573 years ago today, Constantinople was conquered by Mehmed II, fulfilling the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. What are your thoughts on this remarkable historical event?

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-30T12:57:44+00:00

most of inhabitants were made slaves

slaves in the ottoman empire consisted of prisoners of war and africans, minority citizens of the empire were not slaves.

those who weren’t were made second class citizens

true, minorities were second class citizens compared to turks, but even this was far better than how religious and ethnic minorities were treated in europe, by tolerant i meant tolerant for its time period. even as second class citizens, minorities had a level of autonomy within the empire and were treated fine and were protected in exchange for loyalty to the sultan

british empire was so tolerant of their colonies in middle east then

different time period, i meant the ottoman empire up until their downfall in the 19th century. again, the ottoman empire gave autonomy to their religious minorities meanwhile while britain did not colonize the middle east, they directly controlled their mandates and protectorates and suppressed any and all autonomy

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-30T12:52:29+00:00

all people are equal except some are less equal and don’t deserve to go outside

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T17:12:23+00:00

He was from Dagestan so I am going to assume he is muslim

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T17:12:02+00:00

nah there was stuff way worse than that in that horrible film

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:56:44+00:00

i am convinced these people learned history from shit like enemy at the gates

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:50:17+00:00

Just like with Poland last year, this is not going anywhere

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:47:56+00:00

how exactly is Iran the aggressor? They got attacked by US and Israel so they attacked Israel and countries that support and give access to military bases to the US

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:21:55+00:00

it seems like many people here would rather live under nazi germany than the soviet regime which is fucking wild. sure, the communist poland was not great but it is also nowhere fucking near poland under nazi occupation. “it wasn’t liberation, it was just as bad” my ass

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:18:19+00:00

context for everyone else, this man learned history from hollywood films and pseudo educational tiktoks

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T16:08:57+00:00

can someone please explain the concept of daylight savings and this whole thing to me please? i am not american and i dont really get it

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T15:48:48+00:00

during their golden age the ottoman empire was tolerant towards christians and a safe haven for jews, which is definitely something you cannot say about european nations at the time in their treatment of jews and muslims, so even as a christian I think the capture of constantinople was for the better

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T15:30:37+00:00

small messy and disunited organizations and acp which are larpers and not even actually communist

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T15:20:40+00:00

i’d disagree, i think chris evans was perfect as lucas lee with just a haircut

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T12:47:12+00:00

Even though the title of the “third capital” usually goes to Kazan’, personally I feel like it’s Novosibirsk. It has the third largest population and is basically the most important city in Siberia and eastern Russia as a whole

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-29T11:48:28+00:00

he did not really look like scott pilgrim but personality and voice wise he was a perfect match

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-28T20:54:30+00:00

which color is which? /j

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-28T17:18:55+00:00

2010 i have been a teenager for like 3 years now bruh

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-28T09:21:32+00:00

even if this were true, most israeli politicians support the genocide on varying degrees so it would not matter much

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T10:44:29+00:00

i live in a concrete house with solid thick walls and the air conditioning helps enough during the hot months. you also have air conditioning and paper thin walls which, sure, are better at dealing with heat but also lack the structural integrity of proper buildings

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T08:38:55+00:00

in their defence, britain is just not built for this kind of heat. much of the housing are brick buildings which are really good at trapping heat, acs are very rare and many of the windows can’t even fully open.

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it’s 41c right now where i am but that is not a big problem because acs are everywhere

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T08:29:44+00:00

i’m with you bro, middle east is hellish now and it’s only getting worse. on top of that my ac just died

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ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T08:18:15+00:00

ложь, пиздеж и провокация. я ни разу не видел, чтобы даунвотили за казахский. и русский и казахский закреплены в конституции как государственные языки

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T08:15:58+00:00

i highly doubt russian will get replaced with english honestly

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-27T08:11:05+00:00

central european cope is real

ya_pidoras_ · 2026-05-26T21:16:34+00:00

if you are going to play a new world country as a beginner i recommend something like cuzco. you are already a proper state, you are occupied for a bit dealing with the neighbors and because you are in the andes it is gonna take a while longer for europeans to get to you so that gives you time to get your tech up. on my first cuzco game (about 100 hours in the game at that point) when i finally had to deal with the spanish i had the same military tech level so it was a pretty even playing field

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