A stunning shot!

I am a lowly normie, I repeat what the captions say 😭

Recoilless rifles are often crew-operated, and meant to take out vehicles rather than people.

There are some shoulder-fired ones, though!

Dublin is the name of the cat.

Like a dragon atop a hoard, I just lounge atop of them

Using black-and-white film was common up until relatively recently, even when color film was available, because black-and-white film was cheaper. Also since most newspapers printed in black-and-white anyway, many journalists opted to simply take the original photos with black-and-white film.

That’s the sort of thing that starts talking to the protagonist in a dark-comedy/horror movie that takes a turn for the existential and depressing near the end.

… basically, whatever you name it or it names itself, DO NOT TAKE ITS ADVICE

Explanation: What we were generally recognize as the physical form of a book in the modern day is formally called a codex - an invention of the 1st century AD Roman Empire that made reading and book storage much more efficient. Instead of a single sheet of paper that needed to be unraveled, smaller sheets were bound to a spine and protected with covers, progressing through the writing by turning the pages.

Stop living in the past! Embrace the F U T U R E!

Explanation: What we were generally recognize as the physical form of a book in the modern day is formally called a codex - an invention of the 1st century AD Roman Empire that made reading and book storage much more efficient. Instead of a single sheet of paper that needed to be unraveled, smaller sheets were bound to a spine and protected with covers, progressing through the writing by turning the pages.

Stop living in the past! Embrace the F U T U R E!

Glory to Arzstoska. Cause no trouble.

Depends who was taking marksmanship classes.

[blows dust off VHS tapes]

Gorgeous shot. I’m sure the aircrew were less enthused by the fireworks, though.

Obi-Wan “Why does he get to be a young ghost”

I wonder who that’s for?

I once played a Fighter who was a pacifist. Not a “I attack nonlethally” pacifist, a full-on, specialized-in-weapons-he-refused-to-use pacifist.

His only kill was a Roving Mauler. He made the mistake of trying to grapple with it to restrain it from hurting the party, and as it tried to run away, the curious rolling gait of the Mauler caused it to twist its own head off in his arms, leaving the legs cartwheeling across the room while he cradled the Mauler’s head and the attached collar.

RIP Maxwell, you were some bizarre wizard’s beloved pet. 😭

Trade secret, I think. You’d have to ask a lesbian.

Yeah, I picked a fantastic day to recommend the comm.

I guess we have a !askhistorians@piefed.social

A fair barter is always honored by this one