I’ve got class war, which is a real doozy.
Yooo same. Why the fuck don’t these people just fuck off and relax? I can’t imagine having that much money and still feeling like I have to go to work.
The best class I took in college was an intercession course about the Vietnam War. We had to read an entire book pretty much every day, which was great prep for grad school.
I basically learned that the entire war was completely unjustified, it was horrific and brutal on both sides in ways that aren’t talked about, but that ultimately the United States had absolutely no business interfering. Vietnam had spent years under French colonial control, which they overthrew under their own power. They had already asserted a desire to rule themselves.
Tonkin was also a genuine false flag, which just isn’t acknowledged? We manufactured the cause for an extremely unpopular war. So many young man died or were disabled because of something that was pointless.
That class was first that really got me to question the patriotic narrative I was taught about American history in high school.
Vietnam got a rough fucking deal in the 1900s. Shortly after the US left, the Cambodians under Pol Pot invaded, and they were brutal
And Vietnam ended up kicking Pol Pot off which is impossible to argue as anything but a win for humanity.
Yeah they deserve some sort of award for that.
China also invaded.
Twice, the buggers
I’m the War on Christmas guy, and I’m getting my ass handed to me every single year.
i’m the war on advent guy. you don’t know how nice you have it
I’m the war on drugs guy and I… what was I talking about? Man, those brownies were strong! *strolls off*
My sheet says “rome”
Uh oh
“So, what’s Rome’s history like?”
“It’s all war.”
Republic or Empire?
Western.
Not gonna lie my eyes glaze over a bit at the byzantium complexity
Due to a typo, I ended up with “The Cod War”
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel/the-cod-wars-in-iceland/
Pretty sure they made a video game series about that.
Hell yeah, I got the Dominion War. Time for another DS9 rewatch.
I participated in the war on drugs…
On the winning side, I imagine.
I think so, it’s all a haze.
WWI was objectively the most world changing and sets the stage for the entire modern era, if you squint WWII was just the Extended Edition of WWI all that being said WWIII was still my favorite.
All I got was Star Wars
WWIII nut here.
Get yourself a Red Cross emergency kit, a lot of water jugs, and ramen. You’re underestimating your chances of survival and how much you’ll want to.
You’re underestimating your chances of survival and how much you’ll want to.
yes, you too can live out the remainder of your miserable days scrambling for rat meat in the irradiated future.
of course, the desire to live, to survive, overcomes a lot, but ‘want to live’ I think is stretching it a bit.
I’ve worked briefly with civil defense stuff and got to visit and learn a whole bunch about bunkers. That cemented my “take out the long chair, open my best bottle, put on some shades, and enjoy the brief light show” approach to a hypothetical nuclear alert.
How long should the long chair be?
Mine just says WW15 and has a picture of a green tiger in space
Is there also a buff blonde dude with a sword in a fur loincloth?
I’m glad I missed this.
btw, did you know that the Australian government killed almost 1000 Emus in the Great Emu War and still lost?
The military used over 10,000 rounds of ammunition. that would mean they used around 10 rounds per Emu.
They also used actual military tactics to fight the Emus, like mapping their routes and setting up ambushes. In one of these, they managed to get close to a flock of about a thousand emus and attacked them with machine guns only allowing the escape of… lemme check… about a thousand emus.
Sweet! I got Star Wars!
But it’s the Disney sequel trilogy.
Andor FTW!
Huh. “Galactic Civil War” and “War of the Ring.”
Neat. Wizards in both!
Galactic Civil War
First or second?
Yo professor, which Falkland Islands you talking about?
Are you talking 'bout the Malvinas falkland islands?
Hey, the Falklands is the one I’m obsessed with and it’s actually really interesting. Only “modern” war between near peers before ukraine.
Iran Iraq war also known as first gulf war?
I’m sure you’ve come across it but David Hart Dyke’s book on the loss of HMS Coventry is one of the more vivid depictions of grief I’ve read.
