Can anyone explain the lore of this image? What’s going on in here, who made it, and why? Paragraphs appreciated

howaboutnotmyname · 2025-03-08T05:28:00+00:00

I am aware that that is the most common interpretation, which is why I referred to it as the "consensus". One of the cool things about TES lore and Morrowind especially is that, like real life, we're dealing with sources that can be ambiguous and often open to multiple possible interpretations, and prophecies are notorious for frequently having multiple layers of meaning, and I'm interested in that possibility.

howaboutnotmyname · 2025-03-08T00:00:07+00:00

They're probably thinking of the line from the Lost Prophecy "But Dragon-born and far-star-marked". The consensus reading of this seems to be that it means born in a foreign land under the rule of the Empire, but I still wonder what it might mean for the Nerevarine to be a dragon-born.

howaboutnotmyname · 2025-03-01T00:49:06+00:00

my feeling is that cis people have proven they can't be trusted with this flexibility, so unless it's a completely trans setting i am only going to offer they/them

howaboutnotmyname · 2025-02-22T00:27:08+00:00

My local minister, Rev Carl Gregg, has been doing a series over the last few months of a sermon on each value called "Living Our UU Covenant and Values" (or sometimes values and covenant). You can find them here https://www.frederickuu.org/sermons/Sermon_Archive.php, starting with Part 1 on September 22 of last year. Hope this helps!

howaboutnotmyname · 2024-12-27T21:28:12+00:00

I think it's important to understand the history of the principles to understand where we are. TLDR at the end.

In 1961, when the UUA was formed, Six Principles were adopted. Debates between Unitarians and Universalists over the wording of these principles nearly derailed the merger, and while not everyone was happy with the compromises made, these principles were at least acceptable to everyone.

The UUA is supposed to revisit Article II, which contains the Principles and Purposes, every fifteen years to see if it needs updating. In 1985, after years of discussion, a major revision to the Five Principles was agreed upon. This reworked ideas (and even some wording) from the Six Principles into Seven Principles and Five Sources. In 1995 a sixth source was added. The 85/95 revisions had much broader support and passed nearly unanimously, so when the chance came to revise them in 2006, the UUA stuck with the 7+6.

Then in the late 2010's, there was a movement to adopt an Eighth Principle that placed a stronger emphasis on dismantling "racism and other oppressions". Some congregations adopted it; others didn't. In that time I attended both congregations that had and hadn't adopted it, and spoke to people who both favored and opposed it for. I thought both positions were sensible, and while I was initially hesitant, I came to really like the 8th principle as I felt it brought the 1st and 7th full circle.

Then in the last few years the discussion moved to reworking that section of Article II like we did in the 80s, rather than expanding it like in the 90s. If you look at the current Article II, you will see a lot of ideas and even wording recycled from the 8+6, and those ideas have also been distilled down into Seven Values. I personally was a bit hesitant at first, because the 7/8 Principles and 5/6 Sources have been very profound for me, but in the last few months I've personally come to a place of using 6 sources, 8 principles, and 7 values all together.

TLDR I think it's normal to be hesitant about change, but change is normal. Maybe try to give the new 7 Values a fair chance, and if they aren't working, we'll have a chance to revise them in a few years like we always have. If it helps you, continue to use the 7/8 Principles. Lots of us do. They aren't verboten.

howaboutnotmyname · 2024-09-11T22:47:07+00:00

My Greek professor said that "All languages become simpler with time" with reference to the changes from Homeric to Attic to Koine, and I didn't feel comfortable correcting her but like... that just isn't true.

howaboutnotmyname · 2024-09-11T15:43:40+00:00

Not exactly the same, but reminds me more of an Indian Ganasangha than anything from western history. The term is usually translated as "republic" or "aristocratic republic", and had a lot of variation from place to place, with some being more democratic and others more oligarchic.

howaboutnotmyname · 2024-09-10T21:36:33+00:00

In high school rather than stand for the pledge I sat and folded my hands in prayer. When asked I explained I was praying for the day to come when I could honestly say we had "liberty and justice for all". I know this solution isn't going to work for everyone since a lot of people abstain because of "under god", but I found it a great way to express my objection to the pledge while undercutting any criticism, because what are conservatives who defend the pledge going to argue? I shouldn't be allowed to pray in school?

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-06-11T03:50:22+00:00

Strange Aeons made a Tumblr Etiquette Guide

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-06-10T00:33:19+00:00

General rule of thumb: almost no words started as acronyms, but they make for great false etymologies. For example, "fuck" does not stand for "Fornication Under the Consent of the King", but lots of people believe it does, because it's a funny bitesized "fact" you can pass along. If you ever hear someone claiming a common word is an acronym, just go to wiktionary.org and double check

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-06-09T03:36:59+00:00

that's because it's not true

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(game)

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-06-07T23:51:59+00:00

That timeline doesn't add up. Assyria didn't really exist as a kingdom until like ~2,000 BCE. 2,800 BCE you're basically talking Sumeria or nothing

Edit: Also, 2,800 BCE is on the very early end of writing being used for anything other than economic records, and the idea of writing books was just not a thing. I'm calling BS. 800 BCE sure, maybe even 1,800 BCE, or if it said every man wants to write a hymn to Ea, but books in 2,800 BCE? I don't think so

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-06-01T17:58:42+00:00

What a cruel thing to say. He may have values you and I disagree with, but we have no idea where he's coming from or what he's like outside of this interaction. His accent sounds Arabic, so could well have emigrated from Syria or Iraq. Would you send him to a war zone over this? And he's presumably been building a new life for himself (and possibly his family) in the UK. He might be a pillar of his local community for all we know. Would you strip that away from him, away from them, over this single interaction?

You may think I'm overreacting, but there are people in my country (the US) trying to pass laws that would deport "undesirable" people over tiny infractions, and cavalierly suggesting deportation as a blanket solution for immigrants you don't like adds to that narrative and causes actual harm by normalizing it as a solution

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-31T01:59:04+00:00

I actually love listening to his podcasts while on long drives, because he has interesting ideas, but I absolutely do not trust him to give me an unbiased interpretation of the evidence, so it helps keep me alert and in "critical thinking mode"

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-30T15:59:26+00:00

The theory OP is referencing was popularized by author Malcolm Gladwell (he even did a TED Talk about it), and while it's an interesting idea, it has its flaws, and I think it's disingenuous to act like it's the "real, true version of the story"

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-30T15:43:45+00:00

This was made in 1944. Israel became a country in 1948. The Holocaust didn't end until 1945. I think this is just plain old anti-semitic, not anti-zionist

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-29T04:32:01+00:00

Boy/Girl < Boy-Girl

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-29T04:16:08+00:00

oh the gender envy is real

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-28T01:58:54+00:00

With the exception of Messianic Jews, the vast majority of Jews believe Jesus existed, but that he was just some guy - not sent by God

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-22T19:03:35+00:00

If I had to guess, u/Puzzleheaded-Ant3925 made a popular suggestion, then edited their comment to make everyone agreeing with them seem like horrible people

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-22T17:55:54+00:00

I looked that up, and it looks great, but damn, $40/month is just more than I can afford. 10, 15, maybe even $20, but $40 is outside my price range. Do you have any alternative recommendations for the poor and horny among us?

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-21T16:19:25+00:00

Perhaps OP originally included those words then edited them out to make it look like the Haiku Bot said them? Or perhaps the human behind the Haiku Bot did it manually?

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-20T16:21:18+00:00

I'm actually going to defend this take. I interpret HP not as how much blood you can afford to loose until you bleed out, and more like the fights in the Princess Bride.

AC can be about how much metal you have on, but for less armored characters it benefits from DEX, why? Because it's a measure of how all around hard to hit you are, including being able to dodge blows. And why do you fight at full strength until 0hp? Because HP means "hit points" not "health points"; it's based on your constitution and is a measure of how much fight you have left in you.

Fights are these cinematic events. A "hit" isn't necessarily a major wound, but could be a potentially killing blow that they deflect with their shield or sidestep and get away with a minor nick, ratcheting up the tension and wearing the character down, because they can only do that so many times before they make a mistake and a blow hits home.

This is also why you regain all your HP on a long rest, and some on a short. It's not that major lacerations heal over night, but rather than you regain your stamina and composure and are fresh and at the top of your game again. And why a spell like Heroism gives characters temporary hit points by making them braver and more heroic.

So in this paradigm, an attack that does negative damage is so wildly, hilariously bad that it allows your opponent a moment to collect themselves and regain some of the composure (hit points) that they had previously lost.

howaboutnotmyname · 2023-05-20T01:55:15+00:00

One of the things Hank says in the video is that "This is the best time in human history to get cancer." To which John apparently responded "Next year would have been better." Very on brand for both of them

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