DagwoodIII

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fun little time travel novel.

"Door Into Summer" by Robert A. Heinlein. The narrator talks about his cat. In winter, the beast will run from door to window to door. The owner opens the portals, but it's never the door into summer.

And yes, my evil companion does the same thing.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

I'll edit. Thank you

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Realistically, any White American whose family was here before 1800 almost certainly had some slave ancestors. Thomas Jefferson's slave concubine, Sally Hemmings, was almost .certainly the daughter or granddaughter of Jefferson's father-in-law. It was a big scandal when one of Sally's descendants escaped and passed as White.

edited for clarity.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

[off topic]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

Back in the day, someone with one Black ancestor and 63 white g'g'grandparents was a slave.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

Cloak of Levitation, but it just lets you float a foot off the ground without moving.

Hulk Strength, but dumber than Hulk. You smash anything in the area, including your supplies/allies/horse...

Cap of Invisibility, but you can't see anything either.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just because something is obvious doesn't mean it's right.