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teratocrat

it's time to bring back the axe pistol

teratocrat

PRETTY GOOD RUN OF THINGS. NOW WE DEMAND AN ENCORE.

half-giant-fighter

Hunt Showdown has some useful templates for this endeavor.

ivan-fyodorovich-k

The thing that I have never been able to reconcile with re-enacting—and maybe this is rich coming from a history PhD—is, how much of my life do I want to spend curating the adventures and exploits of someone else?

Don’t I want to have my own?

half-giant-fighter

Maybe try forming a historical larp group? New stories and adventures but in the time periods you’re used to. Like when people build Wild West towns around cowboy action shooting competitions.

siryouarebeingmocked

I'd like to point out that a socialist doesn't realize student loans are mostly federal.

the-prequal

"your grandchildren will pay it"

No they won't. They are not obligated to pay off loans that were taken out before they were born. They didn't cosign on that.

siryouarebeingmocked

TIL

half-giant-fighter

Some loans can be sent to next of kin IF they decide to take responsibility for it. Medical bill collectors will send bills to next of kin hoping they’ll pay part of it without thinking therefore taking responsibility for it.

tornadointhetundra

what the fuck do you mean anthropic bought books and severed the pages from their spines to train their AI models what the fuck

buy the paper books so that AI can't holy shit they're physically destroying books now i feel like AI is becoming what George Orwell warned us about with the ministry of truth in 1984 i cant fucking take this anymore.

half-giant-fighter

This is the actual literal plot of Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury tried warning us about technology becoming too advanced and books being destroyed because of it. They just decided to use industrial shredders instead of flamethrowers.

holy-ghost-fire

The Pullman Herald, April 21, 1944

half-giant-fighter

Now I’m as much a supporter of adoption as the next guy but I don’t think war zones are an appropriate place to be taking children from.

#Also calling them trophies is a bit dehumanizing isn’t it?

dubiousculturalartifact

The new Odyssey adaptation has inevitably gotten people talking about a Muppet version of it, and they’re frequently suggesting Kermit as Odysseus, Miss Piggy as Penelope.

I’m sorry but that’s thinking way too small, hear me out:

We need to have Miss Piggy as Odysseus, and Kermit as Penelope.

Think about it… who’s the more fickle, prideful, warlike one in that relationship? Who is absolutely ready to go ham, at a moment’s notice?

It ain’t Kermit

half-giant-fighter

Yes but who’s more likely to say “I am nobody”. It definitely ain’t miss piggy.

this-great-world

An anteater playing with its caretaker.

half-giant-fighter

milquetoaast

source

johnny-depp-is-loved

nightbringer24

Anyone know of any fantasy stories/settings where gunpowder weapons are used?

Because apart from Warhammer Fantasy, The Witcher games (they have bombs), and Berserk, I don't know of any.

uncle-beanbag-mojave

The powder mage and mistborn I think? Never read either

half-giant-fighter

The second series of Mistborn takes place during the equivalent of the late 1800s.

The Dresden Files takes place during the modern day so the wizard main character has to deal with getting shot at a lot.

Also Dresden once kneecapped a werewolf and that was pretty cool.

haarute

pov you are sent to hell

sodeathitis

They grow grants there like rhubarb

half-giant-fighter

Is that the rest of his barbershop quartet?

supreme-leader-stoat

>Instructions on salmon filet say to bake thawed at 400 F for 25-30 minutes >wellthatcantberight.jpg >look it up >ultimately the main thing is the internal temp like you'd expect. 140-145 is the FDA recommendation to kill off anything that might be in there. 120-125 is rare or medium-rare equivalent and probably tastes better but I don't fuck around with food borne illnesses for personal reasons >I settle on 135-140 target temp and then I'll let it rest >most people I'm seeing are cooking at 350 degrees >some are doing it as low as 200 F but again I don't feel like going that low >stick it in for 300 F figuring I'll check it after a bit >check at 25 minute mark figuring it'll need more time >147 F internal

half-giant-fighter

One of my chefs taught me that if you pan sear it first at medium high heat and then bake it at 350 for 8 minutes per inch of thickness it comes out perfect. So if it’s about an inch and a half thick, pan sear it and bake it for 12 minutes.

If you see the white fat appear on the sides pull it immediately.

Also most frying pans are safe to just chuck into the oven so you don’t need to dirty an extra pan.