▲ 135 ▼ America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by mpk@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.
[–] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) jfk Ultima Thule was a Swedish white nationalist band back in the day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago Ow yeah I'm joking here. But it was really weird that they tried to name the asteroid Ultima Thule (and it is also odd that this controversy isn't on the wikipage). permalink fedilink source parent [–] cstross@wandering.shop 10 points 2 years ago* (3 children) @gerikson The name predates the white nationalist band by *several centuries*. Per wiki: "In classical and medieval literature, ultima Thule (Latin "farthest Thule") acquired a metaphorical meaning of any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world"." I suspect they renamed the KBO Arrokoth precisely to avoid the unfortunate recent connotations of the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago Oh I am aware of the term's history[1], but just like the humble swastika some stuff can become tainted (although I believe that Ultima Thule the band is only locally infamous here in Sweden). I do know that if someone presented themselves as Ultima Thule I'd do a spit-take, but so would I if I was presented by someone named Titan Invictus. Arrokoth is a fucking metal name tho. [1] pretty sure the first I heard of it was in one of Evan S Connell's great collection of essays. permalink fedilink source parent [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago* In the spirit of denying the regular suspects any unearned cultural territory... This discussion reminded me of a story that Margaret Killjoy at Cool Zone Media released last year about the residents of Valhalla doing some anti-fascist work. Alas, I couldn't find a transcript. Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nazis-dont-go-to-valhalla-spooky-week-5/id1449762156?i=1000540089027 permalink fedilink source parent [–] aio@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago and here i just assumed the name was original to ffxiv permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago Ow yeah I'm joking here. But it was really weird that they tried to name the asteroid Ultima Thule (and it is also odd that this controversy isn't on the wikipage). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cstross@wandering.shop 10 points 2 years ago* (3 children) @gerikson The name predates the white nationalist band by *several centuries*. Per wiki: "In classical and medieval literature, ultima Thule (Latin "farthest Thule") acquired a metaphorical meaning of any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world"." I suspect they renamed the KBO Arrokoth precisely to avoid the unfortunate recent connotations of the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago Oh I am aware of the term's history[1], but just like the humble swastika some stuff can become tainted (although I believe that Ultima Thule the band is only locally infamous here in Sweden). I do know that if someone presented themselves as Ultima Thule I'd do a spit-take, but so would I if I was presented by someone named Titan Invictus. Arrokoth is a fucking metal name tho. [1] pretty sure the first I heard of it was in one of Evan S Connell's great collection of essays. permalink fedilink source parent [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago* In the spirit of denying the regular suspects any unearned cultural territory... This discussion reminded me of a story that Margaret Killjoy at Cool Zone Media released last year about the residents of Valhalla doing some anti-fascist work. Alas, I couldn't find a transcript. Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nazis-dont-go-to-valhalla-spooky-week-5/id1449762156?i=1000540089027 permalink fedilink source parent [–] aio@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago and here i just assumed the name was original to ffxiv permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago Oh I am aware of the term's history[1], but just like the humble swastika some stuff can become tainted (although I believe that Ultima Thule the band is only locally infamous here in Sweden). I do know that if someone presented themselves as Ultima Thule I'd do a spit-take, but so would I if I was presented by someone named Titan Invictus. Arrokoth is a fucking metal name tho. [1] pretty sure the first I heard of it was in one of Evan S Connell's great collection of essays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago* In the spirit of denying the regular suspects any unearned cultural territory... This discussion reminded me of a story that Margaret Killjoy at Cool Zone Media released last year about the residents of Valhalla doing some anti-fascist work. Alas, I couldn't find a transcript. Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nazis-dont-go-to-valhalla-spooky-week-5/id1449762156?i=1000540089027 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aio@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago and here i just assumed the name was original to ffxiv permalink fedilink source parent