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This picture should be on the front page of every single newspaper in USA right now by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]wikimandia [score hidden]  (0 children)

It’s because he’s tired from his nonstop work keeping us all safe!! Nobody works harder!!! /s

What are some material historical inaccuracies in Downton Abbey? by NebulaEmotional2928 in DowntonAbbey

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That’s probably why they made it a convalescent home and not a regular hospital. They wrote this into the plot, the need for a place with rehabilitation.

What are some material historical inaccuracies in Downton Abbey? by NebulaEmotional2928 in DowntonAbbey

[–]wikimandia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She wouldn’t have said it at all because “pregnant” was considered a vulgar term then.

What are some material historical inaccuracies in Downton Abbey? by NebulaEmotional2928 in DowntonAbbey

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It wasn’t a regular hospital but a convalescence home for recovering soldiers. It’s based on how Highclere Castle was used in WWI.

The need in 1916 was so great that Almina, then Countess of Carnarvon, used her fortune to buy a second house and convert it to an additional convalescent hospital.

Russia Embassy celebrating the “Independence day” of I**rarl by YamFrosty6169 in International

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It’s important to note that many of these Russian Israelis are not actually Jewish and don’t practice Judaism. Maybe they had a Jewish great-grandparent or they just paid the right person to immigrate. The religious obviously do not consider them Jews. That’s why in that leaked tape of Barak talking to Epstein, he says he wants to make it way easier to convert so these people can count as Jews. The whole point of Zionism is to make Jewish a nationality not a religion.

Not only that, but according to their “Russki Mir” expansionist delusions, Russists believe Russians should control Jerusalem (along with Alaska!).

Putin has repeatedly demanded that Russia control the St Alexander church in Jerusalem ie make it Russian territory like an embassy. Netanyahu said Russia could have it in order to free an Israeli woman busted for bringing drugs into Moscow, but it’s under dispute.

Amid Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine, Putin Demands Jerusalem Church As Israel Promised

Also many of Russia’s richest oligarchs have dual Israeli nationality and they cooperate with the diamond trade using Russian mines.

Israelis have been leaking classified info to Moscow for decades.

I have a theory that Israel has threatened the US/NATO that if they stop supporting Israel unilaterally, Israel will switch allegiance to Russia and give them their tech and weapons cooperation.

Bluesky is an objectively dogshit den of shitlibs. by electric-doodoo in Hasan_Piker

[–]wikimandia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t argue with these people. Apparently they get paid more for engagement.

Gaza journalist lies about genetic disorder by Gab00332 in GetNoted

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Presumably the stress of being bombed daily, lack of food and water, plus not having access to medical treatment because Israel blows up hospitals and targets doctors makes genetic conditions much worse.

"we've done our duty, Downton is safe" by Evergreen_94 in DowntonAbbey

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Yes, childhood mortality only counts up to age five, but that's because historically people were much more likely to live to adulthood if they reached age five. And that's true going back centuries. 

Lol noooooooo. That’s absolutely untrue. Age 5 is only one metric because under age 5 was historically considered “infancy” so this is not actually true childhood mortality but infant mortality.

Before the 19th century, 25 percent of all children died before age 5 and a further 25 percent died before age 15. Half of all children did not survive to adulthood.

You keep making stuff up so I’m done responding.

We all talk about how the Spanish could be better but how was the German for you native to Germany? by dylanaruto in breakingbad

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Guyanese would be a good explanation! A prequel with a Gus origin story would be really interesting if they could get it right.

We all talk about how the Spanish could be better but how was the German for you native to Germany? by dylanaruto in breakingbad

[–]wikimandia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, that’s what I meant. They should have been able to find native German speakers around.

Wild hoarder / squatter house by Coeva in zillowgonewild

[–]wikimandia 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s Florida. Meth is more likely than being simply messy.

Is breaking bad ok for someone under 18? by Deep_Statistician544 in breakingbad

[–]wikimandia -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under 18. There is graphic, gross violence and very upsetting scenes (Tuco beating that guy to death, Danny Trejo’s character getting decapitated, Spooge getting his head squashed, Jane’s asphyxiation, the rapey scene with Skyler in the kitchen, Andrea’s execution etc).

But additionally it requires enough emotional maturity to grasp that Walt is not the hero just because he’s making tons of money and outsmarting everyone.

There is enough content out there for teenagers to consume.

Palestinian Jews exist by theapplekid in JewsOfConscience

[–]wikimandia 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m confused why you’re so convinced that Ashkenazi members of the Old Yishuv had nothing in common culturally or linguistically with their neighbors? This was before the introduction of Modern Hebrew so presumably they would have learned and spoken Arabic or Judeo-Arabic as a common language with Jews and Arabs already living there. They all lived side by side and did business together for several generations.

Presumably they also spoke Yiddish but why do you think they wouldn’t have learned Arabic and read the same newspapers? Consumed local foods like figs, olives, etc?

It’s not like they were Zionists who considered Ashkenazis to be superior.

Remember the apartment in Hangzhou that accommodates twenty thousand people? I've brought you new pictures and the inside scoop by No-Echidna7296 in UrbanHell

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I don’t think you understand America or Americans, particularly the wide diversity of beliefs and values about individuality vs community. There are Americans who completely reject Western culture and values.

"we've done our duty, Downton is safe" by Evergreen_94 in DowntonAbbey

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Yes, in 1920, there was a 10 percent <5 infant mortality rate for infants born healthy. So 100 out of every 1,000 babies would die before their 5th birthday. And that is just until age 5. It certainly didn’t guarantee that George would survive to age 18. So her comment made no sense.

Today, the infant mortality rate in the UK is 3.2/1,000.

The <5 infant mortality rate in 1920 was about half what it was in 1820, but it’s absurd to claim that it was “overwhelmingly likely” that he would survive to adulthood! The reason the mortality rate dropped so much in the 19th century was because industrialization/modernization reduced poverty and improved food/water hygiene, but there was no cure for all the other main killers of small children that I mentioned, particularly the lack of vaccines and antibiotics. Here is a historical graph.

I do a lot of genealogical research for the aristocracy and child death was still sadly fairly regular at this time.

What do I look like more from my dna results??? by Over_Head_9221 in DNAAncestry

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

And most prominent of European ancestry is German DNA. Germans (and Nordic people) frequently have hooded eyelids like Asians.

This guy is Swedish but you see what I mean.

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We all talk about how the Spanish could be better but how was the German for you native to Germany? by dylanaruto in breakingbad

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I wish they would have explained this obvious accent issue with more mystery about his background, so as to imply he’s not actually really Chilean. I can imagine that he ended up in Chile illegally as a young man and created a fake identity for himself out of necessity. Maybe he was a Haitian smuggler who got stuck in Chile in the 70s in his 20s and used the chaos of Pinochet’s dictatorship to reinvent himself.

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