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Written, scholastic history isn't quite endless. it's just magnificently complicated, and could teach us so much more about causality and human nature if people would take time to give more of a shit
go ask anyone on the street where the selucid empire was and how it came into being and they will be so confused
World War II is the Wolverine (X-men) of American history. It's the only thing people care about even if there are a ton of other awesome things surrounding it. But nope, that's the thing the most merchandise, movies, etc are made about.
I would like to learn Ukrainian or Russian because that is some seriously interesting shit
The problem is that we all have opinions about current events, and those are related to history, so sometimes I'm missing really big components. Like I was telling my history-buff friend how much I hated Woodrow Wilson, and how he was a borderline despot and a warmonger, and it turns out he was really against World War I.
One of these days I should learn history. I find myself being blase about my ignorance too often, sort of the way Barbie says "math class is hard."
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Eeeewww don't learn Ukrainian, it's silly
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I have a friend who grew up in Georgia (the republic) and speaks fluent Russian. Love the language, it's just so far removed from anything I'm familiar with that I'd have a hell of a time learning it.
I've always had a particular interest in Russian 20th century history because I love the Cold War. (nuclear arms race, the red scare, etc) Though I've never researched it as much as I'd like because by the time I'm through with assignments for class I'm typically burned out and want to do something other than read more history books. It's something I'll probably finally start researching on my own time after I graduate.
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Exactly!
I will enjoy many lie-ins and being lazy
Learning Russian and studying in the caucus is my pipe dream, like people who think they're going to be important artists.
Plan on maybe heading up to Yellowstone.
Last year we went to the Grand Canyon. It was rather cool.
I've got a minor in Spanish because for my degree we have to take 12 hours in the subject anyway. So I just took two more classes and qualified for a minor.
If I take one more class I'd be qualified to teach the subject in grades 7-12 in 38 states. I really need to take that extra class.
I assume I got the idea from somebody who didn't like Wilson.
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oh yes. I'm feeling the frown.
Feel me bow my head in shame.
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he believes the holocaust had - at most - 350,000 victims, likes Glenn Beck, and approves his xenophobic policies
but the worst part is, he understands them
someone please put together some sort of montage for me so I can prove my crazy holocaust denying jew hating friend wrong
(Best first date movie of all time.)
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The weird thing is, that guy is really one of my most trustworthy, rad associates ever. Which furthers my confusion.
Okay, someone refute this for me specifically:
He claims that there is no way four million people died in the holocaust. He backs this claim up by asserting Auschwitz did not have the capacity to kill that many people without leaving evidence; simultaneously, he says we never found mass graves on the scale, and that "there was only one incinerator, and the gas chamber was used for laundry."
Then he says that the only honest German "scholar" (heavy emphasis on the quotes, there) to make historically accurate claims is in prison for his opinions now.
If I recall, wasn't that guy a batshit insane Nazi?
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
How can "intelligent" and "approves of Glenn Beck's policies" describe one person? Isn't it kind of an oxymoron?
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Holocause denial counterpoints
And your friend is probably thinking of Ernst Zundel
Because he is an amoral contrarian
Also, Joe, dogg, I am so printing those out and bein' all HEY FAGGOT LOOK AT THIS.
He's intelligent, just malleable and easily persuaded
woo
I basically did nothing the entire time
I went to the Game Developer's Conference and met awesome people.
I win.