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  • In my friend group at work, it’s a bit of absurdism because of the 5 of us, 3 of our mothers are literally dead and the other two are emotionally dead. The two emotionally dead ones - stopped talking to our coworkers when one came out as trans and the other was when he left the Mormon church.

    We will substitute in the dead fathers as well, especially if it makes the joke funnier.

    “Your momma’s so old when she tries to hawk tuah, my dick gets dusty.”

    “Whatever, my mom is dust.”

    “My mom probably thinks Hawk Tuah is a gay pop star.”

    “Your dad wishes Hawk Tuah was a gay pop star.”

    And so forth and so on.





  • BRICS just keeps winning, doesn’t it?

    Brazil is led by a reactionary who understands nuance less than your average reddit troll, yet Lula is probably the best president they’ve had in 20 years.

    Russia. Wants to rule Europe but it’s military is only slightly more competent than a bunch of 12 year old boys with airsoft guns and a 12 pack of Monster drinks.

    India is led by an ethnofascist who is using Hinduism to turn the country into a dictatorship. Will eat Russia to empower itself.

    West Taiwan aka China. Should focus on taking eastern Russia instead of trying to cause a massive war by invading Taiwan.

    South Africa. The least insane of the bunch.

    If Tr*mp wins, the US will probably sign up. It’ll have to be called ABRICS though cuz 'Murica First!










  • Exactly. An example from outside the Bible might be Achilles. There was probably a great warrior with that name in the Mycenaean Greek world. Later storytellers probably just added more to make it sound better or the material was from other warriors who were like Achilles.

    Some of Jesus’ teachings definitely come from the milieu of the Roman era in Judea and Palestina.

    Personally my favorite head canon is that Jesus was, or his parents were, Egyptian born Jews or Coptic converts to Judaism. It’s a reverse Obamas birth certificate. There is so much time spent establishing the lineage and explaining the flight to Egypt.