#hierophanthistorian

[canisalbus]

I wish to be included in bears lore; in eastern Canada we frequently get black bears wandering into town (up to and including our largest cities), but black bears are among the least threatening of the bears, so mostly they would just end up in a tree while the morning news show cried about how cute they were T___T

The bear saga continues.

[bunjywunjy]

coyotes were the real cryptids all along

maybe the real cryptids were the friends we made along the way

[allthecanadianpolitics]

@ your anons: the entire oil industry has set itself up to net the execs as much money as possible before governments wake up to shutting them down, they know oil is unsustainable, they just want to be the guys with the highest score on our future hell planet, that's all they care about

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[laurelhach]

hierophanthistorian replied to your post “hierophanthistorian replied to your post: What do...”

oh goodness I totally misinterpreted the VA thing but I've just realized how you mean x_x I totally agree derg casting should match their backgrounds, but I don't think it could be considered hiding actors of colour behind cgi as long as the human actors are also properly cast. sorry about that misunderstanding!

ha, no problem! tru that, there are still lots of opportunities to do Good Things with human characters

I’ve asked before but I do love seeing peoples’ fancasts, and how much i agree or disagree :P

[allthecanadianpolitics]

are there actual benefits to getting rid of supply management because from the article you linked I'm getting the sense that the only argument here is 'oh no it hurts poor people' which also seems wrong but I'm 1150% used to the prices, I don't get the anti-management platform basically

I mean the benefits are that prices would probably decline, but that comes with a caveat:

You would be flooding the market with probably mostly American dairy which has much weaker health & safety regulations, and it would likely put thousands of Canadian dairy farmers out of work (given Canada’s small population of farmers compared to the USA).

I’m mostly ok with supply management. It helps ensure farming jobs, ensures a high quality product and ensures stability of the food supply in Canada. If I have to pay a bit more for milk or cheese, so be it.

[laurelhach]

hierophanthistorian replied to your post: What do you think of movie adaptions for the...

at the very least they would make multiple movies because ever since HP split its last book in 2 everyone’s realized that they can make a helluva lot more profit that way (ie Twilight, the Hobbit), but an off-cable producer like HBO, Showtime, or Netflix would probably do a better job for the aforementioned reasons. but would it be VAs or live action + cgi dergs?

cgi dergs of course

[focsle]

hey I am gnawing on an OC with a history of shipwork, and immediately thought of you as the person to ask a question I wasn't sure how to look for answers on in other resources. My question is, why did people choose whaling over other ship-based work, especially navy? was it a choice per se? were there benefits (material or perceived) of whaling over other options or was it more availability of work? thank you for any (and all!) information you can share :>

You're in luck; I wrote a long essay about the motivations for whaling over yonder! I also list a couple books in that essay that I highly recommend for more information on the motivations of whalers. And tangentially related, but here's another ask I answered in relation to press-ganging on whalers--a more common narrative spun than what was actually practiced.

And, while it's implied in the first essay, to directly answer why people chose whaling over merchant/naval service--whaling agents would take literally anyone. Not picky at all. They were ships that had a lot of hands on a relatively small vessel, so seamanship wasn't much of a concern but rather simply having another body to add to the labor demands. Very few whalers had prior ship experience and it was real easy to get onto one.

But most of them regretted it. A lot of people who signed up on whalers ended up lamenting that they didn't go by way of the merchant trade instead, if choosing the sea at all. More people left the job after one voyage than stuck with it because the work was so miserable, hence the very high turnover and ready acceptance of any lad who showed up.

[mistergandalf]

tell them about the weirdest riders you've had.

OKAY honestly I've seen lots of riders but no one has ever gotten close to Elton John. He needed a fax machine in the room (in 2018???), 3 kinds of mouthwash, 4 sticks of butter (3 in the fridge and 1 on the counter), and coca-cola in GLASS BOTTLES ONLY. we had to send someone to the store at midnight because we got him coca-cola in PLASTIC BOTTLES and that was UNACCEPTABLE. also required a nespresso and an extra mini fridge for his snacks. we did make him pay for all this and then we kept the nespresso in the back office for a while so that was nice.

I know Khalid's was pretty specific, but the only thing I remember is that he asked for chicken wings in his room. I only remember that because I tried to make it happen as that is SO EASY TO DO and no one else seemed to care about making a good impression on a celebrity. I was so mad. You have a pub onsite just MAKE THE CHICKEN WINGS.

No one else's stands out to me, so they were probably pretty normal. I will always remember Elton John though, the true queen of England