Nerdy fact: a gargoyle is only a gargoyle if it’s there for drainage from a roof or other architectural feature. If it’s just decorative, it’s a grotesque or just a plain old statue.
It is also worth noting that the word “gargoyle” and “gargle” have the same root word.
gargle (v.)
1520s, from French gargouiller “to gurgle, bubble” (14c.), from Old French gargole “throat, waterspout,” which is perhaps from garg-, imitative of throat sounds, + *goule, dialect word for “mouth,” from Latin gula “throat.” Related: Gargled; gargling. The earlier, native, form of the word was Middle English gargarize (early 15c.), from Latin gargarizare, from Greek gargarizein.
Depending on the culture the lion statues represent prosperity, security or prestige.
Where I live the older generation had a tradition to place one or two lion statues on the entrance of the house when their mortgage is paid off. So prosperity and prestige I guess.
Do you often find yourself daydreaming of a life you never lived? Do you sometimes wonder if your accomplishments will be remembered? Are you able to pass through solid objects like doors or other people? Do you occasionally feel light headed or sleepy for no reason?
While this is giving me a chuckle, I can attest that I had to provide someone my passport and driver’s license today and they were looking at me in the eyes and talking to me And I did a transaction with them and I entered another brick and mortar store today and paid for goods and services and I really think I’m a real human.
Yes, but have you walked into a solid object like a wall to ascertain whether you can pass through it? I mean I check every once in a while to make sure I haven’t gained any supernatural powers. I recommend head first for entertainment value. Please report back.
2020 it was just a postcard. They don’t send someone to your house unless there’s a discrepancy or you didn’t fill it out. Anyone could fill it out from your house too, but it should be head of household.
Didn’t they also drag it out in city centers in order to deliberately undercount the urban population? I seem to remember that it went on forever, and then they just quit without finishing some conveniently high-minority areas.
I get a census form in the mail every ten years. No matter how early I send it back someone still comes to my door trying to take the census again after that lol
2000 was the last time they had people go door to door (I did it for an area in my city. It was pretty decent pay for an easy job). Since then, in 2010 they sent out a version of the questioner in the mail, and 2020 was basically just a postcard with a link to the online version.
The only way they really know if you should get a questioner is by taxes. If you haven’t done taxes in the last years or whatever then you probably didn’t get asked anything.
Yes. Consolidation of power. It sucks. They have found we are easier to control when you just have a bad choice and a worse choice. Easier to divide into “us vs them”. And we have too many people that ate lead paint chips when they were young running things that think this is the only way and refuse to change it.
They don’t. Corporations buy them off and force their agenda through the system, further entrenching their power. Also, in America, companies have the same freedoms and rights as individuals, according to Citizens United vs FEC.. So now I’m sure foreign entities are now using this avenue as well to further their agendas.
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