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The fun thing about historical sword terminology is that the terms "shortsword" and "longsword" (or terms that directly translate as such) did see use, but there was no standardisation whatsoever, so there's this goofy intermediate range of sword lengths where some swords that were historically called "shortswords" are longer than some swords that were historically called "longswords", and some swords that were historically called "longswords" that are shorter than some swords that were historically called "shortswords".

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You can’t spell silly without ill, and baby? I’m diseased.

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there's something so deeply dystopian to me how tech companies don't understand that a forced convenience is not a convenience at all. i'm sure autocorrect is helpful for many, but a function that forcibly changes my actual written words and punctuation is taking away my language. photo filters can be nice but i need to choose using them myself or else i have lost the ability to take the picture i want. i don't want a machine to draw or write for me. taking away the option for me to do things manually feels like violence!!!! all this talk of endless opportunity, why are you RESTRICTING me

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“AI art isn’t real art” boring, pedantic, relies on defining the undefinable and an ever changing goalpost of what Real Art is.

“AI art is fueled by massive art theft” correct, concrete demonstration of the harm it’s doing to actual human beings and not just the nebulous concept of Art Itself.

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and to be honest it's Saturday

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happy pride to weirdo bisexual men with long hair, thick thighs, and the overall countenance of a startled deer. you are safe here

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Genuine friendly summer reminder for my fellow fat people.

We have more body than skinny people so we also contain more water and therefore need to drink more. 2 Litres is something skinny people need to drink we need more. I aim for 4 litres a day.

While any waterbased liquid is good try to not drink all 4 litres in coke or soda. I absolutley do recommend sport drinks or similar things. Fat people like us, or at least me, sweat a lot in this heat even without sport. Refill those electrolytes. Your body will thank you.

My go to drink at home is a 2 litre jug of water with just enough store bought raspberry or orange syrup that it has a taste thats not water.

Please stay hydrated in this heat and take care of your body. Its the only one you have.

(If you clown on fat people in tags/replies/comments I will hunt you for sport)

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a society that allows people to starve when there is food has failed. like. that��s it.

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This scientist crafts stunning visual art through chemistry.

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i have neither a good imagination or aphantasia, but a secret third thing

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Small shaggy horses adapted to harshly cold climates are so woefully neglected in historical/fantasy media

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He means a little squeeze bottle with brine shrimp inside but… bottle feeding the loblings…

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what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

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The criteria for “addiction” being “dopamine” is so incredibly stupid it had to have been invented by the people that try to say porn addiction is real thing

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