3 hours ago, neelc said:

One problem with my mom is that she is very romance-centered. She asks...my dad to date...

She wants an open relationship?

🐺 are not dangerous.

3 hours ago, DeltaAro said:

  What a mysterious title. It can't be just the literal meaning, though it is true. What's with the Jesus allusion?

Anime subtitles!

I'm a real homme de lettres. I read so much.

Custer wasn't the only white person committing genocide against Native People back then; but he didn't get away with it as most of them did. While the killing of Custer was self-defense, his fellow racists made him into a martyr & used his death as an excuse to commit more hate crimes against us. It's just as dishonest as using a fictional character like Jesus as an example.

Back from the dead (again)

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They/them is meant to be able to apply to anyone. Use it if you like. 

Arocalypse mascots have changed. 

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I've had dreams about someone annoying me with their interest, yes.

https://youtu.be/8BOYoe0Eoi8

A Mortal Kombat Khristmas

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/secrets-of-the-vatican/

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Just as dinosaurs continue on as birds, Trilobites live today as horseshoe crabs. They haven't changed much in the last 445 million years.

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There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently … and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.

- Gore Vidal

Just as Saturnalia was a major Solstice celebration for southern Europe, so was Yuletide in the north. The word Yule was the name of the time period now divided into December & January. It involved bringing into your home: ivy, holly, mistletoe & a tree to be decorated in honor of Odin. Odin gained knowledge & transcended death after being hung from a tree - instead of a cross. A Yule log was burned in honor of Thor. You can't cut a tree down for this; you have to find a fallen log that will burn for days. Over the Yule log's fire is cooked a boar (in honor of Freyr) for the community to feast upon.

Saturnalia was originally a feast of dedication in the Temple of Saturn in His guise as the God of crops & sowing. The event that took place on December 17th after all the fall planting had been done, although it soon extended for a whole week despite the attempts of various authorities to restrict it. The ropes that bound the feet of Saturn's statue were untied on that day, a symbolic act accompanied by sacrifices that liberated the God, who later became personified as Old Father Time - the bent, robed figure whose sickle "chopped down" the harvest of passing hours. The Saturnalia was a time for the relaxation of the usual rules. Informal clothing replaced the toga, gambling was legal, & feasting was the norm. Slaves were (temporarily) free, & were even served a banquet by their masters. Gifts were exchanged including combs, writing tablets, perfumes, sausages, books, parrots & candles.

Europeans had their gift ceremonies when it was cold & so did Native Americans. The Winter Solstice was often a time when a chief would declare a potlatch giveaway.

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