Silentio
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Fritz Lang made a whole movie on this idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wn...
The Testament of Dr Mabuse (Fritz Lang)
YouTube video by Mannjaro
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Fritz Lang made a whole movie on this idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wn...
props to Wolfe for writing a novel that's such an incomprehensible mystery it distracts from the fact that it's not very good
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
props to Wolfe for writing a novel that's such an incomprehensible mystery it distracts from the fact that it's not very good
okay but the French fry burrito slop is good though
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM
okay but the French fry burrito slop is good though
In 1920s China political power very much did grow out of the barrel of a gun. Chiang won the country be beating the Beiyang warlords on the field of battle.
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1920s China political power very much did grow out of the barrel of a gun. Chiang won the country be beating the Beiyang warlords on the field of battle.
It's Tolkien's critique of the Anglo-Saxon warrior ethos, see also The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's Tolkien's critique of the Anglo-Saxon warrior ethos, see also The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
pathics always be wagging them loins
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
pathics always be wagging them loins
but then we wouldn't have gotten the only good part of the prequels (the podrace)
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
but then we wouldn't have gotten the only good part of the prequels (the podrace)
pretty sure Chaucer wrote about this
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
pretty sure Chaucer wrote about this
Let me know if this works
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Let me know if this works
Catholic guilt is such a funny thing to me, because growing up in a mostly Protestant milieu there was still a bit of a stereotype that Catholics had a transactional view of religion and lacked a sense of personal morality.
“Confess on Sunday, sin the rest of the week.”
“Confess on Sunday, sin the rest of the week.”
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Catholic guilt is such a funny thing to me, because growing up in a mostly Protestant milieu there was still a bit of a stereotype that Catholics had a transactional view of religion and lacked a sense of personal morality.
“Confess on Sunday, sin the rest of the week.”
“Confess on Sunday, sin the rest of the week.”
Just let Interior do it like literally every other country
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just let Interior do it like literally every other country
Memes aside, the evidence that HL3 has been under development and will be announced in the coming months is actually quite strong this time.
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Memes aside, the evidence that HL3 has been under development and will be announced in the coming months is actually quite strong this time.
We are Geoff Keighley
We carry the games
We fight for the sponsorships
We honor his name
We carry the games
We fight for the sponsorships
We honor his name
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We are Geoff Keighley
We carry the games
We fight for the sponsorships
We honor his name
We carry the games
We fight for the sponsorships
We honor his name
Few things enwokified me more than reading misogynist medieval literature and realizing that men have been saying the exact same bullshit for 700 years
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Few things enwokified me more than reading misogynist medieval literature and realizing that men have been saying the exact same bullshit for 700 years
I would assume that falling mortality rates and rising life expectancy are a big reason for this change. When death was more omnipresent you couldn’t ignore it or gloss it over with “celebration of life” type stuff.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I would assume that falling mortality rates and rising life expectancy are a big reason for this change. When death was more omnipresent you couldn’t ignore it or gloss it over with “celebration of life” type stuff.
As a Jung hater I feel very vindicated
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As a Jung hater I feel very vindicated
Mega-zooification sounds like what I thought the world should be like when I was seven
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mega-zooification sounds like what I thought the world should be like when I was seven
And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?
on the stage or watching the film version?
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
on the stage or watching the film version?
Yesterday I drove past a Popeye's doing a Five Nights at Freddy's promotion and had to suppress the urge to swerve into oncoming traffic.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday I drove past a Popeye's doing a Five Nights at Freddy's promotion and had to suppress the urge to swerve into oncoming traffic.