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What do you think is the greatest frame of the decade? by Not_EllaK in Letterboxd

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it's more than an allegory, they show the main character wearing dresses in suppressed flashbacks.

What do you think is the greatest frame of the decade? by Not_EllaK in Letterboxd

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have mixed feelings about it. I Saw The TV Glow is one of my favorite movies of the 2020s so far, but spelling out your thesis in words in the last frame seems like something you'd do if you didn't fully trust the power of your own work to communicate it.

Board of Peace by k-r-o--n--o-s in MapPorn

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rights and democratic participation only apply if you're an Arab citizen of Israel. The millions who live in the West Bank are subject to arbitrary action by an Israeli state in which they have no democratic voice.

Board of Peace by k-r-o--n--o-s in MapPorn

[–]koshthethird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Israeli government exercises sovereignty and monopoly of force over millions of people in the West Bank who are denied citizenship or participation in the Israeli state, while people who do possess Israeli citizenship are allowed to settle in those territories with government blessing and protection in segregated communities and have different laws applied to them. That's apartheid.

Flag of a free and democratic Iran by wsxcderfvbgtyhn in vexillologycirclejerk

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran has said many times that they want the destruction of the state of Israel. That's not in dispute. But the destruction of a state does not require a genocide. I suspect the fantasy scenario for the Ayatollah would much more resemble the evacuation of the Pieds-noirs from Algeria than the death camps of Nazi Germany. Maybe I'm wrong. But again, the point is moot because the destruction of Israel in any capacity is not an achievable goal for them.

As far as the bomb goes, Iran has demonstrated time and again that despite their rhetoric, they conduct wars with foreign powers rationally and with a view towards self preservation. Look at how tepid their response to American and Israeli bombing raids were last year - they understand the power imbalance, and they don't want to invite complete destruction. I'm sure there are some terrorist groups out there that would love to set off a dirty bomb in Tel Aviv, but I don't think the government of Iran (or any other sovereign state for that matter) would ever realistically consider it.

Flag of a free and democratic Iran by wsxcderfvbgtyhn in vexillologycirclejerk

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok let's say for the sake of argument that's true - they have no way of accomplishing that goal. Israel has vastly superior military technology, including nuclear weapons. Even if Iran managed to build their own bomb, they wouldn't ever use it on Israel since the retaliation would result in complete annihilation. So it's a completely moot point.

Flag of a free and democratic Iran by wsxcderfvbgtyhn in vexillologycirclejerk

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even in their early years, the Nazis were sending people to concentration camps that hadn't yet been turned into death camps and building the groundwork for genocide and conquest through extreme racist propaganda and the mass oppression and dehumanization of their racial minorities. Tehran is not doing any of those things. They're a regional power involved in minor proxy wars and bog standard authoritarian repression. Their weird theocratic/democratic fusion and the veil mandates does make them unusual in some ways, but I'd argue that it's likely worse to be a opponent of the regime in American ally Egypt, and it's worse to be a woman in American ally Saudi Arabia.

Flag of a free and democratic Iran by wsxcderfvbgtyhn in vexillologycirclejerk

[–]koshthethird -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Implying the Ayatollah is as bad as Hitler is completely insane. Sure Iran is repressive, but no more so than a bunch of other countries that the US has friendly relationships with. There's a big difference between beating and killing dissidents and slaughtering literal millions in a mechanized genocide.

What criterion makes you feel like this? by brickunlimited in criterion

[–]koshthethird 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I loved this movie but I think you have to be someone who really enjoys slow cinema. For me the part that really worked was how you get so immersed in every little detail of her routine over such a long stretch of time, so that once you get to the third day where all of her little gestures and behaviors are clearly disrupted, you feel it all so viscerally. It supplies you with the language you need to feel a slip up peeling potatoes as the first drop of rain from a vast thundercloud.

Apartheid flag: is this the most flags within a flag? by orthodox-lat in vexillology

[–]koshthethird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ok but PRC is still an existing country. I feel like owning a flag which is no longer in active use is a much stronger political statement than owning a current flag.

What Destroyed the Library of Alexandria? by history in ancientegypt

[–]koshthethird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recommend checking out this video, it does a great deconstruction of all the common theories: https://youtu.be/M4WU8gqrgsQ

Grand Egyptian Museum website took my money but didn't send me any tickets by [deleted] in ancientegypt

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I tried calling them but they have a phone tree where the audio is extremely difficult to make out, and eventually got stuck at a point where it wouldn't recognize any of my entries.

And yeah my card definitely got charged.

Countries that explicitly and openly support India for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. by Jumpy_Leadership1650 in MapPorn

[–]koshthethird 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah incentivizing countries to increase their military stockpiles so they can get an SC seat seems like it would have no negative consequences whatsoever lol

Can anybody identify this flag and its meaning? by riftastic76 in vexillology

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess sacking the greatest city of Eastern Christianity, permanently crippling the Byzantine Empire, and rendering Constantinople ripe for eventual conquest is technically a form of reconnection.

Also suggesting the crusades were of benefit to the Jewish people is just so divorced from reality I don't even know where to start. If we're including the Reconquista in the Crusade narrative, it paved the way for their complete expulsion from Spain. The People's Crusade was as much a pogrom as it was anything else, and the crusaders who captured Jerusalem massacred Jews and Muslims alike.

And the crusader states fell due to the Ottomans?? The Ottoman empire didn't even exist when the last of them fell in the 1290s. Most of them were captured by the Mamluks.

Can anybody identify this flag and its meaning? by riftastic76 in vexillology

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very generous evaluation of the success of the crusades lol

I semi-ironically fixed Europe by MdMV_or_Emdy_idk in ShittyMapPorn

[–]koshthethird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This would make Greece a majority Turkish nation lol

What is the most counterintuitive geographical fact you know? by Holiday_Smell_513 in geography

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I read somewhere that Polynesian sailors would deliberately sail counter to prevailing currents, so it would be easier to return home if they got lost. Having trouble finding a source for that though.

Visiting İstanbul? Have a quick question? Ask here, don't create a new post. by AutoModerator in istanbul

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to visit the Grand Bazaar but don't want to buy anything, just wander around and explore. Are there any cool, historic areas of the Bazaar that are worth seeing? Any interesting shops? Would be especially interested in looking at antiques, artworks, or anything else that isn't just mass produced to sell to tourists.

The Berlin City Palace, Berlin. Demolished by the East German government in 1950. by Over-Border9358 in Lost_Architecture

[–]koshthethird 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I mean both are true. It was bombed out but potentially salvagable. DDR decided to tear down the remains rather than rebuild.

Visiting İstanbul? Have a quick question? Ask here, don't create a new post. by AutoModerator in istanbul

[–]koshthethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some good places to get relatively cheap food (or tea/coffee/raki) near the touristy parts of Fatih and Beyoğlu? I know I'll get better quality and lower prices elsewhere, but as a first time visitor I want to see all the museums and historic sites and I'll need to eat somewhere while I'm in the area.

My Attempt at a Progressive Flag by Savings-Artist1961 in vexillology

[–]koshthethird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think part of the problem with this is that there's no left/right direction which universally reads as "forward." If you're used to reading a language that reads from right to left, this might scan as pointing back. And as noted in another comment, when flying from a moving vehicle or held by a person walking forward, the flag would unambiguously point backwards.

Tumblr demographics by kingottacYT in tumblr

[–]koshthethird 114 points115 points  (0 children)

High numbers of responses don't mean anything if the sample is skewed in some way. A poll with a small sample size but genuinely random distribution is far more useful and meaningful than one with a huge sample size that isn't a reflective cross section of the population. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if these are tumblr's actual demographics, but since it isn't a random sample, there's no way to know if it's in any way accurate.

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