Zombiepirate

Zombiepirate, 2 days ago

I’ve got eight slugs in me. One’s lead and the rest are bourbon.

Damn, that’s a good line.

Zombiepirate, 3 days ago

Mountain Goats

The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton is a certified banger despite being one of their sillier songs.

Zombiepirate, 3 days ago

Per Wikipedia:

The V-3 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 3, (“Vengeance Weapon 3”) was a German World War II large-caliber gun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile, built in tunnels and permanently aimed at London, England.

The Germans planned to use the weapon to bombard London from two large bunkers in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, but they were rendered unusable by Allied bombing raids before completion. Two similar guns were used to bombard Luxembourg from December 1944 to February 1945.

The V-3 was also known as the Hochdruckpumpe (“High Pressure Pump,” HDP for short), which was a code name intended to hide the real purpose of the project. It was also known as Fleißiges Lieschen (“Busy Lizzie”).

They detail the shelling of Luxembourg in the article.

Zombiepirate, 3 days ago

It seems like the idea was revived for modern railguns, except instead of chemical charges they’re electrical.

Zombiepirate, 3 days ago

By the time that the Ardennes offensive began on 16 December 1944, Kammler received orders from OB West (German Army Command in the West) to begin firing at the end of the month, and the first gun tube was ready for action on 30 December 1944. Two warm-up rounds were initially fired, followed by five high-explosive shells which were fired in sequence, attended by Kammler. The muzzle velocity was approximately 935 metres per second (3,070 ft/s).

The second gun tube was brought into operation on 11 January 1945 and 183 rounds in total were fired until 22 February 1945, with 44 confirmed hits in the urban area. From the 142 rounds that struck Luxembourg, total casualties were 10 dead and 35 wounded.

Zombiepirate, 4 days ago

He can’t even do the fandango!

Zombiepirate, 4 days ago

Think there may be the wrong link in this one, saying it’s not a gift article.

Thanks for posting all of these, BTW.

Zombiepirate, 4 days ago

If you prefer shallow bodies of fresh water such as lakes, marshes or fish-ponds as breeding sites you might be a red necked grebe.

Zombiepirate, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

That’s wild, I thought crows lived everywhere humans do.

Zombiepirate, 5 days ago

“Duck Game is safe!!” added Podbielski. “[It’s] being returned to Corptron along with its store pages on all platforms, it’s not going anywhere. thank you everyone…hoping everyone else got the same email.”

I’d love another Duck Game, it’s my favorite arena brawler. Crazy that WB did the right thing here, these IP issues usually go the other way.

Zombiepirate, 7 days ago

I don’t get it. Your name isn’t MrOrangeBuyer?

Zombiepirate, 7 days ago

Dunno if I’d call the guy who says he’s a literal god the most humble dude in history.

Of course it’s questionable if he did indeed make that claim (if he even really existed), but the Pope certainly believes that he did.

Zombiepirate, 6 days ago

Tacitus refers to Christians, which doesn’t necessarily mean that Jesus existed if he was an amalgamation of various apocalyptic prophets; there were many mystery cults at the time who had a legendary founder.

I think the chances are pretty good that he did exist, but it’s not a foregone conclusion.

Zombiepirate, 8 days ago

When you hear the same people complaining about diversity, equity, and inclusion: this is part of the same reactionary mindset.

They don’t want to champion those ideas, because they want minorities to feel excluded. They want to “include” traitors to the Union because they are themselves the continuation of that legacy. Equity means fixing what their progenitors rigged and stole in the first place.

Diversity is death to reactionary ideas: it’s why they’re terrified of it.

Zombiepirate, 8 days ago

It might be the movie I’ve seen most in my life, watched it constantly as a kid.

Zombiepirate, 8 days ago

Fun fact: a bunch of animators from the studio went on to form Studio Ghibli:

Topcraft Co., Ltd. (株式会社トップクラフト Kabushiki-gaisha Toppukurafuto, also written as “Top Craft”) was an animation studio established in 1972, by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara, and located in Tokyo, Japan. It was famous for the production of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Topcraft is well known for its collaboration for hand-drawn animation titles by Rankin/Bass Productions (New York City, US). Together, they produced several well-known animated films, including The Hobbit and “The Return of the King”. The studio served as a precursor to Studio Ghibli, another renowned Japanese animation studio.