aeqno
4d ago
insurance (ie something that makes economic sense for both the insured and the insurer)
As Saint Luigi would tell you, it's only supposed to make economic sense for the insurer.
aeqno
7d ago
Hmmm, rules of their society, a set of norms, we could almost call that a system of morality. And all this is moot because the Guard were far more concerned about naked power grabs than codes of honor. They literally auctioned off the throne after assassinating Pertinax.
aeqno
8d ago
You'll forgive me for being skeptical that this particular assassination happened because the Guard suddenly developed a moral compass.
aeqno
12d ago
I recall a certain Roman emperor who schemed against his brother; when the Praetorians found out what their leader was up to, they rose up and hacked him to pieces.
The same Praetorian Guard that was behind the assassinations of god knows how many emperors?
aeqno
23d ago
Why's Trump sending red state national guard units into blue cities? It's obviously a performative provocation which his base is lapping up.
The guy doing most to fan the flames of civil war is the President himself.
aeqno
26d ago
People care what you look like at the time you're most relevant to them, personally. That's just the way it is, and no amount of spamming them with Gerald Ford's cover shots will change that.
aeqno
27d ago
Somewhere in the world right now, some unfortunate young girl is being forcibly married off to some old, toothless geezer.
Do you think it's any consolation at all that he was a real hunk several decades back?
Famous people's attractiveness is usually judged relative to the time they were most visible to the public. When people think Audrey Hepburn, they think Breakfast At Tiffany's, not her retirement years.
Joe Biden was actually very good looking as a young man, but that's not people's mental image of him.
Did you just No True Scotsman the insurance industry?
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