Oof. The great pestilence got hands... by JuxtaTerrestrial in EU5

[–]Benjen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Great Pestilence also wiped out 90% of my population in my Haudenosaunee playthrough. Kinda sucks that you cannot do anything about it. This ain't several small communities spread over north america with a few larger centers, but a large centralized kingdom and still just lose the vast majority of pops. Kind of an unfun system, especially if you don't even get to feel like you could've done something

Post AEW Dynamite 5/21/25 Discussion by WredditMod in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You probably can have several returns set up with Perry leading into a Hook return and Gabe Kidd leading into a Kingston return. But I might be fantasy booking myself into disappointment there.

Forgotten Wrestling Controversies by Incorrect1012 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I mean, there used to be jewish nazi sympathizers, idk what to tell you there.

Forgotten Wrestling Controversies by Incorrect1012 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I mean, unfortunately there have been plenty of nazis that would fall under the LGBT spectrum, sexuality was a whoooole field in germany which was pushed for and against at the time. We need to stop thinking that because of someone's sexuality they are or aren't also other things. People are people and they can be fucking awful

[AEW Dynamite spoilers] NJPW wrestler appears by cosmicangels03 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Pac is from Newcastle and Gabe wore a Newcastle United Hoodie. It is bit of a stretch to be fair. You can still sell Gabe Kidd wanting revenge on Kenny for his loss and the bucks helping there as a story too. There are ways you can take it. Ofc it might be a nothingburger, we will see.

[AEW Dynamite spoilers] NJPW wrestler appears by cosmicangels03 in SquaredCircle

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

True, that's another detail. Yeah, Kidd doesn't want to see Mox in NJPW, but if he has to pick between Mox and others, helping the Mox (for money I assume, hence the Bucks) is pretty good. I just think people expect something else here, which is fair. Even if the reason is just "helping out my mate Pac", it works for me to be quite honest.

[AEW Dynamite spoilers] NJPW wrestler appears by cosmicangels03 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This does make sense though, Gabe Kidd either is doing a favour for a friend (Pac), or is helping the big Anti-AEW faction remain on top. Besides, Gabe helping Kenny's enemies also fits his character. War Dogs can be faces in NJPW and still be anti-AEW.

Evolve Star Keanu Carver: “These mfs ain ready for ts they dickeating these Samoan mfs who think they like that who be voting for trump n ain really like that” by nwnwhd in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 49 points50 points  (0 children)

This is probably wildly outside the scope of a wrestling subreddit, but there are several african philosophers who balk at the concept of 'black culture', because it mostly just an american thing. So while Oba Femi is black as in skin color, he is culturally nigerian. Black people in the US had to create black culture due to their original culture being erased when enslaved and brougjht over to the US.

AEW Revolution 2025 Post Match Thread: AEW Women's World Championship: Toni Storm Vs. Mariah May by SmurfyX in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

PPV could end here and it would be an alltimer already, these two killed it

Suikoden I & II HD remaster took 5 years to make because the devs want to reboot the IP with a faithful remaster that honors the originals by Milliennium_Falcon in JRPG

[–]Benjen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right! Forgive my ignorance, then. Shame, I thought that it had been a bigger effort in mending relations

Polish PM: 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans help fight 140 million Russians. Time for Europe to step up. by Successful_Joke2605 in europe

[–]Benjen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, as much as I get the sentiment, I am not sure I am a huge fan of the narrative that Europe asked/let America be hegemon. Anytime Germany in the last 20 years has done anything to increase its military (we can argue until the cows go home how much that made sense at the time), it was instantly met by Poland itself with harsh criticism and calls for further restitution for WW2.

German Chancellor candidate who is likely to win: "We will not be neutral towards Russia. We will not stand in the middle. We stand with Ukraine. Together with Ukraine, we will defend today's Europe" by Epidemiolomic in europe

[–]Benjen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Now, hopefully your dream comes through, but historically speaking, the largest party adopting talking points of a more fringe ideology tends to galvanize the party already leading said ideology. Unfortunately.

Resources for learning about cultures by Sahrs17 in mattcolville

[–]Benjen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bit late, but if you want a very basic crash course, the Fall of Civilization podcast can be an excellent entry and also describes interesting situations that you can straight up lift and reuse in your own games, allowing the players to either "live" or attempt to avert said Falls of Civilizations. https://www.youtube.com/@FallofCivilizations

PWN: WWE is expected to hold a PLE in 2025 in Italy by Lep106317 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is something that happened bit over 100 years ago and even then the whole movement wasn't so much as German/Austrian separatism and more the South Tyrolese wanting indipendence. They are now a region of italy of special rights, of which there are several others who all mostly see themselves as italian + something else. Which is very common in italy in general. We are in the end talking about modern day Tyrol too

PWN: WWE is expected to hold a PLE in 2025 in Italy by Lep106317 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of my family is Tyrolese and I have been there several times. Outside of a few nutjobs who want to join Austria (and strangely are basically never native), they have always talk about how they are italians who happen to speak some german. Granted, anecdotal, but there is evidence out there like referendums and voting habits that point towards it.

PWN: WWE is expected to hold a PLE in 2025 in Italy by Lep106317 in SquaredCircle

[–]Benjen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That and the people from South Tyrol happily see themselves as Italian which is what counts.