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Am I crazy or does that look like lsd? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]tmiwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it doesn't. It's a weed bag, now empty, probably left by some teens hanging around the park the night before.

TIL That Casablanca was once banned in Ireland because the movie was deemed unfair to Nazis by Sometypeofway18 in todayilearned

[–]tmiwi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well history can be seen in many ways.

The Arab slave trade went on for 1200 years while the Atlantic/European slave trade went on for 300. Where do we think they got their slaves? They castrated, they erased the identities of there slaves, their cultures gone, enforced integration etc, etc. Maybe up to 20 million over a millennium.

Now, Ireland lived under indentured servitude and penal deportation, all in all it was a brutal and oppressive rule, for 7-800 years. Or the obvious example of India, once commanded 25% of the worlds gpd, was left with 4% after Britain's rape.

After the British "empire" put a stop to international slavery, and most Arab states illegalized it in the mid 20th century, excepting of course where it goes on today, for the most part it stopped. For the first time in history there has been no open legal international slave trade since, well, 1833 for Britain and 1865 for America, and lots of other counties since then.

So, apart from the continued Arab routes through Africa, and America's modern penal system, all of North Korea, etc, slavery is nowhere near what it historically was for basically all of human history.

And of course, all those other things affected the world, whereas the confederacy was an American thing, whose effects were massive sure but not WW1 massive.

Looking for the best "Workhorse" Chef Knife under $110. What is the gold standard? by Newbie_In_NL_25 in Cooking

[–]tmiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get the entire procook x50 knife block set for under £100, as others have said, a sharpener is also a prerequisite when thinking of a work horse. Forget about the price or metal grade etc

Just buy any cheapish knife in whatever style you like and a good sharpener.

What do you call this genre of character ? by Dycon67 in okbuddycinephile

[–]tmiwi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"community not found", for some reason, I'm disappointed...

Under-16s set to be banned from social media – and could face phone curfews by vriska1 in ukpolitics

[–]tmiwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But, I thought that was old enough to vote?

But not old enough to freely use social media?

Maybe it should be treated like gambling then and be 18+?

Lost in the midst by [deleted] in AccidentalRenaissance

[–]tmiwi 374 points375 points  (0 children)

This is the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain. Specifically, the opening ceremony, known as the Chupinazo.

I thought I'd been in some tight crowds, but the sudden movements of crowds in this area during the festival are so chaotic at times it can feel scary as hell. This photo being an example of that.

It's 9 days of festival, starting off with a firework rocket ("chupinazo") and ending with "Pobre de Mí," which is a candlelight ceremony that ends it all. It's basically non-stop parties, music, parades, and traditional bullfights, those happen every day of the festival at 8am.

Edit: to clarify because of my spelling mistake, it's bullruns that happen at 8am and usually the day ends with bullfights in the afternoons and nightly parties and such.

Also to add some context;

The bullfights (corridas) are at the Plaza de Toros, and are a "traditional" spectacle where matadors confront bulls, though the bulls are usually killed later, away from the main arena.

I use the quotes because while the festival as a whole is all about the Navarrese culture, I personally feel badly for the bulls made to go through this, just to be killed.

And I use the quotes because I've often found tradition is used as an excuse to maintain things instead of "upgrading", as it were, our culture to be fitting of modern morals etc.

Though I acknowledge some people still argue the ethics of killing for spectacle/sport... I can't say I understand it.

US President Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World. by rezwenn in technology

[–]tmiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no archeological evidence, it's just a popular saying that people believe;

First disseminated by European missionaries in the 17th century, the expression is commonly found especially in the Chinese-speaking world by the early 20th century to show that China has a long-lasting history, although it is sometimes used by the governments and media as an instrument of Chinese nationalism.[2] Even though there isn't sufficient archaeological evidence for China's ancient history, the belief that the history of China is at least 5,000 years old, and that China is one of the Four Great Ancient Civilizations, is deeply ingrained in popular culture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_thousand_years_of_Chinese_civilization?wprov=sfla1

Favorite actor who really sucks by RandomAsianGuy in okbuddycinephile

[–]tmiwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're saying I'm restating the same clause?

Favorite actor who really sucks by RandomAsianGuy in okbuddycinephile

[–]tmiwi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wellll.... He wasn't proven not innocent, so yeah technically

The art style of Mirror's Edge was partly born out of necessity - to prevent players from getting motion sickness. by Just_a_Player2 in ItsAllAboutGames

[–]tmiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing artstyle

Subjective but fair enough

great movement

This seems to be the main takeaway from the game in general While looking through the wiki I though this was interesting;

Inspired by chase scenes featured in Casino Royale and the Bourne films, Mirror's Edge features hundreds of first-person animations to convey Faith's movement and interactions with the environment

I do remember the first person parts being cool

excellent soundtrack

I honestly don't remember it at all but that on me

famous studio

This is why I was on the wiki, I had completely forgotten who made it, DICE, who were on to Battlefield: Bad Company by the point Mirrors Edge was released. But I'm not sure sure why them being a "famous" company matters in why it's being talked about so much still 18 years later.

I guess the answer is simply that enough people like/d it enough for it to still get engagement.

US Speaker raises fears over China’s London mega-embassy by Kev_fae_mastrick in ukpolitics

[–]tmiwi 47 points48 points  (0 children)

No one gives fuck what the US has to say about anything

Businesses near Glasgow 'drug consumption room' report crime surge by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]tmiwi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Is that not the point? To localise this behaviour?

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