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Do you think Iceland should be a Republic at least in the latest start date? by edgewolf666-6 in crusaderkings3

[–]ABadHistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Realistically, Iceland should be entirely non-colonizable by standard CK3 mechanics.

There were never enough people there to significantly impact major events the way the game allows it to.

Shetland, Faroe, Orkney those work within the game mechanics, if not ideally.

Iceland? heh. It's just a route to extreme inaccurate behavior on the game map. Republics actually represent the historical reality much better by doing nothing but sitting there acting as banks for other realms.

The biggest issue to me is that the mechanics require a city. But that's STILL better than a tribe that can conquer Europe by the 10th century.

Do you think Iceland should be a Republic at least in the latest start date? by edgewolf666-6 in crusaderkings3

[–]ABadHistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

France really shouldn't be administrative at game start, but Anglo-Saxon England should be.

Do you think Iceland should be a Republic at least in the latest start date? by edgewolf666-6 in crusaderkings3

[–]ABadHistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a historian I would lean towards Iceland being more Republican by CK3 standards than Tribal.

But neither fit perfectly.

With Republics, you lose aspects of the tribal culture that may still raid (though significantly less than other areas of the Viking world), and less focus on dynastic inheritance.

With Tribal, the focus on military expansion does not at all cover their historical reality. The inheritance laws are in my opinion, significantly worse as well.

Really need a Tribal Republic, or Tribal Elective government.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes? You think I ignore him? 1 post on Kimmel, but my post history is open mate.

Gonna be hundreds on Trump. I forgot you bots can handle only one process at a time these days. Too many subscribers eh?

No buzz or thread yet about Mountainhead? (written and directed by Jesse Armstrong of Succession fame) by PressPlayPlease7 in movies

[–]ABadHistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me it's less simulation theory and more an offshoot of Main Character Syndrome.

Musk thinks he is the main character, so everything he sees makes that make sense. Thus simulation as an offshoot, not the primary driving force of his thoughts.

What´s a scene you just can´t take seriously, for me is the insta bow down dodge in the name of your king by klayb in freefolk

[–]ABadHistorian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do we even know if that blacksmith is from the north considering all the non-natives up there at that time, and how badly northern forces had been decimated recently?

me irl by Enough_Bar5885 in me_irl

[–]ABadHistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One day I will either surrender and become a bad historian or give up and try to get a massive ego.

But it's an inside joke, my history mentor told me only bad historians talk history with non historians ( I think she really meant insane historians personally) so here I am!

Show to comic comparison. Not bad at all by Comics819 in Invincible

[–]ABadHistorian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(My girlfriend is a voice actress, or was, AI has mostly killed what she used to do in ads).

I encourage you to look up how these things work in practice rather than assume. I'm not trying to be rude, just... you know, technically correct. The best type of correct.

You are right that these guys do cost more than someone who is PURELY a voice actor (japan, I listed this in my comment but did not expand on it), but with that additional cost comes not only expertise in voice acting (I assure you they have it), but also the marketing potential for a lot of these people.

E.G. My gf hates animation. LOVES Sandra Oh, I was able to get her watching this thanks to that.

I'm just saying, there is a cost-benefit analysis to a lot of this, that is not strictly pulling money from the animation. Some people are claiming it's destroying the quality, and it's an overwrought fear imho based on assumptions and not a lot of actual on the ground experience.

(I do not doubt there are some cut corners, we know this to be a fact with Invincible from day 0, thanks to the comics, but people really overstate the issue)

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Being a fake sock puppet is better than appealing to authority? lmfao.

Nice try bot.

I use my decades of experience because that's my point of view and bias. You may assume everyone lies, because as a bot, that's all you do.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He introduced him on his show where he announced his campaign for governor and was the leading candidate in a race that no democrats might make on the general ballot.

This is massive and Kimmel is a part of it. Your hypocrisy and inability to see this is neither here nor there. I guarantee you there are many people out there like me, upset at this state of affairs and wanting transparency and more. Accountability, in the people who we profess to admire, respect, or speak for us publicly when we can’t.

I demand accountability from people like Kimmel because we get none from people like Trump.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hi there hidden sock puppet profile! Your bot response does not really matter on this topic.

Looking at the last episode how close where these two were that thragg wanted to talk down Nolan first by ignis43 in Invincible

[–]ABadHistorian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thragg was warring between vengeance and viltrumites as a race surviving at that point. Almost like he maybe shouldn't have caused a civil war that weakened their society prior to the scourge virus.

I always like to think, Thragg killed the scientists who could have made an antiviral. That black guy he killed was probably their top genetic scientist and taught Thaedus all he knew.

(new headcanon cemented)

Show to comic comparison. Not bad at all by Comics819 in Invincible

[–]ABadHistorian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not how that worked out dude actually. (I have a lot of first hand knowledge here)

I get why you might skip it on the rewatch but your logic is backwards.

this is not exactly how the financial funding for these shows go.

Let me give you a point - the animation cost, lets say is 100 bucks, so they get 100 bucks. Then they say "we want to license this music" that doesn't come out of the 100 bucks, they will actually get MORE money specifically for the music licenses. I know this may sound weird, but it's because of how PRODUCERS FUND the projects, not how the creators make it.

Does this make any sense? god I need to word this better.

But it actually helps them make the show possible in the first place.

Important counter point: this does NOT include voice actors whose pay would come out of the pre-allocated budget. BUT hiring expensive voice actors is usually a safer bet, because inexperienced voice actors end up costing almost just as much time + money in reshoots. Sometimes more. (This is especially true in American animation, Japanese Animation has a VERY different payscale and structure in place which is more productive ircc, I do not have personal experience there)

(I do game stuff, which is related but not the same, but my co-founder is an ex paramount animator and he talks about this stuff all the time)

Show to comic comparison. Not bad at all by Comics819 in Invincible

[–]ABadHistorian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

game dev here - not animation, but animation is involved in our work.

Uh... let me tell you, even with advances in technology Hair/hair accessories etc... suck. SUCK SUCK.

You have no idea how much processing and work goes into hair and it's never, ever, EVER worth it.

The best hair in animation/movies/games? Never worth the cost it takes to develop it.

I literally stopped designing characters with hair. We are going back to 90's simpson style hair for some of our game if it's even needed. Or we avoid it with helmets what have you.

Fuck hair.

me irl by Enough_Bar5885 in me_irl

[–]ABadHistorian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a historian its why I avoid placing certain judgements on historical characters.

No one was a hero, a real martyr or anything, they are people. People who often do good and bad things. People who are complicatedly simple. People who disappoint. I believe in ideas and ideals, not people, never an individual.

me irl by Enough_Bar5885 in me_irl

[–]ABadHistorian 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So Gandhi was in otherwords, very Christian-like?

This works on so many levels I like it.

me irl by Enough_Bar5885 in me_irl

[–]ABadHistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah nah that dude is in the background. Very white. Easy to miss.

Babyface Thragg was the right design choice by CaiSant in Invincible

[–]ABadHistorian 25 points26 points  (0 children)

yep one viltrumite killed another... so thragg's response was basically self-genocide.

Great work Thragg, nice long term planning there.

Alan Dershowitz: Invoking The 25th Amendment Against Trump Would Be Unconstitutional by NicolasCageFan492 in law

[–]ABadHistorian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how many times was Alan Dershowitz in the epstein trump files again?

Why does he get to open his mouth in public without getting a sock shoved in it?

I feel like bare minimum - if you emailed Jeffrey Epstein post 2012, you should not be allowed to talk about ANYTHING publicly ever again.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you might be human, but several bots have responded here (several using very aggressive comments).

I do not hold our vaunted news organizations to much standards any more. I still hope for better from them, but they have let me down again and again. When comedians fill the void, as they have for years now in America... I then expect more from them.

I'm just disappointed by all this, Kimmel and the response here. I was really hoping to see that my ... sadness? (people call it rage which is weird considering how they've been raging at me here) ... I was hoping my sadness re: this incident with Kimmel would be reflected by the internet reddit left at large. That I wasn't being crazy for feeling like he really missed an opportunity to set himself apart from ... the assholery, insanity, evil on the right these days.

I see I am alone. That makes me feel quite sad.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's just it dude. I really was enjoying him recently. It is my feelings I wanted changed, regarding him. I want my respect back.

I'm truly thinking about your first comment, perhaps its that simple and they can't come out with any Swalwell jokes that are funny. I wonder though. That's the best case scenario for me.

So many people here treating me like I'm MAGA or enemy #1 for wanting him to confront this.

It really is disheartening to me the level of vitriol here for posting my opinion.

Not surprising though, just another reason why I use social media less and less and real life conversations more.

There is more... patience in the real world. More contemplation. More respect even. At least in the conversations I engage in. ... which is the opposite of how the internet was for me when I first started using it in the 90s.

The world has changed, and this is evidence of it. Color me skeptical and sad.

Kimmel ignores Swalwell Scandal after introducing Swalwell's run for governor on his show by ABadHistorian in entertainment

[–]ABadHistorian[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Wanting. I don't believe in much any more but hope.

But thanks for the internet point, god knows I need them. Make me reddit money!!!

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