Always amazes me that people will pay hundreds of dollars to see a band that hasn't even attempted to put out new material in over a quarter of a century

To follow up on this, deliberately misunderstanding armor is one of my pet peeves. In the grand old days, Deadliest Warrior had a face off between Vikings and Samurai. Massive linebacker samurai cuts a pig in half with a katana. Cool enough. But the vikings are unfazed. "Try that in a maille coat," they said. And they had one. As it turns out, a maille coat is proof against katanas. Like, completely. Thus was, of course, very uncool and not good television. Going forward, they made one very specific change to ensure no such future disruptions occurred. The coat the vikings had brought was riveted maille. For the uninitiated, that means each link is riveted shut. It's incredibly strong. For ever test afterwards, they substituted butted maille. In butted maille, the ends of the rings just butt together. No rivet, no weld. Larpers know that it will fall apart under its own weight over time. But what it does do is fail spectacularly when you hit it with, well, just about anything. You can rip butted maille apart with gloves. So it was perfect for BIG DAMAGE during weapon tests. This is one of the reasons why most people don't understand just how well armor really works.

Friendly reminder that shooting at (shoddy) replicas with modern guns doesn't represent medieval reality.

Well, for one thing, they had children singing literal worship songs about Obama.

Well, for one thing, they had children singing literal worship songs about Obama.

I'm going to say something that will get all guns pointed at my face and I don't care. When I was a little girl, I found Mr. Rogers to be boring. It was repetitive. It was slow. The twinkle music grated on my nerves. Being forced to watch it was punishment. I wanted to play. I wanted to run, build, climb, dig, learn to balance, and explore. I *needed* to MOVE and I wasn't allowed to. Mr. Rogers caused me neurological pain and made me need to MOVE more. As and ADULT, I appreciate Mr. Rogers very much. My nervous system is overloaded and needs a break. But I feel like we're trying to strip children of their natural 'puppy' energy. When the kid won't stop moving, we say somethings wrong with them and drug them. Mr. Rogers, the 50's child psychologists, and Spock were the beginnings of this torture. This was all designed to make a child sit still in a chair for eight hours a day while someone drones on at a blackboard. NOT for healthy child development. The more we try to make kids sit still and act like adults, the more we're misunderstanding what a child's system needs for healthy development. Let the kids work that energy out and they'll calm down as they grow. If a puppy is just laying there, staring at a box, that puppy is SICK and needs to see a vet. If a puppy is pouncing, running, and joyfully tugging at a toy, that puppy is healthy and doesn't need drugs or a doctor.

Winning Secrets hits Amazon on Wednesday!

Americans see onion as part of a meal and say "why didn't you cook it in fat and salt so it tastes nothing like onion?"

The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable

I just had a killer idea. It’s an LLM but every time it does something stupid instead of apologizing it sends you an image of a sheepish looking dog. If you have a Plus subscription you can customize the dog. Brb going to become a trillionaire.

having a trillion dollars is not ethical, actually

One of the most baffling responses I've seen from Americans to this is "cook your food". This is a sandwich, you don't cook a sandwich.

Americans in the quotes be like "that food is disgusting, now let me eat my canned chicken and squeezy cheese in peace"

The left was hoping that the weather would ruin the birthday cage match and instead it just made Trump look like a literal wizard.

Congressional Republicans’ devastating cuts to food assistance could lead to 1,200 unnecessary and avoidable deaths in New Hampshire. People will go hungry because of their actions. It’s despicable.