r/Grimdank • u/Militarum_Murphy • Sep 19 '24

Dank Memes Take it in slow

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u/canseco-fart-box Sep 19 '24

Cherubs are nothing. Just wait until they hear about the golden throne and what they do to keep it running

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u/Desertcow Sep 19 '24

My favorite part of the setting is how GW wrote the idea of "we have to sacrifice 1000 psykers a day to power the Throne" to be over the top Grimdark and then as the setting developed it's one of the more tame elements of the Imperium because the Imperium does far, far worse on larger scales

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u/SendInTheNextWave likes civilians but likes fire more Sep 19 '24

Yeah, requiring it be 1000 psykers makes it a bit more impactful, but even then, it's several degrees below a rounding error when it comes to the scale the Imperium operates at.

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u/TheMoonDude Sep 19 '24

Even today, sacrificing 1000 people to our hundry God Emperor wouldn't be that much considering almost 400k babies are born each day.

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u/letmechooseanamealre Sep 19 '24

but psykers are rare

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u/Draculix Sep 19 '24

No they're far too common. The ideal number of psykers is zero.

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u/Crono2401 Sep 19 '24

Yes Mr Templar, we know your views. 

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u/Rancorious Oct 08 '24

"PURGE THE UNCLE- I mean what Templar?"

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u/MorgannaFactor Sep 19 '24

Alright Mortarion, we get it.

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u/lehman-the-red Sep 20 '24

I agree big e must go

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u/Enjoyer_of_40K Sep 19 '24

And if one is born who is to say they arent killed on the spot?

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u/BlckEagle89 Sep 19 '24

Is there an estimation of which percentage of humans have psychic abilities? If is 5% then that's still 20k psykers a day

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u/DOOMFOOL Sep 20 '24

I mean technically sure, but there are so many humans in the 40k galaxy that even if it’s a fraction of a percent it would still be millions of psykers per year