I had to look that up, it’s just too good to pass.

(Cassius Dio, contemporary historian) tells us that the empress teased her companion (the wife of Argentocoxos, a Caledonian chief) by saying that Caledonian women indulge in a sexual free-for-all, sharing their beds with different men while making no attempt to conceal their adultery. To a respectable aristocratic lady like Julia, such brazen promiscuity would indeed have seemed worthy of comment. We then see the wife of Argentocoxos swiftly responding with what Dio calls ‘a witty remark’ of her own:

“We fulfil the demands of nature in a much better way than do you Roman women; for we consort openly with the best men, whereas you let yourselves be debauched in secret by the vilest.”

A bit further below, however

The consensus view among present-day historians is that he simply invented the speech quoted above.

Sauce - https://senchus.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/julia-and-the-caledonian-women/

If there’s one thing the Lockpicking Lawyer taught me, is that the vast majority of locks only work because almost nobody bothers to learn lockpicking. Some “extra safe” locks being defeated by a fucking magnet of all things always amuse me

I’ll be here to read those numbers

Good for you. My sausage fingers mean I have to use swipe motions more often than not, and often the word will be wrong, then I have to backspace and type it letter by letter, sometimes getting it right, often getting some letters wrong.

Autocorrect means trying anything akin to programming, or typing commands in a terminal emulator is an exercise in patience. “Just turn it off” - see sausage fingers problem

There was the Virtual Boy and some other things before 2001 (21st century) rolled around. The tech wasn’t good/miniaturized enough back then

https://virtualspeech.com/blog/history-of-vr

Oh, that game looks amazing to play PvP. You can get it for free on the microsoft store, too.

Descent did get 2 sequels and also a spinoff, Descent: Freespace and later Freespace 2. F2 has seen a HUGE amount of mods, partly due to the engine going open source back in 2002

Freespace 3 could be awesome, what with Elite seeing a rebirth.

Road Redemption was a Road Rash-esque attempt some years ago. I remember the performance was kinda shitty, but the game was mostly fine.

Or just buy a glass or box of juice, which is also cheaper than their proprietary bags

Node Package Manager

Cryptocoins

Smartphones without keyboards

Roblox

Not to mention the shit that’s completely fucking useless, like Juicero - a “juice squeezing machine” that only works with plastic bags you get from their subscription service.

Those are very old. I’d wager that the first monarchs and despots wouldn’t be too different from such celebrities

VR is late 20th century

Back in the day, they were just people of varying fame, whether warranted or not.

And here I was thinking the NG UP! was yet another rick roll

Do you suppose people wouldn’t see the school name if number 3 was picked?

Instead of a typical bulldog, they should’ve tried a bull-dog

So, changing it to Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance would be about the same

“There’s no solution” - says the motherfucking fucks responsible for FUCKING UP the shit and ensuring govts DON’T treat them like the criminals they are. “B-b-b-but think of my profits the economy!” - I love how profits for the next quarter are more important than long term survival for them.

Nobody is going after the big oil companies and ordering them to slow the fuck down. Nobody is telling the saudis to fuck off. Thanks to thinking of “the economy”, we’ll be on a very, VERY nasty future. But hey, that diamond studded yacht was worth it!

How about a sequel to Bambi meets Godzilla?