Rare Iran W.

Latin words have so many declensions, it’s nightmarish.

That sounds like Gr*ek talk!

Explanation: A rare bit of OC from me modifying the “Just as the Founding Fathers intended” copypasta.

“Mehercules” is “By Hercules!”, a common Roman exclamation. A gladius is a Roman shortsword, made for stabbing, but as incidents against Greek troops demonstrate, also very capable of lopping off limbs with hacks and slashes. A pilum is a javelin. “Ubi mel, ibi apes” means “Where there’s honey, there’s bees!” A scorpio is a small artillery piece generally used for firing bolts, but sometimes used for specialist ammunition like pots filled with flammable material. Vigiles were Roman town watch/firefighters, and in the city of Rome itself, they actually did maintain some catapults for the purpose of quickly demolishing burning buildings in especially fire-prone areas. Better to lose one building than the whole block! A pugio is a Roman military dagger.

“Conscript Fathers” is another name for the Roman Senate, as the idea was that the Senate was comprised of men who were elderly (and thus the fathers in their household) and regardless of whether or not they willed it. In theory. In practice, becoming a Senator was pretty highly desired, but the Romans did love their false modesty regarding power. “No, no, I couldn’t POSSIBLY accept a position of authority… unless… you were to insist… 👉👈🥺”

We got Death Star!

We got Death Star!

What happened on June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square?

[Wilhelm Scream]

Based grandparents, part of the Great Crusade saving millions from Nazi rule. o7

Good! May it not only continue, but increase!

I ask from the comm a moment of nostalgia for shooting Nazis instead of asspatting them 😔

If you lean towards descriptivism, it would be extremely strange to tell another group that their word with citable usage isn’t real.

If you lean towards prescriptivism, then Merriam-Webster is literally the dictionary.

Brian doesn’t have a leg to stand on for either side.

Merriam-Webster is literally the dictionary, and Brian is trying to correct them on what is and is not a word.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Yakovlev_(engineer)

You’re not making a case here for the Zionists.

I’m not trying to make a case for the Zionists, I’m pointing out that your idea that “NATO” or “The Allies” ‘gave land’ to Israel because they ‘felt bad’ about the Holocaust is absolute nonsense.

The only thing that can stop a bad Jedi with a laser sword is a good Jedi with a laser sword

Play it again, Sam

Faus

This might be a shock, but:

1. Mossadegh was not the Shah

2. Mossadegh was not a dictator nor removed for claimed human rights violations.

3. The US and UK didn’t even admit involvement until much later, which would make “We did it because of X” a bit of a tough sell.

Yeah and Neither NATO or Just the US gave a shit about Hussein, or The Shah, or any of the human rights abuses perpetrated by their friendly dictators until they were a convenient excuse to remove them.

Right, human rights abuses were the justification for the Iraq War. Silly me, thinking the WMD lie was the justification.

Now we’re responsible for removing the Shah too? Wow.