Woebin posted:

Didn't know what it was before, now I do. I learned something today and that's cool.

Gripweed posted:

You know how they say that the jester was the only member of the royal court who could speak unwelcome truths to the king? That was literally never true. The most famous court jester was a guy named Roland the Farter whose entire act was a combination of acrobatics and his ability to fart on command. Another famous jester was a little person who the king would put between two loaves of bread and pretend to eat like a sandwich. All jesters just did slapstick and dick and fart jokes, the idea that they did cutting political commentary is a complete historical myth made up by Jon Stewart fans

That doesn't have anything to do with what you said but I just wanted to talk about Roland the Farter

DiggityDoink posted:

somehow that first image completely covers up the first two lines of your post

e; oh nm, the first two lines of your post were part of the img

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Professional farters (flatulists) were a popular form of entertainment throughout the medieval world. In Japan they were known as heppiri otoko, in Ireland they were called the braigetoír.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Professional farters (flatulists)

bike tory posted:

Japan uses a different year to the rest of the world, based on the current emperor's reign. The current date in Japan is 30/04/05. The current Japanese emperor is stepping down at the end of April, triggering a new era (for the first time, normally it happens when the emperor dies). The current era is Heisei (平成).

The new emperor starts on the 1st May so it'll go back to 01/05/01. The new era is going to be called Reiwa, with the kanji you can see in the tweet.

This is pretty niche knowledge that I only have because I lived in Japan. Posting that tweet with zero context was dumb.

Lobok posted:

Wait, I thought after the Heisei era it was the Millennium era next.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Professional farters (flatulists) were a popular form of entertainment throughout the medieval world. In Japan they were known as heppiri otoko, in Ireland they were called the braigetoír.

JoelJoel posted:

If you have to write a short essay to explain the joke, it isn't a good joke.

Blind Rasputin posted:

A man walks into a resort, and the first sign he sees reads "LOOL AREA"

He was confused and asks one of the employees about it.

“Yes, we have this tradition here, we replace the first ‘P’ of any word that starts with P with an ‘L’ because the owner hates the words that starts with letter ‘P’."

The man thought this was strange, but as long as there were no other rules, he’d be fine. The man toured the resort and eventually came upon the cafeteria.

There was a sign which read, “Serving Lierogies and Lork tonight.”

Thinking about the food made the man hungry, so he went around looking for food. Strangely, in cafetaria he only found two signs that read; line for breakfast and line for dinner, both of which were closed since it was 12:30 PM.

Confused and hungry, the man approached the employee and asked, “Where’s the lunchline?”

Blind Rasputin posted:

A man walks into a resort, and the first sign he sees reads "LOOL AREA"

He was confused and asks one of the employees about it.

“Yes, we have this tradition here, we replace the first ‘P’ of any word that starts with P with an ‘L’ because the owner hates the words that starts with letter ‘P’."

The man thought this was strange, but as long as there were no other rules, he’d be fine. The man toured the resort and eventually came upon the cafeteria.

There was a sign which read, “Serving Lierogies and Lork tonight.”

Thinking about the food made the man hungry, so he went around looking for food. Strangely, in cafetaria he only found two signs that read; line for breakfast and line for dinner, both of which were closed since it was 12:30 PM.

Confused and hungry, the man approached the employee and asked, “Where’s the lunchline?”

Blind Rasputin posted:

A man walks into a resort, and the first sign he sees reads "LOOL AREA"

He was confused and asks one of the employees about it.

“Yes, we have this tradition here, we replace the first ‘P’ of any word that starts with P with an ‘L’ because the owner hates the words that starts with letter ‘P’."

The man thought this was strange, but as long as there were no other rules, he’d be fine. The man toured the resort and eventually came upon the cafeteria.

There was a sign which read, “Serving Lierogies and Lork tonight.”

Thinking about the food made the man hungry, so he went around looking for food. Strangely, in cafetaria he only found two signs that read; line for breakfast and line for dinner, both of which were closed since it was 12:30 PM.

Confused and hungry, the man approached the employee and asked, “Where’s the lunchline?”

`Nemesis posted:

Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:

There is no reason I would know or care about the Japanese emperor, but I will concede that that is not especially weeaboo nonsense.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

You realize that there's an entire country of people who speak Japanese and that 99% of the culture actually has nothing to do with anime, right

Picnic Princess posted:

I have zero desire to play with Batman's disembodied frozen testicle.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

You realize that there's an entire country of people who speak Japanese and that 99% of the culture actually has nothing to do with anime, right

All y'all who reflexively kneejerk with "LOL WEEABOO" whenever you see some vaguely asian poo poo oughta examine yourselves. This shouldn't be an "I concede" it should be an "I was a racist dumbass"

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

You realize that there's an entire country of people who speak Japanese and that 99% of the culture actually has nothing to do with anime, right

All y'all who reflexively kneejerk with "LOL WEEABOO" whenever you see some vaguely asian poo poo oughta examine yourselves. This shouldn't be an "I concede" it should be an "I was a racist dumbass"

Aleph Null posted:

99% of <non-Japanese> people

<not in Japan >

<who are obsessed with Japan >

are weeaboos.

JoelJoel posted:

This is a funny image. If you don't get it, you're racist. Now explain it to me or admit you're a horrible person.

tribbledirigible posted:

I have failed this Voight-Kampff test for assholes. I am a horrible person.

tribbledirigible posted:

I have failed this Voight-Kampff test for assholes. I am a horrible person.

FactsAreUseless posted:

The crab can't set its watches. You aren't helping. Why aren't you helping?

JoelJoel posted:

Incorrect. You are also racist. I'm sorry I had to be the one to tell you.