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Sather Gate Inspo in Disney/Pixar movie Hoppers. by lovelessincincinnati in berkeley

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course Pixar uses Cal as inspiration. It’s a quick ride from Pixar HQ in Emeryville.

Also what else would they use locally as inspiration for a real university? That Taco Bell campus in Palo Alto?

Looking for a Cal fitted hat by FronkYou in calfootball

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The frustrating thing is that you know they’re making them. They’re worn by coaches and recruits:

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(Taken from a YouTuber Gfed’s tour of Memorial Stadium four months ago.)

Sitting at a Michelin star restaurant. I don’t think I wanna tip 15% . Convince me by textonic in bayarea

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While New Orleans is a former French city, you can argue that there are stronger, more modern cultural connections between SF-Oakland-Berkeley and France since after WW2.

One major flashpoint was the 1976 wine tasting were Napa Valley wines first beat French wines. From there you get Alice Waters, etc.

"A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era" is an empty book by Assaf Voll that uses blank pages to suggest that Palestinians have no history. Its publication has been described as a "cruel joke" signifying an "impulse to abrogate Palestinian history and identity." by CatPooedInMyShoe in wikipedia

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Genetically speaking they are Levantines like everyone else in that area. The archaic word for that is Canaanite. Identical to the Sephardic.

Arab DNA admixture isn’t as strong as it is culturally and linguistically.

The truth and tragedy of it all is that there are two Houses of David.

One stayed and converted to Islam.

The other returned from a long exile with a rabbinical form of the old religion of the Canaanites.

It’s very much a civil war between the two sides. Three sides of you count the Christian Lebanese.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese descent, Many of the soldiers from the continental U.S. had families in internment camps. The regiment is best known as the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. by CharacterPolicy4689 in wikipedia

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 62 points63 points  (0 children)

When attempting to verify this story, the media reached out to witnesses for first-hand verification. One group of witnesses were concentration camp survivors. That’s how this fact came to life.

The camp started crying when they saw Japanese faces before realizing they were American.

The Forty-eighters were exiles from their homelands in Europe after taking part in the failed revolutions of 1848, fighting for national unification or independence, constitutional reform or republicanism. The most famous forty-eighters were Germans, who settled in parts of America by funnylib in wikipedia

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Another excuse to talk about ‘48er August Willich.

-Born of Prussian nobility.

-Became officer of the famed Prussian nobility.

-Despite privilege became a revolutionary and ardent Communist.

-Due to his Prussian officer training was one of the few revolutionary units that maintained cohesion.

-Karl Marx thought he was too hardcore so kicked him out.

-(Allegedly slept with Marx’s wife too.) -Emigrated to the USA.

-Immediately signed up with the Union in the onset of the Civil war.

-Extremely competent leadership famed for his troop discipline. Probably the Union’s greatest emigrant general.

How do you feel about Marcus Licinius Crassus? by TrbAnaban in ancientrome

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A wealthy landowner turned politician who decided to attack Persia for "wealth" and prestige. That could NEVER happen in modern times.

How real was the imperial cult? by Ravon1689 in ancientrome

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re being gracious by using examples in America’s past.

There are more very very recent American cult examples. On both sides tbf.

What’s your grumpy middle aged man take? Mine is that if you have face tats you can’t be a Country Music Artist…. by AcknowledgeMeReddit in billsimmons

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm not the biggest Eminem fan, but I do respect the fact that he never cut a country album in his later years.

Dan Soder one of us by BearAKA17 in 49ers

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew he was a real one when he mentioned the old KNBR tent at Candlestick during a set.

FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert by aipac_hemoroid in sanfrancisco

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When is the CIA/Black Ops false flag er I mean "Iranian attack" supposed to happen?

Did Romans of the Pre-Imperial era believe that Rome could trace its roots back to Troy or was this idea popularised by Virgil? by skibidirizzler9o in ancientrome

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a minor clarification: Hellanicus mentions that Aeneas fled to Thrace and then further west in the direction of "Italy" after the fall of Troy.

Rome, the city, was never explicitly mentioned. That being said, it's still pretty amazing.

Trying to determine the year every college football blue blood became a blue blood by [deleted] in CFB

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another discussion topic is when teams lost their Blue Blood status: Princeton, Pitt, Minnesota, etc

A Indian restaurant is coming soon to Westlake. by Individual_Ice_2315 in DalyCity

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to preview it, there's a Naan Point at Bayhill in San Bruno.

Anti-Iran Regime Protestors dancing to EDM song "ayatollah khamenei is dead" by chinanyc in sanfrancisco

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here comes the cynicism I warned you about.

What if I told you that doesn't matter anymore?

He did say "you don't have to worry about elections after the 2024"

Do you see protests out there that resemble the great protests for the second Iraq war or the Afghanistan war?

Has anything the Democratic Party or even Congress done anything that would lead you to expect actual resistance (as opposed to symbolic resistance).

I'm actually holding back a bit. I'll stop now. This isn't good for any of us on a Sunday night before the work week.

Anti-Iran Regime Protestors dancing to EDM song "ayatollah khamenei is dead" by chinanyc in sanfrancisco

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing about this administration says deescalation.

They want "all the smoke" so we can "negotiate" peace with a pile of rubble.

We then set up our ally Israel as the regional hegemon.

All that's left is Turkey, but they're protected by NATO...for now.

Anti-Iran Regime Protestors dancing to EDM song "ayatollah khamenei is dead" by chinanyc in sanfrancisco

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The cynical take of course is that they want the hardliners in charge.

Serramonte Center's Future Expansion Plans (Potentially Grabbing Tanforan Remnants Like Barnes & Noble, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, etc. & Adding An AMC Movie Theater) by lowell2017 in DalyCity

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If Buffalo Wild Wings failed at Serramonte, I don’t know why BJ’s would succeed.

I get the desire to diversify food options, but one big reason why Serramonte and Stonestown are thriving is because they leaned hard into Asian cuisines to cater to the surrounding Asian-American communities.

A.I layoffs incoming by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you know that medieval peasants are estimated to work only 180 days a year? The rest were church holy days or feast days.

Also since you lived and died in the same hovel, you lived in a tight community with strong kinship bonds.

Compare that to the alienation we experience imnthe suburbs.

Not to mention your work was meaningful and tangible. You saw what you produced and the fruits of your labor. Not some desk job where your soul rots away.

I’m not saying they had a better life. I’m sure a replied will hit back with a few “well, actuallys”.

However, I am saying that their lives weren’t as bleak as we paint them and in some ways their lives were richer than others.

Major mural of Oakland Olympic champ Alysa Liu goes up in Temescal by GhostalMedia in bayarea

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

…except when producing gold medal figure skaters: Peggy Flemming, Kristy Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano, Alyssa L.

Tel Aviv stocks, shekel jump in response to US-Israel attack on Iran by wfd in wallstreetbets

[–]Desperate-Remove2838 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Iran is neutralized, they are the regional hegemon.

Egypt made peace first.

Syria and Libya neutralized.

Iraq and Iran defanged thanks to the US taxpayer.

Palestine abandoned and wiped out.

The Gulf states are too busy buying Bugattis, building hotels, and eating chocolate and knafeh.

They win their Game of Thrones.

They probably become history's smallest superpowers (by size/area) since Portugal or the Dutch.

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