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We’re consumers. We are the byproducts of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra.

Fight Club (1999) dir. David Fincher

The Bunte Kuh by Hans Bordt, 1911

The Bunte Kuh (colourful cow) was probably snekkja, often depicted as a cog, which as one of the flagships of the Hanseatic fleet (she was the flagship of the city of Hamburg) led the attack on the German pirate Klaus Störtebeker in 1401.

The cinematic sci-fi concept artworks of Victor Dufayard - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-science-fiction-concept-art-of-victor-dufayard/

Curious Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing upright and looking through porthole into the kitchen of arctic expedition ship M/S Stockholm in Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway by Andy Rouse               

favorite anime movies 2/? » ghost in the shell (1995) — and where shall i go now? the net is limitless.

HMS SPEEDY

After the successful delivery of the GENEREUX into Port Mahon harbour Cochrane was appointed to the command of the SPEEDY on 28th March, 1800. She was a little 158 ton coastal brig and in his autobiography he describes her as 'little more than a burlesque of a vessel of war'.

SPEEDY had a complement of six officers and eighty four men and an armament of fourteen four-pounders. Legend has it that Cochrane walked the deck with a whole broadside crammed in his coat pockets!

In an attempt to increase the firepower of his new command he asked for and was given two 12-pounder long guns to use as bow and stern chasers, but the scantlings could not support them and they had to be removed. He then requested his 4-pounders be upgraded to 6-pounders, but the gunports were not big enough. He had better luck with his mast, taking a spar from the Genereux that was considered too large for Speedy, but which Cochrane felt improved her speed.

With all its shortcomings, however, it was his first command and soon the little SPEEDY became the terror of the French and Spanish. Within little more than a year Cochrane captured, sank, drove ashore or burned more than 50 enemy vessels, causing Napoleon to refer to him as 'Le Loup de Mer' - the Sea Wolf.

Picture: HMS SPEEDY attacking the much bigger Spanish EL GAMO

Being a tall fellow of six feet two inches his cabin was ridiculously small for a man of his stature. It was only five feet high! The easiest way of shaving was to remove the skylight of the cabin, stick his head through the opening and use the deck as a toilet-table.

Another picture of the SPEEDY attacking EL GAMO

Ninja Scroll 1993

What a stupid question. Next?

Enoki Toshiyuki [榎俊幸] (Japanese, b. 1961, Tokyo, Japan) - Black Cat  Paintings

Street view of Chinese city in the future by 手指断了a   |  mostly inspired by Chengdu

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚

Arthur Haefeli‘s take on William Gibson’s Monalisa Overdrive

HMS Iron Duke

So I finished grinding the Orion in World of Warships, great ship btw and I will definitely keep her. Now I’ve unlocked the next one ship of the Royal Navy battleship tree, HMS Iron Duke. As I also only needed two more elements to complete the Dunkirk Collection and I did have coal to spare, I bought a couple of containers and got Jack Dunkirk for finishing it. I already have Bert Dunkirk and use him as a commander on HMS Neptune. These unique commanders do have some traits that make them a stronger pick than the normal commanders. 

Anyway, my decision to add the British battleship line to the many lines I already grind does leave me a bit undecided what I should spend my coal for.

Thunderer the tier 10 reward ship is a pretty nifty boat and sports 457 mm main guns and got the British zombie heal, but I already own Warspite, Nelson and Hood as premiums, so do I really need her?

On the other hand there is the IJN Yoshino, she’s basically Azuma’s nastier big sister and also has torpedos which Azuma lacks.

But then I already own two other super cruisers, the USS Alaska and the KM Ägir. 

But then that’s a decision I don’t need to make right now as I’m still about 70.000 coal short for what each ship would cost. So I guess that will mean more grinding for me then!

by  richard anderson

Someone has a sketchy past.

That's a lot of talk about the ship's guns but did USS Texas ever get an ice cream machine?

No one ever asks about that. Yes, during World War II she had a soda fountain.

It was located on the 2nd deck and you could get both soda and ice cream there.

Thanks for the ask.

Source, Source

Grinding the lower tiers once more

So as I started grinding another campaign in World of Warships, namely the  Five Epochs of the Navy campaign, I find myself playing more lower tier ships again. Actually that was the perfect excuse to get started in some lines I had shamefully neglected. 

The tier 4 British battleship Orion was a blast to play even though I only used a 3 point commander on her - so no seals were harmed this time I think. I will definitely continue grinding that line, considering that I still got several Azur Lane commander for RN ships as well who I haven’t put to use yet.

Shenyang the Pan-Asian Tier 4 destroyer was another fun ship I shamefully overlooked. She’s the former IJN Namikaze a Minekaze class destroyer  transferred to the Republic of China Navy after WWII but got American guns and torpedoes. Extremly fast and nimble and a very good gunboat for her tier too. Definitely a keeper - like Orion is.

More incredible art by @guttykreum

Music:  饼饼 Studio × 熙子hiroko - 白巧克力 ♪

Russian light cruiser Lazo

So I managed to get the drop final lootbox for the King of the Sea collection today for watching the KOTS XI finals and that snared me the tier 7 Soviet light cruiser Lazo. One great looking ship and free as well. Looks like I’ve got to continue the grind for the tier 8 tech tree Chapayev then!

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um fuck you? thanks for showing your true colors you fuckin hacks

COWBOY BEBOP (1998) – EP. 01 | Asteroid Blues アステロイド・ブルース dir. by Yoshiyuki Takei

Practicality is not a primary concern in some of our photoshoots