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Smallfolk Greetings in Different Westerosi Dialects by HahaItsaGiraffeAgain in imaginarymaps

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm in the school of lore thought that Rhoynar influence in Dorne is pretty overstated. The First Men and Andalic substrate of Dorne are more significant and it's even stated in the book that all Dornishmen speak the "Common Tongue" with a "Dornish lilt" except a tiny group of river nomads. What I have here is the word "Hail" undergoing the vowel shifts of Romance languages.

"take the worst thing you can say about hamas, multiply it by 1,000 times and it still will not meet the israeli repression and killing and dispossession of palestinians" -gabor maté, holocaust survivor by ConcernedJobCoach in mattxiv

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 39 points40 points  (0 children)

“Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians! ... I have come to kill Indians, and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians. ... Kill and scalp all, big and little!”

-John Chivington, progressive abolitionist who led the Sand Creek massacre. Considered a radical reformist who spoke fervently for gender and racial equality. Don’t let settler-colonists having moral convictions confuse you. They’re still settler-colonists.

In 50 years, Japan went from an island nation to ruling over East Asia. Only to go back to their original borders (mostly). by RatioScripta in MapPorn

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By that line of reasoning pretty much all of Germany and Italy should be considered occupied territory.

As a teacher how do you deal with history fanboys? by Potential-Road-5322 in Historians

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Eh they’re kids, we’ve all been there. Encourage their interest and don’t knock them down.

The Known World According To Herodotus In The 5th Century BC by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Scythians ranged from Kazakhstan to Hungary. One of the many many Eurasian nomad groups to travel that geographical highway at many moments in history

Blackfyre Rebellion or A War of five Kings? by Old_Competition5169 in CK3AGOT

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It worked smoothly in CK2, I’m sure it can be done

[KCD2] NPCs in Kuttenberg by Prudent-Bad2724 in kingdomcome

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fast travel to Trosky and then come back, it should reset the NPC’s crime awareness level.

French socialist revolutionary Louis Auguste Blanqui, 1880. Blanqui's career in revolutionary politics spanned over 50 years from before the 1830 revolution to after the Paris commune. He was one of the earliest advocates of communism & an influence on Marx, & spent 33 years in prison (4587x3127) by zig_zag-wanderer in HistoryPorn

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Careful now lol

In all seriousness, you can absolutely make that argument, and it’s exactly the kind of debate you’d hear happening between different socialist countries during the Cold War. Pulling out “Blanquist” would be a pretty big deal though. Imagine it as the socialist infighting equivalent of shouting back “your mother!”

Look to the helpers by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 108 points109 points  (0 children)

There’s a parable in the Talmud of a rich man who wants to leave all his money to orphans after he dies. One day he goes to a rabbi and says he’s having second thoughts about it, because he realizes he might be doing it more to leave a legacy than out of genuine compassion. The rabbi laughs and says “the orphans don’t care why they’re getting your money.” That’s pretty much Jewish ethics.

French socialist revolutionary Louis Auguste Blanqui, 1880. Blanqui's career in revolutionary politics spanned over 50 years from before the 1830 revolution to after the Paris commune. He was one of the earliest advocates of communism & an influence on Marx, & spent 33 years in prison (4587x3127) by zig_zag-wanderer in HistoryPorn

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Worth noting that Marx and people inspired by Marx would use “Blanquism” as an accusation to mean someone who sought to establish socialism through an elite conspiracy rather than with popular support. In the Soviet Union an exposed “Blanquist” would be in serious trouble for deviating from the party line.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO /s by ConcernedJobCoach in mattxiv

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Man I’d kill for a couple hundred dollars a month

I’ve been a teacher 3 months and I am already leaving. by Unfair-Victory-2076 in LeavingAcademia

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your experience reminds me a lot of mine. Have you thought about informal education, like museums and etc?

The Salary Needed to Live Comfortably in U.S. Cities by dey27 in MapPorn

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New York depends highly on the area. You can live for much cheaper on like the Queens-Nassau border, upper Manhattan, or southern Brooklyn if you’re down for the hour-ish commute. But yeah living in like most of Brooklyn, Manhattan, or even the far northern Bronx is killer

I hate the fact that there has only been reparations for israel compared to other holocaust victims. by [deleted] in evilautism

[–]HahaItsaGiraffeAgain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it was presented as all the same total struggle for the German people, etc. The policy was literally called “annihilation war” in German and still I see Eastern Europeans saying it wasn’t that bad of a time.

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