Kaymyth she/her Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 12 hours ago, Delightful said: Who was Charlemagne? He's in my mental list of 'names of important people I know nothing about". What Honor Spren said. 10 hours ago, Mestiv said: I've heard the same thing about Genghis Khan For much the same reason. There's a mathematical method applicable to genealogy that shows for any given person, they will trend to becoming either the ancestor of everybody, or the ancestor of nobody. Certain individuals make it to "ancestor of everybody" faster than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 19 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: What Honor Spren said. For much the same reason. There's a mathematical method applicable to genealogy that shows for any given person, they will trend to becoming either the ancestor of everybody, or the ancestor of nobody. Certain individuals make it to "ancestor of everybody" faster than others. When reading some book about archeology I've read that there might be a woman that we sre all ancestors of. Like a biblical Eve. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Have any of you ever heard of a book called Into That Darkness? It's a fascinating read that takes a close look at Franz Stangl, the Commandant of Sobibor and Treblinka. I'd highly recommend giving it a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 You all really need to polish your history. How come (almost) none of you knew about Charlemagne and Genghis Khan? Nec' minute you'll all be like. Adolf who? Bonaparte? Lionheart? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 7 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said: You all really need to polish your history. How come (almost) none of you knew about Charlemagne and Genghis Khan? Nec' minute you'll all be like. Adolf who? Bonaparte? Lionheart? Don't disparage people for not knowing something. What one person might consider common knowledge might be brand new information to another. It all depends on the sources you were raised with and given in school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 32 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Don't disparage people for not knowing something. What one person might consider common knowledge might be brand new information to another. It all depends on the sources you were raised with and given in school. Oh I meant it for the lols, didn't intend to disparage. I agree with you totally tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 3 hours ago, Mestiv said: When reading some book about archeology I've read that there might be a woman that we sre all ancestors of. Like a biblical Eve. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve There is an interesting short story by Jacek Dukaj, "Przyjaciel Prawdy. Dialog idei" (translation: "Friend of truth. Dialogue of ideas"). I think you may find it interesting (You may find it in anthology "Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje narodowe") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Re Holocaust discussions, this is amazing: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4821917,00.html @TwiLyghtSansSparkles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Delightful said: Re Holocaust discussions, this is amazing: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4821917,00.html @TwiLyghtSansSparkles I SAW THAT. I hope more information comes in soon, because that's something by I know I want to research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 @TwiLyghtSansSparkles @Delightful if you are interested in holocaust and concentration camps, you may want to read about Witold Pilecki, Polish officer who voluntarily let Nazis take him to Auschwitz to find out what's going on there and to prepare some form of resistance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 12 minutes ago, Mestiv said: @TwiLyghtSansSparkles @Delightful if you are interested in holocaust and concentration camps, you may want to read about Witold Pilecki, Polish officer who voluntarily let Nazis take him to Auschwitz to find out what's going on there and to prepare some form of resistance. I've never heard of him before guess I have some reading to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Delightful said: I've never heard of him before guess I have some reading to do. My reaction was a less PG version of "Holy sparks," so I do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haelbarde he/him Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said: You all really need to polish your history. How come (almost) none of you knew about Charlemagne and Genghis Khan? Nec' minute you'll all be like. Adolf who? Bonaparte? Lionheart? I've heard of them! Good old Age of Empires and Robin Hood. And Bible Prophecy! 9 hours ago, The Honor Spren said: Wasn't he one of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire? Edit: Nope! I was wrong. No you were right - this was the next sentence, basically, in wikipedia: Quote From 800, he became the first Holy Roman Emperor — the first recognized emperor in Western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Well, I've read a bit about Pilecki, and I've reached a conclusion. Writers often create characters so ridiculously badchull that they're thought to strain credulity. Were Pilecki a work of fiction, he would be one of those characters. A man so insanely brave that he'd make skeptical readers call bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted July 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Holy....... I I have a new hero. Pilecki was freaking insanely amazing. Edit: and this research led me to the Pogorski sisters, then aged 16 and 6 who rented a house to hide Jews in for years. I am wow. Edited July 1, 2016 by Delightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm happy I gave you something interesting to research I'll let you know if I'll remember any more holocaust related stories or heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Is anyone here familiar with nooks? For some the entire touchscreen is unresponsive, no matter what I do. Also, a while back, all my PDFs were deleted from iBooks. Going back to the page and selection open in iBooks won't work either. At best, it'll open for five seconds before deleting again. Can an any of the more technical people here help with either of these problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 5 hours ago, Haelbarde said: I've heard of them! Good old Age of Empires and Robin Hood. And Bible Prophecy! No you were right - this was the next sentence, basically, in wikipedia: Yay for intuition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted July 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Faith in humanity +1 saw someone reading a book on public transport. Faith in humanity -99999998 (I just need to say this you probably don't want to read it) seriously. We're talking major gross objectification I wish I hadn't seen. okay so I was in one of those shops that sell bits and pieces of things, touristy merchandise, dress up costumes, notebooks, gardening tools etc. and up the back near avenger minions was....... ..... squishy balls shaped and coloured like a human female breast. Complete with nipples. Marketed as 'squeezable'. I feel so sick. I left the shop immediately but I now kind of which if stayed and yelled at the guy for selling such a monstrosity. Like I'm actually still gagging at it. Im sorry guys. I just couldn't keep this one bottled up. I feel so sick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 16 minutes ago, Delightful said: Faith in humanity +1 saw someone reading a book on public transport. Faith in humanity -99999998 (I just need to say this you probably don't want to read it) Reveal hidden contents seriously. We're talking major gross objectification I wish I hadn't seen. Hide contents okay so I was in one of those shops that sell bits and pieces of things, touristy merchandise, dress up costumes, notebooks, gardening tools etc. and up the back near avenger minions was....... ..... squishy balls shaped and coloured like a human female breast. Complete with nipples. Marketed as 'squeezable'. I feel so sick. I left the shop immediately but I now kind of which if stayed and yelled at the guy for selling such a monstrosity. Like I'm actually still gagging at it. Im sorry guys. I just couldn't keep this one bottled up. I feel so sick. I almost want to down vote your post. That is just so bad. I don't have adequate words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted July 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said: Hide contents I almost want to down vote your post. That is just so bad. I don't have adequate words. I told my (religious, modesty valuing) parents hoping for sympathy. Their reaction is "welcome to 21st century adulthood what do you expect people are gross sorry you're so innocent and scarred." No no no no then I want OUT. That is not an adulthood a agree to be part of. Edited July 1, 2016 by Delightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard he/him Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 A friend of the family's parent was moving from a house to a nursing home, and was giving away a lot of books. We were told they had some Christie books they wanted to give away. We said yes. It turns out "some Christie Books" is basically her complete works. Visual representation: I have a bit of reading to get done... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 4 hours ago, Delightful said: Faith in humanity +1 saw someone reading a book on public transport. Faith in humanity -99999998 (I just need to say this you probably don't want to read it) Hide contents seriously. We're talking major gross objectification I wish I hadn't seen. Hide contents okay so I was in one of those shops that sell bits and pieces of things, touristy merchandise, dress up costumes, notebooks, gardening tools etc. and up the back near avenger minions was....... ..... squishy balls shaped and coloured like a human female breast. Complete with nipples. Marketed as 'squeezable'. I feel so sick. I left the shop immediately but I now kind of which if stayed and yelled at the guy for selling such a monstrosity. Like I'm actually still gagging at it. Im sorry guys. I just couldn't keep this one bottled up. I feel so sick. If it's any consolation, unless the guy behind the counter owned the shop, the chances he chose to sell those things are slim. So he could be as disgusted by them as you are. I mean, he could not be, but he could also wish he worked in a place that didn't sell those things. The decision was likely made by the shop owner or, if it's a chain, by corporate. Unfortunately, the flip side of human creativity and all the wonders it's produced is that we can create some pretty repulsive things sometimes. :/ I think the most productive way to counter it is to celebrate the good where we see it, and give the bad as little attention as possible. Most trolls function on the notion that no publicity is bad publicity, and stone cold silence drives them bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 6 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Hide contents If it's any consolation, unless the guy behind the counter owned the shop, the chances he chose to sell those things are slim. So he could be as disgusted by them as you are. I mean, he could not be, but he could also wish he worked in a place that didn't sell those things. The decision was likely made by the shop owner or, if it's a chain, by corporate. Unfortunately, the flip side of human creativity and all the wonders it's produced is that we can create some pretty repulsive things sometimes. :/ I think the most productive way to counter it is to celebrate the good where we see it, and give the bad as little attention as possible. Most trolls function on the notion that no publicity is bad publicity, and stone cold silence drives them bonkers. I...I find the squeezy amusing. Of course, I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old boy, so this probably surprises nobody. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Remember those wands I mentioned, the ones my brother and I made for the night of the DH2 premiere? I just measured mine. Thirteen and a half inches. MY WAND IS THE SAME LENGTH AS VOLDEMORT'S THIS MEANS SOMETHING 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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