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"The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)
- shervinafshar 2mo ago> How, one should rightly ask, could a khrafstar like the snake possibly be associated with good fortune? For a while a running joke in Persian Wikipedia community was to call software "bugs", _khrafstar_s.
- sfRattan 2mo agoThe use of "bug" for engineering defect (a use that predates software by around a century) shares Middle English etymology with bugbear and bugaboo, both of which relate to evil spirits/creatures and annoyances. Khrafstar is not unreasonable as a translation.
- Razengan 2mo agoI wish there were more games based on Persian lore. Like how Al-Qadim was an Arabian-themed setting for D&D.
- pazimzadeh 2mo agoOr just more movies about the Persians, where they’re not evil etc..
- brunorsini 2mo agoGo straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available. An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation. Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.
- aa-jv 2mo agoThis is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.
- n4r9 2mo ago"A Separation" is good - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separation Also "A girl walks home alone at night" - (Farsi language but produced in the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Nig...
- dingdongditchme 2mo agothe doc "Taxi": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(2015_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(2015_film)
- aa-jv 2mo agoPutting it on my list - thanks for that, looks like a great watch.
- mohsen1 2mo agowow i totally missed "It Was Just an Accident". Have to watch asap.
- pazimzadeh 2mo agoI kinda meant about ancient persia, like a Ben Gurion or other epic but about persia. but yeah iranian cinema is good. surpringly self-aware sometimes, like the 2004 movie Marmulak (The Lizard)
- PetitPrince 2mo agoPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a very solid metroidvania that nails the cultural aspect. There's even a well produced farsi dub!
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- lofaszvanitt 2mo agoD&D is dead.
- Razengan 2mo agoDD&D? Luckily the local temple has a discount on resurrections
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- georgefrowny 2mo agoJust another reminder of the absolutely massive public benefit that the Internet Archive represents. Just wish they'd make the metadata crowd-sourced, maybe a tie-up with Wikidata.