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I have quite literally not felt this insulted after someone said that Mikko Alatalo was the interpreter of the deepest feelings of the Finnish people. To imply that I've ever read a Harry Potter book is just scandalous!
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Mar 10, 2019 22:20
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https://youtu.be/hwB793j1JMg
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Mar 10, 2019 22:22
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Mar 10, 2019 23:58
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Are they decimating him or what?
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Mar 11, 2019 00:09
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yes that is the joke
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Karate Bastard posted:Are they decimating him or what? Congratulations. Sagebrush posted:yes that is the joke  Artemisius Tridentatus
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Mar 11, 2019 00:18
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Sponge Baathist posted:I thought this was a Peter Mohrbacher Angelarium picture at first. He's got his name and art on some magic the gathering cards but he's nowhere near as famous as his mom who wrote this book: Step 1: Take her underwear off you idiot.
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Mar 11, 2019 00:37
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He's a number on a list?
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Mar 11, 2019 01:06
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The Macedonians used to “decimate” someone by having five people, each with a club, hit the perpetrator each twice. This, equaling ten strikes. Much later and after many defeats to the Athenians did they realize they could conserve man-hours by simply having one person strike the perpetrator with the club ten times. This lack of mathematical comprehension was one of the main reasons they ultimately lost their kingdom to the Persians.
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Mar 11, 2019 01:06
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Decimating is when there's ten guys at once
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Mar 11, 2019 01:11
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They would use a specific formation around the perpetrator, with assigned places. This is interestingly how the term “decimal place” was coined.
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Mar 11, 2019 01:14
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Blind Rasputin posted:They would use a specific formation around the perpetrator, with assigned places. This is interestingly how the term “decimal place” was coined. I don't believe even a fraction of this
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Mar 11, 2019 01:41
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The Bloop posted:I don't believe even a fraction of this the facts might be a little inaccurate, but the intenth is correct.
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Mar 11, 2019 02:04
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The Bloop posted:I don't believe even a fraction of this Yeah, beats me.
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Mar 11, 2019 02:24
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FactsAreUseless posted:Decimating is when there's ten guys at once That's a hell of a Jeremy Kyle episode
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Mar 11, 2019 02:40
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my elementary school history teacher told us that when a legion had been really bad they would do a more severe form of decimation, where the entire legion would be dissolved by killing nine out of ten men, then dividing the remaining 10% up among other units to spread the word and keep the rest of the army in line i have no idea if that's true, sounds like something someone a little too into the fascist bits of ancient rome would come up with
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Mar 11, 2019 03:15
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I am pretty sure that is entirely untrue except maybe that one time.
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Mar 11, 2019 03:33
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Sounds like a deece way of covering up a really really embarrassing defeat if you ask me
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Mar 11, 2019 03:53
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Data Graham posted:Sounds like a deece way of covering up a really really embarrassing defeat if you ask me No
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Mar 11, 2019 04:12
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But which position would you have to stand in to remain alive?
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Mar 11, 2019 04:12
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somekindofguy posted:But which position would you have to stand in to remain alive? General.
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Mar 11, 2019 05:02
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Sagebrush posted:my elementary school history teacher told us that when a legion had been really bad they would do a more severe form of decimation, where the entire legion would be dissolved by killing nine out of ten men, then dividing the remaining 10% up among other units to spread the word and keep the rest of the army in line Other way around - one out of every ten was killed.
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Mar 11, 2019 06:06
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Didn't the Legions have a pretty powerful position re: the leadership of Rome? Like, they usually put them into office and took them out violently if they weren't big fans. Killing almost all of them seems like a good way to get sacked.
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Mar 11, 2019 06:11
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broke: 10 woke: 9 bespoke: 8
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Mar 11, 2019 06:22
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Jon Joe posted:broke: 10 Holy loving poo poo 
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Mar 11, 2019 06:44
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Blind Rasputin posted:The Macedonians used to “decimate” someone by having five people, each with a club, hit the perpetrator forbidden meme!
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Mar 11, 2019 07:40
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Brawnfire posted:Didn't the Legions have a pretty powerful position re: the leadership of Rome? Like, they usually put them into office and took them out violently if they weren't big fans. Killing almost all of them seems like a good way to get sacked. That was the Praetorian Guard. You weren't allowed to have legions anywhere near Rome except for the legions that belonged to Rome itself. It varies a lot over the course of Roman history as that's pretty long but that's who you're thinking of; they guarded Rome, the Emperor, and the Senate and were hugely influential because of that. Generally speaking they were tasked with keeping the government and/or social elites safe. Needless to say that meant you wanted to be on their good side as they had a tendency to get...involved...in politics. Given that murdering politicians was basically the Roman national sport you can imagine what that sometimes entailed.
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Mar 11, 2019 07:57
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DontMockMySmock posted:forbidden meme! 
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Mar 11, 2019 08:14
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Jerry Cotton posted:If some Jews weren't supportive of a fascist regime in Israel, Israel literally wouldn't have a fascist regime. If some Muslims weren't in support of terrorist attacks and a party whose stated goal is to wipe Israel off the map, Hamas wouldn't be a thing
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Mar 11, 2019 09:21
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So if some people weren't in support of problems, we wouldn't have them.
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Mar 11, 2019 09:28
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But what if some other people were in support of different problems?
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Mar 11, 2019 10:12
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ToxicSlurpee posted:That was the Praetorian Guard. You weren't allowed to have legions anywhere near Rome except for the legions that belonged to Rome itself. It varies a lot over the course of Roman history as that's pretty long but that's who you're thinking of; they guarded Rome, the Emperor, and the Senate and were hugely influential because of that. Generally speaking they were tasked with keeping the government and/or social elites safe. Needless to say that meant you wanted to be on their good side as they had a tendency to get...involved...in politics. Given that murdering politicians was basically the Roman national sport you can imagine what that sometimes entailed. I really wish politicians still murdered eachother. Now they just linger and fester and spread
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Mar 11, 2019 10:16
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I for one support problems.
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Mar 11, 2019 10:18
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I'm all for kisses and hugs, why aren't those more of a thing in conflict hotspots where thousands of years of bloody conflict intertwine with a threat of terrorist violence and ongoing discrimination and institutionalized dispossession of entire peoples 
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Mar 11, 2019 10:42
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we need a final solution to the wait gently caress
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Mar 11, 2019 10:53
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What if wait gently caress is the final solution? Both of those seem like reasonable options to me.
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Mar 11, 2019 11:07
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Well, ensuring that you have appropriate consent before you engage in sexual intercourse is important, so the final solution would entail a reliable method for determining the correct amount of time to wait before gently caress.
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Sagebrush posted:my elementary school history teacher told us that when a legion had been really bad they would do a more severe form of decimation, where the entire legion would be dissolved by killing nine out of ten men, then dividing the remaining 10% up among other units to spread the word and keep the rest of the army in line lol how bad did you have to be, like getting high and missing the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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