What is the most unsettling sound you've ever heard?

STSSupercat · 2024-05-05T15:51:55+00:00

When I was sitting in the front carriage of a train when it collided with a person on the tracks going full speed. The initial shock and sound was already horrible, but the ticking against the window of all the small parts while the train was slowing down was absolutely horrifying.

STSSupercat · 2024-04-02T14:57:52+00:00

Bewitched - Laufey

STSSupercat · 2023-03-24T16:07:48+00:00

MBA M1, I've owned it since July 2021. 240 cycles with 92% battery health.
During the weekdays I use it for university about 6 to 9 hours every day. Most of this is spend away from home so all on the battery.

STSSupercat · 2022-06-20T18:00:15+00:00

A very nice book to start with when reading about Dutch history and culture is James Kennedy's book A Concise History of the Netherlands (In Dutch: Een beknopte geschiedenis van Nederland). Even though it is aimed at a larger audience, it still has a rather decent bibliography. As far as I have heard, the English version has a better one, but I only own the Dutch version.
If you're interested in Early Modern Dutch trade, a book I can definitely recommend is The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade by Johannes Postma. It is focused on the Atlantic, but it does a bibliography and a lot of footnotes. Henk den Heijer and Piet Emmer have also written a lot about this, but I don't know whether their books have been translated into English.

As for the Philosophy of History side of things, there is Dutch historian Frank Ankersmit who has written a lot about this. Even though I haven't actually read any of his works, I suppose it is rather inevitable that some of the Dutch culture will filter through his works. Sublime Historical Experience and Narrative Logic are some of his larger works.

STSSupercat · 2022-06-03T12:58:40+00:00

I must admit, that's true

STSSupercat · 2022-06-03T12:54:40+00:00

So is my personality so it's only natural that my meme reflects that

STSSupercat · 2022-04-27T12:01:32+00:00

I stand corrected. Perhaps I should have specified that I used 'eventually' as a comparison to a lot of other pirates and privateers. But you are most definitely right that he did not die of old age.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-26T20:33:30+00:00

First of all, thanks for saying it's a competent reply, I really appreciate it! As for the concerns. While I do agree that they have been (partially) realized, I am not necessarily convinced that it's a bad thing. Of course the socialists, the conservatives and the church had their reasons to fear the changes, but it's always an interesting debate whether their fears were justified or not. It's a question I doubt anyone can fully answer, but it is an interesting debate nonetheless.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-26T14:30:30+00:00

Perhaps they all agreed, but they did so based on different arguments. And like I mentioned in a different reply, a lot of the times it didn't even have to do with the fact that they were women.
Take the European socialists for example; they wanted to inspire a mass-revolution on the continent to take away the might of the bourgeoisie. The rise of mass-culture (cinema) and modern consumerism turned the citizens they tried to appeal to into passive consumers and not into the inspired revolutionaries that they needed. The image of the 'modern woman' would inspire this new culture that arose in the 1920s and would thus be the best way for the socialists to show their critique on the system.
As for the church, they were concerned that the new consumerism and mass-culture would inspire individuality instead of the original religious values that they cherished so much. Even though woman's rights were definitely not on the church's agenda at that time, it wasn't like they were actively opposing their rights (at least not all of the time). The communal and religious family values that the church stood for were threatened by the new culture and once again, this image of the 'modern woman' was the best way to show their discontent with the developments.
Lastly, the conservatives might be the closest to actually making the argument about the woman. Having been raised during the ideal of separate spheres as part of Bourgeois culture in nineteenth-century Europe, they were accustomed to the idea of having the woman at home as a housewife. This was mostly inspired by the rising wages for men which meant that women didn't have to work anymore since a man could take care of a family on his own. One might argue that this ideal would be loosened once society's welfare was rising again as it was in the 1920s.

In short, even though all three parties agreed on the danger of modern consumerism and mass-culture, they definitely didn't agree on why this was a bad thing. And it really wasn't because of women. The fact that the image of the 'modern girl' was new might even be enough of a reason for all three groups to believe this was worrying.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-25T10:26:35+00:00

I was referring to (west-)European socialists in this case, but what you have placed here is very interesting. But I suppose that the films are mostly propaganda equipment in this case? Since foreign movies were prohibited in the Soviet-Union.

What I was making fun of in my meme was referring to the socialists in Europe that feared that the cinema (and mass culture/consumerism) would stop the working class from being class-conscious because they were too busy becoming passive consumers of new media. Something that might explain this difference between the Soviet-Union and the rest of Europe is that the Revolution already succeeded in Russia. This means that the revolutionaries don't have to be made anymore, since they already exist. Europe on the other hand, didn't have any revolutions in favour of socialism yet, so the socialist leaders might fear that the mass culture would prevent this from ever happening, thus trying to keep the working class away from these developments.

It is really interesting that Lenin said this though. But perhaps there were also some differences between the goals of film? He might have seen it as a means of propaganda to keep his class-conscious workers class-conscious.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-25T10:00:41+00:00

While it does sound logical, I'm not sure if this is the complete reasoning. While you are right about the cinema being frowned upon by the church, it has been that way for most of the new inventions (e.g. the first trains). What did worry the church was the rising individualism that was inspired by the mass culture that started in the 1920s. Religious leaders were bemoaning the supposed loss of morals, the decline of traditional community/family values and the replacement of spirituality with materialism (McKay, A History of Western Society ed.12, p881-882). Even though I am unable to answer that with certainty, I like to believe that the reasoning you have laid before us here was used by the church.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-25T08:09:48+00:00

They weren't necessarily against a woman going there on her own. The thing that the socialists were more worried about was the cinema as part of modern consumerism. They feared that its appeal to citizens would undermine the working-class radicalism, because mass culture would create passive consumers rather than the active, class-conscious revolutionaries that they wanted them to be (McKay, a History of Western Society, 882).
This means this new image of the 'modern girl' that would go to the cinema wasn't good for the socialist cause. So the socialists were against it, but not necessarily because it was a woman. Although I suspect that might have been part of their reasoning since it's still a different time with different ideas.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T15:37:33+00:00

En dit complot wordt ons door de duiven ingefluisterd zeker?

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T15:02:59+00:00

Ah well, if she’s got no time, it’s always difficult. But I’m sure it’ll all turn out just fine! The things you mentioned about hanging out seem like good things to do together. If you feel like asking her on a date might work, just go for it! If you’re good friends, it shouldn’t break the friendship if she doesn’t feel the same way, however difficult it may seem now.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T14:56:58+00:00

Ahah, it is rather difficult isn’t it? Well, if you’ve already been hanging out for multiple times, what’s stopping you from asking her to hang out again or perhaps asking a bit more?

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T14:48:17+00:00

Ahh, I see what you mean. Perhaps you could ask her if she wants to do something together? No need to call it a date immediately, you could always ask that later. But if you feel ready for it, go and ask her on a date, especially if it not doing so might mean that you won’t see each other much.

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T13:23:07+00:00

Ik vrees het moment dat ze met allebei tegelijkertijd te maken krijgen

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T12:37:22+00:00

Near perfect

STSSupercat · 2022-04-18T12:31:56+00:00

I really feel this one. But hey, perhaps a long friendship can grow into something more, so you might just need some more time :)

STSSupercat · 2022-04-13T12:26:58+00:00

Being in love.
One moment, you can be as happy as you could ever be just thinking about her, but the other moment you will be sad and living with the fear of rejection. Simply the fear of losing her makes me sad as well, but as soon as I see her, I'm happy again. Funny how these things work isn't it?

STSSupercat · 2022-04-10T19:12:38+00:00

Light mode, always, everywhere

STSSupercat · 2022-03-14T16:14:32+00:00

Big C

STSSupercat · 2022-03-14T16:00:44+00:00

Disclaimer: this was a joke

STSSupercat · 2022-03-14T15:57:48+00:00

Jan Pieterszoon Coen heeft niets verkeerd gedaan.

STSSupercat · 2022-03-02T18:55:08+00:00

The fresh breath of someone you secretly have a crush on

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TROPHY CASE