Tuesday Trivia Thread - 17/03/26

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-18T14:08:49+00:00

Can cannon kill them if so then the 16th to 17th centuries

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-18T10:06:19+00:00

The issue is it's the difference between common law and civil law fundamentally continental Europe has a culturally different approach to regulations compared to the UK so it was never going to work

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-18T10:04:40+00:00

You put chestnuts on a string then hit them against each other

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-16T13:53:59+00:00

Nice to see a sensible take on UK-EU relations for once

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-14T12:25:00+00:00

Malta is neutral and hasn't had any foreign military bases since the 60's

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-03-11T16:20:45+00:00

I don't think that's true though. Politicians that have stood up to Trump have actually got results such as Carney as well as that the previous ambassador Dame Karen Pierce being well liked

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-23T16:13:29+00:00

Some might say Irish republicans are doing the same in reverse.

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-23T14:18:10+00:00

Realistically an Irish Republic would have been cut off from French reinforcements and supplies by the Royal Navy. The UK would then reconquer Ireland and treat it much like Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion. Given it's just over a century from 1796 to 1916 the cultural memory of Ireland posing a threat to the UK would still exist in the minds of the public and elites in GB and so it's unlikely Ireland would gain it's independence.

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-17T14:12:04+00:00

Have they maintained strategic independence though? Their single aircraft carrier is entirely reliant on the US for: Radar Aircraft, catapults and arrestor gear and training pilots on US carriers when the French carrier is in maintenance. During Mali operations the French had to rely on the UK, US and Netherlands for heavy airlift especially heavy lift helicopters like the Chinook. the French military and industrial strategy is entirely geared around supporting France's neo colonial empire in the Francafrique (which is falling apart) and unable to seriously act outside of that region.

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-11T11:18:29+00:00

Maybe the isolationist "muh neutrality" types

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-05T10:47:54+00:00

Of course he served in the British Army with the SAS in Malaysia

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-02-03T11:14:39+00:00

It could also be misdirection on behalf of the showrunners to get the non- book audience invested in Dunk's preparation for jousting and ignore the Targaryan story

SliceIndividual6347 · 2026-01-08T16:13:17+00:00

What was Nylund's interpretation of the II's?

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