merde

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[–] merde 1 points 15 minutes ago

"Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan", said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. "It wasn't about politics or government or anything. It was Evil itself. So I was saying 'generals gathered in the masses / just like witches at black masses' to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought 'Walpurgis' sounded too Satanic. And that's when we turned it into 'War Pigs'. But we didn't change the lyrics, because they were already finished."

During this time period, national service had recently ended in the United Kingdom but with the Vietnam War still ongoing, many young men feared they'd be conscripted to fight in it. "That's what started this whole rebellion thing about not going to war for anybody", said Butler. "I was dreading being called up", the lyricist recalled.

Prior to its official release, the band often altered the lyrics significantly when performing it live. An example of this can be found on Ozzy Osbourne's compilation The Ozzman Cometh, which features an early version recorded by Black Sabbath for BBC Radio 1 on 26 April 1970. While Butler has said that "War Pigs" is "totally against the Vietnam War, about how these rich politicians and rich people start all the wars for their benefit and get all the poor people to die for them", vocalist Osbourne has stated that the group "knew nothing about Vietnam. It's just an anti-war song."

[–] merde 2 points 42 minutes ago

i loved this album, the one before and after too. But now, after all these years, i can only listen to Roots.

wonder how Sepultura would have evolved if Max was still a part of the group after that album :/

[–] merde 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

Israel and it's sponsor, U.S.A., are bombing people wherever and whenever but we just want to be "safe" from even the "bad AI" representations of "corpses"

"let them be unidentifiable unsafe slop, i have work to do here"

edit: your account is 2 years old and this is its only contribution to lemmy 🤔

@[email protected], please don't "put a nsfw blur on this image"

[–] merde 4 points 23 hours ago

didn't U.S. end it's war with Japan with the same move. Nuclear bombing it's way to peace?

it's not ironic 😕 it's horrible

[–] merde 5 points 23 hours ago

Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oslo too, if he's not awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. He gave an ultimate ultimatum of 2 weeks to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, after which, he truthed, he may or may not, with the help of the Genocidal Israel, turn Oslo into the Riviera of the Atlantic ocean.

[–] merde 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Masonry is one of the oldest building crafts in the world. The construction of Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and medieval cathedrals are all examples of masonry. Early structures used the weight of the masonry itself to stabilize the structure against lateral movements. The types and techniques of masonry used evolved with architectural needs and cultural norms.

[–] merde 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

settings > privacy > phone number > who can see my number > nobody

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give peace a chance (www.youtube.com)
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imagine (www.youtube.com)
 

can this community exist without this song?

[–] merde 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

how many parking spaces are erased? 20?

apparently, in Paris, 1 in 3 households have cars ☞ https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2012694#tableau-TCRD_001_tab1_departements

[–] merde -3 points 2 days ago

curiosity!

i'm a dead cat.

 
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Timeline of anti-Zionism (en.wikipedia.org)
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This timeline of anti-Zionism chronicles the history of anti-Zionism, including events in the history of anti-Zionist thought.

there are some very interesting statements on that page

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wtf are these? (sh.itjust.works)
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please tell/write me that they're not ticks

i wasn't able to see clearly at that moment but when i looked at the photo back home, i saw these. Only today we removed 2 ticks and it's becoming disturbingly regular. If these are ticks on only one dung beetle, we are damned :/

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witness me (sh.itjust.works)
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Wife-carrying (en.wikipedia.org)
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  • The wife to be carried may be your own, or the neighbour's, or you may have found her further afield; the wife must, however, be over 17 years of age.

  • The wife is a gender free term that is used over the carried person (Gender rule changed in February 2023)

  • The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kilograms (108 lb). If she weighs less than 49 kg, she will be burdened with a rucksack containing additional weight to bring the total load to be carried up to 49 kg.

  • All participants must enjoy themselves.

  • The only equipment allowed is a belt worn by the carrier and a helmet worn by the carried.

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Distilled water (en.wikipedia.org)
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The drinking of distilled water as a replacement for drinking water has been both advocated and discouraged for health reasons. Distilled water lacks minerals and ions, such as calcium, that play key roles in biological functions, such as in nervous system homeostasis, and are normally found in potable water. The lack of naturally occurring minerals in distilled water has raised some concerns. The Journal of General Internal Medicine published a study on the mineral contents of different waters available in the US. The study found that "drinking water sources available to North Americans may contain high levels of calcium, magnesium, and sodium and may provide clinically important portions of the recommended dietary intake of these minerals". It encouraged people to "check the mineral content of their drinking water, whether tap or bottled, and choose water most appropriate for their needs". Since distilled water is devoid of minerals, mineral intake through diet is needed to maintain good health.

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while we're on it (sh.itjust.works)
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Flag of Hawaii (en.wikipedia.org)
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this is confusing

First adopted in the mid 19th century by the Hawaiian Kingdom, it became the official state flag when Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state of the United States in 1959. It is also the only U.S state flag to contain the flag of a foreign country.

 
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