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

Found out about this subreddit that's pretty hilarious: /r/BestOfReports

It doesn't get a lot of content because only mods can post to it for obvious reasons, but it's good!

Also I'm scared for the Colts next sunday. I think we can do something, but then again we can also fail terribly. yaaaa

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

Finished the book I referenced on Monday (The NHL: 100 Years of On-Ice Action and Boardroom Battles, by D'Arcy Jenish). Dry and researched, but still an unusually concise 400 pages.

The beauty of NHL history is that it splits very nicely into 25-year segments. From the donation of the Stanley Cup to the founding of the league was 25 years; from the founding of the league to WWII and the Era of Six Teams was 25 years; the Era of Six was 25 years; the expansion era that saw the league go from six to 24 was 25 years; the Bettman years (in 2017) will be 25 years. I think it would certainly be possible to have a full-length book on each era, but that's just me.

[–]kroati 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ive been wondering for some time (after reading some of the posts here) why is there such a difference between the historical facts and public memory of WW1.

On /r/croatia i might have gotten an idea why is it like that. Its possibly the books that everyone had to read while in school that were concerned with that time period, written by then contemporary writers who experienced those events personally. That way, people identify WW1 on the basis of fiction based on real events, as the anti war stories leave a much stronger and visceral impression on the reader, than the history books do.

An example would be the book Croatian God Mars, specifically the story Barrack Five B.
Everyone here has to read it as a part of the curriculum, and the writer, Miroslav Krleza, who is one of our best known writers, has written it in a mixture of expressionism and impressionism.

While the history books are more concerned with the political and numerical side, the stories are much more personal. The mentioned story, Barrack Five B, concerns the story of a lone, somewhat weakly guy who is sent from his home in Austro-Hungary to the eastern front. It is filled with how one experiences the horrors of war (as did the writer), with mud filled trenches, terrifying medical procedures being done to wounded soldiers while trying to keep them alive, people barely surviving and knowing that they will be terribly disabled when, or even if the war ends, nights filled with sobbing, moaning and screaming, pools of blood, mud and pus, the general dehumanization of mankind, as everyone becomes just a number in the eyes of a warmongering, glory seeking maniacal nobleman.

Hell, ive read that booklet some 4 or 5 years ago, and ive still got a lively and visual memory of it, and what emotional strings it pulled in me.

I can only presume it is that the general memory of the public is formed on the basis on such, and many similar books, which leads to they general misleading history when the line between fiction and fact become too blurred, so one can, even with best intentions post /r/badhistory.

[–]124876720Flying buttresses are literally sandcastle-tier 3ポイント4ポイント  (4子コメント)

Found this excellent article from one of the researches for the MMO World of Tanks, whose job is basically to dig around in archives and find interesting data/designs/etc that the devs can put into the game.

Anyway, he found an archive document relating to the Tank Destroyer Branch in WW2, and this was posted to Wikipedia. However, since Wikipedia leans towards 'verifiability, not truth', the powers that be there said:

I recently checked the ‘Talk’ page of a particular article, out of curiousity, to see how a popular, but generally inconclusively supported, subject was being handled. I was interested to note that an editor had (several months after I published it) cited an article that I had written, and linked to a scan of a document that I had uploaded.

I decided to break my usual policy of non-involvement in Wikipedia, and added a comment to the talk page, expanding a bit upon the editor’s contribution. I concluded my comment by stating along the lines that “regardless of anything else, this at least proves that a previously held theory is wrong”

Apparently, not for Wikipedia. Some staff member put a response “Wikipedia doesn't use an editor’s original research as a reference, nor primary sources in this way” with a few links to their policies.

In other words, apparently what the guy is telling me is that going to the Archives, scanning a document, and putting that document online, is not sufficient evidence of fact to warrant a change in the article. Cue a large mental whiskey tango foxtrot going through my mind.

The article goes on to explain how this leads to various myths being disseminated into the public mind. Good read.

[–]ThyrotoxicSozin did nothing wrong 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Kind of related The Chieftain has a series of really good youtube videos were he physically explores a load of tanks. Properly knows his stuff.

We have an ama with him on the sub. A lot of it is about WoT but there are some pretty good generic tank questions too.

https://np.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/12h7br/i_am_the_chieftain_wargaming_americas_director_of/?ref=search_posts

[–]The_Silver_Avenger 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wikipedia can be truly terrible at times. I swear, every time I read the horseshoe theory article, it gets worse and worse. Now, there are no rebuttals to the theory on the page. It's hilarious at the top of the page that it says:

This article needs attention from an expert in Politics.

[–]pittfan46 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Been a while since I was here, but how's everyone doing? It's already mid October jeez.

Been going to Maryland every weekend for a while but should be staying in NY for a month or so.

I'm thinking of making it out to Pittsburgh for a weekend

My job is demanding but worth it. So yea. That's all that's up with me

So we need some players in south America in /r/historicalworldpowers. The player who plays as China is also accepting internal claims as well. It is a real fun game.

Of course players in Africa and North America are welcome too.

[–]TheYouth1863 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Does anyone know much, or have thoughts, about this scandal going on with the Sacramento State University history department? I literally just found out about it yesterday, despite the fact it seems to have been going on since September, and haven't been able to find much outside of the source I linked and a few news sites.

[–]WopadagoProtocols of the Frequentists of Zion 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sounds like that Sac State prof could learn a little from my field. Granted, their time frame is post-1945, but it lays out reasoning for what we should consider genocide.

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

If there's one area in particular where /r/badhistory hasn't covered itself in glory, it's to do with 'Native Americans' and 'Genocide'.

A few posts: 1, 2. The second thread, while the main body of text is fine, was linked to SRD. You'll see why if you look down in the comments.

[–]AThrowawayAssholeKristallnacht was just subsidies for glaziers 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The problem is that that particular area suffers from a combination of research issues, political hot buttons and what I like to call "the Churchill effect" making it very hard to create a coherent narrative that can be viewed as impartial.

[–]The_Silver_Avenger 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

What bad, real, political cartoons are there? Not cartoons from 'The Onion' where they suck on purpose, but actual cartoons that label everything, or are really unsubtle etc.

[–]IlitaristRome fell because of violent videogames 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Ben Garrison comes to mind. But be careful when googling him. In case you don't know there's hilarious thing going on between him and 4chan.

EDIT: This specific stuff is probably what you need. Did he really have to label Obama?

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

Wow, that cartoon is pretty terrible.

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

If it wasn't for the terrible caricatures and fucking "chemtrails", "false flag", federal reserve and the fake threat that the government has any power or will to take 'our guns' then- you know what never mind it's pretty shit.

[–]de_la_seoul_Rommel, you a busta. 5ポイント6ポイント  (8子コメント)

Can someone tell me why the technology subs are so... weird when it comes to healthy relationships and how they see other people? This thread was abound with redpill-esque evo-psych and dismissal of meaningful human interaction et al in the search of "logic," including such gems as:

Of course I'm only referring to on average differences, most people seem to be incapable of grasping this or consistently keeping this in mind, but the more I've read about neurological differences, biologically rooted gender differences, and evolutionary theory, the more I've realized how awful and inadequate women generally are in a way that makes the aggregate effect far less readily apparent that the on average faults of men.

I now consider myself an archetypal misogynist, which is to say that of course I don't hate all women (for simple being women), that would be a moronic statement as I haven't met all women on Earth and there's always variation, but I do hate the general female archetype, what women evolved to be.

and

I personally believe that Men seek out women almost entirely due to sex. I don't mean we all consciously think "W0w I'm gonna pump n dump this chick", but surely everyone here is aware that it is our biological imperative to reproduce, and that we have a sub conscious desire to reproduce with a women and her nice boobies. Human are conscious creatures, and consciousness is weird. We're not directly programmed like a computer to maximize baby output. Evolution has endowed us with strong emotional desires, irrational drives to bond and provide for attractive women that reciprocate the attention we give them (and most of the time even when they don't). Hopefully with VR sex we cum to our senses and move beyond our primitive behaviors. We need more humans focusing on the future, not on pussy.

Why the hell is there such a correlation between STEM-related communities and straight-up antisocial opinions?

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

No idea.

But if I had to guess, it's that many people believe science = logic, and that logic ≠ emotion. I see the phrase repeated far too often that to be a scientist, you have to turn yourself into an emotionless robot. The antisocial stuff could be related to it.

But it's odd, because you also see these wildly optimistic predictions about the future on /r/Futurology that have little grounding in reality, and don't take things like laws and costs into consideration.

[–]_sekhmet_Lady of Slaughter and She Who Reviews Chairs 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Do they not realize women watch porn and use sex toys too?

[–]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)

no silly, women are sex toys

/s if that's not obv.

[–]taylororo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

de la seoul are you in seoul?

[–]taylororo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

de la seoul are you in seoul?

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

because stem is poopy.

also they are dumb

[–]pittfan46 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

This website sometimes...

I really wonder how some of these people function irl with this worldview

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

Normally but with a lot if cognitive dissonance.

[–]orko1995actually generalplan ost was about states rights 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

I published a request in this subreddit yesterday if someone could make a proper quality post about a certain vid that I consider to be pretty bad history. It was removed and mods told me I should post it here, so here it is:

Can someone do a takedown of this pretty silly video claiming Palestinians don't real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbf2LjF8OPw

5 minutes into this vid and I already notice huge problems with it. Weird philosophical view of nationalism (it apparently seems to think that unless god personally came down from heaven and confirmed your status as a nation then you're not a real nation?), historiographical problems (selective and improper citing of historians), and outright wrong claims (that the Palestinians of today cannot be descendants of ancient Canaanites because all the Canaanites died when the Israelites invaded, when modern - Israeli! - archaeological consensus is that there never was an exodus and the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were actually local Canaanite entities themselves; that Hadrian was the first to use the term 'Palestine', and did so specifically to shake the land of its Jewish history, when in fact the term appears in the writing of Herodotus and even Aristotle mentions it once). Moreover it seems to believe that because there is no evidence that Muhammad really did visit Jerusalem, then there's no way Jerusalem can ever be a Muslim city. And it claims that Palestinians are 'just' Arabs and therefore don't really exist.

Would someone mind doing a proper takedown of this video? Like, take every single factual claim and break it down, accompanied by proper sourcing. I'd do it myself but I have quite a lot of work to do this week and the semester starts right afterwards so I don't have much time.

[–]taylororo 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

heyfuriosa, i didnt watch the video but i like the idea of you posting the video herefor facted checking. if im sober and not around my wife in the nearfuture I'll tryover it. warning: im not smrt.

[–]treieiebs 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd love for someone to do this but I've not the time to look at it for several weeks. It's a very long and bullshit sentiment though that has existed for some time.

I mean in short, all of these kinds of cherry picking quotes and ancient historical arguments that are irrelevant to the current era are the exact same thing Serbian nationalists can say to say Kosovo and Bosnia can't exist as nations and should be the property of Serbia and anyone who doesn't like it can fuck off to Albania or Turkey respectively.

It's fun but exhausting, if nobody has taken up the mantle give me a buzz mid-november.

[–]whatismooElders of Zion 2, Jewgalectric JewgaJew: Part I, The Jewening 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

I ahd to suffer through 2 drunk flatmtes interrupting my essay writing last night with copious vomiting and being generally drunk pains in the ass. At one point they were leaning on eachother with buckets of sick in hand consoling eachother, a kind of blind leading the blind thing. My essay is due friday and I have maybe the introduction written, and I have to write another for saturday or monday. I really wish life was simpler and my gf was here :( then I could fall into her arms and get comforted for a while.

[–]International_KBAt least three milli-Cromwells worth of oppression 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Sounds like you need a drink...

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

ugh no, i have essays to write.

[–]WopadagoProtocols of the Frequentists of Zion 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Writing is always easier if you get a little drunk. If it was good enough for Hemingway, it's good enough for the rest of us.

[–]chocolatepotBadHistory After Dark 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I bought The Creation of Anne Boleyn, and I've only read the introduction and a couple of pages of the first chapter so far, but it's AMAZING. I would semi-ironically describe my emotions while reading even just that bit as "euphoric".

[–]International_KBAt least three milli-Cromwells worth of oppression 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

So apparently Niall Ferguson has written a biography of Kissinger. I expect that to crop up here soon.

[–]hussard_de_la_mortUS Census Burrito Agent 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

My liver is filing a formal protest with the rest of my body.

[–]Emergency_WardDon't cortez those Aztecs, bro 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh pop history, why u so juicy? I'm reading Michael Farquhar's Treasury of Royal Scandal and I'm positive it is rife with bad history, but how can I not devour centuries old gossip?