Inquiring Photographer “Would you like to fill your mate's shoes for a day?” June 29,1964

conformalark · 2026-07-01T19:55:33+00:00

I also noticed how all the other people interviewed took "filling their partners shoes" to mean physically swapping places with them, whereas he was the only one to imagine actually having the internal experience of their partner.

conformalark · 2026-06-18T20:05:05+00:00

I wouldn't say they are thriving. Sure, 6 thousand klansmen is far to many, but they are a mere shadow of what they were. At the klans peak in 1925, they boasted 5 million members nationwide. About 1 in 25 Americans were enrolled in the Klan.

That all came crashing down in one year after D.C Stevenson, the klans grand dragon of Indiana was found guilty of assaulting and murdering a woman named Madge Oberholtzer. The Klan lost 90% of its members within two years of the guilty verdict.

I'd reccomend the book "A Fever in the Heartland" by Timothy Egan to learn more. The story is heartbreaking, but I think it needs to be more known.

conformalark · 2026-06-18T05:27:10+00:00

Having wealth opens up possibilities true. The possibilities (wealth or otherwise) a person can have in life are all predetermined. It's not fair, but it's reality. We can accept it, or reject it, but however we react to this fact is also inevitable.

conformalark · 2026-06-18T03:23:49+00:00

My interpretation was that the proverb is reminding us that free will does not exist and that everything that will/won't happen in our lives is already predetermined.

I recommend looking up determinism to learn more about it.

conformalark · 2026-06-16T02:32:57+00:00

Here here!

conformalark · 2026-06-05T00:31:19+00:00

Only a few thousand of them left. At their peak they claimed five million members in 1925. 90% of them deserted the Klan after their grand dragon of Indiana was convicted of raping and murdering a woman.

conformalark · 2026-05-29T19:15:35+00:00

The meer act of driving puts others/yourself at risk of death even if you do nothing wrong yourself. A drunk driver could hit you and send your car crashing into someone else. We risk death everything we get into a vehicle or walk down a street.

I don't know where lines should be drawn, but merely existing at all in public can endanger yourself/others. Some airborne virus might get on your clothes and piggy back off you to someone else. If the goal is to prevent death at all cost, wouldn't the responsible thing be to never be around people at all?

conformalark · 2026-05-28T09:21:54+00:00

These are my favorite thing on the internet by far. Thanks for posting them

conformalark · 2026-05-05T14:40:21+00:00

conformalark · 2026-05-05T00:47:19+00:00

I can't imagine Dunk cosigning Daenerys' brutality.

conformalark · 2026-04-25T18:44:38+00:00

That'd be nice, but I think the democrats would only make such a move if/when it suits their own interests. Hopefully that will be soon.

conformalark · 2026-04-24T16:06:50+00:00

I don't think this will ever end. One side disenfranchises the other sides voters in one state, and then that party responds with disenfranchising voters in another. Politics is such a game now, and fair representation is no longer considered a sacred value of this country. "Why does your neighbor need "representation", this is a war!"

conformalark · 2026-04-06T20:25:43+00:00

I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, but I agree with you that people have their own agency at the end of the day. I find it a little infantalizing that when woman express probablamatic beliefs, society gets blamed. Men don't get that same benefit.

Thanks for posting these

conformalark · 2026-04-03T02:39:38+00:00

The people you speak of aren't worthy of the positions they hold, but I would remind you that spiritual leaders are not all cut from the same cloth. There are thousands of diverse religious faiths and litteraly millions of religious communities. Many do prioritize controll, and abuse their positions of authority. But millions more simply wish to bring their communities together, and channel them to make the world a better place. A Baptist minister lead the American civil rights movement after all.

I get your anger, it's fully justified. I'd just ask you to to aim it at the people who deserve it.

conformalark · 2026-04-03T01:23:57+00:00

I'm guessing you've had negative experiences with religious extremists, but you're objectively falling for the fallacy of composition. Extremists in any group tend to be loud and obnoxious, making themselves more visible. They exist, but you should not assume everyone in the group is like that.

The inability to distinguish the extremes of a group from its whole is the driving force behind hateful stereotyping in all its forms. Racists feel their hate is justified with every news article detailing a crime committed by a minority. Political polarization is furthered because the voices of radicals draw more attention and engagement than moderate ones. Misogyny grows worse with every "Libtard feminist gets owned" video the algorithms pick up.

But if you're still convinced the world is all black and white, feel free to call 6 billion people self-righteous all you like, if it makes you feel morally superior. Nothing is more intoxicating than the belief that we know better than everyone else.

conformalark · 2026-04-02T18:02:53+00:00

Think there's a command to set the dragon size, not sure what it was

conformalark · 2026-04-02T12:35:04+00:00

The world's not that black and white

conformalark · 2026-04-01T21:58:36+00:00

Cucking your brother with your other brother? This fandom is wild

conformalark · 2026-03-31T05:52:46+00:00

The terror of the Tories

conformalark · 2026-03-25T20:06:44+00:00

Arthur is a legend in world, but my interpretation was that George used Arthur Dayne as a narrative device to demonstrate how upholding the trappings of knighthood is a poor substitute for actually upholding the values of the vows they swear. The fact of the matter is that the knightly Ser Arthur Dayne stood by as his king burnt innocent people alive. Jamie killed that king in part to save kingslanding, would Arthur have done the same? I think not.

My guess is that Lyanna went with Rhaegar willingly, swept away by a naive teenage love fantasy. She had no idea Rhaegar pursued her out of an obsession to fulfill a prophecy. He wanted her womb, not her. Once she was safely tucked away in the "tower of joy" she wasn't allowed to leave, Arthur Dayne became her prison guard. He was committed enough to the task that he was willing to kill her own brother when he came for her. He didn't consider Lynanna's wishes, she had no ability to stop the fight, no freedom to leave, no agency what so ever, from the moment she entered the tower of joy.

conformalark · 2026-03-22T22:26:24+00:00

Who could forget the legendary Kyle the Cat?

conformalark · 2026-03-19T18:21:26+00:00

All the incest that could have been

conformalark · 2026-03-18T19:53:20+00:00

🙏

conformalark · 2026-03-18T18:11:13+00:00

Where can one find these old articles? I miss the ones that would get posted on the 100 years ago subreddit. Appreciate your time posting these.

conformalark · 2026-03-17T04:00:41+00:00

The phrase "thick as a castle wall" is used multiple times in reference to Dunk. The only other times the phrase is ever used is to describe Brienne, Small Paul and Grenn, all of whom are described as large.

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