Fourth of July thread

[Ekco]

fēlīx sit nātalīs imperiī!

Tomorrow we raise a glass to independence, good infrastructure, and maybe a little bread and circus.

[shovelquest]

Happy freedom day! 💥

(No fireworks allowed.)

[Reiwa]

Happy freedom day! 💥

(No fireworks allowed.)

We don't even get sparklers. But everyone ignores the whole thing anyway.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Shitty backwards countries and their stones “he’s 4 stones in weight”. Stones can be lots of different weight, you dumb bitches

And…

[Ciderpress]

Just remember it's a horrible white supremacist racist country that everyone wants to live in for some reason

[Ekco]

Just remember it's a horrible white supremacist racist country that everyone wants to live in for some reason

yes, but it's also some other things. it's complicated. that's why imma get drunk and watch Born on the fourth of july tonight

[Ciderpress]

yes, but it's also some other things. it's complicated. that's why imma get drunk and watch Born on the fourth of july tonight

Oh you mean it's not perfect? Show me which country is and then explain why nobody wants to live there

[Ciderpress]

Sorry I'm all mad.. this thread is not gonna last long lol

[Reiwa]

Oh you mean it's not perfect? Show me which country is and then explain why nobody wants to live there

Imagine living in a country where you can make a law and immediately after, with both bodies in agreement, you have to start the entire process over and get it through however many committees are participating, for the money to actually be spent.

[Ekco]

Sorry I'm all mad.. this thread is not gonna last long lol

ayup, and i apologize for my part in it lol.

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[Ekco]

https://i.imgur.com/T7S1xYy.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/aXX4Qzk.jpeg
/sip

[Ciderpress]

Imagine living in a country where you can make a law and immediately after, with both bodies in agreement, you have to start the entire process over and get it through however many committees are participating, for the money to actually be spent.

That sounds like a good country

[Reiwa]

https://i.imgur.com/T7S1xYy.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/aXX4Qzk.jpeg
/sip

🫡 to the fallen Soldiers 🇺🇸

https://media1.tenor.com/m/s5nxPsk_Gq8AAAAd/hail-the-victorious.gif

[Ciderpress]

When I like a criminal: we need to understand what they've been through!

When I don't like a criminal: beneath any sense of common humanity

[wuanahto]

is that ice in beer?

[Ekco]

is that ice in beer?

i killed the 6pack of Kirin switched to the whisky with ice now

beer before liquor gets you drunk quicker

or beer before liquor, never been sicker

forget how to saying goes

[F0rmsh1fter]

>independence

Did Israel give you permission to celebrate this?

[Ekco]

>independence

Did Israel give you permission to celebrate this?

no idea, as long as my Palantir and Sentinel One stonks go up i don't care though.

[Ekco]

let me get all melancholy on you for a minute
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[Reiwa]

>independence

Did Israel give you permission to celebrate this?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5gmP9Vh-r3s/maxresdefault.jpg

[Ekco]

https://i.imgur.com/PreYld3.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/35G6sd9.jpeg

[Ekco]

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[Reiwa]

https://i.imgur.com/PreYld3.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/35G6sd9.jpeg

Used to have that tool. Loved it. Got knicked by someone. Alas.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=841v0CfdpmA

[shovelquest]

Kick some butt gonna drive a TRUCK!

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Sitka the bald eagle is saying “This is my territory, don’t come here”…?

Sitka is based as F

(Also note: bald eagles don’t screech, that’s a hawk sound)

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jrLI1ClP5fA

[Reiwa]

https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/world-news/armenian-prime-minister-offers-to-show-penis-to-orthodox-church-honcho-to-prove-bizarre-point/

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has implied he is willing to have his penis examined to settle an argument that he is uncircumcised amid an ongoing dispute with the head of the country's main church.

God bless America

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

Happy 4th! I’m at ma’s cabin with family. I wasn’t drinking last night, but am today

Bloody Mary, the breakfast beer. Has vegetables in it which makes it healthy

[Ekco]

fuck, i didn't remember that i posted a selfie here

[Ciderpress]

Bald eagles are huge when you see them irl. I saw one eating a dead deer by my house a few months ago, it was like ten feet off the side of the road and it looked at me and I was like please don't kill me

[Reiwa]

Bald eagles are huge when you see them irl. I saw one eating a dead deer by my house a few months ago, it was like ten feet off the side of the road and it looked at me and I was like please don't kill me

Eagle lore (https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast232.htm)

Eagle


Latin name: Aquila
Other names: Adler, Aegle, Aigle, Aille, Aisgle, Aygla, Aygle, Egle, Ernes
Category: Bird

A bird with eyes so strong it can look directly into the sun

https://bestiary.ca/beastimage/minimg4523.jpg


General Attributes

When an eagle is old, its eyesight dims and its feathers and wings become heavy. To rejuvenate itself, the eagle flies up to the region of the sun, which burns away the mist over its eyes and burns off its old feathers. The eagle then plunges three times into water, and its youth is restored. Also as a result of age, the eagle's beak grows until the bird can no longer eat; by striking its beak against a rock, the eagle breaks its beak which then grows back.

The eagle's eyes are very sharp and can see fish when the bird flies over water. The eagle can look directly into the sun. As a test of the worthiness of its young, the eagle holds them up facing the sun. The birds that cannot stare into the sun and turn their eyes away are cast out of the nest. Some authors say that the eagle's rejected chicks are adopted by the coot or the vulture.

Allegory/Moral

The eagle received both favorable and unfavorable interpretations.

As the eagle renews its youth, so too can the man with "old clothes and dim eyes", who should seek the spiritual spring and raise the eyes of his mind to God. The rock on which the eagle sharpens its beak is Christ, on which man can sharpen his soul; the eagle also represents Christ, who came from heaven to catch souls, just as the eagle catches fish. The eagle's ability to look directly at the sun represents Christ's ability to look directly at God, and as the eagle lifts its young to the sun, so do angels lift worthy souls to God.

According to the Aberdeen Bestiary, "The word 'eagle' in the Holy Scriptures signifies sometimes evil spirits, ravishers of souls; sometimes the rulers of this world. Sometimes, in contrast, it signifies either the acute understanding of the saints, or the Lord incarnate flying swiftly over the depths then seeking once more the heights. The word 'eagle' represents those who lie in ambush for the spirit. ... The word 'eagle' also symbolizes earthly power." The descent of the eagle from the sky to the earth to find food also represents the fall of Adam, who ate what was forbidden.


Uses Magical, Medical, Alchemical and Culinary

The gall of an eagle mixed with honey and rubbed on a person's eyes will restore vision and give the person very acute sight.

If you put an eagle's beak to your head at night, you will be able to dream anything you want.

Magical stones are associated with the eagle. There is a stone called midriosi that eagles use to restore their sight; this stone will also restore sight in humans if worn as a ring. Eagles keep a stone called ethitem or jet in their nests to protect the eggs from excessive heat; this stone is useful for many remedies. Above the eagle's eyes are two stones which are a powerful deterrent against demons.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

fuck, i didn't remember that i posted a selfie here

Ha, happens to the best of us. You can ask a mod to delete it via pm if you want

I already spread it all over Reddit and submitted it to the FBI tip line tho :D

[Reiwa]

Ha, happens to the best of us. You can ask a mod to delete it via pm if you want

I already spread it all over Reddit and submitted it to the FBI tip line tho :D

He probably also has a self-Christmas coming in the mail. It is July, after all.

[Reiwa]

I'm really glad fireworks are illegal but I have no idea what all these noises are.

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I might post more 2moro, but here’s me and cuz (the one that did that hard hike with me recently) living that cabin life along with other fam

[Duik]

Going with full blackface is a bit rough.

[Ekco]

black sock game on point.

[Ekco]

He probably also has a self-Christmas coming in the mail. It is July, after all.

yeah i bid on some cards for the AI girlfriend
https://i.imgur.com/njni5Xk.png

[Reiwa]

So we're doing the America party again? /sigh

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[NopeNopeNopeNope]

So we're doing the America party


There was an America party (different kind of party) yesterday I attended. The pics are cropped and edited a bit to make it slightly harder for any crazed stalker

(3rd pic was just so I could text my old WoW friend that there was a pvp rank 14 there, Grand Marshall. I was the horde version of that back in the day)

[Swish]

Shitty backwards countries and their stones “he’s 4 stones in weight”. Stones can be lots of different weight, you dumb bitches

And…

Spoken like a true rebel.