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[Syt]

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your pumpkin spice latte."
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

[Maladict]

Marcus Aurelius would not be seen dead in a Starbucks 

Right, no coffee and no Starbucks back then. 

He would also be much too frugal. And probably have better taste.

[Sheilbh]

Interesting piece on the forever culture wars. Tories believed in ghosts and the paranormal, while Whigs wanted to disprove them and favour rationalist theories (even if they included someone winching complicated noise-making machinery into the attic ).

Particlarly great is that the Wesleys thought their haunting may have been caused by a rift in the family after their mother, who was a high Tory, refused to say "amen" to prayer that included praying for the new king William III. The father apparently swore to never share a bed or life with her until she recanted - which she apparently never did - though they had another four children. Some of the kids thought the continued haunting was because of the breach in the marriage and others because the father broke his oath
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/paranormal-politics

[Tamas]

 

See and we think it's social media that infantilises politics and creates tribal nonsense.

When it was ghosts all along.

[Sheilbh]

I think for 2-300 years ghosts were considered highly suspect because they just smacked of Popery as opposed to a good, robust Protestant understanding of the afterlife. I think it's part of the (broadly accepted) Shakespeare as quasi-Catholic/Catholic sympathiser theory.

[Admiral Yi]

The father apparently swore to never share a bed or life with her until she recanted - which she apparently never did - though they had another four children.

That's an impressive trick.

[Eddie Teach]

They did it standing up.

[Syt]

[garbon]

The father apparently swore to never share a bed or life with her until she recanted - which she apparently never did - though they had another four children.

That's an impressive trick.

Sheilbh summarised that in a... creative manner.

[celedhring]

Why do you need WiFi on a BBQ? 

Internet of Things is really getting out of hand.

[Syt]

Why do you need WiFi on a BBQ? 

Internet of Things is really getting out of hand.

Co-worker has set it up that he gets a message overlay on his TV when the microwave is done.

[Josquius]

Interesting historic curiosity I learned about.

https://www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/beyond-thought-the-cagots-of-france

In France for hundreds of years way up to the 19th century was a group of people named the cagots. They weren't genetically different, religiously different or particularly different in any way, their work wasn't particularly terrible and unclean... But they were given the full burakumin/untouchables treatment.

[mongers]

Canada has a 'Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve', who knew? 

[Duque de Bragança]

Marcus Aurelius would not be seen dead in a Starbucks 

Right, no coffee and no Starbucks back then. 

He would also be much too frugal. And probably have better taste.

Hopefully. No need for Starbucks in Italy nowadays anyways.

[Maladict]

Marcus Aurelius would not be seen dead in a Starbucks 

Right, no coffee and no Starbucks back then. 

He would also be much too frugal. And probably have better taste.

Hopefully. No need for Starbucks in Italy nowadays anyways.

Or anywhere, really.