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DiscussionMindless Monday, 21 September 2015 (self.badhistory)

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Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

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So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 6ポイント7ポイント  (13子コメント)

This week, my country had reported its first case of rabies since 1997, and now affected the northern states. One of the states, Penang, had declared it began a operation of culling wild dogs based on expert advice (advice from federal veterinary department to be precise) and uphold public safety, which had stirred some controversy. I am conflicted on this issue. There is indeed a shortage of rabies vaccine in here (although 50,000 has been expected to arrive from France next week) which may promote such culling strategy, but it's also known that such indiscriminate culling is often ineffective at best, and inhumane at worst. It's not something I will support wholeheartedly with my conscience. I wonder how you guys think about such issues?

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 2ポイント3ポイント  (9子コメント)

What kind of animal was the disease detected in? That makes a huge difference in the control methods.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 2ポイント3ポイント  (8子コメント)

The last case being reported in Penang, where the dog bites a man and is tested to have rabies. First two human cases, however, didn't specify the sources of the diseases by the media. [1] On the other front, the veterinary department had reported 39 positive out of 110 dogs captured in the affected states. [2]

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 3ポイント4ポイント  (7子コメント)

This seems like a good opportunity to deploy an oral rabies vaccination program like many states in the US use. Combined with an aggressive sterilization program, you could get pretty good coverage in feral animals, since those are the most accessible vectors to treat. Other vectors, like bats (which is where I'd suspect the disease was reintroduced) are much more difficult to deal with.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

So rabies can have other vectors as well? From my local news and opinion pieces they make it sounds like only dogs and humans can be infected by rabies.

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Basically, if it's a mammal and has a nervous system, it can get rabies.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

Ah, this is quite an enlightening response, who knows you can learn more about rabies in a history subreddit? Thank you!

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

No problem, rabies is a really cool* disease. But we haven't even scratched the surface, wait until you learn how it doesn't use the bloodstream to travel.

*Mind you, the guy calling this "cool" works at a vet hospital and cracks jokes about amputations.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Oh, so how it travel to the brain then? Did the virus just crawled to there?

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sort of. Usually, the virus starts to replicate in the muscle cells near the point of contact until a critical mass is achieved. Once it hits this critical point, the virus starts to bind to acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction and then begins to replicate and transmit up the nerve cells until it reaches the brain. Once in the brain, classic rabies symptoms (hydrophobia, partial paralysis, extreme agitation) occur and death follows within 2-10 days, unless the patient undergoes aggressive prophylactic treatment or is insanely lucky.

What makes rabies so dangerous is the long lag time between infection and the onset of symptoms. Bat bites are especially dangerous, since someone may not even notice they were bitten in the night if the wound has scabbed over by the time they wake up.

[–]King_Posner 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

this is why you never eat near the spine or brain of any mammal you did not witness alive (and thus confirm rabies like symptoms or not).

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I used to volunteer with a trap-neuter-release clinic for cats which had a rabies prevention element to it. You're absolutely right that just culling doesn't work. It presents other dogs with the opportunity to re-enter, potentially kills pets, and the dogs that aren't caught become much more dangerous. It's more of an exercise in patience, but trapping is much more effective for dealing with a feral population.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well, as a defense, they didn't just use culling as the only end-all solution to the current rabies problem, as there is an ongoing active vaccination program that worked alongside with the culling program.

There is also a political side of this issue as well, as state government of Penang is currently governed by DAP (splinter group of PAP, current government of Singapore, that chose to remain in Malaysia after Singapore was kicked out of the union in 1965), an opposition party that (until now) had very popular support in the state. The culling strategy obviously offended a lot of animal right groups and dog lovers, but it seems the state government is very adamant in adopting the culling strategy and wouldn't compromise to accommodate the opposite views, citing expert advice and the need to uphold public safety as the reason. There are many who supported the culling as well, often ridiculed the opposition to the culling program as putting the lives of animals above humans, and asking them to take actions such as adoption instead of voicing their objection.

Many people in my country are unhappy of the current government which had hold the position for more than 50 years, and believed sincerely that having a coalition of opposition parties, which included the DAP, as the replacement will help improve the country, and may explain why some support the culling, but this issue had make me a bit jaded. Do I really want a government that are so strong headed that they can not listen to reasonable objections? Sirius in Harry Potter said we should judge a person by how s/he treated his/her inferior, and DAP is not looking good if it's being judged using that criterion.

[–]Felinomancy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hi fellow Penangite! I too, am rather disturbed by the culling, although I'm more concerned with cats.

Do you know that if a Chinese person wants to insult another Chinese person in Malay, the phrase to be used is "Cina bukit"?

[–]pittfan46 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Been a while since I posted here.

Work is pretty exhausting. I get up at 530am and often get home around 8pm. The kids are typical middle schoolers. So that is an experience. Overall it's not too bad. Tough, but doable. It's nice to get into a routine.

I'm worried that the commute will be undoable when the Pope comes this week. So yea.

I am new map mod of /r/historicalworldpowers! That's fun and should be interesting. We still need claimants. Most noticeably in Persia and the Indus valley. I know we got some people interested in that area.

PM me if you're interested.

Pitt lost last weekend on a 57 yard field goal as time expired. What bullshit. It's okay because my hs won 34-0 and the steelers won big.

Howre you all doing?

[–]sunnymentoaddictStalin, Joseph: History Channel Consultant 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm honestly surprised the pope- being of Latin descent- is not planning on going to L.A, or San Antonio: though looking at the list of cities the popes prefer to visit, they love New York. I guess the popes love good bagels.

[–]TempleOwl17 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

My city will shut down this weekend because of the Pope. :(

I was going to leave since school closes this Friday but I don't have a reasonable amount of funds to do so. Oh well.

[–]_sekhmet_Lady of Slaughter and She Who Reviews Chairs 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I finally had the apartment to myself this weekend, which never happens any more. It felt great to be able to just relax and not have to worry about my brother or his girlfriend being there. Of course, I also had to spend all weekend studying for my three history exams this Thursday, so that was a bit of a bummer. There should be a rule against having three essay exams in one day. My hand is going to hurt so much by the end of the day.

Also, I'm almost a month into cat ownership and I still love the little guy. I managed to get a video of him playing fetch, and it's the cutest thing ever. Here it is in gif form:

http://imgur.com/QFWXLG5

I hope everyone here had a good weekend!

[–]Gunlord500 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

what a fluffy tail :D

[–]_sekhmet_Lady of Slaughter and She Who Reviews Chairs 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know, he has such a fluffy tail, and it's always at a crooked angle to balance himself out. It's adorable.

[–]arminius_sawMOD ABOOBS 2ポイント3ポイント  (14子コメント)

What the hell sort of time did you call this, you lazy bot?! 6:09?! Ten minutes late to do your own damn job, unbelievable.

Before I start going on about Canadian politics and your eyes glaze over, I just wanted to launch a quick straw poll: Should I still be a mod here? I've been on the mod list for a year now and I haven't really done anything for at least a couple months. I can't even remember when my last post was in a non-meta thread. I'm especially curious to hear from the more recent arrivals to /r/badhistory, who weren't around when I was a regular.

RIGHT NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF.

The debate last Thursday had few upsets and left the polls completely unchanged. Mulcair was funnier, Trudeau was too hasty, and Harper was Harper. Really nothing mindblowing.

The one interesting thing was that Harper made an unexpected reference to "old stock Canadians" while talking about immigration, which has led to a bit of a furor as everybody tries to figure out what he meant. According to him it's "Canadians that are already here," while some accuse him of dogwhistling to play to his base.

After that I don't know about any major changes. Trudeau announced that a Liberal government would scrap the plan to buy F-35s and instead focus on the navy. This is reasonably significant if you've spent the past five years or so following Canadian politics (like some kind of loser), since the plan to buy F-35s was a pretty decently-sized scandal a few years back.

Polls are still in dead heat. As in, each party's lead is well within the margin of error, and it changes daily.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

What the hell sort of time did you call this, you lazy bot?! 6:09?! Ten minutes late to do your own damn job, unbelievable.

Bot makes mistakes sometimes too, give them a break.

[–]arminius_sawMOD ABOOBS 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Found the botlover!

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think you should stay a mod because I like you and like that you're on the mod team.

[–]georgeguy007High Chartist Chancellor (was elected tho, like Hitler) 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Seconded!

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

if a replacement is in order for the soon to be purged, who might one hypothetically submit a resume to? Also cover letter. Hypothetically. For a friend.

[–]arminius_sawMOD ABOOBS[M] 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

BAN BAN BAN BAN BANNED

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

sure, the tratorious dog aasking was /u/notissecretpolice ban him comrade

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

send kapitalist pig to gulag to make rock break for glory of comrade stalin

[–]TempleOwl17 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Damn, you should be purged cause obviously you can't be trusted to not rat someone out. :p

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is not ratting out if they are dirty capitalist dogs, comrade polkovnik-general!

[–]DirishNicias gambled with Sicilians when Death was on the line. 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I just wanted to launch a quick straw poll: Should I still be a mod here? I've been on the mod list for a year now and I haven't really done anything for at least a couple months.

I supported you because of your anti-bot platform and, like a true politician, you lied and backed down the second you were in power. Now instead of just having that irritating bot that tells you your links aren't NP-ed, there's this new, sneaky one that everyone likes. Skynet will be on your head!

[–]arminius_sawMOD ABOOBS 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Snappy sneaking in was a huge lapse of judgement on my part and for that I'm ashamed. I was concentrating all my energy on Automod and Snappy went right under my nose.

[–]TurnshroudPANCAKES ARE THE SKIN OF THOR! 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Should I still be a mod here?

That's a stupid question because the answer is obviously yes.

[–]Spazerbeam 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My election apathy is starting to kick in.

Scrapping the F-35 purchase is actually pretty reasonable at this point. The program hasn't really lived up to any of its promises. That said, it seems a bit odd to just hang the air force out to dry. Those F/A-18s aren't exactly getting any younger.

[–]International_KBAt least three milli-Cromwells worth of oppression 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

So I finally broke my badhistory duck, probably incurring the teenage wrath of a dozen tankies in the process. Finally feel like the sneering, arrogant pedant that I've been pretending to be for the past year.

Time to celebrate with some suitable music.

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is still my favorite song about pissing off communists

[–]TiakoTevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

One of these days I'm going to ask /r/Communism about Central Asia.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 2ポイント3ポイント  (10子コメント)

I still hate Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi deserves better than Stephen Moffat, and the season opener was an ADD shitshow where the writer tried to cram a perfectly serviceable season arc into a single episode. I don't understand why people liked it.

On an unrelated note, I went to open museum day here in Austin. I was disappointed by the Blanton, but I had a great time at the Elisabet Ney and the history museum, even if I ran into one re-enactor who rather insistently confused Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson. I also ran into an interesting question. Obviously in Texas history, there is a long interaction with Mexico. You can't tell the history of Texas without also talking about its interactions with Mexico. However, I wonder at what point talking about history crosses the line into justifying modern biases. For instance, one re-enactor was talking about those horrible Mexicans stealing her cookware and raping her daughter. These are things that I'm sure happened (well, not to the re-enactor), but which can be told in such a way as to justify modern biases. I'm curious where that line is, and whether talking about history ought to keep half an eye on how it phrases its thoughts and whether it justifies modern political thought or racism.

[–]DirishNicias gambled with Sicilians when Death was on the line. 1ポイント2ポイント  (8子コメント)

As much as it pains me, I've stopped watching Doctor Who towards the end of the last season. The episodes were just terrible, and no actor can save a badly written script on his own. I think I might have liked one episode of the season, and that's just not enough to keep watching.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

I haven't stopped watching because I know that when Doctor Who is good, it's really good. I also really enjoy Peter Capaldi, but there were definitely times when he was being held back by the script. This episode was made even worse by the baffling inclusion of Missy, who is and always will be a stupid obnoxious caricature of everything that made the show good.

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

I think I can pin down the moment I stopped enjoying that show as the killing Hitler episode, yet I keep watching. I like Capaldi, and I wanted to see Frank Skinner after all his fangirling on his radio show, but I think I've finally grown out of it.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

No! No, it's definitely not that I've grown out of it! It's that...um...the show has dumbed down! Yeah! I'm definitely not too old for Doctor Who!

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

I can't tell if I've finally seen the childishness or if it actually has gotten more childish with the inclusion of things like the weird Victorian Scooby gang. It's probably a blend of the two.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

I just hate how it can't stay on a plot thread for more than three minutes without feeling like the audience has lost interest. I could deal with the guitar playing Doctor if it meant the episode actually had a coherent narrative instead of constantly trying to one-up itself. At this point, it just feels like a bad parody of Doctor Who.

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Did a new season start? I've only seen what's on Netflix. I enjoyed it more under Tennant where there wasn't such an attempt to have a series-long plot going and they'd all just go fight Satan or farty-monsters and grow as characters.

From now on, the only Doctor Who I'll be watching are the Rifftraxed movies.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

A new season started this weekend. It still has Stephen Moffat writing. I'm still annoyed.

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I suggest some Rifftrax to cheer you up, but then again, that's my answer to everything.

[–]tobbinatorFrancisco Franco, Caudillo de /r/Badhistory 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I used to be a huge DW fan but Moffat's writing really doesn't sit well with me. I haven't watched any since the first few Capaldi episodes, and my interest was waning before then with the way Moffat was taking it. I miss RTD.

[–]DirishNicias gambled with Sicilians when Death was on the line. 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

The story of Joshua Goldberg ( BBC article link for those who haven't heard of this serial troll before) fascinates me and I wonder if it's a start of a shift in the way we interact with each other online after its slow change from a fringe culture to completely mainstream. In my eyes the "everything goes" culture was always going to be temporary, and while it might take a fairly long time, at some point we'll face more and more rules and restrictions on our anonymity. And of course people like this little sociopath are the ones that will force the law-makers to set the rules for the rest of us.

I've never been on the side of those who claim the "it's the internet, grow a thicker skin" excuse for being arseholes online. You're still interacting with real people, so why would it be okay? But at the same time I don't want my online interactions everywhere to have my ID plastered all over them. There have to be outlets where you can be silly, dumb, or rant without fearing a backlash later in life during a job interview for example.

"So, mr. Dirish, I see that as a twenty-something you ran an oppressive dictatorship in Nation States. Care to explain how this makes you a "team player" and "always willing to help people out" as you write in your CV? Also you favoured the Axis side in the Close Combat series of computer games, how does that fit in with your statement that you "like to work in a multi-cultural environment" as you previously answered?"

In other news, comrade Zhukov called out one of my AH posts in the Interesting and Overlooked thread they have each week. Yay!

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

In other news, comrade Zhukov called out one of my AH posts in the Interesting and Overlooked thread they have each week. Yay!

Which post did comrade Zhukov praised? I must have missed that one.

[–]DirishNicias gambled with Sicilians when Death was on the line. 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

This is the post. Mine was about someone asking about the use of castles, but their teacher told them some sort of bullcrap about them only being used as hiding places for fleeing royals or something, so I felt compelled to write something about the use of castles as living spaces. I wasn't even that happy with it because I seem to have lost my best source on castles at home.

[–]Felinomancy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nice try, Ellen Pao. You will not stifle my Free Speechtm again!

Join /r/Blackout2015 now! For Victoria! Also, some other pointless slogans!

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 2ポイント3ポイント  (7子コメント)

David Cameron stuck his dick in a dead pig's mouth, which means America can now completely ignore any criticisms Britain has about our political system. Does the Sorting Hat at Oxford have a special question about necrophilia?

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Does the Sorting Hat at Oxford have a special question about necrophilia?

If they did, I'm happy I didn't get in, though it does shed a new light on my grandpa, dad, uncle and cousin...

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Did you ever notice anything a bit off at family barbecues?

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The pork pies were a bit creamy...

[–]Anhistronian 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

While I kinda doubt the veracity of the claim, I want it to be true because that'd be the best political scandal in YEARS.

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's true in my heart, that's all that matters.

[–]The740Waylon Jennings is not a primary source 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

If there were to be an updated version of "We Didn't Start the Fire", the new line could be "Cameron pig sex".

[–]Anhistronian 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's the best argument against Cameron, honestly. We can add another line to We Didn't Start the Fire about him fucking a dead pig.

Ahh, politics.

[–]Gunlord500 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just got the Platinum Trophy (Toughest Soul) in Demon's Souls, not long after I got the platinum trophy for Bloodborne as well. I've had some good weeks recently 8)

[–]Zonkamatic 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Having misophonia exacerbated by anxiety is fun. I got so distressed I broke the TV. I don't know if there's much I can do about it as it's literally a physical reaction.

On the bright side, I get to laugh at the people who've said that I was fine mentally, and the only reason I didn't get a job/resume education was because I was lazy.

Oh, also, a family friend said 'Hitler had a point about Jews controlling everything' in reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict. As someone who is generally pro-Palestine (though admittedly extremely ignorant), I burst out laughing at that one.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

What is misophonia?

[–]Zonkamatic 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Literally 'hatred of sound'. Some people are sensitive to certain (in some cases all) sounds and get distressed or angry because of them. It's often linked to people with anxiety disorders, and, from what I've read, the worse the anxiety, the more sensitive you are.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Ah. Can I ask about yours?

[–]Zonkamatic 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well, I think a lot of it is OCD based both in that it causes terrible intrusive thoughts and it's to do with a lack of control over the noise. Most of the time it's just me being overwhelmed by too much noise at one time.

For me, it's never more than a minor inconvenience unless I feel especially anxious/low, in which case it just explodes and essentially causes me to have a breakdown and be unable to do anything for the rest of the day.

The main problem is that stuff like meditation doesn't really help with it, as the noise persists regardless, and, as I said it's a reaction rather than a troubling thought.

Usually I just have to, ironically enough, distract myself with music while wearing headphones or something like that.

[–]tarekd19Agricultural Marxist 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Anyone else starting orientation at Uchicago today?

In more important news: Go Pack!

[–]georgeguy007High Chartist Chancellor (was elected tho, like Hitler) 1ポイント2ポイント  (7子コメント)

QUICK!!! WHATS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR!?!?!?

[–]EmperorOfMeowOttoman cannons can't melt Byzantine walls; 1453 was inside job 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Blue... no, wait greeeeAAAAAAARGH!!!!!

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

BLUE!!!

[–]RoNPlayerJames Truslow Adams was a Communist 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Calling /u/Quick!

[–]SinlessSinnerSinningSure, blame the wizards! 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

P-PURPLE!!!

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

RED

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Taupe.

[–]MicDeDuiwel 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maroon

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

HOLY SHIT WHAT A WEEKEND OF RUGBY OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN

I'm finally not unemployed anymore! I'm also waiting to hear back from another base as to whether they want to board me for a commission. Fingers crossed.

[–]MicDeDuiwel 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I want to say I was disappointed that my national team lost, but really I'm not invested enough in Rugby to care anymore. I'm glad that Japan played well and hope that have a few more surprises for us.

Congrats that your adventures in unemployment will be ending ;D

[–]ciderczarUnrepentant Ouiaboo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

They'll bounce back. Too many good players on the Boks team to let a setback like that keep them down. I think it was more a sign of how far the Japanese have come than a sign of how far you lot have fallen.

That said, I'm full on the Japanese hype train. It's about time their rugby madness paid off. I hope my Zimbabwean family are vindicated that they got knocked out by a team that did something so mighty.

Thanks! I never thought I'd be so happy to work.

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Холодно, хмуро...
И мрачно в душе

This pretty well describes the weather here.

In other news my Cyrillic cursive continues to be illegible yet somehow neater than both my English print and cursive

Edit: I'm eating delicious fish and chips though, so life isn't all misery and damp Za Rodinu!!!!!

ZA SALINA

UUUURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA UUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAA

[–]devinejoh 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

So what do yall think of piketty? In my mind at least he does work that is to technical for historians and to historical for economists.

Interesting results in is research as well.

[–]WARitterReductio Ad Hitlerum 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

Has any actual historian used the concept of a 'Meme' in their work? I understand a 'Meme' an idea or cultural construct concieved of as a self-propagating discrete element of culture.

[–]hussard_de_la_mort"sandwich in my right, .45 in my other hand" 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Go on JStor and search by dankness.

[–]The740Waylon Jennings is not a primary source 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Facebook is the reason why I say that using a meme or macro in an argument (or as the entire argument) is basically like waving a really obnoxious white flag.

[–]sulendil/r/history is literally the Hundred Flowers Campaign 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Another thing you can blame Dawkins with, he basically invented meme in The Selfish Gene.

[–]RoNPlayerJames Truslow Adams was a Communist 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

A girl from a kirgisian (did is spell this right? | Edit: Kyrgyz according to /u/Quouar) family stated that Tsar Nicholas II never did anything one could consider bad.

I decided though that this wasn't worth it's own post, as it was only a irl conversation. (And yes i know those are allowed)

[–]International_KBAt least three milli-Cromwells worth of oppression 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Let me put it this way: they didn't call him Nicholas the Bloody because of his cocktail preferences.

[–]DirishNicias gambled with Sicilians when Death was on the line. 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Anyone who's a regular Sporkle visitor will know that it's Kyrgyzstan (it's their favourite country to use in quizzes because 9 our of 10 people don't know how to spell it and thus get the answer wrong).

I guess she was of a well-off family before the revolution? I've heard the same from my wife's side of the family who were wealthy merchants in the Black Sea region before the revolution and lost most of their wealth during and after. Comparatively speaking for them he was all right, but that's a very blinkered way of looking at history.

[–]RoNPlayerJames Truslow Adams was a Communist 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

That's how you spell the country, but how do you spell the adjective?

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Kyrgyz

[–]RoNPlayerJames Truslow Adams was a Communist 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ah, thanks!

[–]TiakoTevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Kyrgyz is for the ethnic group, Kyrgystani is for the country.

[–]Quouarthe Weather History Slayer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ooo, I stand corrected.

[–]EmperorOfMeowOttoman cannons can't melt Byzantine walls; 1453 was inside job 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My uni refuses to post timetables for this semester, even though it's starting in a few days, and because I'm off to a what-is-this-internet-you-speak-of area with some friends for a couple of days, I won't know my timetable until the very day classes start. Oh joy, fun times ahead!

[–]WorldOneWonAlexander the Great Didn't Real 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm stoked! Bossman approved my end of year vacation meaning my cousin and I can go abroad! Haven't decided just where we're going, but it's looking like Australia.

[–]TFielding38The Goa'uld built the Stargates 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Field trip from Wednesday to Sunday! WOOOO! For some reason, the packing list for toiletries has three things. Toothbrush, Toothpaste, and Comb. Who needs soap or deodorant! But our hair needs to be immaculate in the field.

[–]SphereIsGreat 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hamilton Cast Recording

Look, don't do yourself a disservice. Come to New York. You can crash on my sofa. See this show. YOU'RE A HISTORIAN, DAMN IT!

[–]tobbinatorFrancisco Franco, Caudillo de /r/Badhistory 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is there anyone here who studies at or has studied at the Universität zu Köln that I can throw questions at?