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@ PugJesus @piefed.social

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History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.

Sorry to anyone I didn't DM goodbye. I sorted people very 'ad hoc', and my own spotty focus and memory didn't help. I recognized a lot of users in my time on here, and most of you I enjoyed very much. I think, in particular, I forgot some Slrpnk users.

Good luck, going forward. o7

  • "A succulent Austrian meal!?"

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  • Urban militia, but yes, an excellent example! Robert of Artois, the commander of the French forces, in particular was noted to have attempted to surrender, but the Flemish militiamen who found him claimed to not speak French, and killed him on the spot.

  • Contemporary Unicorns

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  • where narwhal

  • "A succulent Austrian meal!?"

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  • Just common practice - though usually monarchs who were captured were captured in battle rather than while travelling. In fact, holding nobility for ransom was a big part of 'knightly' warfare in the High Medieval Period - and the higher their rank, the higher the ransom!

    (Also fantastic meme lol)

    I aim to entertain! 🙇‍♂️

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  • Explanation: A rare bit of OC from me. The medieval English King Richard I, 'The Lionheart', returned from the Third Crusade reasonably successful, but bad weather forced his ship aground before reaching England. In a hurry to get home, Richard attempted to travel overland to get to the next viable port - typical of his impatience and impulsiveness, he did so through the lands of Duke Leopold of Austria. Both men were stubborn hotheads, and had developed something of a feud during the Third Crusade, ending with Leopold leaving the Crusade in fury after being disrespected by King Richard.

    Reasonably suspecting that he may not be entirely welcome after that, King Richard opted to travel incognito, disguised as a simple country knight returning from crusade.

    The issue? Richard was a king, and his expensive tastes worked against him - perhaps especially after sharing in the misery of the supply-starved Crusaders in the Holy Land. After a stop in a local inn, he requested a chicken be roasted for his consumption - chicken was not a particularly 'rich' meat, but any traveler who should be watching their funds asking for an innkeep to pluck and roast a chicken just for him whilst on the road is certainly no poor man - not even a poor knight!

    This raised enough suspicions that word reached Leopold - who was on alert after hearing of Richard's ship - and Leopold sent a force to arrest the undercover king, holding him for ransom and eventually extracting the equivalent of two years' income of the entire kingdom of England for Richard's release.

    Quite the price for a roast chicken!

    WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A MEAL!? A SUCCULENT AUSTRIAN MEAL!? THIS IS MONARCHY MANIFEST!

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  • If I wanted to be swarmed by insects, I'd go to the woods.

    Abolish lawns

  • Behind closed doors, our top CEOs say Trump is bad for business and it's time to Make America into America Again | Fortune

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  • Too fucking late for that, twats. You sold America's future for the hope of lower taxes. Now we all have to pay, and no amount of buyer's remorse will fix it.

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  • Monkeyshines

  • Natural selection at work

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  • Fuck Zodiac signs, let's get REAL

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  • Hell yeah

  • AOC Reportedly Gearing Up for Big 2028 Campaign

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  • I'll campaign for her as hard as I did for Bernie - and I was whole of body when I first campaigned for Bernie. I'll break what remains of this body if it means increasing her chances of victory incrementally.

    But we'll have to survive 'til then. That's not guaranteed, unfortunately.

  • Abraham Lincoln Knew Violence Must Be Addressed at the Root

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  • This the same Jacobin mag that simps for Russian imperialism over Ukraine?

  • Fuck Zodiac signs, let's get REAL

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  • Retiarius, got it!

    (One of the legitimate tactics of the Retiarius - and why it was sometimes seen as the least 'manly' of the gladiator types - was simply to evade their heavier opponent until their opponent was exhausted)

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  • I'm not actually very well-versed on gladiators, because it's one aspect of Roman history that doesn't fascinate me, for whatever reason - but I do know for sure that there were certain 'pairings' of gladiator types that were considered uneven (and thus all the more fun to bet on).

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  • Interesting enough, there's symbolism there! Both the Murmillo and Secutor have fish motifs about them, and were often paired up against the Retiarius - fish against fisherman!

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  • Horror movie hours

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  • Put 'em up!

  • Ladder of Alien

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  • Director's cut WAS a good movie, Alien Cubed is a masterpiece and MUCH better than Aliens

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  • NCD is leaking?

  • "AND THEN NERO RAN AROUND HIS PALACE DRESSED AS A FURRY RAVISHING HIS CONCUBINES"

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  • "hide of a wild beast" is unfortunately as specific the histories go.