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Q: what do Magneto and Gilgamesh have in common? A: Porn fanfic exists about them
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I don't know how you guys talked about Landknechts without talking about their sense of fashion
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Feb 11, 2019 01:52
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I'm the artificially padded masculinity
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Feb 11, 2019 01:57
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I'm "circus-clown chic".
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Feb 11, 2019 02:04
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i got a pun
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Feb 11, 2019 02:12
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Elyv posted:I don't know how you guys talked about Landknechts without talking about their sense of fashion In a movie I saw they had male civilians in the 1600s wear little metal bibs around their neck for fashion. Was this a thing? I know some other parts of high fashion were influenced by Landsknecht outfits. Like the slit sleeves were seen on many ladies dresses.
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Feb 12, 2019 09:38
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pidan posted:In a movie I saw they had male civilians in the 1600s wear little metal bibs around their neck for fashion. Was this a thing? I know some other parts of high fashion were influenced by Landsknecht outfits. Like the slit sleeves were seen on many ladies dresses. Was it a gorget?  It's something that started out as a piece of armor to protect your neck and ended up being purely decorative.
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Feb 12, 2019 10:10
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Alhazred posted:Was it a gorget? That's exactly what it was, thank you!
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Feb 12, 2019 10:11
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pidan posted:In a movie I saw they had male civilians in the 1600s wear little metal bibs around their neck for fashion. Was this a thing? I know some other parts of high fashion were influenced by Landsknecht outfits. Like the slit sleeves were seen on many ladies dresses. Yeah, that's probably the case, though I'd say that was more from military fashion in general and not necessarily from the Landsknechts in particular. During the high and late middle ages, armour usually incorporated a gorget to protect your neck and upper chest, like this:  Over time, as armour became less complex and more standardised (such as around the Landsknecht era), those became rarer in practical use. However, they still remained a part of ceremonial and parade armour. Of course, having such a big honking piece of metal in front of your face is a bit impractical, so over time gorgets in particular got smaller, lighter, and more ornate. Eventually sometime in the 17th century, these miniature gorgets turned into signifiers of rank within the military, and made their way into civilian fashion as well. e: f,b
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Feb 12, 2019 10:24
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pidan posted:That's exactly what it was, thank you! These are still in use today in various Western militaries to denote various functions like Officer of the Day, Security Chief, etc
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Feb 12, 2019 11:44
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Nuclear War posted:These are still in use today in various Western militaries to denote various functions like Officer of the Day, Security Chief, etc and green officers use it to make sure they don't lose their house keys.
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Feb 12, 2019 11:54
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John Kellogg, who invented Corn Flakes, is also responsible for introducing the US to male circumcision, for anti masteurbation puritanical beliefs.
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Feb 12, 2019 22:02
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ChocNitty posted:John Kellogg, who invented Corn Flakes, is also responsible for introducing the US to male circumcision, for anti masteurbation puritanical beliefs. He also introduced us to sewing young girls’ vulvas shut, which thankfully didn’t catch on to quite the same degree.
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Feb 12, 2019 22:10
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Ariong posted:He also introduced us to sewing young girls’ vulvas shut, which thankfully didn’t catch on to quite the same degree. someone was trying real loving hard to get into a real lovely heaven
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Feb 13, 2019 00:06
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John Kellogg was just weirdly obsessed with young men blasting rope. The whole point of corn flakes was because he advocated a bland diet as a way to discourage ppl from jackin it.
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Feb 13, 2019 00:06
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Ariong posted:He also introduced us to sewing young girls’ vulvas shut, which thankfully didn’t catch on to quite the same degree. What the gently caress
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Feb 13, 2019 00:13
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 Nzgina (1583-1663), ruler of the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba in what is now modern-day Angola, is remembered today as a shrewd ruler and tactician. She notably kept a harem of 50-60 husbands whom she called concubines. These concubines were of a third-gender caste in Ndongo society known as chabados. Chabados were born male, wore women's clothing, often held important religious and leadership positions, and married and had sex with men. The chabados that belonged to Nzgina slept in the same room as her ladies-in-waiting and were reportedly executed on the spot if they attempted sexual relations with the women. Visiting Catholic priests were dismayed by this caste of people, writing, "Men attyred like Women, and behave themselves womanly, ashamed to be called men; are also married to men, and esteeme that unnatural damnation an honor." Marquis de Sade would later report that Nzinga would immolate each lover after a single night of passion, although this is considered a bit of fancy. Kevin DuBrow has a new favorite as of 00:17 on Feb 13, 2019 |
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Feb 13, 2019 00:14
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Yeah I don't know if I'd trust de Sade to tell the truth about that sort of thing probably wrote that part of his letter or whatever with one hand
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Feb 13, 2019 00:35
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Alhazred posted:Was it a gorget? Don't Norwegian officers still wear these on occasion? I swear I remember seeing it on the stiff necked dorks that were on barracks or mess hall duty.
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Feb 13, 2019 00:38
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Government Handjob posted:Don't Norwegian officers still wear these on occasion? I swear I remember seeing it on the stiff necked dorks that were on barracks or mess hall duty. Some do. I stole the one I had to wear when i was a guard at the army war college 
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Feb 13, 2019 00:44
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Slippery posted:Yeah I don't know if I'd trust de Sade to tell the truth about that sort of thing How do you write?
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Feb 13, 2019 09:06
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Slippery posted:Yeah I don't know if I'd trust de Sade to tell the truth about that sort of thing P sure that's the only way he ever wrote
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Feb 13, 2019 09:17
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Elyv posted:I don't know how you guys talked about Landknechts without talking about their sense of fashion Not pictured: the landsknecht assaulting a nun, accompanied by the artist's quirky comments
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Feb 13, 2019 09:32
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Beachcomber posted:How do you write? 
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Feb 13, 2019 15:12
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Biplane posted:Some do. I stole the one I had to wear when i was a guard at the army war college Yeah I Googled it after posting to confirm and it brought me back to being yelled at for not saluting the picture of His Royal Highness King Harald V of Norway when entering the chow hall. Thinking back its weird I only got two formal reprimands during my service, I was the most lackluster dude in a company of losers that made Beetle Bailey's camp look like a well functioning war machine.
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Feb 13, 2019 15:30
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Government Handjob posted:Yeah I Googled it after posting to confirm and it brought me back to being yelled at for not saluting the picture of His Royal Highness King Harald V of Norway when entering the chow hall. Do you have to wait for him to return the salute?
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Feb 13, 2019 15:36
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ugh y'all know what I meant drat it (  )
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Feb 13, 2019 15:40
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In 1619 Jan Janszoon was a successful privateer for the dutch crown, but too much of his loot was taken by the state and he had fallen in love with a moorish woman. So he decided to ditch his dutch identity, converted to islam and became a pirate called Murat Reis. He got circumcised and apparently kept his foreskin on display in his bedroom and proudly showed it to vistors. In 1624 he became the president of the pirate republic Sale. In 1627 he raided the icelandic city Grindavík. In 1635 he was captured by the knights of Malta, he escaped in 1640. Murat Reis then disappears from history and the only thing we know about his last years is a sentence from an old dutch biography that reads "he did not die of natural causes". His son, Anthony Janszoon van Salee, emigrated to America and his descendents is said to include Jackie Kennedy, Humphry Bogard and the Vanderbilts.
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Feb 13, 2019 16:41
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Government Handjob posted:Don't Norwegian officers still wear these on occasion? I swear I remember seeing it on the stiff necked dorks that were on barracks or mess hall duty. It's gorget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget and the duty officers for example in the Norwegian and Finnish army still carry it to signify who is on watch duty at the barracks. Edit: If someone is carrying a gun with live ammo and is not MP, it is usually this guy. Der Kyhe has a new favorite as of 17:30 on Feb 13, 2019 |
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Feb 13, 2019 17:28
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Government Handjob posted:I was the most lackluster dude in a company of losers that made Beetle Bailey's camp look like a well functioning war machine. That's a heck of a cultural reference for a Norwegian.
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Feb 13, 2019 23:18
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Duodecimal posted:That's a heck of a cultural reference for a Norwegian. Beetle Bailey (Billy) was/is pretty big in Norway and still runs in a bunch of newspapers and has its own comic book.
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Feb 13, 2019 23:54
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Should have just held up a picture of yourself saluting.
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Feb 14, 2019 00:10
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Government Handjob posted:I was the most lackluster dude in a company of losers that made Beetle Bailey's camp look like a well functioning war machine. To be fair, that’s most of the norwegian armed forces.
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Feb 14, 2019 00:53
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Biplane posted:To be fair, that’s most of the norwegian armed forces. Who needs an army, when you have winter on your side.
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Feb 14, 2019 08:06
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Government Handjob posted:Beetle Bailey (Billy) was/is pretty big in Norway and still runs in a bunch of newspapers and has its own comic book. Same in Denmark, at least last I checked.
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Feb 14, 2019 09:00
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pidan posted:Who needs an army, when you have winter on your side. And mountains.
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Feb 14, 2019 09:44
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And the USA
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Feb 14, 2019 10:01
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Alhazred posted:Humphry Bogard and the Vanderbilts. I would listen to the hell out of this band and admit it: you would too 
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Feb 14, 2019 10:05
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Zudgemud posted:And mountains. We for real have mountains filled with US war supplies, tanks, humvees etc.
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I was reading about King Tut's throne (specifically while researching Ancient Egyptian furniture, because I'm weird) and came upon this source. I found one passage slightly odd...quote:The King Tut Throne follows the Amarna artistic tradition developed under Akhenaten, the lone Pharaoh that attempted to sway the nation to the worship of one god, the sun disc Aten. Akenaten’s movement was eventually overturned by later Pharaohs, but the prominence of the Aten continued as an appeasement to those in Egypt who worshiped it. Since this throne harkens back to the declining Amarna tradition, it is no surprise that one of its most prominent features is the placement of Aten top and center of the seat, with its life-giving, sustaining rays extending as arms and hands down towards Tutankhamen and his queen Ankhesenamun. This is one place on the throne where nothing but pure, unbroken, unadorned gold is used, since a deity as prominent as Aten would be represented whenever possible in the divine metal alone. Surprise, it was a Biblical archaeology site the entire time!
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