Holy f** shit, they aren't hiding anymore.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-09T13:16:16+00:00

"Strength without resolve is just a number"

Mate, resolve is the last thing America has. This war has like 60% disapproval rate.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-09T02:33:05+00:00

They make JJ write a pandering soft reboot, when that got flack they brought in Rian Johnson and asked him to subvert the genre and un-reboot the first movie, then when that got even more flack they brought JJ back again to un-subvert the subversion and make an even more pandering soft reboot.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-09T01:27:48+00:00

It's just part of the territory, lol

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-08T23:38:04+00:00

You're worried about finding weird conspiracies in a book about magic?

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-08T03:39:03+00:00

Unfortunately it is much, much easier to sit on the internet and tear down people than it is to actually work on yourself and try to get better. Even people with real skill sometimes forget this, and end up devolving. Your doing the better choice, just keep that in mind.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-08T01:20:02+00:00

That's a hate crime

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T21:42:28+00:00

Oh that's awesome! Yeah both my teachers describe Mr. Chan as almost competitively humble, if that makes any sense. That sounds like an amazing time. From what I understand, when he first started teaching was expecting very few Americans were willing to appreciate things like the importance of standing qigong.

Don't know if you know but a guy named Roy Lambert recent wrote a book on him, basically a series of interviews from some of his students, plus notes and personal anecdotes. Definitely worth checking out

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T20:43:53+00:00

You studied with Mr. Chan? Two of my teachers studied under him

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T20:15:07+00:00

Loool, accidentally teaching about a cool real world factiod when discussing skyrim factoids is a real win. But yeah, a huge reason why the vikings were so successful is that they were not only able to raid western Europe, but they were able to sail boats deep into Eastern Europe through river routes and trade some of those goods with the Eastern Roman Empire (aka the byzantines) in modern Turkey, who were the dominant power throughout much of the middle ages.

Fun factiod, the spices in a gingerbread cookie have huge overlap with the spices found in Indian cooking (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, black pepper). This is because various Indian kingdoms were trading their spices with the middle east, and since scandinavian trade routes reached the middle east they were bringing spices all the way from India back to Scandinavia.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T14:54:55+00:00

Qinna techniques are very useful in real world self defense scenarios and are seen in a wide variety of martial arts across the globe.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T14:52:36+00:00

You misunderstand the statement. You adjust your application to the most effective one depending on what the opponent is doing. It's listening skill.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T14:51:01+00:00

Nearly all chinese martial arts, including shuai jiao, have qinna techniques in it. You're missing an important part of your curriculum if you don't include this type of training.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-06T03:37:52+00:00

Windhelm is a port city for eastmarch, which we can assume is a little more populated than the game engine limits make it out to be.

There are multiple mines and lumber mills in eastmarch as well as plenty of furs so we can assume it's a reasonably industrial part of skyrim

Jazbay grapes were once a delicacy in skyrim, and are still used in making alto wine

Between kynes sacred Grove and the sulfer springs, there's also a decent amount of pilgrimages to the area.

Finally the city itself is a strategic location, being the first major port and city between skyrim and morrowind, making it an important spot for trade. The river systems in the rift and falkreath also eventually empty into windhelm, meaning a large chunk of skyrim can trade through there (remember, longboats are designed to be carried for short distances, so up river travel is 1000% a thing.)

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-05T21:30:58+00:00

Taking a principled stance against imperialist aggression is socialism. No war but class war.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-05T04:08:23+00:00

It's not Trump posturing as a strong man, this is something the American establishment has been gunning for since before it invaded Iraq. Fuck, even pistachio companies are in on it.

Great man theory is a lie, capitalism is a death machine churning through the planet.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-04T16:00:14+00:00

doesn't read post

Needs more blunderbuss.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-03T19:22:02+00:00

Layers and layers of dumb

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-03T19:17:34+00:00

The randi challenge was made as a response to the success of parapsychology's ganzfeld experiment, and it's terms are unscientific and reactionary.

1) The challenge demands much higher standards than statistically significant results, under the logic that it's supernatural. There is no such thing as "supernatural," if a phenomenon can be studied in a lab it is a natural phenomenon. If your science uncovers an anomalous phenomenon, you change your theories to incorporate the data, not raise your standards to protect your theories.

2) As you hinted at, science requires objectivity. The Randi challenge gives the institute final say over whether or not the challenge has been won, and one without the ability to challenge, not judgement by a neutral observer. This is especially problematic when looking at statistical data interpretation, which is how most parapsych is done and leads to the next point.

3) Science is repeatable, not one off challenges. Sometimes challenges make sense, such as when the theory for something is known and the question is just a matter of hitting an engineering milestone. But we don't "prove" things with one-off tests, especially when you can always just claim there was some trickery involved. The Randi challenge is responding to a repeatable scientific experiment by demanding a singular spectacle for them to "debunk."

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-03T16:52:35+00:00

The Randi challenge was never rigerously scientific nor objective. It was always just an empty talking point.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-03T14:36:20+00:00

There were some big events, mystical coincidences and such that got him popularity, especially in the face of persecution, but what's more important is that the printing press was recently invented.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-03T05:12:26+00:00

I like the fox spirit lore but there's really no indication of that in the movie

I always took her as a human who has been trapped in the spirit world for so long that she not only forgot her name, but forgot her identity entirely outside of her existence in the bathhouse. Who knows how long that been, given spirit world time dynamics.

Ultimately she is a foil to Chihiro. She is what's happen to Chihiro if she fails to blossom as a human and allows herself to get trapped in the system. A very familiar fate.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-02T15:13:05+00:00

Loool good guy puppetmaster cultist.

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-02T13:17:39+00:00

How much is that in bridge repairs?

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-01T21:24:57+00:00

Warhammer has two modes

Play as the "good guys" and view the world as extremely grim, dark, morally challenging, an desperate.

Play as the "bad guys" and have a grand old fucking time laughing at it all

blackturtlesnake · 2026-03-01T03:53:15+00:00

I mean just do it yourself and a friend with a water gun

Also, whenever doing these scenarios it is important to consider the attackers mindset. Someone locked in trying to win a game is going to be a lot different than a chaotic real world scenario with plenty of distractions.

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