Loney's Blag

I read fantasy, play video games, run a D&D 3.5 game, make robots and tinker a bunch. Feel free to ask me mechanical engineering/robotics questions. Fandoms: Discworld, W40k, Star Trek, Emelan/Tortall, Dark Souls, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Leverage.

[nayters]

[bogusfilth]

[noirandchocolate]

“‘You can’t arrest the commander of an army!’ ‘Actually, Mr. Vimes, I think we could,’ said Carrot. ‘And the army, too. I mean, I don’t see why we can’t. We could charge them with behavior likely to cause a breach of the peace, sir. I mean, that’s what warfare IS.’ Vimes’s face split in a manic grin. ‘I LIKE it.’ ‘But in fairness our–that is, the Ankh-Morpork army–are also–’ ‘Then you’d better arrest them, too,’ said Vimes. ‘Arrest the lot of ‘em. Conspiracy to cause an affray,’ he started to count on his fingers, ‘going equipped to commit a crime, obstruction, threatening behavior, loitering with intent, loitering WITHIN tent, hah, traveling for the purposes of committing a crime, malicious lingering and carrying concealed weapons.’”

— Terry Pratchett, “Jingo” (And the thing is, we laugh at this because the idea of Sam Vimes arresting two armies IS funny.  But on top of being funny–and on top of Vimes trying to pile on the charges here with this list–Pratchett intended with this book above all else to characterize war as, in itself, a crime.  In this case, a war started because of a lie and because of racial/ethnic/national prejudice.  But we’re meant to be thinking about this.  When is war NOT a crime, when you get down to what most people think crimes are?  Why is killing people okay and legal when it’s war, for one thing?  Why is it legal to loot places when you conquer them?  Why isn’t it murder and theft?  Well?)

[discworld-heritage-posts]

Discworld Heritage Post

[dragons-locator]

(And the thing is, we laugh at this because the idea of Sam Vimes arresting two armies IS funny. But on top of being funny–and on top of Vimes trying to pile on the charges here with this list–Pratchett intended with this book above all else to characterize war as, in itself, a crime.

dragons

DRAGONS LOCATED

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

Well yeah, Vimes’ wife raises the damn things.

[asmuchasidliketo]

@noirandchocolate

Source of the octarine

[spiribia]

it's actually sick you get tired of eating the same food over and over when some animals they just eat grass all day mind you. just another pointless challenge mechanic added in by big universe to get you to go to the grocery store

[snippybaby]

Was literally thinking about this when I gave the rabbits their breakfast, the same dry pellets they get twice a day every day, and they were so hyped for it, as they always are. Why can't I have that where are my pellets #mypellets

[lonefiresthename]

My mare will move heaven and earth to get to her grain - the same grain she gets every day - and my partner gets bored with food so fast he doesnt even like to do more than a day of leftovers.

[dysphoria-things]

forcefem and forcemasc are OUT. we’re force-emoing tonight

[dysphoria-things]

reblog to make prev listen to my chemical romance and wear black ripped jeans and bad eyeliner. key word here is make. you WILL be emo

[del3141]

i was force-emo'd as a kid actually. when i was a young boy, my fa-

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 Whose ready to go out and violate the frame breaking act of 1812 let's goooooooooooo <3

[queercbc]

Remembering the episode of Galavant where Kylie Minogue is The Queen of a medieval gay pub and sings this absolute bop.

[the-privateer]

i feel that it’s important to note that the guy with him NEVER at any point realizes that they’re in a gay bar/club

[fangirltothefullest]

I think it’s also important to know that the guy that’s with him that’s clueless is a king. Galavant is the BEST and it’s a shame it was cancelled.

[iconuk01]

The name of the gay bar is “The Enchanted Forest” and it’s there the clueless King meets his long lost uncle Keith

King Richard: Uncle Keith! Dad said you went to The Enchanted Forest and never came out.

Uncle Keith: The other way ‘round, kid.

[diana-prince43]

Choose a female fantasy writer PART THREE

Lucy M. Boston

Helen Lowe

Helen Dunmore

Patricia C. Wrede

Seanan McGuire

Michelle Sagara

Felicia Davin

Janny Wurts

Megan Whalen Turner

Cornelia Funke

Emily Bronte

Donita K. Paul

Voting ended onApr 19

[yurimom]

MY FRIEND IS FINDING OUT THAT HES COLORBLIND AND WE’RE ALL HELPING HIM THROUGH IT LMAOOOOOO

[yurimom]

[yurimom]

UPDATE WE HAVE TWO COLORBLIND BITCHEZ IN THE SERVER

[yurimom]

what the fuck is going on

[alwaysabeautifullife]

On the last one Deuteranomaly and Protanomaly are identical though

[azzandra]

What I’m getting from this is that there are a lot more colorblind people in the world than even colorblind people know.

[sheepolypse]

Share to save [shame] a friend

[waywardmorgann-deactivated20240]

WAIT! DEUTERANOMALY AND PROTANOMALY IS THE SAME! IT’S THE FUCKING SAME! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT?????

[audliminal]

The deuteranomaly and protanomaly ones are very similar but they are different. The purple section ranges out a little farther to the right in the protanomaly one. Not seeing the difference between might not indicate color blindness but rather difficulty with color differentiation.

[sanctuaryforalluniverses]

The green is also slightly more vivid in the protanomaly strip than it is in the deuteranomaly one.

[ninahufflepuff]

@skeletal-spire-man-aka-overfit

um

these are not the same

[skeletal-spire-man]

They’re… They’re identical…

What’s… What’s the difference-?

[i-put-the-hyper-in-hyperfixated]

welp. one of the moots has tritanomaly colour blindness!

[officially-bbc-news]

I’m not colourblind, but like, on the last one, deuteranomaly and protanomaly are identical to eachother- so are protanopia and deuteranopia-

[naviofortido]

They aren’t different?

[sofakingcurious]

I feel like I should add this

https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AOkgKP__79w8

[kindred-spirit-93]

DMFJKLEKDFJKLDKJDFKLDSKAL

[aeshnacyanea2000]

That quiz is diabolical, but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[rowenaravenscroft]

Crazy!

[shu-of-the-wind]

[headspace-hotel]

lay in bed and cry

[life-under-hypnosis]

As promised...

Feeling generous...featuring one pic with motion blur from the incredible licking speed

[headspace-hotel]

kity...

[helianthus-hellion]

may i offer you some more Kitty In Bed photos in this trying time?

[id: four photos of the same black-and-white cat curled up on a bed]

[headspace-hotel]

thanks this kitty looks very soft

[lonefiresthename]

I have my foster Sharky, who looks a lot like @life-under-hypnosis 's kitty and is just figuring out that scritches are good, actually. (He has a nice kennel with blankets, but apparently the bathtub is a Very Safe Place for Pats)

[offonaherosjourney]

What no one warned me about when I got into Discworld is that Terry Pratchett would completely ruin all my future footnote experiences. Now, whenever I read a book (even if it is an academic text!!) and see a superscripted number, my monkey brain makes my eyes drop to the bottom of the page asap, expecting a funny, poignant, memorable, and potentially life-altering little treat, and instead I get hit every time with the soul-crushing disappointment of McFarthy, G. et al. (1997)

[gobusto]

[thestuffedalligator]

Night Watch is a masterpiece and Hogfather will always be a personal favourite, but to me, to me, Going Postal will always be as close to perfect as a Discworld book can be. It introduces a new protagonist who immediately knocks it out of the park and establishes himself as one of the most iconic and fantastic Discworld protagonists in a pantheon of heavy hitters. He's a weasel. He's touched by divinity. He keeps getting himself into trouble because he has an unshakeable need to escalate. He's killed 2.338 people. He's apparently very attracted to women who smoke.

He's paired off against the perfect villain, his equal and opposite who has learned to cheat and swindle and con behind the language of corporate speak, "we hope and trust that our valued and loyal customers will bear with us over the coming months as we interact synergistically with changed management and our striving for excellence." It's a story about how a technology that can be good and improve the lives of thousands can also be a cudgel in the hand of the capitalist and investor, and how monopolies will literally strangle innovation.

It's a story about delivering a message from the dead.

[sometimesanequine]

[lonefiresthename]

It my Ketchup, only without his spots!

[glitch-frog-deactivated20241206]

clicker training but its just a single piano key that makes you sad

[badcor3]

Ain’t this what MCR did to a bunch of 2010s emos

[mal-studyblr]

hey quick PSA but “reading before bed to wind down” only works if you’re normal about books btw. if you aren’t you are going to end up awake at 2:52am after finishing the whole book just trust me on this one

[deepwang27]

[gallusrostromegalus]