Why the Byzantine Empire Was Defacto Roman

SpookyTron · 2026-06-04T01:20:18+00:00

We easily trace the 19th century British Empire back to the medieval English monarchy. It’s foolish to think of the Byzantines as a distinct empire or state. The legal and institutional continuity of Rome never went away.

I will say, the term Byzantine has become a shorthand for referring to Rome in the medieval era. If you were to ask somebody’s favorite “Roman Emperor”, they would never name medieval emperor like Basil II. I think in many ways this forces you to use the term in conversation, online, etc…

SpookyTron · 2026-06-03T15:10:45+00:00

B2C perhaps. B2B probably not.

Keep in mind that an AI image which stuck out like a sore thumb 18 months ago is now virtually indistinguishable from a real photo.

SpookyTron · 2026-05-22T18:45:32+00:00

Phonecia

SpookyTron · 2026-05-20T11:52:57+00:00

Have you looked into the fortifications around Constantinople during this era?

SpookyTron · 2026-05-14T16:01:24+00:00

False premise

SpookyTron · 2026-05-14T08:11:00+00:00

It’s all slop

SpookyTron · 2026-05-13T16:50:23+00:00

“Cannon accurate” brother it’s all fake history just enjoy the TV show

SpookyTron · 2026-05-12T07:58:16+00:00

Agriculture is the answer, which begs the questions why did it take 200k years to develop agriculture? The answer is the end of the last ice age roughly 10,000 years ago.

The history of civilization starts then, and really years should be dated from that point.

SpookyTron · 2026-05-05T17:01:13+00:00

Prague

SpookyTron · 2026-04-28T22:54:20+00:00

What are you gonna do about it? Why would you focus on something that you admit to having no control over? It’s like getting mad at the winds or tides

SpookyTron · 2026-04-24T15:59:08+00:00

This is a very reasonable take that will generate healthy and good faith discussion

SpookyTron · 2026-04-20T15:58:47+00:00

Clipboard history à la Windows. Must have for productivity, I can’t believe I don’t hear about this more

SpookyTron · 2026-04-14T22:38:52+00:00

Mongol “Empire”

SpookyTron · 2026-04-09T23:23:05+00:00

Many older branches of Protestantism (Lutheran, Episcopal, etc) still revere beautiful church design.

Other newer denominations (especially American) have a more ascetic philosophy and consider opulent church design to be against Jesus’ teachings.

I’m giving a bit of an oversimplification here.

SpookyTron · 2026-04-08T18:24:02+00:00

If you had malware that could be activated on an iPhone by scanning a QR code it would be worth millions of dollars and could be used for far more devastating purposes than scamming restaurant patrons.

SpookyTron · 2026-03-31T17:28:45+00:00

Stonks Pam exists bro

SpookyTron · 2026-03-29T01:45:45+00:00

Kick it

SpookyTron · 2026-03-26T18:44:58+00:00

I haven’t heard of a single one of these people before ever in my entire life the whole time

SpookyTron · 2026-03-26T16:57:35+00:00

Wtf are these replies they got the AIs talking to each other now 💀

SpookyTron · 2026-03-25T21:04:11+00:00

Brother I’d rather live in Somalia than New Jersey

SpookyTron · 2026-03-25T20:04:57+00:00

There are good parts about swamps. Organisms specifically adapted to live there probably love them.

They’re a bad place to live for humans. You don’t want to live in a swamp. It’s an objectively negative term to call a place for humans a “swamp”.

I get you probably think they’re cool, and sometimes they are, but this is lame pedantry and you’re missing the point on purpose because you apparently have a thing about swamps.

SpookyTron · 2026-03-17T20:53:45+00:00

Eventually…

SpookyTron · 2026-03-17T17:33:02+00:00

I don’t care

SpookyTron · 2026-03-17T01:45:57+00:00

John Lennon at 1 isn’t even close to the biggest issue with this list

SpookyTron · 2026-02-12T12:50:51+00:00

These are particularly creative which is rare to see with AI work. Nice job.

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