• Dolores [love/loves]
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    1 year ago

    what relevancy does 'how many people are talking about this' have, critically? it's a good movie that lots of people watched, it's a good movie that didn't make too much of a splash---the critic watched it though, all they need to do is review the movie, not do haruspicy about it's future cultural weight and what the studios, executives, and production team are going to do about that sum of money they collected or failed to collect

    • AernaLingus [any]
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      1 year ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex

      In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex was a person trained to practise a form of divination called haruspicy, the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. Various ancient cultures of the Near East, such as the Babylonians, also read omens specifically from the liver, a practice also known by the Greek term hepatoscopy (also hepatomancy).

      I've heard of the practice, but TIL the proper name for it.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Haruspex would he a sick name for w black metal band if it hasn't been taken yet

        • Brutticus@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          There are a couple of haruspex in magic, but I thought it was just a word for "wizard". You draw a card when other creatures die, so it is even doing the thing, as well