Yes, good tea is better at room temperature. Coffee, too, although I like hot coffee on cold mornings.
Would you feel less guilty about eating bacon than wearing fur?
Yes, good tea is better at room temperature. Coffee, too, although I like hot coffee on cold mornings.
Would you feel less guilty about eating bacon than wearing fur?
Yes, I'm not trained to feel guilty about eating bacon :/
But my tea right now is like, really cold for some reason!
If you were born in, say, some period in Ancient Egypt, how much of your personality do you think you would retain?
Hard to say, it also depends on the class I were born into. From very little to quite a lot depending on whether I were a slave or a prince, etc.
Would you marry a wealthy woman you weren't totally in love with, knowing that if it came to divorce you would end up rich anyway?
So with the courage of a clown, or a cur, or a kite jerkin tight at it's tether
If I wasn't in love at all, no, but if I knew we could at least be friends, probably.
Friendship is part of romantic love, right?
Same question.
Not if I wasn't in love with her in the first place.
Yes, friendship is part of it, but they are not to be confused. And becoming lovers almost always. means you can't be friends again.
If you were transported back to ancient times (with the same personality), and had enough money to get by, would you buy slaves?
I bet I would. I hear 'slaves' in ye olde days were often more like servants, or am I hopelessly naive, Pompey?
Do you enjoy dressing up formally?
Not for field slaves, no. Life was hell for them. And domestic slaves of either sex could be freely raped by one free family member or another. You weren't supposed to have sex with slaves, people would look down on you if you did, but that wasn't because of rape, it was because of the stigma of having someone so low and unlucky as a sexual partner. That bad luck, for example, is what drives the plot of The Golden As s, which starts with an illicit (though consensual) affair between a slave and a houseguest, who is also the narrator. Anyway, being a slave was no fun.Originally Posted by Lykren
On rare occasions, sure.
Are women more attractive dressed down or dressed up?
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Ah okay. No then.
Down usually.
How much caffeine do you drink a day?
I can't say if you're hopelessly naive or not, but no, by any reasonable standard servants who are owned by a master are indeed slaves. Under no circumstances would I own another human being, and no matter how rich would I keep servants about... I would however have several concubines, and perhaps I could get them to tidy up the palace.
I hate dressing up... give me the day, and my cargo shorts, t-shirt with sleeves cutoff, and my trusty Timberland hiking shoes. I will perhaps dress respectfully for my own funeral, but perhaps not.
And I don't consume anything with caffeine in it, gives me the jitters...
Do you enjoy costume parties?
I doubt I would, but I've never been.
How much caffeine/day?
Welcome. Iain! In principle, yes, although I've been to a lot of bad ones in my time.
In the West, about a pot and a half of coffee per day.
What's the best or weirdest costume you've ever worn to a costume party?
One year I went as a vampire slayer... oh I think I'll post a pic, it's pretty damn weird.
And thanks for the welcome!
If you had to set sail on a doomed ship, which would it be... the Titanic, Lusitania, or the Mary Celeste?
Titanic!
Yeah, welcome Iain!
What's the thing you've become most addicted to? If it's embarrassing, answer this: is The Onion funny?
Ice cream. Also, the Onion's headlines are usually funnier than the stories.
What was the last RL game you played?
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I just got slammed in chess 4 times in a row by an old man!
How often are you on Facebook?
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