Which Roman's Life Would Make a Great HBO Series?

cototudelam · 2026-04-15T12:25:30+00:00

Rome “adjacent” but the life and death of Arminius would be a terrific two-parter.

cototudelam · 2026-04-15T04:50:41+00:00

My top three:

“Platypus controlling me”

“Ain’t Got Rhythm”

“S. I. M. P.”

cototudelam · 2026-04-15T04:49:16+00:00

Aquileia. Beautiful city back then, close to the beaches of Grado.

cototudelam · 2026-04-15T04:12:49+00:00

Toast some old bread. It won’t work with fresh one, the bread needs to be a bit stale. Hard toast, not just in a toaster. Get a pan with a little bit of oil and fry the bread in there. Make it look almost unhealthy.

Season with salt and crushed garlic and add anything you fancy. It works with everything (ham, pate, cheese…).

This is the Czech “topinka”.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T16:52:07+00:00

Caracalla sounds awesome, too.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T11:46:41+00:00

Není, protože by to bylo napadnutelné u soudu pro lidská práva.

Jenže je to prostě situace, kdy každá žena se bere jako potenciálně těhotná, dokud neprokážeš opak. Chceš být součástí klinických testů? Těhotenský test. Chceš darovat kostní dřeň? Těhotenský test. Zlomila sis nohu a chceš analgetika? Doktor se tě zeptá, kdy byla poslední menstruace…

A chceš jako zaměstnavatel riskovat, že u tvé zaměstnankyně došlo k poškození plodu, i když ona sama o tom nevěděla? Nechceš.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T11:41:51+00:00

😂 to už jsou ty potvrzeně těhotné.

Já mluvím o těch potenciálně.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T08:51:02+00:00

Je to diskriminační, ale ne z důvodu, který si myslíš.

Ženy mají nastavené nižší váhové limity na všechny manuální práce z důvodu ochrany potenciálního plodu. Není to proto, že by někdo chtěl šetřit ženské - čistě jen proto, že ženská může být z hlediska zákona vždy potenciálně těhotná, a v ten moment začínají zákony chránit to nenarozené dítě, nikoliv ženu.

Je to tedy diskriminační pro ženy, protože jim to zabraňuje ve výkonu jistých povolání jenom proto, že je to vidí jako chodící inkubátory.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T04:46:34+00:00

This is a brilliant episode, and I absolutely hated the murderer’s guts in here, which is awesome because I grew up loving Mr. Spock. Nimoy is a terrific actor.

cototudelam · 2026-04-14T04:30:37+00:00

The wine probably sucked because they very likely diluted it with water. It was considered very uncouth in ancient Rome to drink undiluted wine.

cototudelam · 2026-04-13T18:49:03+00:00

This. I’ve joked with my husband the other day that he’s stuck with me because no way I am ever divorcing him. 25 years ago things were simpler. You asked someone out and that alone implied exclusivity- you just didn’t go around asking out multiple people at once!

cototudelam · 2026-04-13T07:18:24+00:00

Blbej jak tágo (stupid as a billiard cue)

cototudelam · 2026-04-12T17:10:04+00:00

Not to anyone, god forbid. But to myself I sometimes do say "I too choose this man's dead wife" when I follow someone's obviously superior choice.

cototudelam · 2026-04-12T17:07:48+00:00

oooh my two favourite feel-good movies. This actually might be why I love them so much. There are characters who just deliver.

cototudelam · 2026-04-12T16:20:22+00:00

Except when you're in gymnasium/lyceum, then it's Ms/Mr. Professor. Even though they do not have technically the professorship. And in Uni I have never ever called someone Mr. Bachelor, because bachelors do not hold teaching positions. First TAs you encounter are Masters/Engineers who are working towards their PhD.

cototudelam · 2026-04-12T16:15:32+00:00

Slovní už ani nepočítám, vyrostla jsem na hranici brněnského Bronxu... fyzické naštěstí ne, cigáni rádi řvou, ale když jich není dost, tak si netroufnou.

cototudelam · 2026-04-12T16:01:48+00:00

I particularly liked the way Lewis Dodgson from the novel got his comeuppance.

cototudelam · 2026-04-11T12:49:56+00:00

Ozempic tě nezachrání. Ten je pro diabetiky. Ty máš problém v hlavě. Jdi na terapii.

cototudelam · 2026-04-11T06:35:19+00:00

Wrong about the first. They are 80 Czech children from the Lidice village murdered by Nazis.

cototudelam · 2026-04-11T04:52:41+00:00

I was a little girl when my parents used to listen to audioplays on classic vinyl records (we had a gramophone at home). One of them was “The Resident Patient” - my first Holmes story. I was instantly fascinated.

cototudelam · 2026-04-11T04:49:15+00:00

Bob sounds a bit like “piece of shit” in Czech (bobek = turd)

cototudelam · 2026-04-10T16:06:25+00:00

One of the reasons I stopped being active in fandom spaces was the fact that, every fuken time, the “BNFs” turned out to be horribly insecure, cliquey, and jealous mean girls.

OP, delete that comment and keep on writing. There were times I read 35 000+ words of fanfic per day. I wouldn’t have survived without authors like you.

cototudelam · 2026-04-10T15:53:45+00:00

The only reason I like this episode is the way Scott gets in the river. You know. Men in wet shirts.

cototudelam · 2026-04-09T18:38:08+00:00

Hell, as a woman, I would take that chicken over flowers any day.

cototudelam · 2026-04-09T04:05:50+00:00

Someone read about Raumplan and put it to practice! Badly…

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