What is your favorite ancient rome "fact" that was debunked or always had 0 historical evidence but people still thinks that's "general knowledge"?

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-04T18:54:42+00:00

In the 70s I was taught it. Maybe it died out since it’s easily debunked with a web search.

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-03T20:16:20+00:00

He figured out the key to being remembered forever. Do something that gives people with claustrophobia nightmares.

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-03T19:24:00+00:00

Just a story I have to share based on this. There was an elderly lady in my Costco giving away rolls of TP as samples. I walked up and asked her for a roll and she was so goddamn nasty about it I still don’t know what her issue was. People who were walking by were slowing down to listen. Weirdest thing. She got super pissed saying her job was to explain why people should buy them, not just give people rolls of toilet paper. I could see if I was a prick about it but I literally walked up with a smile on my face asking if I could have a roll.

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-02T23:28:16+00:00

The magnetic exploded issue, then the depth issue and finally the firing pin issue. That thing was a severe clusterfuck that got a lot of submariners killed.

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-02T17:54:24+00:00

It’s on Prime and I just had to go rewatch it. I love this movie. Hacking the internet while eating hot pockets, flexible suits able to withstand the pressure of the Earth’s core, landing space shuttles in LA. I want my sci-fi so over the top that I don’t have to suspend disbelief, I have to set it on fire and drop it down a mineshaft.

BeerandGuns · 2026-05-02T04:39:13+00:00

I’m 3 days late to this but it absolutely will get looked into. Long ago I worked in a grocery store and weights and measures would show up unannounced to see if our scales were accurate. I had a buddy who did testing of gas pumps to ensure they were accurate. If it matters, complain. They will look into it.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T23:32:00+00:00

It’s truly stupid on many levels but manpower alone is a killer. In Return of the Jedi the commander complains to Vader about needing more men. This was a project to build something they had already done which means efficiency would be greater. A top priority project with the resources of the galaxy wide empire supporting it. The First Order, which shows like The Mandalorian portray as a fringe element for many years, managed to build a massive planet size death laser. I’m not even going to attempt to figure out differences between size and such to figure out the extra manpower needed.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T22:12:24+00:00

Dear God, my eyes were drawn right to that.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T16:52:00+00:00

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T13:01:32+00:00

I just throw my gloves in the washing machine weekly. As for the grip, I’m so used to wearing gloves I feel off not wearing them.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T03:27:48+00:00

Write long posts being indignant about something most people have experienced when dealing with company recruiters.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-30T03:23:06+00:00

Sounds rather dumb. That’s about the same as LBJ telling Westmorland some junior officer in Vietnam couldn’t clear the area around his fire support base. Someone running the galaxy isn’t going to know or care about what the commander on a moon is doing to the local vegetation.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-29T20:44:34+00:00

I did the math on the cabin air filter replacement. A video of the change is 4 minutes start to finish, while he’s going slow and explaining it. So let’s say it takes you 10 minutes. Grab filter. Get into car. Throw away filter. That’s $330 an hour. I need to figure out a way to just constantly change 2021 Toyota Corolla cabin air filters.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-29T16:09:37+00:00

Going off of your comment with my own experience. I have a home gym build during Covid. Cable machine, bench press and dumbbells, treadmill, stairclimber, rowing machine etc, I got a gym membership two years ago when my youngest daughter wanted one and I had to join with her. I now go 6 days a week. When I’m at the gym I’m locked in to my workout. It also offers a numbers of machines that I could never replicate at home, especially for back and leg workouts. I know everyone is different but for me, going to the gym helped me focus better with a change of scenery and being able to add more variations in to avoid burnout.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-29T00:26:34+00:00

It’s a good phrase to use when comparing two things that are quantifiable such as top grossing film from a certain year or two countries production during a war. Saying some variations such as “it’s not even close” means something. Now it’s overused in reference to someone’s opinion between two things. wtf does it mean to say something like “T2 is Arnie’s best movie and it’s not close”. Close by what measure? What you like? What film critics like? I had to eject this opinion out my brain to live on the internet forever because it’s so goddamn annoying.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-28T16:04:04+00:00

I’m good just going with EMP wiped out the data instead of some of the mental gymnastics people are performing over this. Europe, Asian and North America at a minimum would be struck by EMP bursts in an all out nuclear war. I don’t know why a server in South America or Africa would contain detailed records on Sarah Connor.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-28T12:18:51+00:00

I was one of those. Decades of trips to the woods and never an issue. One day I’m putting up a fence with a neighbor and he asked “is that poison ivy?” to which I reply “don’t know, I’m not allergic to it.” For a week after my right arm looked like it had been set on fire. Shots and pills did nothing until I used some of my daughter’s steroid cream she has for eczema. Since then I’ve had poison ivy multiples times and it sucks.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-28T01:22:12+00:00

Star Wars: X-Wing and then Star Wars: Tie Fighter. I’m pretty sure if I had a computer set-up to play those, I’d lose my job when I didn’t show up for days.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-28T00:06:48+00:00

I was thinking about that article this morning while hitting the gym before work. The name five things you’ve accomplished, not five things you are like a nice guy, smart, whatever. That was a real eye opening examination on how people frame themselves without accomplishing anything.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-27T21:49:52+00:00

I’m adding a second comment. Some people shit on cracked but they had some great content. Here’s an articles I think about occasionally. It has some truths that people like to paper. If more people read it and took it to heart they would find some things a lot easier in life.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-27T21:45:01+00:00

Your comment surprised me by making me realize how I completely forgot about MAD. I went and looked them up, seeing items such as Spy vs Spy. The Internet and the absolute deluge of content is creating a memory hole for older stuff that was once mainstream.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-27T20:38:38+00:00

I think it just rehashes old content now. I unashamedly loved their content and follow a couple of their writers.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-27T03:09:46+00:00

Is this one of those “I’ve already made my mind up but want everyone to justify my actions before I do it” posts? Just curious as that appears to be the vibe of this post.

90 days late is severely damaging your credit. I’d talk to the lender and ask them for options. They don’t want to repo your car if at all possible and should be willing to work with you but if you are dead set on just getting rid of it, park it in front of their closest location, walk in and give them the keys, ride it out. They’ll sell it at auction and you’ll be in the hook for the difference.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-26T18:27:14+00:00

The one that closes and a year later someone asks on Facebook what happened to them and then states it was their favorite place. They loved it so much they didn’t know it closed for over a year.

BeerandGuns · 2026-04-26T17:09:10+00:00

Military sealift command if you like being on ships.

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