I always think about that fable when I see Germans voting for that far-right party.

History Trivia: No one outside Germany knows that “Churchill-quote” because it was made up by Nazi propaganda.

Granted, it is more fun to have more answers involved, but 2 identical answers immediately gives it away as fake.

It’s annoying that 25% appears twice. How about these answers:

a) 100%

b) 75%

c) 50%

d) 0%

I’d be more supportive of fungi independence if they aimed for a democratic republic. Just saying.

Oh Lemmiwinks, Lemmiwinks, …

20 ccs of lasagna, stat!

Yes, I don’t think you can be in limbo for more than the statutory 2-weeks notice period or some such.

Still, there’s going to be quite some extra cost associated with the heads-over-heels way in which contracts were cancelled.

I thought it was a good fit for this community. Good to know my repost wasn’t just spammy.

Honk if you can hear this image.

Humanity is the CEO of earth.

It stands for Black Dragon Scale Mail, you bug lover.

I should add that the FFmpeg team is quite proud of the fact that they write in C and Assembly for peak performance. They mention it a lot, and so they did here.

It’s a genuine xeet(?).

That was a deepfake. They did a dirty on him.

Studying BDSM in an animal model, I see.

There is a 1987 paper tracking the joke through history: A Romanian Political Joke in 12th Century Iranian Sources by Mahmoud Omidsalar (Hat tip)

This is the 12th century version (Hat tip):

A fox was running, grieving for his life.

Another fox saw him in such a state

And asked: “Please tell me, brother, what is wrong?”

He said: “The king is hunting donkeys here!”

“But you are not a donkey - so why fear?”

He answered: "That is right; but, oh!, these men;

They do not know and they cannot discern.

They think that fox and donkey are the same!"

https://archive.org/details/AnvarisDivanAPocketBookforAkbar/page/n119/mode/2up

Allegedly, expressions along the lines of “to prove you are not a camel” are common in Poland and Russia for tedious bureaucratic demands.

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This is why WIS and INT are different stats.

The terminator has passed over North America, illuminating the entire continent in the eerie light of a thermonuclear explosion. People report suffering radiation burns from unshielded exposure.