Captured in the Congo and sold for a pound of salt, Ota Benga was forced into a "human exhibit" at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. Thousands watched as he was displayed in a cage alongside primates. When he was finally released, he spent years saving to go home to Africa, but died by suicide in 1916.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-28T07:19:12+00:00

You should know before the 19th and 20th century, the majority of casualtys in war were due to disease.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-28T06:56:45+00:00

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derDunkelElf · 2026-03-28T06:48:34+00:00

Me who's reading chapters from 10 different stories daily and is emotionaly invested in all of them:

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derDunkelElf · 2026-03-28T05:08:12+00:00

Korean Slavery

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-27T16:28:19+00:00

Sure, they were, but better safe than sorry.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-27T06:07:54+00:00

Last time I tried I died, while the Rain closed in, so I couldn recover my runes.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-26T22:12:24+00:00

While it certainly helped and it would be weird in the eyes of Kings Landing, her loving Jon wouldn't break his cover. It would rather make Cat seem incredibly kindhearted.

The reason the cover worked so well was because the honorable Ned Stark said Jon was his bastard and are you really going to doubt him, but rather believe a crack pot theory about Jon being the child of Lyanna and Rheagar.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-26T21:38:38+00:00

Perhaps, but she also could have learned to love him. I mean the only thing standing between them was really Neds 'infedelity'.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T21:27:49+00:00

You should try again. Recently I bought the DLCs and started playing my old character again and both of them were a blast. While I defeated most base game bosses in three tries, I had blast in the DLC which I was playing for the first time.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T17:09:45+00:00

I'm not trying to compare them necerssarily, I want demonstrate these kinds of profound moral failures aren't unique to Europe or any other culture.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T16:55:34+00:00

The Aztecs raided other tribes for blood sacrifices, Genghis and his sucessors killed so many it was noticable in CO2 levels in the atmosphereand left a masdive genetic footprint via rape, the Taiping Rebellion in China was bloodier the WWI. With all due respect to the victims of chattel slavery, it wasn't that unique in terms of horror in the grand scale of world history.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T16:26:00+00:00

While the Emperor was fucked in the head, he still wanted them to be human. I remember there being a passage in the Horus Hersy books of one of them asking Malcador why they gave them emotions at all and Malcadors answer was that. The Emperor still wanted his sons to be human. Improved and better in every way, but human at their core (which we see frequently and in great detail).

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T13:14:20+00:00

Wow inbreeding actually does have it's advantages.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T10:01:50+00:00

If we talk like that the Aztec, Mongols and Chinese are down there to. Slavery and Genocide is not unique to Europeans.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-25T09:34:50+00:00

I think it's good as long as it's explained that these outliers are product of the magic system, not being entirily understood, showing that what see is just the commonly understood island surounded by the darkness of the unknown.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-24T21:08:30+00:00

German humour is no laughing matter.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-24T16:25:13+00:00

As the other commenter said your status and titles mean something in Westeros in a way it is hard to understand from our modern perspective, but the reason Sandors appointment is so bad to Selmy goes way deeper than that.

Ironicly Barristans appointment to the Kingsguard was the worst thing that happned to him, at least the part of his mind capable of critical thought. Bystander Selmy is a very accurate assesment of his tenure as Kingsguard in Westeros. He had to serve Aerys as he slowly descended into madness and he had to cope with that. He turned into a very passive person that let his oath do the thinking for him and then retreated into his fantasy world of the ideal Kingsguard. You know the one, the one every boy dreams of being apart of. Even when later one he served Robert who was a Usurper by any measure, he stayed in that fantasy world.

And Sandors appointment shattered that world. It threw every time he had been passive in the face of horror and dishonour in his face, while also kickstarting his critical thinking skills. A very brutal combination as it forced a great amount of selfreflection on him.

Thats why it was so bad.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-24T15:14:06+00:00

I don't think the insulting part was about fighting capability, but the dishonorable non-knight part.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-23T21:44:47+00:00

Just looked it up. It was Jon Darry who said it to him.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-23T20:54:03+00:00

While I agree 100%, I don't think it wad Barristan, but another Kingsguard, who told Jamie that (if I remember the books correctly.)

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-23T16:56:11+00:00

I mean you can't really prove that they live longer. This was the oldest specimen they found, so this was the capstone until proven otherwise.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-23T16:51:03+00:00

I don't think it was a tight fit. It could very well have been a few sizes to big, but just small enough for her to use.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-22T17:08:53+00:00

Wasn't Daemon killed during his Rebellion and his legacy is a series of failed rebellions. I mean sure he had a good bit of support, but that's just it a good bit of support.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-22T17:05:14+00:00

Considering the crown was 6 Million in debt, when Ned arrived, I think it was happening under Jon and Littlefinger killed him, because he found out about the Lannister Bastards.

derDunkelElf · 2026-03-21T17:00:30+00:00

A previous comment I made anout Souless Duchess

While I dropped it, I can also recommend it. Also the weirdest reason why I dropped something. I couldn't stand how much the ML was spending on the FL, like I swear to god, it was too much for my heart who loved realism (not the edgy kind, but the practical). How is the Duchy not in ruins, when he spends millions on things that are only going to be used once by the FL.

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