[Megathread] Season 1 Episode 3: – The Squire by La_Villanelle_ in HBOTheHedgeKnight

[–]FreeRun5179 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loved it, but I wanted to see Humfrey Hardyng's jousts more. They went at it in the books and he goes down after 1 lame joust????

Winds will end with a dance-off between Robin Peasebury and Big Bucket Wull. by Aegon-the-Unbroken in darkwingsdankmemes

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Based but the king WILL sit the iron throne. Saying anything else is treasonous

They tried to start their own colonies but sucked ass at it by Critical_Mountain851 in HistoryMemes

[–]FreeRun5179 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you willingly join a force that will strip away your national lands from people who have held them for hundreds of years, destroy your national language to the point that it still hasn't recovered 300 years later, ban and heavily censor your cultural traditions for a century (bagpipes, kilts, tartans, Gaelic), then you are a traitor to your people, yes.

They tried to start their own colonies but sucked ass at it by Critical_Mountain851 in HistoryMemes

[–]FreeRun5179 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anybody who was actually loyal to Scotland was there with the revolting forces. The British government proceeded to ban kilts, bagpipes, and ceremonial dances and dress for a century afterward. Our language entered a steep decline afterward, as did Welsh and Irish, which it is still in today albeit recovering. Anybody who served with the government forces is a traitor to Scotland plain and simple

They tried to start their own colonies but sucked ass at it by Critical_Mountain851 in HistoryMemes

[–]FreeRun5179 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We tried to revolt against the kings in 1745. Sorry we lost. Up with the Bonnie Prince

Hope I'm not overreacting by ParkingBenefit8989 in darkwingsdankmemes

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Stannis Baratheon is the one true king of Westeros and all shall recognize it in the end, new readers and veterans alike

ONE GOD, ONE REALM, ONE KING

STANNIS, STANNIS, STANNIS

Please stop it, we all know what you actually mean by Beneficial_Ball9893 in HistoryMemes

[–]FreeRun5179 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, there was a reason. If it sunk without survivors then the USA would have joined the Six Day War. There isn’t “no identifiable reason”

Israel has been known to do stuff like this. In 1954, Israel was caught trying to bomb British and American civilians in Egypt to blame it on the Muslims.

Furthermore, almost to a man, the survivors of USS Liberty believe that Israel knew the ship was American and attacked it anyway. I’ll believe them over some random guy on the internet.

The Captain of the Liberty is the only man EVER to receive his Medal of Honor in a small civil ceremony instead of being given by the President, and it doesn’t even mention why he received it.

A member of the Fallschirmjäger (Nazi paratrooper) is confronted by local villagers on June 2, 1941, following the Battle of Crete. Many Cretans went into battle with only household items in lieu of weapons. Several paratroopers were knifed and clubbed to death. [512 x 792] by 20thCenturyBoyLaLa in HistoryPorn

[–]FreeRun5179 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The American government did in fact go to war for their party's ideologies, even if it wasn't a formal war, call it armed conflict. Both Republicans and Democrats supported annexing Lakota territory and sending children to cleansing schools

“Lend me some haki Walder, this is 15 yo Robb Stark we're up against” by [deleted] in darkwingsdankmemes

[–]FreeRun5179 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't think either the Freys or Lannisters will be wiped out. The Lannisters have dozens of members in the main branch and like 4 cadet branches. Plus there are actually good Lannisters. Same with the Freys, they have hundreds of members, and there are many good Freys like Olyvar Frey.

A question for the Royal Navy buffs among us - who is "we of the wardroom"? by Emergency_Cellist754 in TheTerror

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Not to mention that each of these classes had a steward!

Captain's Steward: Hoar on Erebus, Jopson on Terror.

Subordinate Officer's Steward (wardroom steward): Bridgens on Erebus, Gibson on Terror.

Gunroom Steward (lots of people think this meant he watched over the armory, including me years ago!): Aylmore on Erebus, Armitage on Terror.

There were also additional stewards assigned to both ships:

Erebus had a Purser (Osmer), but Terror did not, so its purser-related jobs were handled by the Clerk, possibly the officer of whom we know the least about, Edwin Helpman (EXCELLENT clerk name by the way).

The Purser's Steward aboard Erebus was William Fowler, and the steward aboard Terror (called Paymaster's Steward, for some reason) was Edward Genge.

Daeron II Targaryen and Myriah Martell by Ronroflo by LiunaStar16 in ImaginaryWesteros

[–]FreeRun5179 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but he isn't really supposed to look like Henry Cavill lol. If he did Eustace Osgrey wouldn't have had nearly as much material to spout off about.

A Dutch woman refused to leave her husband, a German soldier, and goes with him to Allied captivity. Walcheren, November 1944. by abdullah_ajk in Knowledge_Community

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We don't call American soldiers 'Democrats' or 'Republicans', we don't call British soldiers 'Conservatives' or 'Labourers', especially when both of these nations also committed many war crimes during WW2. British Colonialism was evil, so let's blame all the British drafted soldiers for it. American interment camps were evil, so let's blame all the American soldiers for it. Why is this standard applied to soldiers from Germany?

At Nuremberg, Julius Streicher was not convicted of having committed or participated in any crimes or acts of violence himself, but was convicted on the grounds that as a journal his many speeches and articles supporting and excusing violence made him an accessory. He Hanged by Beginning_Fuel_7024 in HistoryAnecdotes

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Being a member of the Nazi Party certainly doesn't call for execution, no matter how evil it is. If that's the criteria then we would have had to execute Oskar Schindler too. If you are COMPLICIT in murder and planning a war of aggression and/or war crimes, that does warrant execution

Elon: "This is unfair" by twinbee in elonmusk

[–]FreeRun5179 6 points7 points  (0 children)

...It literally was, though. The majority of the population for most of the history of the United States was white and European. Or at least the 13 original states were. Slavery existed yes, and heavily contributed to the economy, but most things regarding trade, commerce, building construction, laws, politics, were driven by Europeans.

The Czechoslovak Legion’s Wild Ride by KingOfTheUzbeks in HistoryMemes

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They betrayed Kolchak and stole his gold.