Syt's Pictorial Collection of Stuff and Things (image heavy)

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Syt

#165
June 29, 2018, 12:46:24 PM






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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Valmy

#166
June 29, 2018, 12:48:45 PM
There was once a time when American men struggled on how to gain weight :o
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Malthus

#167
June 29, 2018, 12:59:54 PM
I'm not sure which that resembles more - Nazi propaganda, or gay porn.  :D
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

Valmy

#168
June 29, 2018, 01:03:34 PM
Quote from: Malthus on June 29, 2018, 12:59:54 PM
gay porn.  :D

Well they do claim an interest in sinful sex in the armed forces.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#169
June 29, 2018, 01:04:37 PM
Quote from: Malthus on June 29, 2018, 12:59:54 PM
I'm not sure which that resembles more - Nazi propaganda, or gay porn.  :D

You say it like it's mutually exclusive. :P
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

#170
June 29, 2018, 01:09:19 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 29, 2018, 01:04:37 PM
Quote from: Malthus on June 29, 2018, 12:59:54 PM
I'm not sure which that resembles more - Nazi propaganda, or gay porn.  :D

You say it like it's mutually exclusive. :P

You make a good point!   :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

grumbler

#171
June 29, 2018, 01:42:10 PM
When I first saw these, I thought them clever parodies... but it seems that they're real.  :huh:
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Admiral Yi

#172
June 29, 2018, 01:48:09 PM
Those military issue shirts are so darn uncomfortable.

Syt

#173
July 30, 2018, 09:18:29 AM
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

#174
July 30, 2018, 09:28:06 AM
Go Stielers!
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

#175
September 03, 2018, 08:11:04 AM
I'm a sucker for atmospheric winter pictures. This one's absolutely gorgeous. :wub:

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.

Monoriu

#176
September 03, 2018, 08:58:50 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 30, 2018, 09:18:29 AM


The 150AD one was actually not too bad.  The 1050 one is truly wacky and seems to have regressed a lot.

Razgovory

#177
September 03, 2018, 09:08:50 AM
The first one is a Ptolemy map.  The one for 1154 is probably also a Ptolemey map.  The 2nd one is T-O Map.  I don't think they were actually used to find yourself around, it's more of symbolic thing.  Sailors probably had better maps at the time.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Admiral Yi

#178
September 03, 2018, 12:31:38 PM
Did Ptolemy really have the proportions of Europe and the Middle East that close?

Razgovory

#179
September 03, 2018, 02:20:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 03, 2018, 12:31:38 PM
Did Ptolemy really have the proportions of Europe and the Middle East that close?


I'm not certain.  The map is a reconstruction from one of his books.  No actual map survives.  It's fairly accurate for the Mediterranean area, but gets pretty wonky the further out you go.  For instance India barely exists and Ceylon is huge.  Even the Mediterranean has problems:  Greece is bigger than Italy and Sea of Azov almost the size of the Black Sea.  Still it is pretty impressive.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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