Another distraction from New. I wish people would focus on the movies.
mr_sunburn
joined 8 months ago
This was a good read, thanks for sharing.
I recently read Homage to Catalonia and found myself admiring his actions, but clearly he has some serious wrongs to account for when you look at a fuller picture. I remember in my Florida teenage years both Animal Farm and 1984 were explicitly taught to prove to us the dangers of Communism in what was supposedly an English class. (And on reflection, 'English' was a more accurate label than 'Literature'.)
The life sandwich of Colonial stooge, brief interlude fighting the fascists, to anti-Communist state tool is hard to swallow. I'll make a note and just reserve my historical admiration for the good fight and seek out some other authors less tainted by all the baggage.
My theory:
- Since humans are upright and scan the horizon it makes sense for flags to have wide orientation and horizontal stripes.
- A train has no need to scan the horizon since they live on a track and are not upright.
- It therefore would be more visually appealing to the senses of a train for them to visually oriented for a taller than it is wide flag with vertical stripes.
Ohhhh interesting, I didn't know we had a brilliant economist on hand. Those pesky regulations!
Is there any corroboration for this outcome beyond a reddit self-post? I too hate this fucking war, but I'm not a doctor of oil science so it's hard for me to take this at face value.
You were an hour and a half late? This was the first time in 3 years? 
Why not simply use Mastodon and pick a server you like?
Are they planning to put "Allow discretionary public executions by the state? Yes or No" on the ballot?
Sweet potato pie is a better pie, and truly American. Also, cheese is gross.
I scan read "Pennywize" as "Paddington" and that increased my confusion dramatically.
view more: next ›
I have read and enjoyed the Ibex group translation. It is not as rich a world as DE, but has complex and interesting characters. I would not recommend it as a standalone novel, but good if you enjoyed DE and want more.