Triple dog dare you to stick your tongue on it.

D’oh!

I hope it emits a loud buzz or beep with every emission. Or maybe an automatic “excuse me”

You mean lead poisoning? Possibly also PFAS, alcohol and/or FAS, tobacco, broken epigenetics, etc.

Agreed. It’s excessive and unreasonable.

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“It has lousy swimming capabilities and gravid females — females with eggs and juveniles in her pouch — are especially non-agile. This is in contrast to some species [of the same family of isopods] which are free-living and can occur in such large numbers that they can deflesh a fish or body entirely.”

Solid louse joke…although technically an isopod. I’ll never look at a rolly polly the same…

I was disappointed at first, but other comments in the thread acknowledged its shortcomings but also its place in history as a still-important work of literature. The danger is in taking it as the definitive source of information on the Third Reich. It sounds like Evans’ trilogy on the Third Reich is the much better info source while still being engaging. I guess the right answer is to go ahead and read through both, but take the Trilogy more seriously. Shirer’s work is still engaging and moving and there’s probably still a lot of value in its retelling of events from primary sources, but his analysis of the politics and economics is oversimplified and American-biased. For example, he includes a testimony from a German engineer witnessing a massacre by the SS that will probably haunt me forever in a poignant and meaningful way…the kind of way that steels my resolve to forever oppose autocratic regimes and those who support them.

I just encountered another review of Rise and Fall that’s probably worth considering. While I think it’s probably still a good idea to read/listen to Shirer’s book for cultural literacy purposes, it apparently is severely dated in its retelling of events in Germany. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7kld0l/comment/drfa12x/

Thanks for the recommendations! Putting them on my list.

Yes, you’re absolutely right. Fuck all shit parasites.

I am enjoying it. It’s fascinating. Fascistnating…

I wish I were reading it because it’s so detail-rich and I really need to take my time in some spots. Were I studying it for school, I’d certainly be intending to pore through its pages while referencing maps and portraits of its main characters. As it is, it’s fairly decent for low-stress driving.

This guy’s YT review provides a pretty summary of why it’s a worthy read (or listen). But it is 57 hours long, so quite a heavy time commitment. But definitely a book that should be mandatory for everyone on earth to read at some point.

I also highly recommend watching HBO’s Conspiracy with Kenneth Branagh, Stanely Tucci, and Colin Firth. It complements the story in Schindler’s List incredibly well.

Agnostic or atheist or Scientologist techbro grasping at straws to clumsily influence Christians to do what he wants them to do.

So I’m like 45 hours into the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich audiobook and it’s really amazing to see how much an obviously crazy person can get away with, even when everyone around him is like, yeah, that dude is totally batshit and probably going to get us all killed, but idk, I guess we should still do what he says?

As long as the apocalpti are agnostic to wealth, I’m all for it…although I would prefer for it to target only humans. All the other flora and fauna should get a free pass.

Now it makes sense why they’re called carpal joints, although I guess the metacarpal bones are closer to home on this one…but only the most anal would care about that.

If only there could be any alternative sources of energy out there to discover and develop to diminish the dependence on petroleum. If only :(

Oh well, at least there’s an infinite supply of crude oil along with an atmosphere fully capable of absorbing all that liberated carbon without any adverse effects.

If he were to bomb a nuclear facility in Stockholm that then experienced a catastrophic meltdown, but for some reason the residents supported the action against them, would it be called the China Stockholm Syndrome?

Because civilians are always the most worthy and deserving target of state-sanctioned violence.

To be fair, it was probably the US Air Force, not the Army, who flew the planes and dropped the bombs…