Rolando

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[–] Rolando 5 points 3 months ago

"Over the Top" is free on youtube, btw:

[–] Rolando 4 points 3 months ago

Remember that Everett True is watching you!

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[–] Rolando 8 points 3 months ago

Let's see if Jon can get through this visit without sexually assaulting the vet.

[–] Rolando 8 points 3 months ago

In comments someone said E-Tru had old-fashioned clothing, and the people he outburst against usually had newfangled (for that time) clothing.

[–] Rolando 7 points 3 months ago

Unironically I would like to be buried unembalmed in a forest. Or maybe at the bottom of a lake. Hey, I bet if I insulted some old-school gangsters, they could make it happen.

[–] Rolando 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Suggest a first date that involves a mosh pit.

[–] Rolando 48 points 3 months ago (5 children)

DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED

  • vote early if you can
  • tell your friends to vote early
  • contact your local campaign and see if you can help -- it's not too late!
[–] Rolando 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One side of my family was all farmers. I don't know much about that life, but I believe the youngest girl would be raising those two babies (while cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc), and those two boys would be working the field with the mother.

[–] Rolando 7 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately the other kids will call her a "door-k" for the rest of the school year.

[–] Rolando 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

their insides look like a mix of their outsides and their personality.

Good lord... imagine getting a little cut on your finger, and you look at the cut, and you see a face staring out from inside saying "HI THERE I SECRETLY HATE YOUUUUU" while a set of toes and genitals try to seep out of the cut before you bandage it up forever. That's some cthulhu-level stuff, man.

[–] Rolando 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pedants: He asked if she minded. She responded saying, “Sure thing,” which is an affirmative response, meaning that she did mind.

So... when you analyze language, you can think of an utterance's semantics (what it means "at the dictionary level") and pragmatics (what it means in context.) For example, if you're having dinner, and someone asks "can you pass the salt?" in terms of semantics it's a question, but in terms of pragmatics it's generally a command or request for an action.

Similarly, I'd say Batman's first utterance in terms of pragmatics is a request for permission, which is granted by Catwoman's first utterance.

 

Printed 119 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image rotated, contrast/brightness increased, sharpness adjusted, various artifacts removed, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 117 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image cleaned: brightness/contrast and sharpness adjusted, artifacts cleaned up, some solid colors improved; see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 112 years ago today in The Tacoma Times. Image brightness/contrast modified and some artifacts cleaned up; see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 107 years today in the Detroit Times. Image contrast/brightness modified, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 111 years ago today in The Tacoma Times. I modified the brightness/contrast, removed artifacts, and cleaned up the text a bit, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 111 years ago today in the Newark Evening Star. The image contrast/brightness was modified, some of the text was cleaned up, and some solid areas were filled in; see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 110 years ago today in The Detroit Times. Image contrast/brightness modified, and some of the text cleaned up a bit; see the original. On the same page, an interesting article speculating on how the war in Europe that had just started (WW1) might end up.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 104 years ago today in The West Virginian. Image contrast/brightness modified, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 109 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image brightness/contrast and sharpness slightly modified; see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

 

Printed 108 years ago today in The Tacoma Times. I removed some blotches and modified the brightness/contrast, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

Honorable mention for October 4th: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_juanita_ver01/data/sn87093407/00200290616/1913100401/0908.pdf

 

Printed 106 years ago today in the Daily East Oregonian; I removed several blotches in the text area and modified the brightness/contrast, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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