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Ohhhh... I thought you meant you were constructing a building in obsidian, the volcanic glass, for your world. Now I'm far less... -
Another useful article. Gets kind of far into the weeds for me, but its a good reference fro trying to answer, how large should my army be?
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Aldarion replied to the thread Origin Stories.I included it in the background but I don't even remember what it was any more. X-P
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Aldarion replied to the thread Remarkable Works I've Read.You find that in all dangerous lines of work... be it soldiers, firefighters or medical staff, black humor is aplenty. And thanks for...
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I've read some remarkable stuff of late, so I thought I'd remark on them. Feel free to kick in your own. First up, Two Years Before the...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Actual healthy food pyramid.Portion control on its own is useless. Many people will simply reduce portion size... and then increase number of portions, so they will...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Actual healthy food pyramid.Not to mention that it is entirely possible to be fat and underweight. Or have fatty liver while being underweight.
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Ah, but it is good for us.... so long as we're living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle where a source of quick, easily digestable calories is...
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https://mythicscribes.com/miscellaneous/size-of-armies/ One of basic elements of fantasy warfare is fantasy army. And one of basic...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Causes of War for Fantasy Writers.True, but these are not really all that relevant for why wars start. Besides, for most people, the sole reason why they participate in...
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You'll never hear me make a case for artificial sweeteners, but we have been ingesting (losds of) beer and bread since the days of...
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I don't have much to add to Aldarion's very informative article. As he says, a good starting point for evil is ideology. Aldarion has...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Actual healthy food pyramid.That is true. Problem however is that modern world moves faster than what nature can adapt. You introduce a new food once in few...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Actual healthy food pyramid.Yeah, he ate nothing but twinkies... and then took a bunch of supplements and vegetables to fill in the gaps that Twinkies left. You...
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Aldarion replied to the thread Actual healthy food pyramid.To expand on the above point, humans are omnivores. There are foods and combinations that are better and those that are worse for us...
