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catacomb 3d https://twitter.com/emmanuel_2m/status/1395147806470455296
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Jul 2, 2021 19:43
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Jul 5, 2021 03:24
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what was porter
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Jul 5, 2021 03:26
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Dudes rock
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Jul 5, 2021 04:35
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if for some incomprehensible reason im given the budget to throw a giant fourth of july party im setting up that exact spread and telling people to gently caress off when they suggest its unpatriotic for there to be almost no beer but an absolute fuckton of wine from places where people talk in funny accents
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Jul 5, 2021 04:39
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indigi posted:what was porter 
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Jul 5, 2021 04:49
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a bear thats like a loaf of bread in your stomach
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Jul 5, 2021 05:08
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were porters and beers really considered two separate things at the time? I’m pretty sure the term “pale ale” was common by the late 18th century, if they were gonna differentiate it from a lighter colored ale I figured they’d have gone with that
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Jul 5, 2021 05:26
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its probably an alcohol content thing; table beers with <2% abv were extremely common and probably what the beer in the receipt was, while porters were the strong stuff you drank if you were looking to get hosed up. porters also had to be made in dedicated breweries because of the aging/roasting process, while ales and the like could just be made in the tavern's basement or the barkeep's house, so porters were probably more expensive and line-item'd appropriately
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Jul 5, 2021 06:10
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No, but there's two reasons why they might be separated out. One, is that the 'beers' referred to are 'table beers' - which were low-alcohol content beers whose function was mostly just safe drinking water. The other is that it might be intended specifically as a badge of American pride. Robert Hare immigrated to Philadelphia (where that tab was incurred) in the 1770s and established a local brewery that began the first commercial brewing of porters in the United States. John Adams, Sep 29 1774 posted:I drink no Cyder, but feast upon Phyladelphia Beer, and Porter. A Gentleman, one Mr. Hare, has lately set up in this City a Manufactory of Porter, as good as any that comes from London. I pray We may introduce it into the Massachusetts. It agrees with me, infinitely better than Punch, Wine, or Cyder, or any other Spirituous Liquor. George Washington, 1788 posted:I beg you will send me a gross of Mr. Hairs best bottled Porter if the price is not much enhanced by the copius droughts you took of it at the late Procession. Tobias Lear, Washington's secretary, 1790 posted:Will you be so good as to desire Mr. Hare to have if he continues to make the best Porter in Philadelphia 3 gross of his best put up for Mount Vernon? as the President means to visit that place in the recess of Congress and it is probable there will be a large demand for Porter at that time. I think the table beer explanation is almost certainly correct, but that wouldn't give me an excuse to post information.
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Jul 5, 2021 06:43
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Jul 5, 2021 15:48
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https://twitter.com/Manglewood/status/1412041351101812745 https://twitter.com/Manglewood/status/1412041357489807361
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Jul 6, 2021 02:12
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"concept" my rear end
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Jul 6, 2021 04:21
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several nations tried to update the idea with dogs during the forbidden era.
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Jul 6, 2021 04:36
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Wow, those pre-moderns were weird, we moderns would never try this concept with animals like bats or pigeons.
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Jul 6, 2021 04:42
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I've played rome total war I know it's supposed to be pigs covered in pitch
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Jul 6, 2021 14:24
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uugh we deserve extinction
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Jul 6, 2021 16:40
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Seatbelts posted:uugh we deserve extinction bit harsh, you wouldnt beleive what cats get up to with other species
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Jul 6, 2021 17:39
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Some Guy TT posted:https://twitter.com/Manglewood/status/1412041351101812745 the idea was based on the flawed concept of somehow making a cat do something.
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Jul 6, 2021 19:49
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a scared cat will go to the most inconvenient place possible so its based on sound science
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Jul 6, 2021 19:50
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Real hurthling! posted:a scared cat will go to the most inconvenient place possible so its based on sound science A place like the tent they're storing all bomb-cat explosives in. that cat would turn around and run right back where you brought it from
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Jul 6, 2021 19:54
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yeah or straight up the leg of the handler to deliver a groin bite like that ancient viral cop at the shelter video
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Jul 6, 2021 20:00
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Inceltown posted:White Guys were painting cockatoos for a long time before they had boats going to Australia. interesting look at the middle ages live animal trade
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Jul 7, 2021 03:29
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Real hurthling! posted:a scared cat will go to the most inconvenient place possible so its based on sound science lol
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Jul 7, 2021 17:51
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The first historian in that New Yorker piece obviously did next to no research. Yellow crested cockatoos are native to Java.
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Jul 8, 2021 06:54
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holy poo poo that's giving me Daggerfall flashbacks oh god oh god please don't clip me into the void again ahhhhhhh
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Jul 8, 2021 07:28
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why were city states a thing in greece? was it a product of geography making overland projection of power a pain in the rear end?
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Jul 8, 2021 19:19
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look at a topographical map of greece
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Real hurthling! posted:look at a topographical map of greece Yeah but they got really good at boats and weren't there a bunch of greek polities in anatolia?
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Stairmaster posted:why were city states a thing in greece? was it a product of geography making overland projection of power a pain in the rear end? Well the consensus is the two main factors -The rugged geography of Greece and the lack of nation level public works like a road system led to isolated urban population centers most which focused on having access to sea -The greek aristocracy tended to have a big distrust for central king like authority which led to a cycle of tyrants getting overthrown when someone did try to consolidate power etalian has issued a correction as of 00:37 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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Jul 8, 2021 19:40
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early in the thread there were some recommendations for 'Baudolino'; i'm in the middle of it now and enjoying it a great deal, so thank you! it also finally got me to play ck3
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Jul 11, 2021 15:50
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etalian posted:Well the consensus is the two main factors And nobody wanted to be buddies with Sparta.
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Jul 11, 2021 16:12
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Crusader posted:early in the thread there were some recommendations for 'Baudolino'; i'm in the middle of it now and enjoying it a great deal, so thank you! Yessssssss Now you just need to play EU4 while reading The Island of the Day Before
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Jul 11, 2021 19:15
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Heck Greek polities generally couldn't even keep control of their colonies.
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Jul 11, 2021 20:04
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Weka posted:Heck Greek polities generally couldn't even keep control of their colonies. pretty much how the Greco-Persian wars started given all the stirring the pot done by Ionian sea colonies.
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Jul 11, 2021 20:15
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etalian posted:pretty much how the Greco-Persian wars started given all the stirring the pot done by Ionian sea colonies. 
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Any good books on the French Revolution? A friend is asking me for one, and I'd be interested too.
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