@Andrewnsnyder Beowulf and others definitely benefit from being readable in a couple long sittings over a single day. Shakespeare similarly as well.
Do love this translation though, reciting the preserved alliteration felt mega nice.
@ZealouslyQuoted@JoshPhillipsPhD Mostly that yep haha, the Catholic Bible includes quite a few more books than Protestant - there’s easy references out there to see the specifics.
As a conservative living in one of the most liberal towns, here’s what Americans actually agree (at least in private):
Taxes are too high.
Tariffs are confusing but probably better than taxes.
Battleships are awesome.
The Bill of Rights.
Wokeness has become exhausting.
Congress is broken.
Canadians are no longer nice.
Criminals must be deported.
Mentally ill don’t belong on the streets.
Crackheads don’t belong on the streets.
Taxes are worse than tariffs.
All women’s HR departments are exhausting.
Veterans are awesome.
Veterans with Nazi tattoos are not.
DC shouldn’t be the wealthiest city.
The American flag is cool.
Fewer abortions are a worthwhile goal.
Genital mutilation of kids is not.
Low IQ people should not be in positions of authority.
A full half of the nation has a below-median IQ.
Anti-Americanism from Europeans is exhausting.
Techbros aren’t as smart as they think they are.
Elon probably is.
There is a higher power.
The Bible is worth reading.
True evil exists in this world.
Normal white dads are pretty cool if you think about it.
Too many people go to college.
Too many Chinese go to our colleges.
Communism is bad.
We should not subsidize NATO (including Canada’s) defense.
America is the greatest nation on Earth.
Mexico is a cartel state.
Legal immigration is good in moderation, but we probably need to pause and reassess.
Endless wars are stupid.
The Iran war has only lasted a few months.
Fraud is out of control.
Biden was not mentally fit to be President.
Men should not be allowed in women’s sports.
Girls should not be allowed in the Boy Scouts.
We don’t really care about Hormuz.
Karl Marx is responsible for more misery and death than Hitler.
Muslim nations don’t have LGBTQ+ rights.
Former CIA officers, admirals, and generals shouldn’t be in politics.
Military standards matter.
Pornography has gone too far.
Venezuela and Cuba are failed states.
Naval officers should not wear camouflage.
This is a republic, not a direct democracy.
Voter ID isn’t a bad idea.
Freedom of speech is good.
Trump isn’t actually a Nazi.
The NYTimes and WAPO are biased.
Journalists shouldn’t be biased.
Pete Buttigieg should have spent more time on roads and less on politics.
Foreign lobbyists should be kicked out of congress starting with China but yes also Israel.
The Trump 1.0 and Biden presidencies were disappointing.
The SHIPs Act.
DC is cleaner and safer today.
Pentagon journalists are crybabies.
The environmentalists went too far.
Nobody cares about the three-fingered toad that’s delaying construction projects.
Teachers should be paid more.
Teacher unions suck.
Reshoring manufacturing is a good thing.
Japan and South Korea are better allies than the EU.
The vast majority of Americans are not racist.
We should do more than build casinos to help Native American tribes succeed.
Land acknowledgments are a waste of time.
Many PhDs are clueless… especially Tom Nicholas.
The healthcare system needs to be radically simplified.
This nation has too many dumb laws.
Kids should spend more time outdoors and less time on social media.
Trade schools are good.
Epstein didn’t kill himself.
The EU is in no position to give us morality lessons.
We have no idea if AI will be good or bad but probably both.
The Yankees are the best team in sports history.
But mostly… taxes are too high because Congress and the media are broken and corrupt.
Jesus Christ loves Hunter Biden.
Contemporary agendas rely on people being ignorant of history and lazy enough to not fact check. Thus those with agendas can often engage in outright blatant lying and still gain traction.
Confirmation bias facilitates all of the above.
A software engineer was granted a religious exemption from using AI at work. Legal experts say others may follow now that the Pope has raised concerns about the tech's impact on humanity. https://t.co/Cn2BvGc4xc
The only reason to be truly concerned about this is if you are at the top and worship the almighty GDP - history is kind to those who persevere through a population crash.
@JoshPhillipsPhD@elonmusk We should welcome it and persevere on through - history is very kind to those who see themselves through a population crash.
Well lol unless one worships the almighty GDP of course.
@LanceVader@Heminator No….. as you’ve clearly demonstrated you’re just straight up ignorant, and I have no interest in engaging such - regardless of issue or which side either of us falls on said issue.
@LanceVader@Heminator I’ve not even spoken to your agenda and I won’t hear in this context. You’re just gonna keep changing the narrative as you have already in your replies.
You’re aware of the old idiom about assumptions?
@JoshPhillipsPhD Brother, many in our nation have memory-holed entire swaths of our history to justify being able to say we are in the “darkest time” or whatever lately.
I’m beginning to suspect outright educational fraud in secondary schools.
@LanceVader@Heminator Brother I'm not here to validate your agenda - I'm giving you fact based information so you are no longer speaking from a place of ignorance.
Your choice what to do with the learning this afternoon.
@LanceVader@Heminator LMAO you're really missing the point here - medical professionals make the determination as to how much any given soldier benefits.
VA "disability" isn't the same as the common civvie usage of the term "disabled" - again you're speaking from a place of gross ignorance.