I'll write that down with a Biro.

[then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them

Hey now, to be fair, it says a husband can only strike their wife if they first tried the punishment of withholding their holy peen. All the disobedient wives are clearly crumbling at that point, so what's the problem? /s

The knowledge is forbidden, for if crabs were to learn to read, they would verily rise up and overcome us all with their supreme carcinised forms.

Surely I wasn't the only one who tried it immediately after reading the comic?

People seem surprised that Herbert did draw inspiration from real life events. Dune is losely based on Russian imperialism in the Muslim Caucasus region. Which is also a region rich in oil deposits. This isn't Herbert seeing the future as much as history repeating.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-dune is an interesting read.

!shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world is the better option to link on lemmy, as it will keep people in their home instance.

The theory is that the people putting the money into it are the ones taking the risk. If you sign on as an employee you get paid no matter if the film is a flop that never makes its budget back or an unexpected success.

If the rates are low, she could have potentially negotiated a clause in her the contract for a cut of the profits or a bonus. Alec Guiness did that for Star Wars when no one anticipated how big a hit it would become and made millions. But the Art Director in the article is now looking at things in hindsight when it's easy to say what she should/could/would have done.

It would seem that how much you hate an arbitrary group based on physical characteristics is more important.

No, but I did get a sudden urge to play Knights of the Old Republic.

This is the current head of Israel:

Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the relevant conduct.

Arrest warrant issued on 21 November 2024

Allegedly responsible for the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendants

Starving children is not defending yourself.

"Weak, submissive, pathetic" like the traditional misogynistic view of women? The one that gets applied to men to suggest they are being feminine as an insult?