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ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

I'm scared of the avatar fairy

# ? May 3, 2015 18:08

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# ? May 30, 2024 12:56

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

PupsOfWar posted:

what's this cartoon supposed to represent re: somali famine

It's really just a cartoon about the famine in Somalia that killed ~260,000 people, half of them being children under 5 years old: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/05/201352113337568731.html

quote:

Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a UN report that admits the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy. The toll is much higher than was feared at the time of the 2010-2012 food crisis in the troubled Horn of Africa country and also exceeds the 220,000 who starved to death in a 1992 famine, according to the findings.

"The report confirms we should have done more before the famine was declared," said Philippe Lazzarini, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. "Warnings that began as far back as the drought in 2010 did not trigger sufficient early action," he said in a statement.

Half of those who died were children under five, according to the joint report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network. "Famine and severe food insecurity in Somalia claimed the lives of about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under five," said the report, the first scientific estimate of how many people died.

It's depressing as poo poo, especially since it was partially preventable. :smith:

Latuff doesn't just do I/P stuff, he does cartoons about tons of events affecting people worldwide. Sometimes you just need to remind people that horrible stuff is happening, otherwise it just gets swept under the rug.

fade5 fucked around with this message at 18:13 on May 3, 2015

# ? May 3, 2015 18:11

MLKQUOTEMACHINE: Oct 22, 2012; Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

ZenVulgarity posted:

nah cm punk fans

those are just literal neonazis

# ? May 3, 2015 18:12

MLKQUOTEMACHINE: Oct 22, 2012; Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

why would you force fight yoda

thats like trying to outswim a shark with lead-weights strapped to you

# ? May 3, 2015 18:14

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

nutranurse posted:

those are just literal neonazis

you're gonna attract that guy who posts about how nazis appropriated skinhead culture

# ? May 3, 2015 18:15

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

ZenVulgarity posted:

I'm scared of the avatar fairy

don't be scared, embrace it

42 BCE: War is happening in the Roman Empire.

Marcus Brutus begins to plunder the cities of Asia Minor, in order to obtain money and soldiers. The inhabitants of Lycia refused to submit to Rome, and Brutus besieged Xanthus. After destroying their suburbs, the Xanthians withdrew into the heavily fortified city. The Roman legionaries (2,000 men) forced the gate and fight their way into the forum. The citizens made an heroic stand by the temple of Sarpedon, as night falls the Roman army conquers the city. The Xanthians preferred to perish in the flames rather than to yield.

42 CE: War is still happening in the Roman Empire.

Romans take control of Ceuta, a port city on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province. The Dalmatian legate, Furius Camillus Scribonianus, revolts but his troops defect and his rebellion quickly withers.

# ? May 3, 2015 18:19

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

you can't do a history post if you don't get the snipe :mad:

# ? May 3, 2015 18:19

Mo_Steel: Mar 7, 2008; Let's Clock Into The Sunset Together; Fun Shoe

nutranurse posted:

why would you force fight yoda

thats like trying to outswim a shark with lead-weights strapped to you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

# ? May 3, 2015 18:19

MLKQUOTEMACHINE: Oct 22, 2012; Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

Mo_Steel posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

this is star wars, mainstream enough that pointing out poo poo from the movies isnt that nerdy

nerding it up would be me pointing out how dumb it is to devote yourself to form 2

# ? May 3, 2015 18:24

esto es malo: Aug 3, 2006; Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

i cant deal with race talk in dnd threads(not this one) anymore its just dumb garbage from dumb idiots

# ? May 3, 2015 18:26

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

oh right, Dartmouth Boy also said that asians, latinos and whites were all suffering under the yoke of affirmative action to the benefit of the black man lmao

# ? May 3, 2015 18:27

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

Badger of Basra posted:

you can't do a history post if you don't get the snipe

well then more people who end up getting the top of the page need to start posting history. :colbert:

seriously, I like learning about random events I've usually never heard of before, especially stuff that's pre-1000 CE.

# ? May 3, 2015 18:27

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

fade5 posted:

don't be scared, embrace it

42 BCE: War is happening in the Roman Empire.

Marcus Brutus begins to plunder the cities of Asia Minor, in order to obtain money and soldiers. The inhabitants of Lycia refused to submit to Rome, and Brutus besieged Xanthus. After destroying their suburbs, the Xanthians withdrew into the heavily fortified city. The Roman legionaries (2,000 men) forced the gate and fight their way into the forum. The citizens made an heroic stand by the temple of Sarpedon, as night falls the Roman army conquers the city. The Xanthians preferred to perish in the flames rather than to yield.

42 CE: War is still happening in the Roman Empire.

Romans take control of Ceuta, a port city on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province. The Dalmatian legate, Furius Camillus Scribonianus, revolts but his troops defect and his rebellion quickly withers.

If you would have done "war is happening in the Roman Empire" and people just ran with it I would have laughed real hard

Good actual posts though

If there's a date close to the CE line, do we typically do both BCE and CE?

And it's hard to edit history snipes on my phone.

# ? May 3, 2015 18:28

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

oh right, Dartmouth Boy also said that asians, latinos and whites were all suffering under the yoke of affirmative action to the benefit of the black man lmao

i found out that daniel hung used to be president of the college republicans

# ? May 3, 2015 18:29

kustomkarkommando: Oct 22, 2012

death to history snipes

death to history itself

time is a closed loop

# ? May 3, 2015 18:30

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

Badger of Basra posted:

i found out that daniel hung used to be president of the college republicans

loving college republicans

was he there when they did that affirmative action bake sale thing

# ? May 3, 2015 18:32

My Imaginary GF: Jul 17, 2005; by R. Guyovich

fade5 posted:

It's really just a cartoon about the famine in Somalia that killed ~260,000 people, half of them being children under 5 years old: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/05/201352113337568731.html

It's depressing as poo poo, especially since it was partially preventable.

Latuff doesn't just do I/P stuff, he does cartoons about tons of events affecting people worldwide. Sometimes you just need to remind people that horrible stuff is happening, otherwise it just gets swept under the rug.

Of course, D&D oft decries the alternative as worse. Which is better, the freedom of anarchy without necessary social norms to foster development, or the freedom from starvation which political order empowered against existing social norms and customs provides?

# ? May 3, 2015 18:34

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

ZenVulgarity posted:

If you would have done "war is happening in the Roman Empire" and people just ran with it I would have laughed real hard

Good actual posts though

If there's a date close to the CE line, do we typically do both BCE and CE?

And it's hard to edit history snipes on my phone.

I was tempted to throw in a battle from WW2 about a 1942 battle in Italy, but there wasn't much fighting happening there there yet. Although since the Romans were screwing around in Algeria:

November 8, 1942: Operation Torch: United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa. French Resistance Coup in Algiers: 400 French civil resisters neutralize the Vichyist XIXth Army Corps and the Vichyist generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.) thus allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers, and ultimately the whole of French North Africa.

I've also been trying to throw in more BCE stuff, since last thread was basically all CE events. We can't have negative page numbers, so ya gotta put BCE events somewhere.

fade5 fucked around with this message at 18:39 on May 3, 2015

# ? May 3, 2015 18:35

esto es malo: Aug 3, 2006; Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

My Imaginary GF posted:

Of course, D&D oft decries the alternative as worse. Which is better, the freedom of anarchy without necessary social norms to foster development, or the freedom from starvation which political order empowered against existing social norms and customs provides?

kill yourself your gimmick is past its prime

# ? May 3, 2015 18:35

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

on page 501 let's bombard this thread with boyko gifs

in honor of mayday.us

# ? May 3, 2015 18:36

fade5: May 31, 2012; by exmarx

joeburz posted:

kill yourself your gimmick is past its prime

# ? May 3, 2015 18:38

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

Does anyone have the user name Johnny nightstick? Feels like someone should.

# ? May 3, 2015 18:40

My Imaginary GF: Jul 17, 2005; by R. Guyovich

joeburz posted:

kill yourself your gimmick is past its prime

What gimmick? Some local customs, such as polygamy, female genital mutilation, child brides, and arranged marriage need by repressed by state institutions in order to create a common good and functioning society compatible with modernity.

# ? May 3, 2015 18:47

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Badger of Basra posted:

you're gonna attract that guy who posts about how nazis appropriated skinhead culture

Let me guess: he's a huge fan of Atari Teenage Riot?

:nws:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb3r9filcM
:nws:

(probably)

Absurd Alhazred fucked around with this message at 19:01 on May 3, 2015

# ? May 3, 2015 18:57

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

How do Persians do rotisserie chicken because this stuff is great

# ? May 3, 2015 19:12

MLKQUOTEMACHINE: Oct 22, 2012; Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

How do Persians do rotisserie chicken because this stuff is great

no the real hallmark of persian cuisine is their awesome rice

# ? May 3, 2015 19:13

Berke Negri: Feb 15, 2012; Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao

nutranurse posted:

arizona is a fever dream tho and not real america

its been very interesting watching the little fault lines growing at the edges of the african american political community here wrt mexicans

# ? May 3, 2015 19:15

Fuck You And Diebold: Sep 15, 2004; by Athanatos

ZenVulgarity posted:

I'm scared of the avatar fairy

Haven't your parents told you yet? The avatar fairy isn't real

# ? May 3, 2015 19:19

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

nutranurse posted:

no the real hallmark of persian cuisine is their awesome rice

Tahdig especially

# ? May 3, 2015 19:30

Jerry Manderbilt: May 31, 2012; No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

Growing up in rich Asian American Silicon Valley, we lumped black and Latino people together as "ghetto people"

# ? May 3, 2015 19:37

Dr. Faustus: Feb 18, 2001; Grimey Drawer

My history snipe was merely a test and I am saddened that I can't contribute more.

I am ashame.

# ? May 3, 2015 19:37

PupsOfWar: Dec 6, 2013

I often forget when I am in chatthread and when I am not

# ? May 3, 2015 20:00

R. Mute: Jul 27, 2011

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/israel-ethiopian-jews-rally-police-brutality-150503155817247.html

# ? May 3, 2015 20:02

Venom Snake: Feb 19, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

R. Mute posted:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/israel-ethiopian-jews-rally-police-brutality-150503155817247.html

lol

# ? May 3, 2015 20:03

Primus: May 14, 2007; Greater than the sum of his parts.

R. Mute posted:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/israel-ethiopian-jews-rally-police-brutality-150503155817247.html

Welp. Time for AA to correct this clearly biased article!

# ? May 3, 2015 20:03

esto es malo: Aug 3, 2006; Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

R. Mute posted:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/israel-ethiopian-jews-rally-police-brutality-150503155817247.html

quote:

At a protest by Ethiopian Jews on Thursday in Jerusalem, police used water cannon to keep angry crowds away from Netanyahu's residence, and at least 13 people were injured.

hmm

# ? May 3, 2015 20:10