loaExMachina

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[–] loaExMachina 1 points 2 months ago

No one said they did everything themselves, they don't mind outsourcing !

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[–] loaExMachina 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The sun can also use souls as a comburant. It's kept alight by the stores of sacrifices it's accumulated over time. But sacrifices aren't as common and the stocks are running down... Thankfully, there are some secret organisations handling this problem.

[–] loaExMachina 5 points 2 months ago

Thank you! This year's even harder, but I'm hanging on!

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[–] loaExMachina 27 points 2 months ago (6 children)

As someone who's not a developer at all and has been making a comic about systemd for a rather small audience, it's worse than you think: We actually have stuff to do and procrastinate on them while spending time and thoughts in this, reading old blog posts and forum debates as if deciphering Sumerian epic poems. Many pages were made while I was supposed to be preparing for exams, which I barely passed. Others when I should've been cleaning up for moving. I think part of the reason why I haven't made any in a while is that with a faithful audience being born and waiting for the next chapter, it's started feeling like something I had to do, and therefore, the type of stuff I procrastinate on.

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[–] loaExMachina 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Poppy seeds are definetely also a spice tho. And coca is an herb, which I guess can also be used as a spice... Use of coca by native populations seems to have been mostly medicinal... But then again, that's also how many spices were used until the 19th century.

[–] loaExMachina 5 points 2 months ago

Saffron is from a flower and is considered a spice tho. It might be the way it's processed that makes a difference. Regardless, when talking of the East India Company, the spice trade, and how that led to conquests, tea is always an important part of that story.

[–] loaExMachina 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Herb" and "spice" aren't mutually exclusive tho.

[–] loaExMachina 24 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Tbf, wouldn't coffee, tea, chocolate and sugar cane have been considered spices by then's definition?

[–] loaExMachina 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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