• Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    I’m the War on Christmas guy, and I’m getting my ass handed to me every single year.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    I listened to Hardcore History’s series on World War I in that window, so that was my assigned war of interest.

  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    WWIII nut here.

    Get yourself a Red Cross emergency kit, a lot of water jugs, and ramen. You’re underestimating your chances of survival and how much you’ll want to.

  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    I can’t be the only Ersalrope Wars buff here, right?

    confused travolta meme, no text, transparent background

    and who really can go more than a few hours without thinking about the Koinonian Wars?

    still of Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, removing swamp leeches from himself, with the caption "nobody else got hit? i'm the only one? what's the deal?"

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    I missed the memo. I am just generally anti war and don’t like reading about them. War is all because of dickhead leaders that can’t act decent, treat others right, or talk things out without being little insecure manbabies. And when manchildren in power have their big boi pp insulted they make the less powerful fight for them instead of doing anything respectful. Some rebellions which lead to wars are justified. Gotta stick it back to the empowered manchildren sometimes. But it all comes down to a shitty leader.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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      I decided to focus on wars of leftest and/or peasant uprisings. Often heart breaking, but man if you’ve ever enjoyed cheering for the underdog, they are definitely that. Plus, you’re automatically learning about the Class War at the same time :D

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        May I recommend Summer of Blood: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 by Dan Jones?

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    WWI was objectively the most world changing and sets the stage for the entire modern era, if you squint WWII was just the Extended Edition of WWI all that being said WWIII was still my favorite.

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      « Ce n’est pas une paix, c’est un armistice de vingt ans » — Ferdinand Foch about the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

      Often translated as “This isn’t a peace treaty, it’s an armistice for twenty years.” but some might prefer “This is no peace, it’s a twenty-year ceasefire.”

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      Yooo same. Why the fuck don’t these people just fuck off and relax? I can’t imagine having that much money and still feeling like I have to go to work.

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        Because at some point after the first few million you turn into a dragon that must hoard wealth and the people that generate that wealth become a cost to minimize.

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    It’s probably just too broad to treat as one war, but I always return to reading the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Empire. So many poetic, cinematic moments that for western civilisation defined our subsequent history. Where are we if Crassus doesn’t desperately need a triumph but gets fed molten gold instead? If Marc Anthony and Cleopatra rule the Mediterranean from Alexandria? If a comet doesn’t convince half of Rome that Caesar is a literal God?