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France: hundreds of years with baguette -- DID NOT INVENT BANH MI

Vietnam: less than 100 years with baguette -- INVENTED BANH MI

ANOTHER WIN FOR VIETNAM‼️‼️‼️‼️

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i like the term "gallows humor" because it always makes me think of someone getting sentenced to death and being like "i have GOT to be the funniest person at my public execution"

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Link to thread

Link to news story

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No tech CEO or NYT bestselling novelist will ever match the creativity of a humble French postman who decided on a whim to spend thirty-three years building a surreal, majestic palace with the bricks and mortar of his dreams.

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i feel like Vimes' biggest issue with drag culture would be the king/queen bit. I think that would be a BIG bit in any drag king impersonator's performance. Like it would HAVE to be, right.

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I'm rereading Night Watch and every time, every time the tragedy of being John Keel hits me like a ton of bricks. You are a seasoned policeman, coming to a new town in the middle of your career for a better pay. You get to Ankh-Morpork alone, no friends, no family, you have to start again. And the first thing that happens is that you get robbed and killed without no one ever knowing you, just your name. It gets remembered carried on through the decades only because in a different timeline you made such a strong impact on the life of (1) new recruit that years later he will be thrust in your place in a cruel twist of fate and decide to be you, because someone's got to be. And he will be the only one to grieve you, the actual John Keel. And when he is gone people will keep saying your name but not know it belonged to you. You were gone before the story even started.

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Idk idk but there's something so wholesome about Nobby wearing the lilac blossom.

Like, Nobby wasn't a rebel. Not a revolutionary. Not one of the lilac fighters. Just a little boy trying to help his idol. But that he wears the blossoms means that he saw himself as a part of the revolution, even though he was like... seven.

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fake relationship but its a king and his concubine that was once an amazing soldier but he couldn’t go up the ranks for whatever reason so the king was like listen. hear me out. you can be my strategy dude. u just gotta be okay w walking around shirtless a lot. and soldier dude is like man that’s an UPSIDE and yknow they end up falling in love

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The Fifth Elephant Vimes doesn't want to leave on a political mission but Vetinari's like I already told your wife you guys are going so now you have to

Then in Thud! Vetinari doesn't want Vimes leaving on a political mission but Vimes is like I will tell my wife if you try and say we can't go

And it works both times

the two most powerful men in the city and they really don't want to disappoint Sybil Vimes

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I painted this 12 years ago but it is more relevant than ever today.

YOU ARE FREE

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It's so so telling, how quickly Sam puts together his vision for the revitalized watch in Men at Arms. Like this man has clealry thought about this, at length, many many many times over the years.

Also, this is probably more words than he's ever spoken in a single round. Like this infodump, in combination with his general unwillingness to look people in the eye, his strict hangups while also being suprisingly openminded, his issues with not speaking his mind, the alchoholism, the smoking, the explosive anger, the issues with depression, the unsocial career working nights, eating the same things at the same places over & over again, his dislike of change, his small group of friends...

I'm not saying Vimes is definitly autistic, but frankly there's a neon sign of neurodivergence practically flashing above his head.

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yall need to be nicer to victor frankenstein, post partum depression is no joke

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Discworld movie where every character is played by a Muppet except for the only human, Nobby Nobbs,

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Vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari vetinari

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"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly."

This has fundamentally changed how I view my work, whether that's writing, or cleaning or just taking care of myself. Thank you Granny Weatherwax