Best posts made by sarah_the_magpie

@nightshifter said in TONY WE WANT BREAD:

Tony is DEAD. Sad. No more bread stories.

oh no! r.i.p. in peace bread prince :/

@Sarah-A-R
happiness is a warm gun 🔫

@ActionKaman
my evil side? oh i see

uhh... i drink the blood of virgins to stay youthful. i basically only visit tws to hunt for victims 🩸🧛🏾🩸

my hidden talent is that, for some reason, i've memorized the names & capitals of every single country on earth. i'm not even kidding. as a kid, i read a lot of geography books and all that knowledge i learned stuck with me. lamest talent ever, amirite

@Happy_Pills
pls stop yelling, you're making me cry :(

@Lurker
humblebrag: the thread

also this is obviously photoshopped, because i've never messaged you on this site lmao

@pe7erpark3r
well, obviously taking a shower is the second-best way to refresh :D

@CarmenSensus
oh wow, this is cool. sounds great!

@Indrid-Cold
ugh, nasty insects. i'm not afraid of spiders, but daddy long legs are terrifying. they're so fast and weird-looking :/
also, who the hell even decided to call them "daddy long legs"? i've never understood the logic behind that name lmao

@Addicted4life
if you don't have enough brain cells to realize that i was referring to you, then i'm afraid that life is going to be a very hard experience for you

@JGadsden
the pressure is real

@Jumper-Cable-Guy
i'll be your daddy if you let me beat you with jumper cables~

@pe7erpark3r
yeah, i mostly agree with everything you said. it's true that ordinary soldiers aren't usually indoctrinated and merely follow whatever orders their officers bark at them, and that rank-and-file followers of doctrines are more idealistic than those who craft them, because their leaders are usually more motivated by power/glory.

there are two points i'd like to add to:

The crusades really are an incredibly complex net of causes and effects, in which doctrine does play a role, but certainly not the key role...

you're absolutely correct! if my memory serves me right, most of the crusaders were basically just peasants who were told that if they help to liberate the holy land~, they can keep whatever they pillage & loot along the way. they definitely weren't motivated by any doctrines :D
and, of course, the armies of the fourth crusade somehow ended up sacking constantinople instead, probably the biggest oopsie in all of medieval history.

It's a good thesis. To back it, we should find a few instances of wars that were fought purely because of opposing doctrines. I'm not entirely sure we would not find a few, but I do suspect there are not many.

well, what about the cold war? i'd say that it qualifies as a doctrinal war, because it truly did divide most of the world into two ideologically-opposed camps.

also, if civil wars count, i'd add the american civil war to the list. it was most definitely fought over principles, with the union fighting for emancipation and the confederacy fighting for states' rights & slavery

@Ryiya
awesome snake!

as a kid, i used to have a pet lizard. found him wandering around in my backyard and decided to keep him lol. he was a cool little fellow, called him mr. cranky :)

• as a little kid, i had a really stupid habit of constantly hiding food in my pockets, so that i could snack on it later. i remember coming home from kindergarten and just having craploads of food in my pockets. my mom was like "wtf is wrong with you"

• i once got into a fight with another girl. she told me that she's the only person in the world who doesn't cry when hit. so, i hit her on the head with a toy shovel. i honestly don't know why little me thought that it was a good idea. btw she did cry after i hit her, so... i proved her wrong??? go me????

• on a more positive note, our kindergarten had like an experimental garden, where kids could plant seeds. i planted a few cucumber seeds and checked on their progress every day and actually managed to grow a full plant. the day that i got to feed everyone my lil homegrown cucumbers was probably the best day of my childhood lol

@Bunnybear
what's the capital of botswana?

@KETholic
eyy merry christmas 🎄🎄

@Div
i tried it out and i'm literally dead right now. gee thanks div, this is the last time i'll take your advice :(

@Rhydian said in The Cardinal: Finch:

The cardinal was dead either way, whether he came inside or not.

whether he came inside or not.

he came inside

@Fappy_Pills