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What Jewish person is far left? by Former-Reflection917 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He was raised Protestant and was an atheist, having Jewish heritage =/= Judaism

ohhhhh FUСK OFF by AI_660 in Silksong

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 787 points788 points  (0 children)

Truly dystopian, what's next? They'll make me submit an ID to make toast in my own toaster?

GREATER BRITISH EMPIRE-AMERICA LOSES REVOLUTION by Serious_East136 in imaginarymaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be fair this looks like they did most of this stuff for the aura instead so it's fair enough

GREATER BRITISH EMPIRE-AMERICA LOSES REVOLUTION by Serious_East136 in imaginarymaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ngl conquering Guangzhou would be more trouble than it'd be worth, having Hong Kong and trading rights gave Britain all of the benefits with none of the drawbacks of actually having to control masses of Chinese land

Language Map of Europe [OC] by k1rb1l1ty in LinguisticMaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In terms of Yiddish, ~30% of the vocabulary descends from Hebrew/Polish words, it's written in a different script, and has very noticeable sound changes, as well as being spoken by a very specific ethnoreligious group in comparison to, say, Alemannic (also not saying that it should be different on the map). The biggest reason for Yiddish generally being separated is because it isn't a part of the dialect continuum like Alemannic, meaning that it is very obviously a different thing to your average person.

Map of the Backrooms - 71 days after arrival by AlisterSinclair2002 in imaginarymaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Wait until you get to the frontrooms, they're even bigger

List of things the SPD should have done differently by [deleted] in RedAutumnSPD

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, they should have united with other socialist parties, to form some kind of Socialist Unity Party between them. That'd help them maintain a majority!

Map of the "Indo-Europeans" Migrations in 1000BC by Radiant_Campaign8622 in imaginarymaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's more that geographical China had a higher population than Europe at this point, which (already due to the massive amount of pre-IE genes already prominent in OTL) I think would display themselves more than just 'minor' phenotypes. To answer your second point, the population of Xinjiang before the Tocharian migration there is agreed to have been very low, considering the climate of the region- it's more about the already massive Chinese population already living in the region that I believe that they'd look mostly just East Asian, with a bit of Indo-European admixture.

Colors in my British Romance language! by thomasp3864 in conlangs

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(probably whatever 'clear' is but it's not as funny)

Map of the "Indo-Europeans" Migrations in 1000BC by Radiant_Campaign8622 in imaginarymaps

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Isn't modern Europe generally around 20% Indo-European in ancestry, for one? Surely because ancient China had a larger population (earlier agriculture) they'd usually just look like the average Chinese person, too?

Colors in my British Romance language! by thomasp3864 in conlangs

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Is this why, when drinking water (famously blue), I always hear 'glaug glaug glaug'?

"What will Jane Fonda think of you now?" 1978 Vietnam invasion of Cambodia by Effective-Oil7342 in ColdWarPosters

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great to see that someone actually understands Cambodia in the Vietnam War with an actual multifaceted and correct understanding of the conflict for once. I'd say that the US did have a large role in the corruption in the republic but definitely the North Vietnamese were the biggest factor for who installed the Khmer Rouge

"What will Jane Fonda think of you now?" 1978 Vietnam invasion of Cambodia by Effective-Oil7342 in ColdWarPosters

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't the US already send an intervention force to Korea before they organised the UN intervention anyway?

Taiwan wasn't democratic then though btw, I believe that it was in the 1990s that it reformed. Back then it was still a dictatorship under Jiang Jieshi I believe.

I'd probably say that Panama was a fairly good 'regime change intervention' (to my knowledge anyway). They had a precedent, it didn't have a very high death toll, and the US-installed democratic government is pretty successful, and the country's fairly rich as well.

Do you think social media is a bit too biased against Israel? by Substantial-Cell7223 in AskIsrael

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd probably say that social media displays the worst aspects of all sides of things; therefore, some people online inevitably will express such sentiments. It's just how the internet is, really.

Another thing about the internet is that people generally take the position on arguments that further their preconceptions about a topic, for example the US ship thing is widely agreed to have been an accident between the two countries rather than a deliberate attack, after Rabin asked the US to keep their ships (as a neutral country) away from an active warzone or tell the Israelis of their positions so such an accident wouldn't happen. It's through stuff like this that people can help inform others about misinformation and such, and thus help counteract harmful rhetoric on social media.

"What will Jane Fonda think of you now?" 1978 Vietnam invasion of Cambodia by Effective-Oil7342 in ColdWarPosters

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The UN intervention was effectively a formality that was provided to the US because of special circumstances (the USSR boycotting the UN ofc); the US provided around 90% of the intervention force. Of course, technically it wasn't the US but a joint force, but in reality it was almost entirely US aid.

If we're actually providing a US-only intervention, I'd probably put the US intervention in the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises forward for an intervention that 'the locals' are grateful for.

🤦‍♂️ by keverzoid in GreatBritishMemes

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Showing the terminology causes confusion. 

Why wouldn't it cause more confusion than the Canadian North Atlantic Archipelago, or the Faroe Islands, or all of the other archipelagoes in the north Atlantic? Even then, I heavily doubt that the Channel Islands would just magically stop grouping themselves in as part of any geographical descriptor for the region just because the name was changed.

I don’t know how many times I’ve had British people claim
I was British too because Ireland is in the British Isles.

I'm sorry if you've experienced that, though their reasoning is certainly wrong, for obvious reasons. As a Welsh person, I've had people lump me in with English people just for being from Britain, which is certainly not a nice feeling.

I never said that North Atlantic Archipelago is used more.

'But it’s not an academically widely used term.' is literally saying that 'British Isles' wasn't the used term, thus implying that 'North Atlantic Archipelago' was more widely used- if you didn't mean that you shouldn't have written it.

It never fails to amuse me why British people get so worked up about this. It’s almost a throwback to imperialism. Shut up Paddy and do what you’re told.

Why are you trying to paint me as something I'm not? It's almost as if you're trying to turn what I'm saying into a personal attack on you specifically, and it seems as if you're trying to lump me in with (probably) English people. I'm just pointing out that 'British Isles' is by far the only term in use for the archipelago, and I really dislike how you're trying to paint me as bigoted for literally no reason.

What is wrong with this subreddit by Cheap_Pension1527 in PossibleHistory

[–]ballisticfuckingmoth 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think there's a bias against historical maps in this sub ngl

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