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The Brain

Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 17, 2018, 02:12:55 AM
So you're a runic....spelling nazi?

Nah, just something I'm mildly familiar with. There's several variants of runic alphabets from different times and geographic locations, but there's a few versions that are popular today with people into Norse stuff (of which, believe it or not, there are a few in the heavy metal scene :P ).

Thing is, even if you're just a viking/Germanic fanboi without any Nazi pretensions, using runes immediately puts you in that corner, because this has been strongly co-opted by Nazis and Nazi fanbois - most prominently the sowulo rune for S, modified for the SS:



and the othila for "O", also standing for "inherited land":

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Malthus

Quote from: Syt on November 17, 2018, 01:59:47 AM
It's "strength", spelled in futhark runes.

It's funny,  because the futhark has a rune for the th sound, but he used t and h instead.  :D

Nothing more embarrassing than making a runic spelling boo-boo in the Nazi tattoo on your head.  :(
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Malthus

Why do I have a suspicion that the "thrill" in question is dining at Dolly's Bar and Grill?  :lol:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Malthus

Quote from: Syt on November 20, 2018, 03:13:43 PM
But ... they're not serving minors!

Yes, but if you play it cool, they'll think you are over 18.  :showoff:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Syt

Btw, anyone else remember the pen pal sections in youth magazines like the one advertised on this cover? :D
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

The Brain

Quote from: Malthus on November 20, 2018, 03:06:03 PM
Why do I have a suspicion that the "thrill" in question is dining at Dolly's Bar and Grill?  :lol:

I'm shocked that you fail to see the thrill of a place that doesn't serve minors. :rolleyes:
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Malthus

Quote from: The Brain on November 20, 2018, 03:39:25 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 20, 2018, 03:06:03 PM
Why do I have a suspicion that the "thrill" in question is dining at Dolly's Bar and Grill?  :lol:

I'm shocked that you fail to see the thrill of a place that doesn't serve minors. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't want such a thrill.

Even if only adults are served, eating people is wrong.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Richard Hakluyt


Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

The Brain

Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Josquius

Quote from: Syt on November 17, 2018, 02:53:28 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 17, 2018, 02:12:55 AM
So you're a runic....spelling nazi?

Nah, just something I'm mildly familiar with. There's several variants of runic alphabets from different times and geographic locations, but there's a few versions that are popular today with people into Norse stuff (of which, believe it or not, there are a few in the heavy metal scene :P ).

Thing is, even if you're just a viking/Germanic fanboi without any Nazi pretensions, using runes immediately puts you in that corner, because this has been strongly co-opted by Nazis and Nazi fanbois - most prominently the sowulo rune for S, modified for the SS:



and the othila for "O", also standing for "inherited land":



A friend of mine, an ardent socialist, has a ruinic tattoo....
And had a bunch of nazis absolutely go off it at him for using something that belongs to them :(
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Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.