personally I prefer the arrogant moron version because it would be pretty stupid as a dark ages king to put yourself in a position where you're in the north sea and say "see I'm just as powerless as you"
Covid was another 9-11 moment for me. Like seriously we have nothing prepared. No one is in charge. It's all projection. I was raised with Hollywood military fiction, and some people just flew a plane into the pentagon. No force field, lasers, or anything.
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Whole fucking planet tried negotiating with a virus.
Modern day Canutes demanding the tide stall.
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I didn't know that. Thanks for explaining it.
I'm not actually that familiar with Canute aside from the pop-cultural interpretation of the tide story.
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there are two versions of the story in one Canute was just an arrogant moron
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personally I prefer the arrogant moron version because it would be pretty stupid as a dark ages king to put yourself in a position where you're in the north sea and say "see I'm just as powerless as you"
Covid was another 9-11 moment for me. Like seriously we have nothing prepared. No one is in charge. It's all projection. I was raised with Hollywood military fiction, and some people just flew a plane into the pentagon. No force field, lasers, or anything.