not sure if you already know but the colonizers never beat a single Pa stronghold and I hope that brings you as much joy as it does me,, they may have got just about everything else but they never beat a single Pa,,, peak warfare
MAORI SKIRMISHERS INVENTED AN ENTIRE NEW FORM OF AMPHIBIOUS MUZZLE LOADED RIFLE COMBAT WHERE NEW ROUNDS WERE HELD IN THE TEETH AND LOADED AND FIRED WITHOUT THE CLEANING AND TAMPING STEPS
MEANING YOU COULD FIRE FIVE TIMES AS FAST BUT AT ONE FIFTH THE ACCURACY, COMPLIMENTED BY FORGOING EASILY TARGETED NAPOLEONIC BATTLE LINES IN FAVOR OF SMALL HIGHLY MOBILE SQUADS
COLONIZERS HAD TROUBLE ADAPTING TO THE MAORI TACTICS EARLY ON BECAUSE NONE OF WOULD SURVIVE RAIDS, AND WHEN THEY LEARNED WHAT THE MAORI WERE DOING COLONIZERS ACCUSED THEM OF “CHEATING”
CHAD SHIT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
As fucking awful as the history of colonization is and how devastating it is to indigenous culture, I will forever love how fucking badly the British got DEMOLISHED at the Battle of Pukehinahina. The Maori went hey youre invading us heres the terms of combat, the British disregarded it, and so they built trenches and fortifications along a ridge of Pukehinahina and fucking obliterated the British and STILL held up on how they said they would treat wounded and dead British soldiers. If y'all like metal theres a kickass thrash metal band called Alien Weaponry all about the colonization of Maori culture and land.
“I drew a picture of a cat with wings, and I thought “Oh, what fun! Why shouldn’t a cat have wings!?” and then, “What would happen if they did?” and so there goes the book.
2020 has the same energy as that scene in Hercules where all the old people are gathered around the well casually discussing the various calamities befalling the city.
my brother has been criticizing me all day and he told me if i wasn’t happy i could go somewhere else so i wouldn’t ruin everyone else’s dinner so i took the massive bowl of pasta + special sauce i spent the last 2 hours making from scratch for the whole family and i left
it really is incredibly bold to mercilessly criticize the person who is not only making your dinner but also holding a knife
I sequestered myself in the other side of the house and ate my family-sized pasta from a mixing bowl using a serving spoon in the dark because the sun went down in the 2+ hours I spent stewing and I was too stubborn to turn on a light
the only person I shared my pasta with was my dad who on a conference call at the time and didn’t just stand there and watch my brother be an asshole like the rest of my family and since he came to me in my sanctuary with his bowl and asked nicely if he could have some pasta i did share with him
sometimes you’re an adult who has been quarantined with your parents, younger siblings, grandfather, and dog for the last 2 months because of a global pandemic and some nights you just have to take your pasta and Leave because you are an adult who knows when to tap the fuck out
OP thank you not only for the amazing image of you eating pasta in the dark and your father kindly pleading for your mercy but also a wonderful example of when to set firm boundaries and prioritize yourself bless u
good for you, OP.
i hope dad sat in the dark and ate his pasta with you.
“If you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer I promise that we
are going to make this world a place worth living in by any means
necessary. I ain’t giving up. I swear.”
Spotted in Clackamas, Oregon
I can’t stop thinking about this message, so I spent a while trying to isolate just the writing and make it transparent. I might order a shirt with it
Whoever in Clackamas wrote this message on their bus stop, I love you
[ if you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer I promise that we are going to make this world a place worth living in by any means necessary. I ain’t giving up. I swear. end caption ]
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