44 points by Thevet 3 days ago | 5 comments
- > 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.
- The 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.
- I wish there were more games based on Persian lore.
Like how Al-Qadim was an Arabian-themed setting for D&D.
- Or just more movies about the Persians, where they’re not evil etc..
- Go 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.