#ultimaromanorum

[elucubrare]

Came for the classics, stayed for the bad sci-fi roasts.

entirely reasonable tbh, both those things happen very often 

[argumate]

In light of the CTBT joke, to which I have yet to invent an adequate rejoinder, I think you should know that the arms control community refers to the Hwasong-15 TEL as the Deadbeat Dad because it splits immediately after erection.

[greenhouseitem]

"i just think nuclear stuff is interesting that’s all really haha. and i collect atomic era memorabilia. or at least i try to." Sounds like what someone enriching uranium in their basement would say. Very suspicious. Send in the IAEA.

fuck i’ve been found out 

[thefearofcod]

Due to personal reasons, and lest I be outdone by that papist Anthony of Padua, I will this Sunday be delivering a sermon on Calvinism to the whales.

[uss-edsall]

ultimaromanorum replied to your photo

@uss-edsall oh thank god I can finally replace Mademoiselle From Armentieres with British Grenadiers I’m so grateful Shiggy how can I possibly thank you

eat some vanilla icecream with old bay for me because I cannot do so stuck in horrid virginia

[suspected-spinozist]

came for the Tolkien stayed for the being so consistently irritated by the same things that it’s frankly uncanny

this gives me confidence that my irritation is generally well-calibrated

[brainstatic]

ultimaromanorum replied to your photo “I’m genuinely perplexed as to who this is referring to, since there...”

WaPost, I assume

Jeff Bezos does oil drilling and CIA contracts?

[elucubrare]

ultimaromanorum replied to your post: Ok, I lied, I read the tor.com article about...

I feel like the real complaint here about “not reading the manual” should be: have you ever SEEN people who get along badly trying to read a manual and reach consensus? so much plot just right there.

oh man, yeah, especially an alien/ancient manual! hopefully it's all like ancient recipes: 

"It says here 'open the fluxcierant and insert the comerv, vericine, and oferti.'"

"Okay, so, assuming this hatch is the fluxcierant, what the hell are those other things?"