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I just replaced my whole HVAC system. Expensive but now the filter actually fits properly (was an inch short before)
Thank you little C6. Now tell my C1 to stop being a bitch.
I took several art history classes. The real name is flying buttress, which 99% of the class giggled over, including the professor.
Start with that C1, pain in my neck, literally
That's the best picture for it too because canonically, Ganondorf remembers and Link is just along for the ride like welp, here we go again.
Had it coming
I know his character was a mess, but got DAM gimme some 90s Billy Zane
I'm the same age as Lady Gaga I guess...
Be more impressive if y'all would stop MISSING THE SHOT, JOHN
Psychologist here who appreciates Phychologists. Someone's gotta study that gunk.
Most of my family is found family. Half of my biological family is estranged. Fuck them losers. Assholes who preach without practicing.
I'm not dead!
Is this good news or not? I don't know, but I'm your problem now.
Before anyone mansplains this to me in the comments, I know what it's referring to
I hate the sun. It makes me feel bad and it hurts my eyes. Screaming radiation orb.
Eyyyy, we're up to February 2024 in my meme folder!
One of my college besties would play FF games with me and kept stealing pelts from the red wolves in XII. Like, my dude, you're stealing their skin...
I actually show my students how to do this. It's called a citation trail, and do you think we aren't doing the same damn thing for our publications?
So tempted to do this now. My syllabus quiz includes a question about my favorite cartoon bear just to see if they're paying attention.
It's Baloo, btw.
Liminal Bepis
Once a coworker three doors down from me had a huge bulk sized bag of sunflower seeds and he would crack them open by hand before eating them. Two hours at a time. I just about stuffed the entire bag up his ass.
Worse than that: Eepy Puppy Nearby. Yes I will absolutely stop what I'm doing to watch this creature wiggle her feet and make grunting sounds.
History is hilarious if you're paying attention to it
If you know, you know
Did 8 years retail. This checks out.
Facts. He also spent years looking for eel testicles because nobody knew how to locate them anatomically.
There's a theory out there that the murder was a team effort so she wouldn't be outed as a lesbian against her wishes and when I heard that, my first thought was, "good for her!"
See the above HVAC comment. 20% of my annual income, but I won't have my heat go out this winter, so... yay?
Yes, would do. Go for the brainstem, that will do the trick and not just leave him wearing a maxi pad on his ear...
Dog sitting on the cat tax! This is how Violet prefers to play with Clarice. Clarice does not like it. Violet does not care.
scatterscott
#37 I MUST KNOW WHAT THIS DOC IS!!
Feralkyn
DrProfessorRocketSurgeon
The Phantom... Billy Zane in skintight purple spandex, you're welcome.
levyathyn
#20 I won't mansplain it to you, but I will mansplain about how in the comments, people providing the answers often do so for other curious readers.
Navrodel
#17 - just about every single one of these isn't actually "the rest of the phrase" - it's just some witty rebuttal that also got written down. Some are distinctly traceable to different centuries, others are just old enough that it had to be inferred that the first reference implies that one half was old and familiar while the rebuttal was the novel reason it was written down.
Because we've always been sarcastic shits that occasionally have good comebacks.
testzero
#3 Even in 1900, women were choosing the bear.
oldguyexlurker
#5 I never took an art history OR architecture class. 1st thought that popped into my head was "flying buttresses." Huh. That's weird. I wouldn't know a doric column from a newspaper column, but I got flying buttresses???
Munchman347
#34 'Although surprised by the presence of the Pepsi machine, Stanley continued his quest for the exit...'
intaglioguy
#40 Ancients viewing modern repressive notions about sexuality: "It's just a dick. Get over it." "Masculine? Like having a voice in the tenor range make you a great leader because it can be heard over the sounds of battle? Your fellow soldiers being your lovers? Long hair that indicates virility? That kind of masculine?" "Nudity is shameful? Dafuq? Nudity was Tuesday for us." I mean sometimes civilization has regressed rather than advanced.
originalcharacterdonotsteal
#29 If I'm being real, if I hadn't watched the Ceci Video at that point I would sigh, go back and watch it so I could Pinky Swear I did
Hurro
#3 Jokes on them, girls still prefer bears.
AwkwardPancake
#20 watches were painted with radium to make them glow. They licked the paintbrushes to make it easier to paint, leading to radium poisoning (i.e., jaws would legit start rotting out of their skulls). I highly recommend reading "The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women". It's an absolutely fantastic read.
BangPowBoom
#5 flying buttresses? I never took art history
TheLiteraryMachine
I *just* read The Radium Girls last month, the book about the dial painters. They're one of the reasons OSHA exists today. What they went through was absolutely horrifying.
PyroAvok
Vote for trump and someday you too can lick radioactive paint for rich people's bling.
StoopKidAfraidToLeaveHisStoop
#48 whatever id go for Reagan first too.
MadamPuddifoot
#10 @op would you say you're a... Zaneiac?!
RageRequiem
#48 While Reagan is possibly the worst modern offender, I might go back and get Lincoln to either survive, or not compromise on his VP choice. Johnson was very pro-south and undid a lot of what happened shortly after the civil war. I would be curious to see if the country was in a place where his politics could even be in that alternate history.
Uhhjustaskingforafriend
intaglioguy
Maybe do what George Atzerodt failed to do: take out Johnson, causing Seward to call for a special election. Grant could have become the next President, bypassing Johnson's term all together.
nothingunused
#3 So you're saying women choosing bears over men goes deeper than we thought?
aflarge
KiyaSeraphia
This is true most of the time, but if I remember there is like, 3 confirmed distinct Ganondorfs against the like, 12? distinct Links, though four of those don't even meet a Ganon/Ganondorf. And this isn't even counting timeline shenanigans since the same main Ganondorf is in like, all of them at least at one point or another.
They all still hate each other though.
pnwdoug
#49 My bedroom at 5 am? Dude, I'm in the shower at 5 am. There ain't nothing spooky about 5 am. Hell, this far north that's after dawn for much of the year.
sublimitee
#20 If you don't know, maybe take a look at the name of the company on the building
QueLinda1205
I actually JUST listened to the MFM episode about this like, two days ago. I was driving and when I reached home, I realized I'd had a horrified look on my face for most of the ride. And then I laughed, 'cuz the other drivers must've thought I was insane, ha ha ha.
TheLiteraryMachine
Read 'The Radium Girls' for more info.
MasterMookie
The best part is they licked the brushes to get em to a point else it would not be showing the numbers correctly.
SecondSince
*Excitedly licks brush to get a finer point*
Nalianna
#6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDjt4FzFWY (Mr. Mister - Kyrie)
JugOfVoodoo
Sir, take it easy down the road that I must travel. Sir, take it easy through the darkness of the ni-i-i-ight. Sir, take it easy where I'm going, will you follow? Sir, take it easy on a highway in the li-i-i-ight.
HumanFromPlanetEarth
If you slam on the brakes in winter you're going to have a bad time.
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
Depends on where you are. I found out when I was in schnectady they plow constantly once it starts snowing. Arrived at families house, got six inches of snow and figured we woul dbe stuck for a few days,,,,uncle said nope, just wait. sure enough, roads plowed the entire week I was there
intaglioguy
#30 That car's driver is more of a dick than any Tesla driver out there. When that snow blows off their car as they go down the road, it creates a visibility hazard for every driver around them.
Serenitis
The Winter Wizard waves his snowflake wand.
"You're a hovercraft now, deal with it."
NoNameFred
#17 "why haven't I heard the full version to any of these"? Perhaps it's because the short version WAS the full original version for most of these, but people later added the extra bits to invert the meaning as a way to feel smug and superior?
Breadite
I know that at least with the blood thicker than water one, the earliest known publishing where it was argued that it was only a partial transcript of a longer saying is a single book that doesn't cite it source at all.
RobBobertyYT
Yeah, it's a mix, and in many cases, we have no idea which is the correct original.
My takeaway is maybe we shouldn't be relying on clever sayings to figure out how the world is and should be. :)
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
#19 Not familiar with Ireland, are ye?
intaglioguy
I'm from the midwest of the US. Our rain can be accompanied by tornadoes or hail. Then it's more of a "fuck you, fuck your roofs, fuck your vehicles, fuck the trees, fuck that whole section of town."
hanmerhack
When I was in Scotland I was walking past a guy washing his car and made a joke about how it's gonna rain now. "The guy looked at me and said "It's fekkin Scotland. It's always gonna rain!"
MonsoonGibby
#17 Another one of these is "The customer is always right." It's supposed to end with "in matters of taste." Meaning that it doesn't matter if you think the hat is ugly or the socks don't go with their pants, you still sell them that shit. It's not supposed to mean "customers get to shit on the staff because they spent five bucks on some tacos."
vegivamp
Apparently that's a recent addition. The short version is mentioned in several books over 200 years old, and always in the short context, too.
intaglioguy
In the far distant past, one of my lessons of etiquette was the proper way to interact with servants, clerks, etc. Since all were barred from "talking back" or refusing requests, one was required to treat them respectfully. If one had a concern, one was required to seek out the proprietor, the floor walker, the Maître d'hôtel, or other *person in charge* and negotiate the concern with them. Berating the "help" was a sign of poor upbringing and signaled that you lacked social standing.
purelypenguin
Was this within a school setting you received this instruction? Read/study it on your own? Family teachings/tradition?
I'm always intrigued about past social etiquette and decorum things to see how society has transitioned and learn the reasoning behind the rule/philosophy.
VosperOfAntarctica
#42 little James Horner sat in the corner and slowly went insane
Writhing in anger
He composed a banger
That served as the theme for the worms in his brain
intaglioguy
Are you sure it wasn't RFK jr. instead of that Horner fella?
tavinjer
Please sir / madame / other, what does this mean? I see that Horner was the composer… and he did a lot of borrowing… what am I missing?
VosperOfAntarctica
Horner composed the score for STII/STIII
The rest is just sorta nonsense regarding part of a plot device in the movie (the Ceti Eel/mind control worms) and relating it to how catchy the movie score is.
I don't think he was actually insane or had brain worms
tavinjer
Ah, gotcha, thanks!
UltimateEnemyTemmie
#5 Its Anor Londo
SirSage
Fantastic chest ahead.
zerogenix
fuckers and their stupid giant bows firing javelins
TheGlow
We'll also accept the path to lower the water for Messmer.
ShiftyBat
Your buttress will be sent flying
Kiirdel
Watch out for the worst archery based problems of your life.
SirSage
"You have 2 archers 30 meters away firing steel girders at you every 2.3 seconds. Die"
RolandLovecraft
I knew that! Thats it, just wanted everyone to know how irrationally proud this made me. Good day to you all.
ICannotStressThisEnoughBut
To me it's "the entrance to that place with the ninja assassins in Dark Souls 1". (I'm not good at remembering the area names)
TheMiamiVicePresident
Teacher:”.. and these structures are called ‘flying buttresses.’”
*general laughter from the class*
Teacher:”yes yes, it’s a very silly name, since there are of course two visible points of contact to the main building structure, so they obviously aren’t flying, haha. This will be on the test.”
redsmerf
Right? I've never taken an art history class, nor an architecture class, yet my nerdy ass still knew that.
AntaNce
I learned this from reading Ken Follet's 'The Pillars of the Earth', a very very good read.
intaglioguy
I didn't learn it in art history. I learned it in physics. "Buttress" makes sense. "Flying" never did. "Enlongated" or "arched" made more sense to my POV.
cyno01
Flying in this context just means 'external'. Flightless buttresses would have a roof on top.
DHDragon
I also knew it! I did take an art history class, admittedly, but I knew what flying buttresses were called before that too. Because gothic architecture is fantastic.
ArdentSlacker
Anor Londo
faphappyscreencappy
Archery lane, there.
Meltemi
LincLoud
#32 this is the kind of thing that annoys historians who want the original texts
intaglioguy
The First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople, the Council of Ephesus, and the like led to the destruction of a lot of source material that likely will never be known unless it is found by scanning palimpsests.
AliensProbably
Secular historians - the only useful variety of historian when reviewing the history of religions - are much more open to the idea that it all started from a work of allegorical fiction.
brainkandle1
Any good links you could throw my way?
AliensProbably
David Fitzgerald is who I normally refer people to as a gateway author - his book 'Nailed' is brief yet concise and covers a handful of the key arguments, and he did an excellent follow up trilogy 'Mything in Action' that goes into much more depth if you find his style vibes with you.