In the late 2010s, I once car-pooled with someone whose car 1. Had a cassette player 2. Only contained a Best of Queens cassette. I spend the whole car ride ( several hours) wondering if I should say something. Since this was in France and I had never met another French person who had read Good Omens without me recommending it first, I didn't say anything, but I still think about it from time to time.
Q: What inspired you to have Crowley’s Bentley tapedeck turn everything into “The Best of Queen”?
Neil: Back in the days when all cars had cassette decks Terry Pratchett and I both noticed and talked about the fact that we had The Best of Queen tapes in our car we could not remember bying. And our theory was: all tapes turn in The Best of Queen. (x)
I understand that 'Yefreitor' is a modifier added to a rank when you refuse a promotion. And that 'Detective' works basically the same way (except that the way you acquire it is kess clear). But I'm still unsure about satellite-officer. Is it a modifier ? Because no one is calling Jean anything else. We know that you become Satellite-officer if your partner is promoted and 'you rise with him'. But does it replace your actual rank? Are all Satellite-officer equals? MacLaine is also a Satellite-officer, but his partner is a sergeant, so does Jean outrank him even though their titles are EXACTLY THE SAME? How do people know?
And if it is a modifier if another rank, why not say the rank like they do with Yefreitor? Like Lieutenant-Satellite.
It's just such a weird rank to have. Have they been promoted but they have to keep the Satellite designation to remember where they come from? You can be a Lieutenant[normal], a Lieutenant [Yefreitor][complimentory] or a Lieutenant [Satellite][derogatory] ? How do you get rid of the modifier that says 'you're not that good but this other guy is, so... ' ?If you change partner, are you demoted? To a rank below? To the last rank that you held on your own?
Incredibly confusing hierarchical system.
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desperate times and measures and so forth, to be fair, but if the entity living in my eyeballs after getting catapulted there from a magic book who’s familiar with various otherworldly shit that I just found out existed earlier that day said they had a bad feeling about going into a dilapidated house in an isolated clearing, I would not go into that house
WIP of Jayce and Viktor levitation
The thing is, The Magnus Archives have rewritten my brain and are now associated with every tape recorder I even think about. And then of course there's the Horrors.
Dernier post sur Mélenchon et après j'arrête avec lui mais je voulais juste dire que ce qui me frustre le plus, c'est que je le trouve impeccable sur les questions de la transidentité, clair (il me semble, les personnes concernées me corrigeront) sur l'islamophobie, excellent en débat, bon orateur, courageux face à certaines saloperies, quand Zemmour s'est foutu de sa gueule en disant qu'il était sourd et qu'il a répondu du tac au tac "je suis sourd de naissance. Vous avez un problème avec les handicapés ?", incroyable ! Et en plus, il aime la littérature ! Et il défend la Palestine ! Et il nous a tous donné espoir en 2012 ! Et si j'avais pu voter en 2012, j'aurais voté pour lui (mais j'avais 17 ans).
Son défaut est, comme beaucoup d'hommes, et en particulier des hommes blancs âgés ET EN PARTICULIER (je parle d'expérience) des hommes blancs âgés lettrés, c'est qu'il est têtu et qu'il a trop d'égo et qu'il n'admet pas qu'il ait pu merder. Et je ne pense même pas qu'il soit antisémite, je ne pense même pas que ce soit une stratégie électorale, je pense juste à mon grand-père, qui s'appelle aussi Jean-Luc, un vieux militant communiste, qui n'a jamais admis qu'il pouvait avoir tort, qu'il pouvait s'être trompé au moins une fois dans sa vie et je pense qu'ils ont plus qu'un prénom comme point commun.