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1. 1 day ago on Last Kiss

   I remember an explanation of the principle from ancient Greece or Rome. Some philosopher gave his student a straw or thin stick and asked them to break it. After they did, he gave them a bundle of straws or thin sticks and told them to break it. They couldn’t, proving the strength of unity. Fasces

   A man carrying fasces in his armA man carrying fasces in his arm / Wikimedia CommonsThe fasces, a symbol derived initially from the Etruscans, played a significant role in ancient Rome. Despite Roman culture borrowing extensively from the Etruscans, this influence is often overshadowed by the more frequently mentioned Greek cultural impact.

   The fasces, a bundle of rods bound around an axe, represented strength through unity and the authority of Roman magistrates. This symbol, carried by lictors in front of high-ranking officials, was a potent reminder of the state’s power and justice. >

2. 1 day ago on Tank McNamara

   I just highlight them, right click on it, and choose ‘search with’ my browser (in this case with a gone duck). Seems to work every time.

3. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur
   You, and the rest of us who try, are just collateral damage. Why should any other species worry about that when we don’t?
4. 4 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Actually, yang is light, active male and yin is dark, passive, female.

5. 4 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   An indubitably deep and dark subject, not for people with shallow minds.

6. 6 days ago on One Big Happy

   I got both. I had two cousins were part of the test study for the Salk vaccine. And I remember when the Sabine oral vaccine came out.

7. 6 days ago on Pooch Cafe
   ROFL
8. 6 days ago on Pooch Cafe

   No, then squirrels will get init and throw nuts at them.

9. 6 days ago on B.C.

   I had a Polish friend in high school, born in Europe after WWII, who taught me how to make sauerkraut. Try not rinsing it, and I will not use canned, add some caraway seed, pearled barley, maybe some chopped onions. If you like a slightly sweeter kraut, try adding some chopped apple.

10. 7 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    “Wax on, wax off”?