Depends if you’re into fiction or non-fiction, Cosa Nostra by John Dickie is a decent non fiction book about the Sicilian Mafia.
When I hear the words “golden ratio” said by a non-mathematician, especially if followed with “therefore, God”, something inside me dies.
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I keep forgetting it’s a thing outside of just the swirly thing you use to figure out some layout stuff for some art pieces.
Golden Ratio therefore First Ones. 
I still type liek because brain damage. Exposure rewires you.
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all right that’s it heck you
[2D prints your afterlife]
I don’t really mind if its fiction or non, just wanted a look at that initiation rites looked like for gangs.
As said, google is no help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation_ritual_(mafia)
Some stuff here.
Important to remember that a lot of gang initiation and stuff will exist more as hearsay/legend than fact, and that gangs either would prefer the legend or aren’t in a position to contradict it, so when you see stuff like “eat a rival’s gang member’s heart” or “baptised with literal 
” it could be real, but more importantly it’s real enough that seeing similar stuff in fiction will raise no eyebrows as being ‘unrealistic’.
thank you, that is a starting point.
Its for my story so the “hearsay/legend” part doesn’t really need to be questioned so much.
I just didn’t have a starting point and when the brain is firing on no cylinders at stupid o’clock in the morning, getting sense out of google is hard.
Also, I am going to shove Lady Moonberry in a redacted blender.
One of the stupid dailies phases out Hunter Vivanna and while I had to do the stupid daily, somebody else killed the rare.
I am so F-ing angry.
EDIT: I would not be nearly so angry if this mob did not take over an hour to respawn and actually had a 84% drop rate on the bloody cosmetic.
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In other news-- Elden Ring DLC release on 21st June.
Happy Late Birthday to me!
The fact we continue having to suffer Shadowlands, and the worst bit of Ardenweald at that, is infuriating.
I have to suffer for other cosmetics too.
My poor velf priest has been banished to korthia until I get the forsworn recolour of the kyrian cosmetic.
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Miasmad.
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May your suffering be swift 
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Oh boy, time to try and restart Elden Ring so I only get mostly bodied by the DLC, rather than ground into fine paste :')
I am going to find out how bleedable the DLC is with rivers of salt.
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Ok so I am on the final stretch ofGardens of the moon. 150 pages remaining.
So far, thoughts:
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I recall you said earlier that the author had wished he hadn’t info dumped as hard as he did in the book. I didn’t feel like that at all. In fact if anything, I’d liked to have a bit more info on especially the different races and how they look (basically only the Moranth, Barghast and t’lan imass are described in detail). This is not necessarily a bad thing mind you, I rather like imagining things myself. However Warrens and especially how different spells, summons etc are described left me really confused a number of times about what exactly happened, until a later scene iterated on them.
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Speaking of writing in general in the book, I think I had to consult the world map and name list at start about 50 times before I gave up and I think that served me better in the end, and I think I got everything more or less in place now. Not a complaint, more of an observation really.
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Lastly, I have been writing and reading English for literally more than half of my life, yet this is a book where I had to (and still need to) consult thesaurus multiple times to understand what is he saying. To put it simply, I feel like is not an easy book to read, unless you got a good grasp of the english language (unless you have it dubbed, of course).
Now, with that all being said…
It is a really good book. The author does a fantastic job folllowing multiple narratives and keeping you vested in each of them, no matter the alignment of each of the characters. Kruppe, Paran, Whiskeyjack, Rake, Tattersail and Tool are all very different, but at the same time very intriguing. Usually it is easy to pick favourites, but I find it very hard.
Second, I must say I am quite impressed at how the author managed to invoke divine awe, even when the deities literally walk anf manifest in the mortal world. I have been quite vocal in the past how I am not the biggest fan of trivializing gods and deities in Narratives by having them manifest, let alone speak or act directly with mortals. I much prefer, in general, George R.R Martins or Tolkiens approach to gods. However, the author does a good job of not robbing them of divine significance, while at the same time somehow managing to trivialize them in a way that is consistent with the setting. Impressive.
I was looking up pirate codes (Thanks wikipedia) and this one’s great
IX. If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death.
Love meddling with prudent women (with consent, of course).
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Joy, I need to dole out for a new phone.
I really redacted hate smart phones.
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