Swiss bloke here. Interested in history, languages, and brunches. Says "Did you know..." a lot at parties just before going off on random observations about Celtic helmets or Roman butt sponges.
Swiss bloke here. Interested in history, languages, and brunches. Says "Did you know..." a lot at parties just before going off on random observations about Celtic helmets or Roman butt sponges.
Gosh, I hate new things too. Recently I took a stroll in the countryside, and not one of the peasants there honoured my prerogative to have them step aside and bow while letting me, a citizen of my medieval city state, walk unimpeded. The sheer gall. [And yes, that is an actual law that was active longer than the concept of crusades.]
To be fair: the Catholic church has had a lot of its teeth pulled since the 11th century. It's been a few years since the last crusade. Things evolve. If you go back 150 years, even the Republican party used to be a beacon of hope. Boy. I'm glad the papacy has gone a different route.
It's almost like this type of barrier is unsafe in doe/deer country and its usage for unmonitored areas ought to be reconsidered.
Well, once the author got really obsessed with Molly's teenage boobies, the books started to carry a bit too much unintentional 'yuck' for me to keep on reading them. Based on the "Where is your daughter" question by our real-world Harry here, this probably did not have the same effect on him.
Yikes. The US approach to mental health.
Gosh I'm always so impressed when an absolute legend of a human makes something so bloody tricky look that easy...!
Gosh I love him. Gone too soon.
That's generally the case with these "face overlaid over original video" turds served as "content". The worst one is if the buffoon with the face just nods and points annoyingly with a stupid smirk on their face. Makes me want to throw my computer away and go live in the forest with squatch.
Lots of people still lionise her, but Earhart seems to have been a fairly crappy pilot (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/amelia-earharts-reckless-final-flights). Might be time to give other female pilots like Jacqueline Cochran more of the limelight over people with better publicicist husbands.
This is going to be unpopular: It's exactly *not* the word that causes harm. What causes harm is people's associations with *a concept* described by that word. The problem lies with the topic, not the term. You can keep replacing the word as often as you want, each one will take on a negative connotation over time. Word policing is treading water instead of going somewhere. The *act of using* the N-word against a person makes a statement, not the word itself.
It's already the "safe" alternative to older words like "idiot" or "cretin" and lots of other vocabulary that was deemed medical at one point. As soon as you replace the word with a more neutral alternative, that new word will take on all the *negative connotations that come with the concept, not with the term*. As long as society maintains negative associations with the thing itself, using new and "safer" words is basically an exercise in futility. Such words devolve to meet what they describe.
Levees and other riparian areas are where they are the worst. Is there a state-run effort to hem them back in down south?
I was gonna say, listening to the feller, that that was some of the most Murkin shit I've heard in a while. Why the hell are even your astronauts Christians? (Don't get me wrong, ex-Catholic here, with lots of Bible-reading under my belt. I just feel as a literal spaceman, there might be more relevant reading to be had once you're an adult and a scientist.)
Always downvote AI slop, please.
On account of it's AI slop like every single other post by that "news" channel.
Wow, Bill Clinton has gotten buff.
This "channel" is *never* legit. It is all AI slop, every last bit of it. This woman does not exist, and her face is as AI as that of "Florida man wearing samurai armor" and every single other one of their posts.
Unfortunately, you'll get really good at identifying those fuckers in the open after a while. In Switzerland, as almost everywhere else, they're an absolute blight on the land, and being able to spot them has spoilt so many nice walks and kayak tours for me. Once you get started identifying wild plants, it may seem a bit daunting. After a while you'll find yourself getting bombarded with automatic info you did not really ask your brain for (nor enjoy, with all the invasive plants everywhere).
You mean having the entirety of England look exactly like Brits in the 21st century? For a few years after that, Quora was full of people "proving" that the queen had been black due to a Moorish ancestor in the 1100s.
*its (At least that's how us non-English-speaking Europeans learn it.)
Shitting in the woods, got it.
Whitewater kayaker here: this video gave me the worst sphincter cramps in ages. We had to swim one of those (much smaller, with less water than that one) as part of our WRT training. None of us managed to stay up, even in neoprenes, dry jacket, life jacket. After one round in the washing machine, everyone tapped out. (We had ropes attached to our jackets.) I would not for a million bucks have climbed down into that canal.
Man bïjre håalede?
Let's be honest: it's also quite fugs.
GWB: "My fellow Merkins..."
In Switzerland (land of high prices), this is 16 CHF, so about 20 dollaridoos.
indeed!
Fun fact: The Highland deer population is extremely high due to their use as game by large para-feudal (and sometimes just straight-out-feudal) landowners. They, together with the sheep and controlled heather burning (for grouse hunting) keep the Highlands artificially barren. The natural landscape of Scotland would be one of scots pine, alder, birch, etc. These are extremely degraded, human-made landscapes. Not to mention invasive shrubs like cherry laurel and rhododendrons.
It's modern buhurt. Not the ancient sport, nor HEMA (that's where the swordplay would happen), but a fun re-imagination of an older tournament sport.
Nah, he doesn't and she doesn't. It's all 2nd person singular "du".