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[Tack]

It's about the battle of Flanders Field in WW1

It was about the second battle of Ypres.

My 'pologies. My elective was ancient history, not modern.

[BlackFlyme]

It's about the battle of Flanders Field in WW1

It was about the second battle of Ypres.

My 'pologies. My elective was ancient history, not modern.

Technically still in Flanders Fields. It was a large county, and also covered Passchendaele.

Which was not a movie I enjoyed.

[TD1]

A basic interpretation is:

Fight for the fallen.

[Xantalos]

What...?

I'm terrible at interpreting poems.

[Parsely]

...soldiers that become zombies if a sacred covenant of blood isn't upheld?

WHAT THE FUCK. I'm actually working on a short story with the same plot. HOW. HOW DO YOU SEE INTO MY MIIIIIIIIIINDDDD.

[Knit tie]

I have been trying to get my mind around Euler's formula for a couple hours now and I think I begin to understand what it means. I swear, new math concepts are just like Cthulhu Mythos: fry your mind at first, but then you begin to revel in their alien, transcendent glory.


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[Lord Shonus]

Given I didn't say "The Flander's Fields", but "Flander's Fields", and also that I said "The sentiment and feeling," I assumed the "The what now" to be in relation to the latter.

I thought Darvi was making a joke, in that he didn't understand what feeling or sentiment are. And so, as my own particular brand of lll-formed joke, gave a random definition for them.

Which you followed with Sam Gamgee's rant about potatoes from the LOTR movies, which in context to the poem makes negative sense. I am stupider for having read that post.

[hops]

Drat, I'm preaching to the wrong flock

Ah well, as Nietzsche said "You have your way and I have my way. As for the right and correct way, it does not exist."

Don't worry, Dwarfy, I prefer my love letters in English as well.

Omelette du fromage

[AlleeCat]

So, is Persona 3 supposed to be this easy? I swear I picked medium difficulty, but this is a cakewalk. I just breezed through the first boss and the only thing that's given me trouble was the level 10 miniboss. Even then it was fairly simple, since the enemies there were weak to their own attacks, so charming them let me practically breeze through the fight. I managed to clear the first block before the kid even told me about the full moon, and I thought I was taking my time. The only time I even died was because of a Death floor, and those are just kind of bullshit anyway if you don't know about them in advance.
I really hope the difficulty ramps up soon, because I was really hoping for the same level of challenge I got with Persona 4.

[Darvi]

I've found P3 to be easier than the sequel overall, but then you get to the Tanabata full moon shadows and bosses that are immune to all but one damage types, and then you remember why this is an Atlus game.

[Darvi]

Atlus games scare me more than the night, tbh.

[Tack]

Still wanna  play Annesia 2.
Heard mixed reviews.

[Yoink]

Looks like I'm back to being a pescetarian, for tonight at least.
The chipshop (Is it alright if I adopt that word, British people?) was the only place in town open where I could get good food.

Well, other than the Mexican place, and I eat there ridiculously often as it is. Feels weird being a "regular" or whatever.

[Fluoman]

Drat, I'm preaching to the wrong flock

Ah well, as Nietzsche said "You have your way and I have my way. As for the right and correct way, it does not exist."

Don't worry, Dwarfy, I prefer my love letters in English as well.

Omelette du fromage

This sentence hurts me more than it should.

[sjm9876]

Well, I thought the poem was known universally. My bad.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
      Between the crosses, row on row,
   That mark our place; and in the sky
   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
         In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
   The torch; be yours to hold it high.
   If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
         In Flanders fields.

...soldiers that become zombies if a sacred covenant of blood isn't upheld?

.... I feel the need to sig this.

On the maths/language discussion, IMO it boils down to the fact that maths is absolute - unless you mess up the core logic it always holds true. Language is full of messy ambiguities.

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