For about 8 centuries, from the Heian period until the end of the Sengoku period, just about every man in Japan carried a sword. The Sengoku period (1400s-early 1600s) was a special hell for Japan.
The entire island was a mess of warring feudal states led by powerful warlords. Some vying for control of a unified Japan, others fighting just to survive. War consumed everything, left trails of devastation and death for leagues.
May 19 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
i forgot she blocked me
new age mama please unblock me i promise to be nice
literally the only interaction we ever had was i replied "BIRB" to a picture of a bird she posted.
May 19 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
she's terribly off key but two of my favorite things have been combined into one video and imma loop this in the background while finishing this gun thread
shit may get a little weird, sorry
all the horny dudes in the comments saying "OMG HER VOICE IS GREAT SHE COULD BE A STAR SINGER" lmao no stop you're embarrassing yourselves, just enjoy this for what it is
May 19 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
there is a remarkable amount of data on gun violence and almost nobody seems to ever take the time to understand it
let me be clear:
i am not a data scientist. i am not taking the time to understand all of this. i am just writing my observations about live in japan vs. life in america and pulling out some neat stats that i don't think most people look at all that much
i may have to start a substack
i have definitely started a substack
May 18 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
this gun thread is coming along and i'm enjoying it entirely too much
y'all gonna learn a lot about medieval japan
which is my absolute favorite period in history to study about because i am a huge weirdo
May 18 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
this is going to piss me off isn't it
given the cost of formula this graphic is spot on
May 17 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
look i don't care one lick about this "race replacement" nonsense but a Certain Group of People claiming it's an insane conspiracy theory after spending decades saying it was necessary to get rid of the conservative vote, i just ask Jesus to hurry up already
you literally tell the white people you want to outbreed them to destroy their political advantage and then you scream when white supremacy is on the rise and while i make no excuses for shit behavior at some point you have to acknowledge maaaybe some cause/effect here
May 17 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
i feel like maybe this is not allowed anymore but i can disagree with someone *fiercely* about something and then go out for drinks and hug it out over all the shit we *do* agree on because i'm not a psychopath
like most of the people i'm going to have arguments with about church or politics or whatever--it's all just entertainment in a way, maybe some mental exercise too, because for the most part neither of us have the power to change jack
the answer is not banning speech you absolute dildo, it’s not holding truth and reconciliation councils or whatever else Orwellian pornographic fantasies you’ve got in your head
May 11 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
goodness this marriage thread may have to wait until tomorrow. if i tweet all this out now like 5 people will see it before they go to bed.
still writing
May 9 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
there is a 24 hour Asian massage parlor across the street and that tells you everything you need to know about the neighborhood I’m in lmaoo what
how confused would they be if I walked in
Jan 13 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
seriously I’m losing my mind
is this voting rights thing not a massive gaslight?
nobody can tell me who can’t vote but they all insist it’s happening
like do you have a single example?
you can't just gesture broadly
Jan 13 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Even in real life, the bad guys always get the best music
i take it back, God is trying to tell me something because *this* absolute masterpiece came up next in the youtube algorithm
Jan 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
so The Weeknd’s new album seems to be about erotic asphyxiation
I mean Take My Breath is a dead ringer, every single line, but turns out every other song is also about literally choking a bitch during sex so hmm
Jan 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
you realize majority rule is just might makes right with a layer of abstraction from the bloodshed, right?
my point here is that while it’s theoretically better than “biggest stick wins” it’s not really any more moral.