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Hambredd t1_jac9um3 wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I mean why? It's a bit of their god from the time he did the thing he's most famous for. It's not they are disrespecting his sacrifice or something

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Hambredd t1_ja2gp57 wrote

Reply to comment by imapassenger1 in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

I mean pretty famously the names of the dwarves in The Hobbit are just straight up ripped from the poetic edda.

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Hambredd t1_j9s4z3l wrote

Reply to comment by emcee_pern in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

Trenches have been in sieges seen ancient times. The Battle of Alesia, of the siege of Vienna both had stagnant trenches.

Artillery was used like it had been for hundreds of years. Sit a battery on a hill and fire at the enemy you can see. A far cry from the millions of high explosive rounds constantly fired from 20 miles away.

This is just the old american exceptionalism myth , the same is the idea american revolution invented light infantry.

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Hambredd t1_j9rsxev wrote

Reply to comment by PaoliBulldog in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

The Gatling gun and submarines (if you can even call them that), were barely used. Balloons are hardly aerial warfare and were used in the Napoleonic wars. What about artillery the single most important weapon of World war 1? It was still used like the Napoleonic armies had. The infantry still fought in massed ranks.

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Hambredd t1_j6oqs71 wrote

Reply to comment by stefantalpalaru in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

'The sins of the fathers are visited upon the sons'

Nothing about that suggests the descendants of criminals deserve punishment.

>Tu quoque?

I was making a play for empathy. I don't think you should suffer from the sins of your countries past, but I was hoping that would realise how stupid that is in concept if you thought about what it would be like for you.

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Hambredd t1_j6mtiyr wrote

Reply to comment by zebulonworkshops in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

Well why mention my hobbies if you weren't trying to make a point? You failed to find out that I was a Nazi or something so you were working with what you had.

Okay the USSR didn't fail in a vacuum — wow what a groundbreaking point. You sure showed the other guy.

I'm not even sure what your argument is at this point. Bar trying to make smug comments about my 'baggage' whatever that means.

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Hambredd t1_j6mrbvc wrote

Reply to comment by zebulonworkshops in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

Oh piss off you really checked up on me? What's wrong with Tolkien and 40k, not written by Americans so worthless?

I'm interested in learning, what would you suggest I research something by Michael Bay?

I know enough to realise that the US wasn't the only country involved in the cold war for starters. And that the cold war didn't have a clear cut victor. Stick to poetry not history.

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Hambredd t1_j6mqbv7 wrote

Reply to comment by zebulonworkshops in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

I'm guessing your a Yank? American exceptionalism at it's finest to believe they brought down the USSR with a few spies.

Besides you can flip the question, why wasn't USSR able to bring down capitalism during the cold war?

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Hambredd t1_j6mps6d wrote

Reply to comment by zebulonworkshops in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

>Yeah almost like capitalist nations wage war on the communists every chance they get.

Jeez why did I assume you were talking about a conflict.

That was the comment you were defending, maybe read it next time.

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