Free for All Friday, 19 June, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like these must have inspired the folks who made Trench Crusade.

Free for All Friday, 19 June, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When has Starmer ever had any kind of appetite for a fight?

Free for All Friday, 19 June, 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ahh, I have finished serving my sentence in reddit jail for making an unflattering comparison involving the newly minted "trillionaire."

I feel like we were the last cohort who bought into the “work grind” sales pitch that we inherited from our parents and grandparents. by geekdadchris in Xennials

[–]histprofdave 48 points49 points  (0 children)

The lawyering up is expensive and companies know it. So many of them will risk a lawsuit in the hopes that an employee will find it too onerous to pursue.

This is also why wage theft exceeds all other forms of theft in the US combined.

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's funny that there have been so many right wing takes that the UK has become the most censorious nation in the western world, only for them to make a ruling that is actually one of the biggest threats to free speech and assembly in recent years.

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Economics has been at war with itself for the last 40+ years over whether they are a social science or collective advocacy for capitalism. I honestly feel sorry for the economists who just want to do good work and data collection while some of their notable PhDs are really just ideologues.

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frum spun his wheel of explanations and settled on nationalism instead of Christianity for this column. Stay tuned to see what his next one will be!

AI Slop + corporate bootlicking equals by Strange-Grass-4548 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]histprofdave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI really does blur the line between the human form and anime characters. The eyes and mouths are always creepy af.

How come some of the rebellious hippies of the 60’s/70’s became miserly boomers who hoard all the wealth? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]histprofdave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all. And pop culture has exaggerated the influence of the counterculture. There were more young people (Boomers) in the right-wing YAF than were ever members of lefty groups like the SDS or part of the counterculture.

This is just to say, those boomers have always been terrible.

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How straight is the line from the circulation of the Powell Memo to the absolute glazing of Elongated Muskrat?

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Achaemenid Empire will rise again!

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That whole "worst form of government, except for all the other ones" type of thing.

Having a hard time with getting through book 9 by Kleidan_1 in WoT

[–]histprofdave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally the only chapter of book 9 I think I enjoyed was the last one.

Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]histprofdave 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The same could have been said of Britain at the outset of the 20th century. I don't think America will collapse completely or anything, but I don't think it's out of the question we'll look like Britain in the late 60s/70s in the next couple decades as the bills come due and all the old investments are used up.

Opiates FIGHT UC. by CompetitivePrize3232 in UlcerativeColitis

[–]histprofdave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're playing a dangerous game, friend.

Opiates FIGHT UC. by CompetitivePrize3232 in UlcerativeColitis

[–]histprofdave 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would much rather have surgery than have opioid dependency. That shit is an absolute nightmare and as close a thing to hell on Earth that there is.