Joined Dec 2022
@Based_Accelerationist - Lol! 🤣 Prehistory was crazy. Everything was trial and error.
I think it was Tacitus's account, maybe Caesar mentioned it too? 🤔 Don't quote me on that.
@Based_Accelerationist - ➡️ susceptible to Christianity, due to the elevated status of their women? 🤔
I dunno... But I want to not repeat that sort of mistake in the rebuild, so a conscious effort is needed - but figuring out the direction that effort should be applied to is tough.
Germanics had a lot going for them. So yeah, just food for thought I guess, in finding that dividing line. 🍻
@Based_Accelerationist - ➡️ they might join as reinforcements if their men needed that, and they might take arms against their men if they attempted to flee.
I've been pondering if there's any sort of appreciable social-darwinian advantage to such a tactic... 🤔
But it also seems like an unmistakable sign of cuckery that reaches back into the mists of prehistory.
I don't seek to needlessly insult, but to understand. And maybe Germanic tribal culture was particularly ➡️
@Based_Accelerationist - I'm a huge history buff, and lately I've been reading/listening about the Christian conquest of Germany, the genocide of the Saxons, the tribes' early encounters with Rome, etc.
My goal is to find the good, keep it, and toss the bad - wherever either may crop up.
And something that has cropped up, is an interesting cultural practice of the old Germanic tribes. Apparently, they'd often bring their women to battle. they would be cheerleaders if their men won, ➡️
@shortstories - I think those gummy materials are meant to keep water out of the cracks... 🤔 in an effort to forestall for a while, the freeze/thaw cycle that breaks up concrete.
I have no real concrete experience, but I once read about a similar material used on Mt. Rushmore, for the same purpose.
@shortstories - I once looked up the age of the virgin Mary when she was supposed to have been knocked up by God.
Unsurprisingly, I couldn't find a source. But she was supposed to have been betrothed to Joseph at the time, and he was bringing her to his homeland when it was supposed to have happened.
But cultural practices of the time and place, would put the Virgin Mary at about 14.
Apparently, Christianity approves. 👍
@shortstories - I would build society around the family unit. The family is served by a wife/mother only having one partner. This partner should be her husband. Fucking is what causes babies to be born.
So it stands to reason, that the age of marriage should be set to whenever girls start fucking.
I would put the average of that age at 14 in the US.
@Based_Accelerationist - Fair point. 😂🤦🏻♂️🫗
Is it just me, or does there seem to be an agenda afoot in the world of waifus? 🤔
@Based_Accelerationist - Oh no doubt. 😅
2012 is what got me looking at our society, as I tried to tease out "how exactly is this Mayan prophesy gonna go down?" 🤔
Once I took a good look with a critical eye though... It was like "Wait a sec, is everything really this rickety??" And nothing I saw contradicted the thought, so I started buying food & lead, building a variety of skill-sets, and haven't looked back since.
I mean hey, whatever gets someone to notice. 💁🏻♂️😁🍻
@shortstories - I voted 15-18.
If I had a magic wand though, I would cripple the power of the state, and things like marriage-age laws would become more like socially enforced guidelines.
I wouldn't encourage 40yr olds to marry 15yr olds (unless they're war-brides or something - then it's up to the warrior's discretion).
But in the rare case that two 14yr olds wish to marry, and their fathers don't object, then I wouldn't stand in their way, nor should the law.
@shortstories - ➡️ But in the rare instance two 14yr olds or 13yr olds wish to marry, and their fathers don't object, then I wouldn't stand in the way, and nor should the law.
@shortstories - by itself, as an isolated measure taken, it would do nothing.
When combined with other measures, the difference would astound.
@Gonzo17 - I know my thumb got a lot greener when I started adding lots of compost. For season1, I added a couple cubic yards to a plot, for 3-4 inches of coverage. That was a bit excessive In hindsight, but the harvest was phenomenal.
Anyhow, it looks like you're in the southwest, judging by the soil... 🤔 Seems like a lot of clay and sand on camera, and more organic mass would probably benefit immensely.
Cheers, and Good Luck! 🍻
@Indignation - Well, she's no ButterBean. 🤭
@Based_Accelerationist @Stahesh - It's funny, 'cause 2012 is what got me prepping.
Oh sure, I felt a little silly in 2013. 🤔😅 But I'm feeling a lot less silly in 2024. 💁🏻♂️🥃
@sardonicsmile - It's always nice to hear a brit say it. It's vindicating, and also they generally sound better when they talk.
😂🍻
@Indignation - 😂 got me! 😂
@Indignation - I can't tell if that's uncle Adolf... 🤔 ...or George Kirby. 😂
Joined Dec 2022
