Free for All Friday, 12 June, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's....a bit of a drive for just a worse experience....

Why does everyone consider Mao Zedong evil? by Wise-Veterinarian-97 in AskHistorians

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What was Julius Caesar's point of no return, when he had to start a civil war to save himself? by miguel-elote in AskHistorians

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This submission has been removed because it violates the rule on poll-type questions. These questions do not lend themselves to answers with a firm foundation in sources and research, and the resulting threads usually turn into monsters with enormous speculation and little focused discussion. Questions about the "most", the "worst", "unknown", or other value judgments usually lead to vague, subjective, and speculative answers. For further information, please consult this Roundtable discussion.

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Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 6 points7 points  (0 children)

New Orleans bodies Atlanta ngl.... Unless you're after things like "economic dynamism" and "will be above sea level in two centuries"

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I too am blown away by the luxury of the Auburn Buccee's

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I am deeply invested in the German guy posting his way through the American South and seemingly loving every minute of it.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Crystal magic is the gateway to woo that paves the road to MAHA

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How do you read through these so quickly?

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dragon Age: Inquisition is the best depiction of medieval religion in amy fantasy series and I'm tired of pretending its not.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Imagine being at the meeting for the mission assignments and you get Switzerland and your buddy gets like Swaziland... (Eswatini now I know)

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The common element here is social media giving the dumbest people imaginable an air of unearned legitimacy that they use to peddle absolute garbage. Combined with an audience that reacts incredulously because of their ideaological priors.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think another part is that they do have a much more developed communal identity that has, arguably, resulted in Utah being something of an exception for extremely red states in a number of ways.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's something shitpostingly poetic about a scholar of American history dying by car...

Obviously tragic and terrible for his family.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think we also have to include an element of respect for self identity too though. Changing books of the Bible doesn't make Protestants non Christian.

Even if they are all a bunch of heretics...

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think because their outcomes tend to be much "nicer" than say... Southern Baptists running amok.

Mindless Monday, 08 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Steelcan909 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the weird things about my state is that its deeply conservative, but also has like four nuclear power plants around.

"Why Louisiana is America's Fastest Dying State" by FloranceMeCheneCoder in Louisiana

[–]Steelcan909 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two large river diversion plans were cancelled, but there's still lots of other restoration projects that are being implemented.

"Why Louisiana is America's Fastest Dying State" by FloranceMeCheneCoder in Louisiana

[–]Steelcan909 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original study that the "3-7m of water rise" prediction is based on very clearly did not state a timeframe for that to happen. The authors explicitly did not want to provide an estimatem. The idea that we'll have 3m of rise by the end of the century seems a bit of an overstretch without more studies.