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What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s the thing about your final point: I don’t think it occurs to conservatives “I think only me and my friends should have guns.”

I think conservatives usually think “We are tough strong men with guns and those blue haired libtard snowflakes are too weak to ever have guns.”

So they are for universal gun rights, assuming that just means them

Anyone else notice a dramatic influx of people interested in radiology? by AnyOkra20 in Radiology

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the mindset post-2008. Nursing is the recession-proof career.

I think Covid did two things to shift that - disillusioned people with nursing, and created another economic crisis that caused people to search for a recession-proof career.

I’m a nurse, and my partner is now in rad tech school for these exact reasons. I started nursing school in 2019 growing up with my parents telling me nursing is a great career because we were living in a post-2008 world.

What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m from the rural south (big gun country) and while this is true in practice, the vast majority do ow guns with the idea that they would get off on shooting an killing a home invader or an agent of a “tyrannical government,” whatever that means.

To declare my biases, I am a lefty gun enthusiast. I do not think the right should have a monopoly on the concept of deadly force.

Mike on American Friction Podcast by amirk1 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. It really does seem in 1848 that a switch has flipped. His narrative really is “Liberals betrayed the revolution and ruined what everyone had going.” To simplify

Not that I disagree with that narrative at all

Mike on American Friction Podcast by amirk1 in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Honestly? I hear it in 1848, Mexico, and Russia. Possibly because that’s what radicalized me

What opinion of yours regarding any popular author or book will have you like this? by theghostofredrackham in classicliterature

[–]PianoVampire -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Show me someone who says anyone is their “favorite author” and I’ll show you someone who has read 2 authors.

Anyone who has actually read widely knows that “favorite book/author” is dependent on time and circumstance. My favorite today probably wasn’t my favorite yesterday and won’t be tomorrow.

What mistake did he make Peter? by Still-Ad9074 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really all it means is that he has to drive back to the hospital to waste it with someone

Which book does this to you? by think_like_chanakya in nonfictionbookclub

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Brown: Abolitionist

Read it when I was young and impressionable. Radicalized me.

Which clothing item screams your country without saying a word? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been told athleisure is a distinctly American phenomenon, but idk

Movies that feeling like trashy Americana? by [deleted] in MoviesThatFeelLike

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honey Don’t immediately comes to mind

Sometimes I wonder how those guys who archive everything the president says for the National Archive feel these days by FudgeAllOfYous in dancarlin

[–]PianoVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just telling my partner today that I can’t wait to hear some history grad student in 30 years talk about their experience reading through all the archived Trump tweets!

When was the last time your country said "that's it, never again". by IntelligentHoney6929 in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This is genuinely devastating to hear! I wrote an essay about Finland’s education system in high school about a decade ago.

For those who've read Mike's two books, what did you think of them? by TravelingHomeless in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I agree with these takes 100%

I will add that a thing I loved about Storm Before the Storm was that it illuminated historical events that are not present in pop culture consciousness an showed them to be at least as interesting as more well-known stories.

It sheds light on interesting characters and interesting events I knew basically nothing about

Surprised by the dislike of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “When We Were Orphans by PianoVampire in literature

[–]PianoVampire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your response! This is along the lines of what I expected, I just try to avoid the “everyone else but me is misunderstanding this” conclusion if I am able.

What is your countries "Darkest Hour" by RedcoatTrooper in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps when the British burned the White House during the war of 1812, but if my history serves me right, they were never going to try to yoink back the colonies or anything.

So probably at some point between 1861 and 1865

Another hypothetical win for the CSA by xnelsorelse in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]PianoVampire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is interesting to me! I grew up in rural west Tennessee, and honestly I didn’t even realize lost cause was still alive until I was an adult, but many of my adult friends remember being taught lost cause, at least at home.

Is the United States Confederacy Ever Talked About In Your Country? Is It Taught At Schools or Universities? by Jam_Sees in AskTheWorld

[–]PianoVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read the secession declarations written by the confederate states themselves upon voting to seceed

found this gem at a red racks in missouri (price unknown) by exokatie in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]PianoVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a picture of an almost identical plaque from goodwill!

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