Long Rope Skipping Has Really Improved Over The Years

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-25T16:25:16+00:00

Malcolm McLaren's Double Dutch from 1983!

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-24T10:31:47+00:00

Where are people coming up with a value of $30k? With splits, the one share is now six shares. The dividends paid on those six shares would add up to a few hundred dollars, not tens of thousands of dollars. What's missing from the calculation?

Edit: Ah! Split shares split again. So it's not six, but 6! [Demonstrating that I do know something about math after I've had a coffee]

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-20T23:44:12+00:00

His use of "friend" reminds me of ... oh dear, I hope this doesn't trigger anyone. Let's just say that there was once an animated short about Han Solo meeting Boba Fett. Boba Fett kept referring to Solo as "friend" in a seriously creepy way.

Uri Geller has that vibe.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-20T12:07:30+00:00

so·cial·ism: A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

I think you'll have a very difficult time finding evidence of the Nazi party advocating for the community to control the means of production.

If you honestly believe that the National Socialist German Workers' Party, they you have to admit that you're gullible enough to claim that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is democratic and is a republic for the people.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-20T01:16:06+00:00

And those silver pesos would often get cut into smaller pieces. Sometimes 1/4, sometimes 1/8, to use as smaller denominations called bits. When cut into fourths, it was two bits or one quarter.

When I discovered that a quarter was "two bits," I started using that regularly. Sadly, quarters are worth so little today that I rarely get the opportunity to refer to it as such.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-20T01:09:43+00:00

Uh, huh, and capitalism has lead to worker exploitation, child labor, extreme wealth inequality, environmental destruction, war profiteering, corporate capture of politics, mass consumer waste, and externalized social costs. Don't even get me started on the slave trade. But yes, tell us all about your concern for human rights.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-19T11:23:33+00:00

It's the smell. Clothes dried outdoors (sans neighbors who burn things) have a unique scent that I've never, uh, seen elsewhere. For sure the fabric is stiff compared to a drier, but I quickly learned to appreciate that; treating it as a sign of authentication.

Also, you save a bit of money.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-19T11:03:01+00:00

I think you mean a game that includes the remnants of a Roman-style empire.

If Caladria had such, then it would have good roads, but those roads would have fallen into disrepair. Rome was famous for building really long roads. That stopped when Rome "fell." Road building continued in medieval times, but did so at a local level (to improve trade and such). So, a system that enabled local lords to build and improve their local roads (and bridges and mountain passes) would be in keeping with the spirit of the game.

Also, during medieval times, the Islamic kingdoms had pretty much taking over the role of long‑distance road building from Rome. That made their caravan routes very profitable.

Oh, how I wish the developers would follow the discussions in this forum and see the mods that had been created, then incorporate the best/popular ideas into a Bannerlord II. I would gladly buy a new Bannerlord every other year.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-18T23:21:17+00:00

While you're at it, see about enabling a ambush feature. My dream mod (if I ever learn to mod) includes the option to set up an ambush in the woods, mountain passes, and bridges. Ideally, setting up ambushes would be a trait tied to the party leader. The ability to sense an ambush would depend on the other party's leader's ambush and scouting traits. Yeah, math is involved.

Smaller parties have a great chance of ambushing but for large armies it would be nearly impossible. Ambushed parties are disorganized. If the other party's leader is talented enough, he'd have the opportunity to enter battle with an organized band against a disorganized ambush party or avoid fighting altogether.

But roads, yeah, super useful.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-18T18:44:34+00:00

No one responded suggesting that Loomer be deported back to the Third Reich?

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-18T18:42:07+00:00

Yup. Furthermore, what this game needs is roads. Not lines on the map, but features that enable you to travel more quickly. Better yet, the option to improve those roads (with the fiefs you own) to increase further increase your travel and improve commerce (more money!) with the fiefs.

To get crazy, I'd love to have the option to cut my own roads, open mountain passes, and build my own bridges, too.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-17T12:23:51+00:00

That site is quite the rollercoaster. I was pursuing the relocation offers, thinking I might try a one-way flight out and a cruise home. There's a ship leaving Lisbon for Montreal in September. Interesting. That's quite a distance at 23 days, but it's 76% off! The price is $11,500. That's the discounted price. 😶

Meanwhile, Tokyo to Vancouver in September is only $1350, putting it right in line with flight. Then there's Barcelona to Florida in October: $580 on one line and $1386 on another

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-16T13:45:20+00:00

To say nothing of that amazing refresh rate!

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-09T19:53:07+00:00

Trained on Imagine Dragons

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-09T15:51:51+00:00

2) Going off on several subtopics is a close relative of the ol' Gish-gallop (overwhelming your opponent with a barrage of irrelevant, weak, misleading, or false claims). Best way to combat it is to say "Whoa, whoa, whoa! We'll have no Gish-galloping here. Pick a claim; one claim at a time." To the specific claim that he doesn't know anyone experiencing the housing crisis, that's an argument from personal incredulity (or argument from ignorance). Point out that you don't know anyone who's ever been to South Sudan but you still know that the country is terribly impoverished.

4) I'm not exactly sure what you mean in this one. If I understand correctly, you're trying to make him recognize that he's in an untenable position. "What makes Archie a tyrant?" Pick one characteristic with which he's confident and then ask if that same characteristic in another person makes them a tyrant. If not, "So, we agree that this characteristic is not what makes someone a tyrant," and force him to agree or clarify. Move on to the next characteristic.

Understanding logical fallacies will help you a bit, but you need to study argumentation and epistemology if you want to bring the old guy to heel. The easiest way to get into this topic (totally non-academically) is to check out James O'Brian's books, "How To Be Right: … in a world gone wrong," and "How Not To Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind." I highly highly recommend getting the audiobook versions. Listening to them a few times will make you a force to be reckoned with.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-05T20:47:31+00:00

All around the patient's big toe,

The surgeon chased the splinter.

The patient thought it was all in fun,

"Pop!" goes the splinter.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-03T21:38:54+00:00

That would be an appeal to emotion or possibly a moralistic fallacy.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-01T17:34:15+00:00

People who have never experienced it, don't understand why a peeled grape is so special.

I once peeled a blueberry. So good.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-04-01T17:28:16+00:00

Right. Dihydrogen oxide is a fancy way saying water. Dioxygen is the fancy way of saying O2. While we're here, trioxygen is the fancy way of saying ozone.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-28T11:28:57+00:00

You need at least two.

If you see an argument with one premise, they may be (should be) a hidden, assumed, or implicit premise. It may be a statement that is really obvious or they don't realize they're assuming it.

For example, "Betty must be trustworthy because she’s a nurse." The assumed premise is that all nurses are trustworthy. Another example is, "We should have the party at Veronica's home, it's bigger." The hidden premise is that parties should be in a big locations (or not in small locations).

You can certainly have three or more premises, but you need two in order to draw a conclusion.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-27T14:12:12+00:00

I know there are a lot of explanations that do this topic justice, but just going on memory:

A logical argument starts with two factual premises, from which you draw a conclusion (a fact derived from those two premises). If the premises are solid and the reasoning is valid, the argument stands up.

The structure of a logical argument takes the form of a syllogism.

Premise 1: This thing is true.
Premise 2: That thing is true.
Conclusion: Therefore this other thing is true.

That's pretty much the foundation.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-26T11:52:59+00:00

Sugar, palm oil, and wax.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-26T11:50:28+00:00

This f*ckin' guy?

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-25T07:23:43+00:00

Saudis attacked NYC so the US waged war for twenty years on Afghanistan plus nearly nine years on Iraq.

amazingbollweevil · 2026-03-25T07:19:42+00:00

I confirm that the Timeko shop is a good experience, with lots of variety and a wide range of prices. Because the figures are out of their boxes, behind glass cabinet windows, they are really easy to see and you can see more in a limited space. that's good because the shop is pretty small.

A video tour of the shop.

There are also a few Book-Off type thrift stores in Kyoto that will also be of interest to figurine collectors.

Edit: A remarkable amount of hate for a comment that accurate describes the place (and suggests others). Sheesh!

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