That idea in anthropology and sociology is known as the Dunbar Number.
Admitting it? Hell she is out here advertising it.
No idea. The copy I quoted from is from the second edition printing from 1965. Sam mentions Rose a few times in Fellowship and Two Towers, but I dont happen to have the passages on hand. Hey at least now you have a good reason to read LOTR again.
You should probably read the books again then:
‘It’s Rosie, Rose Cotton,’ said Sam. ‘It seems she didn’t like my going abroad at all, poor lass; but as I hadn’t spoken, she couldn’t say so. And I didn’t speak, because I had a job to do first. But now I have spoken, and she says: “Well, you’ve wasted a year, so why wait longer?” “Wasted?” I says. “I wouldn’t call it that.” Still I see what she means. I feel torn in two, as you might say.’[...] And so it was settled. Sam Gamgee married Rose Cotton in the spring of 1420 (which was also famous for its weddings), and they came and lived at Bag End. [...] Time went on, and 1421 came in. Frodo was ill again in March, but with a great effort he concealed it, for Sam had other things to think about. The first of Sam and Rosie’s children was born on the twenty-fifth of March, a date that Sam noted.
J.R.R.Tolkien, The Return Of The King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings (p. 151-152)
Brotherly love is one of the core themes of Tolkien.
Lara is censored too, though its more difficult to tell.
"The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage."
- Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Maybe I'm misremembering the first game but wasn't FEMA the core part of MJ12's plan to overthrow the US government? Simons and Page were going to use the RX-86 and various executive orders to take over all critical infrastructure in response to the grey death. FEMA was also the one to execute the martial-law take over of Manhattan and you see a number of MJ12's MIB in their ranks.
No amount of simping will make women happy.
As my uncle said once, "give a woman a bag of gold and she will complain about the weight."
Trump/DeSantis 2024 would have been a hell of a thing to see. I would be disappointed but that would mean I have any faith in the republican party.
Got a text a few hours ago from a US Army recruiter trying to get me to join the reserves. I think I will send them this video in response.
So much of the bible, and other religious texts, is like that. We have forgotten the reasons so much of that knowledge was passed down, so we discard it as 'outdated'.
The men who fought and died at places like Verdun and the Somme would be deeply ashamed of their descendants for letting their countries be invaded like this. If they could see what would become of their countries over a century later, would they even bother to make that sacrifice?
About 65% of all hunting tags go unclaimed. Anyone who thinks that modern day sport hunting will impact any species negatively is an idiot who has probably never spent a single night out in the woods.
Probably the best way to go imo. So quick that your nerves dont have time to send any pain signals to the brain. Not even time for an "oh shit!"
A paid for advertisement masquerading as a heroic fight against oppression. Modern news media is straight garbage.
Physiognomy is sometimes accurate.
As their side says so often 'freedom of speech isnt freedom from consequences.'
Or to quote the reddit-tier brainlet from XKCD he is 'just being shown the door.'
I've got a NAS that is full of 4k rips of all the good Bond movies. I dont need your modern 'reinterpretations'.
Eric Flint (rip) wrote the 1632 series but David Weber co-wrote two of the novels 1633 and 1634. Haven't gotten around to reading 1632 though I have a few of the books.
If you want a shorter series that gives you a taste of Weber's writing I would suggest the Dahak trilogy. It starts out with the discovery of our moon being one huge, ancient spaceship that brought humans to earth 10,000 years ago and scales up into a full blown galactic war. Sadly the books end before the real alien ass kicking begins but the series is enjoyable enough that I have read it 10+ times.
There is also the Honor Harrington series by Weber, also on my To Read list, which has 15 main books so far (and like 37 in total). The publisher Baen sometimes gives away the first book in a series via a free ebook so its possible to pick it up for nothing.
1337x.to is my usual for TV and movies.
Really enjoy the Safehold Saga by David Weber. Humans escape Earth in the future to hide out from civilization killing aliens on the planet of Safehold. Once there they adopt a nearly medieval lifestyle and throw away all of their tech. Skip forward 1000 years and one of the crew from the original breakaway mission is awakened in an android body to get things back on track and take the fight to the aliens. First though she has to overcome a technophobic religion that controls the entire world and help a small, struggling maritime country (basically Britain) avoid total destruction by its neighbors.
In the timeline of the books the world goes from basically a sword and sail type setting to progressing to a proto-WW1 level tech, with airships and steam power. Weber is a big sailing guy so prepare for lengthy discussions about sailing ships and the various operations needed to run a ship of the line. Also prepare for tons of side characters and scenes who are present for a chapter and then might only be mentioned again tangentially two books later.
10 books is quite a bit to sink your teeth into, though the series is on a hiatus at the moment. Books 6 and 7 are a bit of a drag, took me nearly 3 attempts to finish the series, but overall the series is quite enjoyable.
Really enjoyed reading through Jurassic Park an The Lost World. Guess ill check out Sphere next.
I think Tate is propped up by the establishment as a lighting rod to attract and subvert young men, but damn he did destroy the bitch in this interview.
The conquerors begin to erect statues declaring their triumph. If any of you live on that sad, rainy, godless island, its time to execute an escape plan.