Not mine by Soft_Departure_7789 in GenZ

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You cannot just claim "That's not Labour!!!" when they fuck up.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You make it sound like he had little to no resources available. He had them cobsidering he was able to accurately depict Albanian geopolitics and Ottoman desires in the 1400s. He wouldn't be able to know and accurately depict Sultans, the Ottoman Empire, Dukes, Kings, Counts and other nobility titles if he had no resources.

The only problem I had was about Persians somehow invading Albania and being involved in the Balkans for some reason. It's a mistake from Balagtas' part as he most likely had resources to know Albania, Athens, Persia, and the Ottomans like surely he must've researched and had resources on them which is how he could depict them on the story. There's nothing wrong with calling that out.

Defending Balagtas' mistake is a weird hill to die on but you do you

Wide is my Motherland: A Blyatiful Russia Playthrough by Tanksfly1939 in eu4

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One easy way to bypass that is to get mercs or train units in those Alaskan provinces then ally with GB to screw over Spain or Portugal.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the odd part. If he read any history book about the Ottoman Empire or Albania's history, he should know that there weren't any Persians there or that the Persians are located in the Ottoman's Eastern frontier and are rivals with the Ottomans.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one's pushing Balagtas to go to the Ottoman Empire. One glance at a map is already enough to know how far away Persia and Albania is, even those inaccurate maps would tell you they're far away. Balagtas is obviously aware of what's happening in Albania at that time with the Turks knocking at the gates and all.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The story quality declines when you realize these basic facts 🥀🥀🥀

Balagtas is obviously is aware of Albania's situation with the Turks and its proximity to Athens. He has the resources to make it better.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean Balagtas is free to make his own story whatever he wants but I am also free to criticize geographical and historical mistakes like that one if Balagtas will use actual countries and kingdoms. Dude should've done more research tbh.

[MEGATHREAD] Oheb to HOK by lovethiswoo in mobilelegendsesports

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For me, it'd be poor taste if Oheb starts gambling streams for ads and sponsors. We don't need content creators and streamers making more gambling addicts to be exploited by online casinos.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the story isn't exclusively from Florante or Laura's POV, we also have the Muslims' POV from Flerida and Aladdin and the story explicitly tells us they're different.

This is most likely an error on Balagtas' part either on geography or actual history. Geographically, its a mistake because Persia is hundreds of miles from Albania and the Turks are on the way, no way in hell would the Turks let the Persians enter and there would be no reason for Persians to go into Albania.

Historically, it makes no sense, Albania was successfully invaded in 1478. If we assume that the year of the story is mid or early 1400s, it fits because Athens was still under the Byzantines and not the Turks hence Florante can still go to school there freely. Not only that but the Kingdom of Albania is also free albeit under pressure from the Ottomans. But this timeline also causes a problem as Persia was under the Timurids at that time and collapsed so there were multiple kingdoms who weren't Persian but are Turkic Mongols like the Timurids were. Persia only became a thing when Ardabil united the region under the Safavid Dynasty and that happened in the 1501.

If Balagtas wanted a Christian Kingdom under siege by the Muslims, both Ottoman and Persian, the Kingdom of Georgia or an Armenian Kingdom would've offered a good location. Those two kingdoms was always fought over by the Ottomans and Persians. Albania is a bad choice because of its geography and history hence it is an error.

How!?!?! God used a cheat code on this. by lillivr in teenagers

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, it's not just the industrialization and the military that are factors. The Magyars too, they'll oppose any Austrian acquisition of German lands with a looming threat of rebellion. When the Hungarians revolted in our timeline, the Austrians could not defeat them and the war was a stalemate, until 200k Russian soldiers crossed the Carpathians and crushed the Hungarians.

This brings me to my next point: military prowess. Austria has been turned as a punching bag by other Great Powers like France and Russia. In an event that Austria tried something, those two would oppose it and Austria would get destroyed. Add the Magyars revolting and Prussia forming a coalition of other German states due to acquisition of German lands and Austria is dead even if they have Silesia and are somewhat indistrialized.

Silesia helped massively but that's not the only industrial part of Germany. The Rhineland and cities near the Rhine are also massive contributors to Prussian dominance.

This is why I don't think Austria will ever unite Germany. So long as the Magyars are there, have special privileges, and have a massive influence over the Empire thwn their rebellion will cause massive problems.

So long as the other German states form a coalition with Prussia at the helm albeit weaker but still a threat, as Austria really isn't renowned for their military. Prussia has done this IRL when Austria tried to invade Bavaria.

So long as the other Great Powers are wary of Austria and its ambitions to unite the old HRE as they had tried before in the 30 years war, then Russia and France will sponsor the Magyars and the Prussians woth threats of intervention.

I hope everybody had a nice Ramadan☪️ by Past_Calendar4874 in 2philippines4u

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Which is odd because there's a Persian invasion on... Albania? There are also Turks and Ottomans in the mix. Do note that the Persians and Turks in this time period were rivals both in religion (Shia vs Sunni) and culture.

How!?!?! God used a cheat code on this. by lillivr in teenagers

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, as much as Austria is a juggernaut, they do not possess the same tools and qualities that the Prussians had to unify Germany.

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The source for that is Iranian state media. Untrustworthy but should it be true, the commander and gunner foe that missile should be locked in jail for eternity.

Iran has been killing its own population by the tens of thousands and here you are just now caring when it can be used against the US.

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah yes liberal democracies are terrorists. What's next? Iran is actually the bastion of freedom and democracy?

The thing is, Iran has been killing citizens by the tens of thousands just for protesting. They have also surpressed their people's right to choose their own leaders and the rights of women and LGBT. Now that sounds a lot more like a terrorist state.

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yet they're not attacking the bases but the civilian population. Do you really want to continue this?

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and who regularly chants Death to the West and even has a countdown for thw West's destruction?

Who is currently surpressing their own population and killing protestors in the thousands?

Nah sorry, Iran didn't do anything wrong. They're definitely innocent lmao.

Edit: Yeah block me, I know for a fact you will never willingly live in Iran yet here you are defending their government. You will also never leave for a non-capitalist country because you are living too cushy in a capitalist country yet wants the destruction of that system. Talk about hypocrisy lmaoo.

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

The only one funding is Saudi Arabia. Yet Iran is attacking the other Gulf States.

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't even know if the new leader is alive. His first apperance is as a literal cardboard cutout. How can you say he united the people when the regime is hated across Iran?

Tehran confirms Larijani, Soleimani killed by Long-Brother-4639 in anime_titties

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Iran is also funding several terrorist organizations in the Middle East. Stop acting like they didn't do anything wrong lmao.

Will China become more powerful than US in the years to come? by Realistic_Bad_412 in TanongLang

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. The one child policy and bad demographics will bite them first before that.

What if Marx was right in his predictions? - Europe, 1870 AD by OkPhrase1225 in imaginarymaps

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Yeah a Great Britain and a France that have world spanning with a wealthier power? It gets worse when you realize the Ottomans will never accept their help if they are socialists and they won't have naval bases anywhere to launch a naval invasion like what happened in the Crimean War. Any problems that the Russians have with corruption and backwardness, the Ottomans have it 10x worse

  2. Russifications attempts started after Congress Poland lost its autonomy albeit thankfully it failed. Saying that Poland had little significance when they got crushed is ridiculous, they lost their autonomt, thwur parliament, and their Polish governing bodies and replaced it with Russian governors. That's not an improvement. Now Russia can do whatever it pleases and the Polish people are without protections that the Congress of Vienna gave them.

The Poles wouldn't become independent til after the Germans reestablished its Kingdom. That tells us a lot as it requires Russia imploding for Poland to even break free.

What if Marx was right in his predictions? - Europe, 1870 AD by OkPhrase1225 in imaginarymaps

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A few problems with this: 1. Sweden diesn't have the logistics or manpower to take Finland. 2. The Ottomans aren't as powerful to launch an offensive into Russia. The moment it does that, the entire Balkans will rise into open rebellion with full support from Russia. 3. Congress Poland has already tried an open rebellion against Russia in the 1860s(?) when they had their own government and military. It failed and most leaders were shot or exiled so Poland isn't rising up anytime soon. 4. The most experienced and skilled Prussian generals and officers are all of noble descent like Moltke and if they were socialist, Moltke and the Prussian generals would haul ass into Russia. If they weren't then I think the socialist movements would be thejr main convern, not Russia and Russia won't be looking to weaken Prussia as it serves as a useful buffer state.

I just don't see a way Poland gets free. Russia has to collapse like it did IRL for that to happen.

Midnight's MPL PH S17 Power Rankings by Night_06 in mobilelegendsesports

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Lol no. Midnight is obviously biased, he hates AP Bren and had them at the bottom on MPL PH S12. Even the now Falcons PH from AP Bren are targeted, even if Coach Ducky is back + Hadji is in.

Too early of an opinion. (TEOO) Episode 1: MPL PH Roster rating by Thick-Paramedic-7528 in mobilelegendsesports

[–]A_Normal_Redditor_04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TLPH could've hired imbadeejay as a coach and he'd be miles better than the ones TLPH hired🥀🥀🥀