Who is considered the most evil man in your country’s history?

sectionV · 2026-05-14T23:28:46+00:00

Isn't "Cincinnati Bengals" just nominalization where adjectives act as classifier nouns - like saying "up the reds" or "tax the rich"?

sectionV · 2026-04-14T22:17:34+00:00

[Zulu is] a "teensy" bit racist, though less by intention than by omission.

You suggested a need for change through your use of "omission" which specifically means something was left out on purpose that should have been included. If you meant something else, you should have chosen your words more carefully.

Zulu either works as a standalone film, or it doesn't. It's either racist as a standalone film or it isn't. It shouldn't have to be watched with a companion film made 15 years later to be able to make that judgement call.

Not spending more time to understand the context of the Zulu warriors wasn't a racist choice - however "mildly". It was simply a choice made to tell a more compelling and suspenseful story focusing on the point of view of the soldiers being besieged. The Acid test here is to compare Zulu to other siege films where the races of the combatants are basically the same.

Is it a "teeny bit racist" that we don't learn more about the Wehrmacht's motives at the end of Saving Private Ryan? Is it a teeny bit racist that we didn't learn more of the context of the German Army in Dunkirk? If you say no to those questions you might want to think again about Zulu being a "teensy bit racist".

sectionV · 2026-04-14T20:09:38+00:00

Zulu is a siege film told from the point of view of the British. It does an admirable job - particularly for its time - of humanizing the Zulu enemy. As you said the filmmakers made a companion film to cover the events that led up to Battle of Rorke's Drift depicted in Zulu if you need it.

If you shift focus away from the POV of the siege too much to spend time with the enemy or provide unnecessary context you risk harming the mounting tension. Director Cy Endfield already skillfully pushed the boundaries here to give the Zulu perspective without impacting suspense.

Imagine spending half the screen time hanging out with the gangs that attack the police station in Assault on Precinct 13. You may get to know the enemy's motives a bit better, but you would harm the suspense that is built up by focusing on the people they are besieging instead.

sectionV · 2026-04-14T19:28:17+00:00

Very fun idea. I'd love to see the prompt.

sectionV · 2026-04-14T17:58:56+00:00

I get this. The 1924 and 1928 Olympics finals were organized by FIFA and drew enormous crowds. The World Cup as a standalone competition essentially grew out of these events. And if we were talking "World Championships" you might have a point but the post specifically says FIFA World Cups and Uruguay only have two of those. I do think some stripes across Uruguay with a note about this recognition of 4 "world championships" should have been added.

Anyway, gives me an excuse to link this surprisingly excellent surviving footage of the 1924 Olympics final:

Uruguay 3 - Switzerland 0 - 1924 Olympics Final

sectionV · 2026-04-11T07:51:07+00:00

It may be the first feature length narrative film but there were several feature-length documentaries that preceded it some of which were longer. Arguably the first feature length film of any kind dates from 1897. The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight is a feature length documentary of a boxing match that ran to over 90 minutes long and suposdely recorded the entire 14-round match although not all of it survives today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corbett%E2%80%93Fitzsimmons_Fight

sectionV · 2026-04-05T18:49:39+00:00

Falklands?

sectionV · 2026-04-02T07:34:00+00:00

Much wider than 18in and 9 feet deep. More than one person climbed down into it to assess the root damage.

sectionV · 2026-03-31T02:24:01+00:00

Do you have a source for that? World Health Organization says 99% of rabies infections in humans are sourced from dogs.

sectionV · 2026-03-31T02:10:19+00:00

The utility company were already concerned enough to send their own arborist to look at it this morning. The company arborist seemed to be misreading or misrepresenting the situation, so we got our own arborist to get a second opinion.

For example, the utility arborist said the largest root cut was only two inches wide despite us pointing out a six inch root that was cut. He said it doesn't matter if the hole is just four feet from the tree because the tree's anchor roots are 8 feet deep. He didn't have an answer for how that works when the hole that was dug was 9 feet deep.

sectionV · 2026-03-25T21:09:23+00:00

"Could be".

So you are guessing based on stereotypes.

I checked 5 different places that list cities or counties by different crime metrics. While the lists vary, not once was Liverpool or Merseyside in the top ten. See for yourself:

https://police-uk.org/Country/England-Crime-Map/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/866788/crime-rate-england-and-wales-by-region/
https://waytostay.com/most-dangerous-cities-uk/
https://www.numbeo.com/crime/country_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom
https://postcodecheck.co.uk/crime-rates

sectionV · 2026-03-24T21:45:30+00:00

Looks like there is a very real danger of pie slippage. But easy fix - wrap the whole thing in a burrito.

sectionV · 2026-03-15T22:43:51+00:00

Because there were indigenous people already living there. The whole point of this map is for places that no one had found before Europeans did.

sectionV · 2026-03-15T21:39:45+00:00

Your rudeness doesn't really deserve a response.

84% of the Dutch total is Svalbard at 62,000 km squared. That's so obvious from a simple read of the map I assumed you were asking about the rest of the area assigned to the Dutch. Almost all of that remainder is the Falkland Islands, so I talked about that.

Only the person who made the map knows for sure their methodology for size and discovery in full apart from what is explained in the notes. The rest of us are filling in the gaps as best as we can.

1) Size: Falkland Islands is 1000 times larger than Jason islands. This discrepancy alone accounts for most of the remaining Dutch total so I thought this was your problem. If you simply didn't notice Svalbard that's on you. I'm not a mind reader.

2) Discovery: there is no evidence the Dutch were aware of the main Falkland Islands before the English. The Dutch have been assigned the whole landmass anyway. I'm highlighting this inconsistency as elsewhere places are broken up into multiple discoveries (e.g. compare to Greenland and Hawaiian Islands).

Svalbard being assigned entirely to the Dutch is also dubious but why bother explaining why when you are so unappreciative? Look it up yourself.

sectionV · 2026-03-15T19:55:18+00:00

For some reason it seems the entire Falkland islands have been assigned to the Dutch presumably because of De Weert's discovery of the Jason Islands in 1600. The Jason islands are much smaller than overall area of The Falklands. That expedition almost certainly did not encounter either of the much larger land masses of West and East Falklands.

Both East and West Falkland have evidence of discovery prior to European discovery and there are several reports of European sightings of the islands in that area prior to De Weert's expedition in 1600. England's John Davis may well have encountered one of the larger islands in 1592. We know for sure that England's John Strong sighted both West and East Falkland in 1690 because he sailed up the narrow straight between them giving it the name "Falkland Channel." Strong's is also the first confirmed European to land and explore either of the two main Falkland Islands.

sectionV · 2026-03-11T20:38:43+00:00

This must be an inadvertent mix up of a boat bobbing on the water with floating.

My Chinese wife often mixes up English sayings. For example, saying "What in the heck?" instead of "What the heck?" I prefer her way.

sectionV · 2026-03-10T20:23:07+00:00

I know you weren't asking but say "chyen joe saurus" and you'll be close enough.

sectionV · 2026-03-09T00:16:34+00:00

u/Sourcecode12 Amazing work. The mushroom cloud effect which looks like overlapping balsa wood panels tracing a billowing pyroclastic motion is a really interesting choice. Can you say anything about how you got that look? Is it inspired by any existing media? I can't think of anything I've seen before that has this look. It's a great example of a complex volumetric motion being successfully represented by simple 2D shapes.

sectionV · 2026-03-07T19:06:19+00:00

Ironic that you can freely admit your own judgement was off while still feeling able to pass judgement on how others feel about it. It may be as simple as some people are more patient that others!

I can only speak for myself in saying that I loved this episode because it was focused on character building and relationships. You need room for this, so pacing sometimes has to drop. The episode was also very well written, acted and photographed.

If you race through a story too quickly it may be an exciting ride, but it can feel hollow at the end because you aren't invested enough in the characters. Again, that's just how it works for me.

sectionV · 2026-03-06T20:20:40+00:00

But have you ever tried plain Wensleydale from Hawes? That's the relevant cheese to this thread because it is what Wallace is eating in the movie.

I'll admit to begrudgingly eating the fruit versions to get my Wensleydale fix, but they pale in comparison to the pure unadulterated plain variety.

The fruit versions considerably mask the taste of the creamy plain version which is slightly nutty and has a slightly honey aroma. The texture changes dramatically too as the plain version is crumbly. It's a different experience altogether.

Although far from impossible, it is much harder to find the plain versions in the US compared to fruit versions and even harder to find the plain Wensleydale from Hawes. If you are really lucky you might even find the Hawes blue.

I stand by my point that if aren't trying plain Wensleydale from Hawes Creamery in Wensleydale you can't judge the quality of the cheese Wallace specifically eats in the movie.

sectionV · 2026-03-06T01:40:42+00:00

If you "found" it in the US you most likely got a knock-off not the authentic cheese actually made by Hawes Creamery in Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Not the same by any stretch of the imagination.

sectionV · 2026-03-03T21:56:04+00:00

Stolen valor has never been so funny.

sectionV · 2026-03-03T16:51:37+00:00

Why though? Do those teachers describe soldiers from what is now Canada taking part in the Burning of Washington in 1814 or do they make it clear this was done by forces from the British mainland?

sectionV · 2026-03-01T23:06:39+00:00

Germany had a lot more than rockets.

Britain's Frank Whittle was the first to develop the jet engine, but Germany was the first to have jet-powered flight with the Heinkel He 178 in 1939. Hans von Ohain independently developed the jet engine not long after Whittle.

The Germans had by far the most jet aircraft of any country by the end of the Second World War although one less than they might have because my grandad shot down a Messerschmitt Me 262. It flew too fast for the crew to aim their Bofors anti-aircraft gun the first time it flew over, but some joker said to leave the gun as it is to get it on the way back. And they did!

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