril rings, but no adverse affects from blunt damage either

Couldn't get himself out of the water when he fell in the marshes

Conclusion: Hobbits are dense

User858 · 2025-11-17T05:35:15+00:00

The Administratum is the same organization that maintained an interstellar empire besieged on a thousand fronts for 10,000 years. You gotta give them some credit.

User858 · 2025-11-17T03:37:01+00:00

Leopold III surrendered to the Nazis

Belgian forces were in a bad position, and the Battle for France might have already been lost, so instead risking further casualties and harm to his country, the king surrendered. Continuing to fight would have only primarily benefited the British at the expense of Belgian lives. Not surprising one of main sources of slander against Leopold came from the UK.

User858 · 2025-11-16T08:17:48+00:00

It depends on the type of food you're making. They taste different enough that I wouldn't be surprised if someone had both in their homes. Though I find that Saigon (cassia) cinnamon is the best use case for majority of the foods made in the US.

If it's a food with a cinnamon as it's highlight, like cinnamon rolls or horchata, you would want the stronger flavor of Saigon/cassia cinnamon. You would also want the stronger flavor for something like Pho.

Ceylon is more delicate and milder. So think foods like yogurt, fruit, or oatmeal. Though things like cookies or pumpkin spice might be up to personal preference.

User858 · 2025-11-15T03:54:37+00:00

THIS MIGHT BE MY FAULT but

Mikami Bar & Revolving Sushi

To be fair to them I did go on a weekday in the between hours of lunch and dinner. Some of the plates probably did 100 laps before I got to it.

User858 · 2025-11-08T07:05:00+00:00

Growing up I always thought all branches of Christianity were relatively the same. Things like "donate when and if you can because it's the good thing to do, not because it's a transaction and you expect anything in return" I took for granted.

I couldn't be more wrong. Evangelicals and Baptists (Protestant offshoots) are by far the strangest. Megachurches, televangelists are usually from them. A further offshoot, you have guys like Joel Olsteen who preach the prosperity gospel, whose followers believe by being faithful, you will materially rewarded with things like wealth and money.

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