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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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WHAT!!!!
No
They can leap 36 feet
As in leap forward 36 feet
They don’t jump 36 feet into the fucking sky do you know how terrifying that would be the human race wouldn’t have survived because we’d have all had heart attacks while still in Africa
#death from above
this post makes me cry every single damn time
Fantasy RPG Races as Dogs
Human:
Elf:
Dwarf:
Halfling:
Half Orc:
This is the best description of the fantasy races I’ve ever seen. Let me add some more!
Half-Elf:
Tiefling:
Gnome:
Dragonborn:
This gif is outrageous
■ The so-called “blood explosion” which punctuates the conclusion of Akira Kurosawa’s 1962 movie Sanjuro remains one of the most memorable and influential special effects in film history. Production designer Yoshiro Muraki would later recall this scene was filmed in a single take. No such effect had ever been attempted before, as movies of the time rarely showed violence with graphic detail. Filled with uncertainty, Muraki worried the blood spray he’d rigged up wouldn’t impress Kurosawa, so he added an extra 30 pounds of pressure to the fluid pump. At the moment the pump was activated, the additional pressure caused the compressor hose attached to actor Tatsuya Nakadai to blow a coupling which created a slight, unintentional delay before the fake blood began to spray, and caused a much larger gush of fluid than planned. It sprayed so powerfully Nakadai claimed it almost lifted him off the ground. His heart sinking, as he believed the delay and over-pressure had ruined the effect, Muraki nervously glanced at director Akira Kurosawa, but Kurosawa only nodded in approval.
“oh god i fucked this up”
“yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOO”
Please watch this video of Reiwa’s (a JoJo themed ramen shop) chef reenacting DIO’s road roller attack while preparing a dish! [credit]
The entire shop is decorated with JoJo stuff and the manager has styled himself as a JoJo character who is in charge of presenting the shop’s menu.
an absolute legend!!
The Dark Side of the Moon: Explained
An in-depth blog post on my favorite album of all time was long overdue. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is still to this day arguably the best album ever made. I’d highly recommend listening to this album if you haven’t already, but if musical masterpieces aren’t really your thing, this is not the album for you. I constantly come across articles that explain how the album was made, but hardly any on analyzing the album’s meanings song by song. That is what I have challenged myself to do today.
“Speak to Me”
Speak to Me is not a song you’ll hear at a music festival. There aren’t really any lyrics, as it mainly consists of random clips of conversations and various sound effects. When I took the time to really listen to the song, I started to understand its deeper meaning. In the 65 second song you hear the heartbeat sound effect used in “Eclipse”, the clock ticking heard in “Time”, the manic laughter of Peter Watts used in “Brain Damage”, the cash register in “Money”, the helicopter noise in “On the Run”, and vocalist Clare Tony’s scream in “The Great Gig in the Sky” towards the end of the song. Once the screaming stops, the song leads into “Breathe”. So what do all these noises communicate? I feel it gives a very dramatic summary of what themes and sounds the album contains. In this song particular, the theme of insanity is very prominent, as it’s quite the stressful song to listen to.
“Breathe (In the Air)”
Breathe is one of the prettier songs in this album. After the psychotic screams in the intro, it eases into a slow-paced rich guitar medley with David Gilmour’s blues-based chords and solos. Aside from the beautiful instrumentals, the lyrics are what really makes the song worth knowing. The song is full of mixed themes. The beginning tells you to relax and live life, as it’s the only life you get. Then it tells you to get a job and focus on that instead of the beauties of life. It warns you that work is a never-ending cycle. Later some of the lines expose our materialistic society convincing us we are happy when really we’re chained to a vicious cycle of consumerism. One of my favorite lyrics in the song is “All you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be” as it really enforces one of the harsher realities of life.
“On the Run”
This is the second song in the album that uses sound effects and voice clips as it’s structure. The song gives the setting of a man running late for his flight and trying desperately to make it. There isn’t a lot I really have to say about this song, but it definitely adds to the albums exposure of how messed up adulthood is by showing how stressful it is.
“Time”
Time opens with extremely loud clips of different types of clocks ringing. Once all the clocks stop, there is a slow and deep guitar solo along with a fast-paced drum solo in the background. The song describes what time has to do with the tough transition from youth to adulthood. When we’re young we think we have all the time in the world. We don’t realize how quickly time passes by until we’re out of time and full of regret. You wasted your life trying to be comfortable, rather than living the crazy fun life you dreamed of when you were young. And now that you want to live that life, it’s too late. You’re out of time and luck. The song seems to be a great depiction of a rock ‘n’ roll midlife crisis.
“The Great Gig in the Sky”
This song is a lyrical Interpretation of death, sorrow, happiness, joy, and pain, all at the same time. It opens with a man saying “ And I am not frightened of dying -Any time will do, I don’t mind -Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime-If you can hear this whispering you are dying“. Deep, I know. The rest of the song is Clare Tony’s emotional and powerful vocals growing more and more with the music, till the piano slows and her voice calms. I feel this represents the angry and fearful feeling felt toward death escalation until finally, it’s accepted.
“Money”
Money is one of my all-time favorite Pink Floyd songs. This is a fun rock/jazz song with a catchy bass riff and iconic guitar solo but, like every other song on this album, it’s got a much deeper meaning. When you first take a look at the lyrics, you may think “Wow, Pink Floyd sure did love being millionaires”. That’s exactly what Waters wanted you to think when he wrote the song. When Gilmour sang “Money, it’s a hit. Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit”, it exposed the arrogance of the upper class. You don’t have to be filthy rich to associate yourself with some of the songs lyrics, as everyone has had some connection to greed. The overall theme of this song is how we evolve in our relationship with money.
“Us and Them”
The conversation closing Money then leads into the calming musical introduction of Us and Them. Most people think the songs only theme is war. I’d argue that it’s not about war so much as it is about the tendency of humans to fight with each other. Not just on the battlefield, but in everyday situations. In an interview Waters discusses a bit of the meaning behind Us and Them: that we are constantly fighting each other and separating ourselves into an “us vs. them” mentality. The point is that we unnecessarily divide ourselves based on every little thing, concentrate on our differences, and forget to think about all the ways we’re all in this thing together. So, yes, on a small scale, it’s about war, but it’s more about human nature in general. Not just the political idea of one country against another, but the very simple idea of one human against another. The powerful background vocals and sax solos communicate the importance of the theme of the song.
“Any Colour You Like”
This song is beautiful, but I haven’t quite discovered it’s meaning yet. There are no lyrics for me to analyze in this song. The only thing I can really comment on in the song is the fact that I feel like I’m on an insane psychedelic acid trip.
“Brain Damage”
This song describes a man’s final descent into insanity. The whole album itself poses the question “Can everyday life make you go insane?”. The themes expressed in Time, Money, Us and Them, and so on all lead up to this when this normal person finally goes insane from his normal life. Finally, at the end of the song, you hear that manic laugh again. The lunatic really is in this guys head. I’d also like to add that some would argue this album was based on what Syd Barrett was going through with drug addiction. Wish You Were Here was without a doubt an ode to Syd, but I think the deep meanings this album presents are beyond Pink Floyd’s co-founder.
“Eclipse”
The final song in The Dark Side of the Moon is Eclipse. There are infinite themes and metaphors you can obtain from this song. Here’s how I see it. It’s saying that everything in the universe is in perfect harmony and balance. It is only us humans that are messed up. The moon represents the chaos and madness of our minds that eclipses the god-giving light of the sun. That’s why Dark Side of the Moon is really the dark side of human nature, as it blinds us, but it’s also what makes us unique. As the last lines show, there is no dark side of the moon, it’s all dark. It’s only the sun that makes it bright. So in fact, everyone is crazy, and that is our purpose.
I hope this post cleared up some of the confusion on what this album was communicating. In the end, only the writers of this album will know the true meaning.
This might just be the funniest thing ever i cant breathe
I AM WEEPING THIS IS FUNNY AS F U C K
The Who running from good lyrics/Eric Clapton running from being a good friend had me crying! 😂
Sword of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, dated 1496.
On display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum
That honeycomb fuller tho.
No bling like HRE bling.
Max loved his shiny weapons.
BTW, I occasionally see comments referring to some German rule or sumptuary law which restricted ownership of swords to certain classes, thus explaining why Messers (knives) were so popular and available in all sizes up to longsword.
I’ve never seen this rule or law (with its “reason why Messers were carried”) anywhere except on the internet; if real, any link to its source would be appreciated.
There were numerous bans and prohibitions on the lower classes carrying “weapons of war” in peacetime, which included swords, maces, battleaxes, halberds etc. but certainly wouldn’t ignore a two-handed weapon like this one, whether it was called “knife”, “sword” or “spoon”.
At the same time, going by period art there was no problem about peasants carrying knives and daggers the size of short-swords with hilts clearly meant for defence in combat, like the piper and dancer in this Breugel painting…
…though I’m betting there were rules governing “this big and no bigger”. (There were definitely rules like that in Elizabethan England which restricted the length of rapiers; I remember reading somewhere that over-length ones were broken down to size, which sounds a bit extreme…)
On the other hand, there were laws which in troubled times - lots of those in the Middle Ages - required citizens to carry military weapons, if only to show their right to citizenship and readiness to spring to the region’s / city’s defence. At least one Swiss canton - Appenzel Innerrhoden, I think - still requires that citizens turning out to vote wear a sword…
It’s entirely possible that a Free City in the peaceful heart of the Empire might have a no-military-weapons prohibition in exactly the same year that a walled town on the restless border might have an ordinance requiring military-weapons-at-all-times. YMMV. Theirs did.
If that knives-were-for-peasants law existed in Germany it didn’t trouble Emperor Maximilian, but then the high acting low were less likely to get in trouble than the low getting above themselves.
Here’s his equally shiny Grossmesser.
…with its “by-knives” and eating pick (a fork predecessor).
It’s true enough that some Messers were far more simply (cheaply) constructed than swords - a flat strip of metal sharpened on one edge with a handle made by sandwiching the metal strip between wood or horn scales and held by rivets:
…but any claim that a single-edged weapon qualified as a “knife” is nonsense, since there are any number of single-edged swords, including the Swiss Sabre with its elaborate hand-and-a-half-sword hilt.
On messers and sumptuary laws, I’ve looked into this quite a bit, and not found it anywhere except online. It’s a nice story, which seems to be the problem - people quite enjoy stories along the lines of ‘Ah, see, they exploited a loophole and thumbed their nose at authority’ and tend to spread them. The popularity and spread of the messer is probably a combination of fashion (especially after Max gets a fancy one), economics (it might not take less skill to make a messer, but could take less time if you go for something basic, which brings the price down), and practicality (easier to keep one edge in shape than two, and potentially easier to maintain and repair the grip). The closest I’ve seen to the entire sumptuary notion is more to do with production rather than ownership, and there may have been some back and forth amongst the guilds about who could produce something hilted as a sword. That aspect I’ve yet to look into further though. As for rules governing “this big and no bigger”, we have those both ways. There was some lovely research popped up the other month, with weapons regulations for Lucerne giving restrictions on carrying langes messer longer than one ell within town limits. Offending weapons to be snapped off at the appropriate length and the offender fined. On the other hand, the same research found mention of regulations in Basel in 1480 of the opposite; ‘weapons smaller than X may not be brought within the city’. Obviously the feeling there was that if you were trying to bringing in something easily concealed then you were evidently a person of ill-repute up to no good. And particularly once messers spread to people engaging in hunting (whether the huntsman or upper classes etc), it’s fairly easy to see how a nice unencumbering, easy to carry blade of a useful size, with a good edge could stick around in relatively unchanged form. Substitute the clamshell below for a plainer nagel, and maybe give the point a bit of a clipped back (though plenty of period messers had tips just like this one anyway), and suddenly this 19th century hunting sword isn’t looking so very out of place as a 15th/16th century langes messer.
Thanks for the feedback on real history (sumptuary laws) vs internet (good story) which is pretty much what I expected.
You’ll sometimes see Maximilian’s blade described as “the Emperor’s Hunting Messer”, so I wonder if the spear point was becoming more associated with field sports than with fighting; certainly dedicated boar-hunting swords were always intended for stabbing rather than cutting. Just a thought…
Interesting about the “this big” business - the Swiss implementation is new to me, but fits in with something I did know about.
(1) There were Elizabethan regulations governing the length of rapiers; this one (found on the Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes website) is from 1562.
Emphases are mine:
And whereas a usage is crept in, contrary to former orders, of wearing of long swords and rapiers, sharpened in such sort as may appear to the usage of them can not tend to defence, which ought to be the very meaning of weapons in times of peace, but to murder and evident death, when the same shall be occupied: Her Majesty’s pleasure is that no man shall, after ten days next following this proclamation, wear any sword, rapier, or any weapon in their stead passing the length of one yard and half a quarter of blade at the uttermost, neither any dagger above the length of twelve inches in blade, neither any buckler with a sharp point or with any point above two inches in length, upon pain of forfeiting the sword or dagger passing the said length, and the buckler made otherwise than is prescribed, to whomsoever will seize upon it, and the imprisonment of his body that shall be found to wear any of them, and to make fine at her Majesty’s will and pleasure. And if any cutler or other artificer shall, after the day of the publication hereof, sell, or have within his shop or house to be sold, or shall make or cause to be made any rapier, sword, dagger, or buckler contrary to this order, to forfeit the same, his body to be imprisoned, and to make fine at the Queen’s Highness’s pleasure, and to remain in prison till the said fine be fully satisfied; and being taken with the fault the second time, never to be permitted after to use that occupation…
“One yard and half-a-quarter” is 40.5 inches.
This graphic is about wasters (wooden practice swords) but also shows the different notions about rapiers: there were some schools for which “too long” was considered “ideal”.
Ideal for that school’s fighting techniques didn’t mean ideal for wearing in a crowded street where inconveniencing someone might lead to a challenge, an impromptu duel and yet more laws being broken.
Shakespeare’s street fights often involve hot-tempered and armed young men looking for trouble wherever they can find it. “Romeo and Juliet” (1593) and “…thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes…” isn’t too far removed from “Taxi Driver” (1976) and “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Well, then who the Hell else are you talking - You talking to me?”
IIRC there was another (later?) Elizabethan regulation, ordering that over-long weapons be seized, broken down to size or otherwise forcibly brought into line with the law (and made useless in the process) then presumably returned to mortified owners who were fined and thrown in the slammer as per 1562.
Here’s a link to a similar Spanish regulation. It also gives explanations as to why over-long weapons were A Bad Thing; unlike the blunt English “clearly meant for killing, not self-defence” reason, these are more…complicated.
Long rapiers…
Are offensive, immodest, excessive, and contemptible.
Will damage your own reputation by decreasing the perception of your valour for 5 generations.
Cause friends to be too ashamed to speak on your behalf, enemies to disparage you, and neutral parties to favour your adversary.
In losing, having chosen a longer weapon will cause your guilt to be worsened and the sentence and punishment is increased (judicially speaking).
Cause you to be viewed as effeminate for not confronting your adversary on equal terms.
Are regarded by the people who are praiseworthy as detestable, and they condemn it.
So there. (And duly added to my worldbuilding file, because they’re so unusual.)
(2) That small and easily concealed weapons had “bad reputation” baggage and larger ones were more “honest”.
The very small, very easily concealed sgian-dubh probably came by its name (”black knife”) not from having a black bog oak or ebony grip - common but not obligatory - but from the same source as “blackmail”, “black market”, “black ops” etc. - covert, deniable and possibly even illegal.
“Everybody knows” that the sgian-dubh is worn at the top of kilt hose. This, though worn in the same position, is actually the opposite of a knife hidden down a boot. The sgian-dubh is there on open, honest display after being taken from some less obvious hiding-place.
Writer Note: (YMMV since this has no historical evidence.)
In the place where fiction writer and history fan bang heads, I think that back when a sgian-dubh was a weapon more than a bit of masculine jewellery, there may have been a general understanding that the one transferred from armpit, sleeve or wherever might have had a mate which remained concealed. That one wasn’t mentioned, never mind demanded, since insisting a man gave up ALL his weapons might have been (a) insulting - implying he couldn’t be trusted; or (b) threatening - there was some reason for making sure he was completely unarmed.
(I’ve already established something like this. In the “Book of Years” and “Clan Wars” series of my own fantasy fiction, there’s a weapon called the tsepan (“self-blade”). It’s a personal misericorde marked with the owner’s personal crest, also known as the “Black Knife”, though that’s not derived from the sgian-dubh.
If weapons need handed over, the tsepan - always worn openly at the front of the weapon-belt - is neither surrendered nor requested (at least within that culture). Honour, reputation, tradition and an equivalent to that Spanish multi-generation shame ensure it would never be used on anyone but its owner.
When in “Demon Lord” someone IS murdered with a tsepan, there’s immediate doubt that the apparent murderer did it - except he already has a lethal reputation and a dodgy attitude to honour, so maybe, just maybe…)
true love is holding back the urge to slap your girlfriends ass while shes asleep like damn shawty might be thicc as hale but she needs her rest too u__u
[materializes next to my girlfriends bed standing exactly like this]
good day queen if youll have me id like to pick your mind for a minute and ask if you aware of exactly how thicc and how ample and how beautiful youre looking on this fine friday morning now i mean no disrespect im just inquiring abt if youre aware that a bitch is tryna feast on cake and cake only for breakfast now ms thiccums im sure youre aware of you comparison to an especially robust bowl of oatmeal but i want to go farther than that because you truly look like a intelligent young woman who just happens to have an ass that would make a lesser man quake and instead might i suggest that you allow me to beat them cheeks like a dumdum drum bc u are how they say uhhh dumdum thicc?!?
hey guys i havent known peace since this post it’s all i think about
Rated E for mild dabbing.
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Armoured Dudes literally too mad to die.
UNMUTE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
the lip syncing has me shook to absolute death
What a wiggly strawberry macaroon !
The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.
FARENHEIT 451 IS ON THE BANNED BOOKS LIST??? IT’S LITERALLY ABOUT THE SOCIETAL DANGERS OF BANNING/OUTLAWING/BURNING BOOKS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
But tell me? How the fuck are kids supposed to learn? H O W?
I just want it to be noted that while in (catholic) private school, I was reading those very books on the banned list. Then I went to public school and the summer reading book was Twilight. TWILIGHT.
