They were bringing coconuts to England because the swallows weren’t big enough to do so.

I was thinking the same thing. The whole thing looks awesome, but at no point in my life was I ever able to pull this off.

This cartoon deserves a Pulitzer.

Evil Genie: “Granted.” It starts to rain. It never stops.

This isn’t really my area, but afaik…

• the French bankrupted themselves for a number of reasons, one of which was indeed the global Ango-French War (which resulted in the creation of the USA) and the earlier Seven Years War. This wasn’t the only cause of the French Revolution.
• the American and French Revolutions were both products of “the Englightenment” which took part in Europe. To their credit, several of the American leaders saw the value in it and adopted those ideas, but America was pretty much a backwater at that time. Of course American independence was a topic of discussion, much in the same way that the war in Ukraine is today. No doubt some people were “inspired by” the distant foreign war, as an example of ideas that had developed locally.
• I think the 1648 treaties of Westphalia are generally considered the beginning of modern nation states. I think it’d be tough to argue that German and Italian nationalism were “implanted” by the French Revolution.

I had a brilliant concluding paragraph but I accidentally deleted it. Something about how this period of history has many relevant lessons about balancing domestic vs international policy, updating antiquated systems of economic and representation systems, and the interplay between popular movements and individual leaders. But this is, after all, a shitposting community, so no great loss.

a lot of the ideas from the American Revolution inspired the French Revolution.
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Since the French Revolution have rise to the idea of the modern nation state and Napoleon, we’d not have a lot of countries.

At first I was like: wtf? Then I remembered we’re in the shitposting community

There are a bunch of watch parties on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling. Usually, people all watch the movie at the same time and make brief comments (bc Mastodon is like Twitter, see?)

• Here on lemmy I post an announcement every Friday on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world about the next “Monsterdon” watch party on Mastodon.
• see this calendar of Mastodon watch parties (WARNING: includes Bluesky, which has chosen the path of enshittification. Also, some of these watch parties may be dormant.)

edit: but yeah, it’d be cool to have a watch party here, where we could do “longer form” takes on things.

the Monty Python sketch about having an argument. Hello, is this the room to have an argument?

I haven’t even seen that sketch, but just reading about it made me laugh.

Some people are indeed that fragile. Often from trauma. I suspect that’s not the case here tho.

Mary gives up her “dark look” for the rest of the series. But is it really that much work? You just need to get dark clothes. Most people I know had chipped nail polish unless it was a special occasion. A better hair dye won’t wash off like that. Caked-on whiteface makeup isn’t really necessary. I reckon the cartoonist liked the contrast between the embodiment of Death and a normal-looking kid, tho.

You know how cats are sitting still staring at something, and you’re like “how can that cat sit still so long and stare at something?” It’s this. The entire world is a game to them.

!thrashmetal@lemmy.world

I dunno. Better report them to !fuckcars@lemmy.world

Cool point… kinda like how at first, there weren’t any punks or goths, they were just people into a certain kind of music, and dressing a certain way… and later they became contextualized…

thx for the memes/shitposts in spanish, fam, every day I see posts in other languages but so few in spanish for some reason dunno why.

If I’m really exhausted and feel like I’m gonna die but still have to work, I’ve found that a 15-minute nap is amazing for “taking the edge off” so I can become functional again. If I’m stressed enough I can even have some lucid dreaming happen, or awareness of my surroundings even tho I’m asleep (like sleep paralysis) which is almost as fun. Under normal circumstances, yeah it’s hard to nap in under 20 minutes but I bet it’d become easier if I made it a habit.

You’re on another level, fam!

The Tiffany Problem, or Tiffany Effect, refers to the issue where a historical or realistic fact seems anachronistic or unrealistic to modern audiences of historical fiction, despite being accurate. This often occurs with names, terms, or practices that, although historically accurate, feel out of place because of modern associations.

wow that’s interesting, thanks for the link.

ikr on a “bad day” I’m basically just grabbing a slice of bread and opening the fridge to find something edible to wrap it around.

Wikipedia sez: “In Europe, many cultures have used garlic for protection or white magic, perhaps owing to its reputation in folk medicine.[46] Central European folk beliefs considered garlic a powerful ward against demons, werewolves, and vampires.” but they don’t provide a reference for that assertion about demons and werewolves. I think if you threw it in a modern movie, a lot of audience’sd be like: Huh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic