Notices by purple_montart (1).mp4 (purplemontart@tootplanet.space)

Capybaras are the pinnacle of existence

"There's no way you can make a sentence that is wrong in every single way."

"The worst Chinese manga is Avatar"

'That's a nice song,' said young Sam.

'It's an old soldiers' song,' Vines said. 'As I recall, they used to sing it after battles,' he said. I've seen old men cry when they sing it,' he added.

'Why? It sounds cheerful.'

They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes.

#Discworld #terrypratchett #nightwatch

Still the fact that "loanword" is a calque of German "Lehnwort" and "calque" is a loanword from French "calque" amazes and amuses me

Death is pleading his case to Azrael the Death of the Universe that, as one of the Deaths, he has to care, or they don't exist and there's only Oblivion.

Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴜs. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ ʙᴜᴛ ᴜs. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴜs.

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Lᴏʀᴅ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴠᴇsᴛ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ꜰᴏʀ, ɪꜰ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴍᴀɴ?

#reaperman #discworld #terrypratchett