A Door on Other Time

Title is from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories". Handle means "storyteller" in Nahuatl. This'll mostly be about pop culture, linguistics, philosophy, history, and other things that interest me, but also about writing.

[tlaquetzqui]

[givingblood]

"My family thinks because im a leftist it means im radical but like whats radical about that? I just want everyone to hug, no bad things to happen, free healthcare and be nice to everyone" - the coldest, rudest most judgemental person you know.

[sawbuckplus]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I like how his le epic own quote isn't an actual counterpoint.

And most of the rest of the video is people clapping like trained seals. Presumably so other left-wing people will feel smug.

[dragonsllayer22]

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

[tlaquetzqui]

Also the Trojan War and the Exodus are roughly contemporary. There’s a letter between an Egyptian king and a Hittite one that mentions both.

[armthearmour]

The fantastically etched and silvered Sallet of Philip the Handsome, attributed to Domenico Negroli,

Length: 16 in/40.7 cm

Width: 9.8 in/25 cm

Height: 8.3 in/21 cm

Weight: 5.9 lbs/2680 g

Milan, Italy, ca. 1496, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[tsarina-anadyomene]

it really is quite bad for your military to have an image of itself as a warrior class. what you really want is for your soldiers to think of themselves as boring professionals who will fill out a report form if someone gets a little too warrior ethos out there

[gsot]

[drmajalis]

[skulki-d]

WWII definitely demonstrated the result of conflicts between these two mentalities with all else completely equal...

[weather-n-calamity]

Germany did in WW2 what France did in WW1.

[tlaquetzqui]

…You think Germany won World War Two virtually singlehanded, and won several battles despite the soldiers fighting in them actively mutinying against their officers?

I don’t think you know much about France in World War One.

(Also it works best when you combine both, like the Mongol Horde.)

[asparrowdraws]

Gaming Dice.

I learned a lot about edges and light and color relationships here.

[greywolfheirs]

PAINTING!!! THIS IS A PAINTING

[sensoryscorpio]

CHAT THIS IS A PAINTING!!!

[almaignismare]

I went over this post twice before realising. I was like "oh it's just set up like a still life painting, right". NO IT'S FUCKING NOT!

[gsirvitor]

[gremlininho]

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[weather-n-calamity]

[ms-demeanor]

I am a glorified office administrator who understands server hardware why am I the only person in this company who gets what social engineering is?

[ms-demeanor]

Total stranger on the phone who we’ve never spoken to before: I have power of attorney over the CEO of this corporation and we are a customer of yours. Please change the administrator password on the server to XXXXX

My boss, putting on white grease paint and a red wig: Oh, of course! Let’s do it quickly so that you’ll want to keep working with us since you’re going to be making business decisions!

Me: I would sell you to satan for one corn chip and I’m allergic to corn but before you do this maybe you should call someone who is actually on our contact list for our customer and see if they’ve ever heard of this stranger.

My boss, looking through a selection of shoes that honk when you walk: Oh, but she said that it was very important that none of the employees know what was happening because they’re making staffing changes.

Me: As your lawyer I recommend that you just call a single one of our contacts and see if they’ve ever heard of her name.

My boss, shoving all of our technicians into a VW beetle: You’re not my lawyer.

Me: HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW? I COULD BE! YOU SHOULD MAYBE CHECK ON THAT.

[yoursjupiter]

TIL everyone’s employee ID at my company is the last five of their SSN.

Boss: On the bright side, it’s only the last five

Me: YOU CAN COMMIT FRAUD WITH FOUR

[zevveli]

Security firms that are hired to check the security of banks will often use the following tactic: They will walk up to the teller in a suit with their ID badge and a clipboard and go:

“Hello I am [name] from [security firm] we’ve been hired to verify the security of the facility I need to see your computers.”

“Erm…I’ll have to verify that with my managers.”

“Congratulations, you have just passed the security verification.” [Scribbles on clipboard] “But in all seriousness I do need to verify your security so I need to see your computers.”

“Oh okay.” AND LETS THEM IN.

[palindromordnilap-deactivated20]

“Social engineering” is a way too fancy word for what it is. I know a guy (not personally) who broke several people out of prison by essentially writing “Greetings, please release this person, signed, whoever the judge is” on a piece of paper and faxing it there. Because no one would have a fax machine in their own house I guess.

[closet-keys]

not to derail, but holy shit that praxis

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

I’ve had clerks just give out a whole ass SSN when I asked.

[airandangels]

An inspection in 2014 found the password for the Louvre’s surveillance camera system was “louvre.”

[beardedmrbean]

[tlaquetzqui]

…Did it autocorrect “gato picture”?

[forthoutoffive]

Honestly I give pretty good odds that the cat is just named "Gator."

[tlaquetzqui]

Also a possibility, to be sure.

[levourdalak]

I dreamt that there was a new meme that went, “If I dids it, I dids it. If I didsn’t, I didsn’t.” There was a third line, but I forgot what it was.

[nifeandaccurate]

happy to report i’m back on my bullshit

and a rare variant

[levourdalak]

HOW DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE CAT MEMES IN MY DREAM

[nifeandaccurate]

>:3€

[levourdalak]

THAT’S IT, THAT’S THE MEME FROM MY DREAM

[beardedmrbean]

[tlaquetzqui]

…Did it autocorrect “gato picture”?

[modernbritain]

[ranty-mc-rantface]

Isn't it interesting that, while we've heard the completely whackjob "abolish all police, empty all prisons" stance a hundred times over, we've never once heard what these people plan to do with violent criminals?

Like obviously, we all know the reason is that they are all completely delusional and think that they live in a world where crime simply wouldn't happen if everyone held hands and everything was free, but like... I really, honestly, truly want to hear what they think will happen to violent rapists, murderers, terrorists. I've just never heard it.

That and, I'm pretty sure you could bluescreen one of these types if you ask them what they think about Trump. How do you accuse someone of being a felon who deserves to be in jail if you don't believe in policing or jail? But you just know they also hold that belief with no consideration whatsoever as to how it contradicts.

[featuringdantefromnocturne]

the quiet part they never say out loud is that they want to bring back the concept of ostracism in terms of exile, outlawing in terms of losing your rights, ability to hold property and people being able to do whatever they want as long as it's to an outlaw and to being back lynching

that, or they're so sheltered, privileged and naive that they genuinely can't comprehend that there are actual people out there that will commit crimes for a thrill, sexual gratification, because they don't like being told "no" and to bully others, from the shoplifter stealing a six pack when they have 400 dollars in their billfold to BTK style serial killers

or on the other OTHER hand, they do not actually remove the boot from the necks of society, they want to WEAR the boot

and I'm saying this as someone that's GENERALLY pro prison reform, mind you

[ranty-mc-rantface]

I've since watched a few podcasts & videos with people talking about this topic, and I think I have to agree with this take I've heard:

This "abolish prisons" opinion comes from the kind of intersectional feminist / wokeist / generally leftist belief that all crime is caused directly (and, most importantly, solely) by a lack of resources, by poverty, by being in a situation where you have less positive opportunities. That every single criminal on the planet is a victim of something, and was driven to do what they did for some reason or another. If they're a thief, or they got a parking ticket, well, they're in poverty and the system keeps them poor, so they aren't to blame. If they rape or murder, well clearly it's mental illness, and this could have been avoided if they had access to medical help.

With this line of thinking, no criminal ever really has agency, and can never fully be held responsible for their crime, and we can stop crime from happening by simply embracing "real" communism and ensuring that everyone has a house and food and therapy for free forever. Simple as that.