Speaking of Nordic... When I was in college, the woman who organized the Medieval Enthusiasts club was over six feet tall, with golden hair to her hips. She would dress as a Scandinavian princess, when she wasn't wearing armor. There were two categories of tourneys - foam weapons, or dull metal weapons and armor. She did the latter. (I wasn't the combative sort - I was there for the costumes and the feasting.) Too bad she was already married.
At least here in Germany it's often a gateway into far right groups. The Nazis loved Norse mythology and then there are also guys like Vark Vikernes etc.
Watching from Scandinavia it's pretty bizarre to see all these weirdos appropriate our culture. Like, the vikings were by all accounts not particularly racist or race minded.
They were traders and occasionally pirates who loved poetry and storytelling and fighting amongst themselves. They'd go somewhere and settle and just freely intermingle with the local culture to form hybrid cultures like Norman, Russian, etc.
Expecting racists to think is a bit hard on them honstely.
In a museum in the middle of germany is an exhibition of a shaman women from the region a few thousand years back and new studies found out she was most probably dark skinned.
But try telling that the "true germans".
Yeah it's kinda dependent on region and culture when it comes to Neo-Pagans, here in the US it's a coin flip on if the Neo-Pagan is some breed of fascist or a particularly demented anti-fascist who fell into Neo-Paganism due to rejecting Christianity in some way. I am in fact the latter though I started doing it to troll Mormon missionaries since saying half crazed shit and throwing Odin into the mix tends to offset the yuppies.
In my experience, medieval enthusiasts are either one of the two: very calm and chill and cool dude, or some sort of nazi, but honestly, it's mostly the former in my personal experience. actually, it's like 98% very calm and chill dudes. i have met many great friends that way.
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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 64 pts · 258d
Speaking of Nordic... When I was in college, the woman who organized the Medieval Enthusiasts club was over six feet tall, with golden hair to her hips. She would dress as a Scandinavian princess, when she wasn't wearing armor. There were two categories of tourneys - foam weapons, or dull metal weapons and armor. She did the latter. (I wasn't the combative sort - I was there for the costumes and the feasting.) Too bad she was already married.
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 52 pts · 258d
At least here in Germany it's often a gateway into far right groups. The Nazis loved Norse mythology and then there are also guys like Vark Vikernes etc.
EvilCartyen@feddit.dk · 51 pts · 258d
Watching from Scandinavia it's pretty bizarre to see all these weirdos appropriate our culture. Like, the vikings were by all accounts not particularly racist or race minded.
They were traders and occasionally pirates who loved poetry and storytelling and fighting amongst themselves. They'd go somewhere and settle and just freely intermingle with the local culture to form hybrid cultures like Norman, Russian, etc.
Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de · 19 pts · 258d
Expecting racists to think is a bit hard on them honstely.
In a museum in the middle of germany is an exhibition of a shaman women from the region a few thousand years back and new studies found out she was most probably dark skinned.
But try telling that the "true germans".
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 258d
Yeah it's kinda dependent on region and culture when it comes to Neo-Pagans, here in the US it's a coin flip on if the Neo-Pagan is some breed of fascist or a particularly demented anti-fascist who fell into Neo-Paganism due to rejecting Christianity in some way. I am in fact the latter though I started doing it to troll Mormon missionaries since saying half crazed shit and throwing Odin into the mix tends to offset the yuppies.
I gaslit myself into fucking Neo-Paganism.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 257d
In my experience, medieval enthusiasts are either one of the two: very calm and chill and cool dude, or some sort of nazi, but honestly, it's mostly the former in my personal experience. actually, it's like 98% very calm and chill dudes. i have met many great friends that way.
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 2 pts · 257d
I agree with the medieval enthusiast but I believe especially the Nordic mythology and Viking groups (also bands) are different
halvar@lemy.lol · 6 pts · 258d
I know, but why do people always have to bring up what group is releated to far right and how, it just makes me depressed >m<
atro_city@fedia.io · 41 pts · 258d
Fake: OP was 5.1
Gay: All dwarves are male
alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 40 pts · 258d
*All dwarves grow beards, even the women
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 40 pts · 258d
That's e: 155cm and 150cm in normal units
tetris11@feddit.uk · 29 pts · 258d
General rule: add the digits and times by 30, and minus 30
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 258d
304 cm is 9' 11".
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 258d
Never forget
theolodis@feddit.org · 12 pts · 258d
Why? What happened on the 9th of November?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 258d
Great Boston Fire
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 255d
420 meters
tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 258d
And yet here we are, 13 upvotes.
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty" ~ Bill Shakespeare
kip@piefed.zip · 9 pts · 258d
fahrenheight
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 258d
I don't do conversions from feeties and footies nearly enough to remember that
village604@adultswim.fan · 5 pts · 258d
The math doesn't check out anyways.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
Just remember that an inch is 2,54 cm and there a dozen inches in a foot.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 258d
I'll probbaly just google it
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com · 15 pts · 258d
That is not 180cm, 180cm is about 6' and the green text guy is 11 inches shorter than that, so probably around 155cm.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 258d
Whoops calculated for 5 feet 11 inches.
cerement@slrpnk.net · 33 pts · 258d
Diggy Diggy Hole
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 6 pts · 258d
No, show me the real Diggy Diggy Hole
FatTony@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 258d
I said, the real Diggy Diggy Hole
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
That one is a lot younger than the original though
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 258d
Love me some windrose
alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 258d
This could be interpreted as a transmasc post :3
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 12 pts · 258d
Well, as a Dane I'm obligated to respect the hell out of every single part of that. I'm pretty sure it's the law around here.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 257d
Quake Tournament 3?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 257d
Q'bert's Torment III
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 258d
What does the second to last line translate to?
rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 258d
end up with cutie pi 4 foot, 11 inches (tall) redhead (partner)
Schmuppes@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 258d
Ah thanks, the "pi" component was what I was missing.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 6 pts · 258d
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 258d
Qt version 3.14
At least she ain’t an Electron app
village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 258d
Yeah, that's definitely some bad kerning
notsure@fedia.io · 5 pts · 258d
...look at this giant over here!..
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 258d
Just a normal sized dwarf in a giant's world
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 258d
My ex-wife was 4'7'' and I am 6'6''.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 257d
Sounds Fake and Gay
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 257d
Wonder what ended the marriage
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 257d
Probably an elbow.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 255d
She lost her grip on his love handles and fell to her death.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · -1 pts · 258d
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 258d
You are misreading. 3.14 is approximately pi, so it's supposed to read as cutie pie.
green_copper@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 258d
My first thought was "huh, quite the old version of Qt"
village604@adultswim.fan · 5 pts · 258d
You're misreading. The kerning is bad so it looks like there's a space between the '.' and '14'.
But it's qt3.14 which is shorthand for cutie pie.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 1 pts · 258d