You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My second-youngest little brother Matt wants to get into the Pokemon TCG after getting a card in his happy meal at McDonald's (where I am, incidentally).
I think it could be fun, I've never played the Pokemon TCG before so we'd both be learning.
Also all three of my brothers got a card and the gap between the quality of the Pokemon is really funny. Youngest got a Honedge, second-youngest got a Chespind, oldest got a Weedle.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
(I love how all of you are just running with my referring to Richie Rich as a "brand")
You know what franchise (incidentally also owned by DreamWorks Classics Amberco Characters) I'm pretty sure actually has been wrecked by mockery? Lassie.
(I love how all of you are just running with my referring to Richie Rich as a "brand")
You know what franchise (incidentally also owned by DreamWorks Classics Amberco Characters) I'm pretty sure actually has been wrecked by mockery? Lassie.
I loved the old Lassie shows. Like, completely sincerely.
One can sincerely love a thing and admit that it can be seen as silly or even find it silly.
Like me and early Whitehouse records, or Partydog's comics. Which are admittedly way less innocent than Lassie, and in the latter case quite intentionally awry, but still.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
I do want to put the old Lassie shows on my retro partyhouse channel, the TV Guide Network (hey, I think TV Guide is a great American brand with a lot of history behind it), but Lassie has never been my cup of tea
I do want to put the old Lassie shows on my retro partyhouse channel, the TV Guide Network (hey, I think TV Guide is a great American brand with a lot of history behind it), but Lassie has never been my cup of tea
I'm going to have a heart attack and die of not surprise.
The invention of gunpowder-or rather its use in war-appears at first sight a device little calculated to promote the general progress of mankind. But it has been pointed out by some historians that the introduction of gunpowder into Europe brought about the downfall of the feudal system with its attendant evils. In those days every man was practically a soldier: the bow or the sword he inherited from his father made him ready for the fray. But when cannons, muskets, and mines began to be used, the art of war became more difficult. The simple possession of arms did not render men soldiers, but a long special training was required. The greater cost of the new arms also contributed to change the arrangements of society. Standing armies were established, and war became the calling of only a small part of the inhabitants of a country, while the majority were left free to devote themselves to civil employments. Then the useful arts of life received more attention, inventions were multiplied, commerce began to be considered as honourable an avocation as war, letters were cultivated, and other foundations laid for modern science. If such have really been the indirect results of the invention of gunpowder, we shall hardly share the regret of the fine gentleman in "Henry IV",
"That it was great pity, so it was,
That villanous saltpetre should be digged
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth,
Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed
So cowardly."
We often hear people regretting that so much attention and ingenuity as are shown by the weapons of the present day should have been expended upon implements of destruction. It would perhaps not be difficult to show that if we must have wars, the more effective the implements of destruction, the shorter and more decisive will be the struggles, and the less the total loss of life, though occurring in a shorter time. Then, again, the exasperated and savage feelings evoked by hand-to-hand fighting under the old system have less opportunity for their exercise in modern warfare, which more resembles a game of skill. But the wise and the good have in all ages looked forward to a time when sword and spear shall be everywhere superseded by the plowshare and the reaping-hook, and he whole human race shall dwell together in amity. Until that happy time arrives-
"Till the war-drum throbs no longer, and the battle flags are furl'd
In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world-
When the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe,
And the kindlly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law"-
we may consider that the more costly and ingenious and complicated the implements of war become, the more certain will be the extension and the permanence of civilization. The great cost of such appliances as those were are about to describe, the ingenuity needed for their contrivance, the elaborate machinery required for their production, and the skill implied in their use, are such that these weapons can never be the arms of other than wealthy and intelligent nations. We know that in ancient times opulent and civilized communities could hardly defend themselves against poor and barbarous races. But the world cannot again witness such a spectacle as Rome presented when the savage hordes of Alaric swarmed through her gates, and the mighty civilization of centuries fell under the assaults of the northern barbarians. In our day it is the poor and barbarous tribes who are everywhere at the mercy of the wealthy and cultivated nations. The present age has been so remarkably fertile in warlike inventions, that it may truthfully be said that the progress made in fire-arms and war-ships within the last few years surpasses that of the three previous centuries. Englishmen have good reason to be proud of the position taken by their country, and may feel assured that her armaments will enable her to hold her own among the most advanced nations of the world. We shall bring before the reader a description of some of the improvements in artillery, beginning with
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When I think of Boris Karloff and Kinski
In the dark of the moon
It made me dream of Nosferatu
Trapped on the isle of Doctor Moreau
Oh wouldn’t it be lovely
I was thinking Peter Lorre
When things got pretty gory as I
Crossed to the Brandenburg Gate
Stupid smug leaf, I just wanna make it go extinct.
I HATE YOU AND YOUR STUPID SERRATED LEAVES ON YOUR DUMB STEM AND YOUR NASTY PUKE-GREEN COLOR.
Why can't you be a proper plant like
I think it could be fun, I've never played the Pokemon TCG before so we'd both be learning.
Also all three of my brothers got a card and the gap between the quality of the Pokemon is really funny. Youngest got a Honedge, second-youngest got a Chespind, oldest got a Weedle.
Let's see what Haven comes up with
Look at Star Wars. People make fun of it all the damn time, and it's still printing money.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
This music speaks to me on a personal level
we had to split a deck in half, the store only had one left :V
KNN Aneki is an angel.
Jesus Christ I hate how much Youtube fucks over videos
I think The Powerpuff Girls. Yup.