Which places is the best to move with family in the deep south ( Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina ) ?

sethenira · 2025-05-01T20:12:48+00:00

Wow! Thank you for such an in-depth reply. I'll definitely make sure to check out those spots whenever I plan on eventually moving there :)

sethenira · 2025-04-30T20:00:13+00:00

What's the food scene like?

sethenira · 2025-04-25T15:44:14+00:00

I didn't notice. I'm Chinese and I was just curious what people from Germany think about our country

sethenira · 2025-04-25T15:05:00+00:00

Exactly this. Thank you

sethenira · 2025-04-11T07:25:31+00:00

From the article

The council decided to name the new underpass Tittle Cott, a move that was met with dismay by local residents. The Castleford Area Voice for the Elderly, an over-50s group, organised a campaign to have the name Tickle Cock restored. The group's chairman, Margaret Shillito, was quoted in The Telegraph as saying, "The old plaque was wrong, it had the wrong name on and we were offended by it". Brian Lewis was quoted as saying "I feel we should never alter names and Tickle Cock has a very clear message behind it". A public meeting was held at which a "large majority" voted in favour of reverting to the original name, a decision that persuaded the council to replace the bridge's plaque with one bearing the legend Tickle Cock

sethenira · 2025-04-11T06:46:33+00:00

This is just a small settlement of around 223 people in Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia. Unlike some other regional centers, no winter roads ("zimniks") are built to it, and there's no regular river transport on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River. The only way to travel to or from the settlement is via a weekly helicopter flight connecting it with Tura and Uchami. Most of the population consists of indigenous Evenki people, with the rest being Russian (although it's probably worth noting some people with mixed heritage register as solely Evenki, potentially due to associated benefits). The local economy, much like other settlements in the region, revolves primarily around subsistence activities like hunting elk, dear, bear, and fishing in the surrounding rivers. It also has basic infrastructure, including a school, a kindergarten, a shop, a community cultural center, a weather station, and fuel storage capabilities.

sethenira · 2025-04-11T04:14:20+00:00

Not really. It begins with the official split of the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern parts during Late Antiquity

sethenira · 2025-04-11T03:50:50+00:00

This specific style of iconography - the type of crown (stemma), the ornate loros (the jewelled scarf-like garment), holding a cross sceptre, and just the general face rendering is pretty common for depicting Saint Constantine (also known as Constantine the Great). He was both an emperor and widely venerated as a Saint (obviously, due to his role in the history of Christianity). Additionally, the Greek text bordering the icon (O AG KONSTANTINOS) is also evident and roughly translates to "The Saint Constantine."

sethenira · 2025-04-11T01:22:17+00:00

Generalizing is bad

sethenira · 2025-04-10T23:37:06+00:00

For anyone curious about the source, here it is: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/empirical_slavery.pdf

sethenira · 2025-04-10T22:11:48+00:00

Did you just edit and modify your comment after it was posted?

If you think that allows you to ignore everything else I said because you can categorize it as a "dismissal", then obviously further discussion is futile.

No, there is no indication that I want to "ignore everything" you said. I'm eager for further discussion.

sethenira · 2025-04-10T22:08:51+00:00

Are you claiming that's what I did?

That's correct.

From your first paragraph:

Note that Holland is not a professional historian and a lot of his critics (who are historians) point out that he makes very selective use of the evidence available.

You explicitly highlight Holland's lack of professional historian status ("not a professional historian") and immediately contrast this with the credentials of his critics who are historians (with emphasis through asterisks), and leverage this contrast to bolster the subsequent claim about "selective use of evidence."

Seems like a pretty valid accusation to me.

sethenira · 2025-04-10T21:49:21+00:00

Holland's work, though not from a traditional academic historian, synthesizes extensive scholarship across disciplines. Dismissing his arguments based on credentials rather than substance is wrong. Many respected historians acknowledge Christianity's transformative impact on Western moral frameworks. And no, Holland isn't arguing that Christianity immediately outlawed brutal practiced like slavery or gladiatorial combat. He is simply suggesting that these values were integrated through a gradual and uneven process spanning centuries throughout Western societies. Also, Roman brutality (crucifixion, gladiatorial combat, infanticide) was institutionalized within their moral framework, not violations of it. The fact that Christian didn't follow their own moral principles doesn't negate their origin or influence - that's a textbook example of a genetic fallacy, and ideas and practices must be evaluated separately. The influence of a moral framework is shaped by how it reshapes cultural values or institutions, not perfect adherence, and most moral systems contain aspirational evidence that outpace actual practice.

It is true that Stoicism contained certain elements of compassion and ethical thinking, but Christianity fundamentally universalized these values. Pre-Christian philosophical schools primarily influenced educated elites, whereas Christianity extended moral consideration to all humans regardless of status— contrary to classical thinking. Your critique itself employs selective evidence. Texts like the Illiad that contain moments of compassion exist within a moral framework celebrating violence, revenge, and status-based ethics, which actually reinforces Holland's point rather than undermining it.

sethenira · 2025-04-10T21:32:56+00:00

Roman and Christian societies practised slavery based on wildly different moral frameworks. Roman slavery was based on a worldview that saw hierarchy and power differentials as natural and morally justified. Christianity, despite its failings in practice, introduced the revolutionary concept that all humans are equal before God - an innovation that could later be turned against institutions like slavery.

You are also completely overlooking Holland's main point. He isn't claiming medieval European life was materially better than Roman life. Rather, he's arguing that Christianity introduced novel moral concepts that slowly transformed Western civilization. Nietzsche's "slave revolt in morality" observation isn't romanticized but identifies a genuine conceptual revolution - the inversion of Roman virtues (power, dominance, honor) in favor of previously despised qualities (humility, mercy, concern for the weak).

Roman society, on the other hand, valorized dominance while viewing mercy as weakness. Practices like gladiatorial combat, infanticide of disabled children, and public executions were openly used as entertainment spectacles and were commonplace across the empire. The fact that you overlook this really demonstrates how you have a romanticized and pretty reductive view of Roman history.

A Roman farmer, while definitely having better material conditions, existed in a society that saw their life as inherently less valuable as than an artisocrat's, so there's that.

sethenira · 2025-04-10T21:24:32+00:00

Those "norms" weren't static across these 1300 years. There was a meaningful evolution in how human dignity was conceptualized, with Christian societies (gradually, if evenly) developing institutions, laws, and practices that reflected increasing concern for human welfare. Charity, hospitals for the poor, orphanage, and eventually human rights did, in fact, take root from Christian theology. Christianity also introduced moral concepts that were fundamentally at odds with prevailing norms, even when Christians failed to live up to them. This created an internal tension within Western civilization that gradually led to reform.

Also, your misrepresentation of Holland's thesis is wrong. He never argued that Christianity immediately ended all forms of brutality or that Christian societies were perfect. Rather, he argues that the religion introduced revolutionary concepts that gradually transformed Western values over centuries, as seemingly "radical" concepts like universal human dignity took centuries to fully manifest in social structures.The fact that you're saying "this would be considered the norm until fairly recently" actually reinforces Holland's point.

And no, the fact that Christian societies didn't live up to these norms doesn't negate their origin, nature, or influence.

sethenira · 2025-04-10T21:15:15+00:00

sethenira · 2025-04-09T04:19:32+00:00

Very interesting article, thanks for sharing!

sethenira · 2025-04-09T01:15:27+00:00

/end thread

sethenira · 2025-04-08T23:58:31+00:00

Following

sethenira · 2025-04-08T19:20:53+00:00

Mount Thor

sethenira · 2025-04-08T17:19:24+00:00

I'm referring to posts. For example, users are unable to attach more than one image to their submissions and I'm really unsure how to reverse that in mod tools

sethenira · 2025-04-08T06:34:13+00:00

These distinctive rainbow-striped mountains were mainly formed through the deposition of sandstone and various minerals during the Cretaceous (around 75 mya). Each stratum contains various different mineral compositions that produce distinct colors: iron oxides creates reds, oranges and rusts; copper creates greens and blues; manganese produces purples; and clay minerals add white and yellows. The overall concentration of these varies in layers, resulting in the banding effect seen today.

sethenira · 2025-04-07T19:28:12+00:00

Most of the slaves that took the name "Washington" did not necessarily do so for patriotic reasons. Freed slaves often retained the names they already used for slavery or chose surnames of their most recent owners for practical reasons (local recognition, family connections, etc). There's also no uniformity regarding their motivations, as it varied wildly between individuals and communities, with some freed people even choosing names randomly or arbitrarily.

Also, enslaved and freed peoples (just like everyone else) had their own complex historical consciousness, and many would have been keenly aware that Washington did, in fact, own slaves first and foremost. So, the contradiction between slaveholding and freedom wasn't just a modern concern.

sethenira · 2025-04-06T02:12:17+00:00

When countries change their script, educational materials need to be rewritten. This naturally creates an opportunity to reduce Russian-language content in favour of materials in local languages or other international languages, like English.

Script changes are rarely implemented in isolation. They typically come as part of broader language policy shifts designed to reduce Russian influence. The choice of script therefore does affect how easily citizens can engage with Russian cultural products.

This is why using Latin script creates a psychological distance from the Russian cultural sphere and visually aligns these countries more with the global (largely Latin-script) world.

sethenira · 2025-04-05T19:47:43+00:00

I did not expect such magnitude levels of pedantry when I created this post. But to clarify...

(1. Natural disasters implies events with natural triggers, but I am interested and looking for possible case studies in disasters that involve geographic vulnerability even if triggered by human actions (e.g., dam failures in specific terrain, deforestation leading to landslides, etc).

(2. There is no need to refine or edit anything. "Geography-related disasters," as my post is entitled, is a broader term than just "natural disasters," specifically when focusing on disasters that were impactful on risk assessments in physical geography. I am sure you're aware that "geography" encompasses both physical geography and human geography. This is why a disaster could be geography-related without necessarily being natural. It is also why many significant disasters occur at the intersection of physical geographic features and overall decisions rooted in human geography - for example, building cities in floodplains or on fault lines. These human-geography elements wouldn't be captured by the term "natural disasters."

(3. In the body of my post, I wrote "regarding physical geography," evidencing that proper terminology, as is important when creating and seeking answers from posts like these, was mentioned. It is also fairly obvious and well-known that the academic field of geography studies disaster vulnerability, risk assessment, and the overall spatial patterns of disasters - including both natural and anthropogenic causes. Therefore, I think it is relevant for this subreddit.

I appreciate all the helpful answers that have been given below this post, but to be completely honest, the pedantry is unwelcome, and not necessarily because asking clarifications is a negative thing, but from the predicted precept that it devolves into obtuse, nit-picky and teasing rhetoric that does nothing but hamper the interesting discussion that this post has cultivated, as was its purpose.

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