We all know the white guys who call themselves history buffs but only have a limited knowledge of WWII which is based on history channel documentaries.

    • CommieElon [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It’s like a masculinity thing. Bad guy defeated.

      • Itsmorning [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I've said it before: in an earlier age, all these war-obsessed white males would have joined the army and been killed off, thus chlorinating our gene pool and sparing us of their presence. In our peaceful society today, they have nowhere to go and start screeching because they don't get to kill any more. The military is no home for them, it's highly technical and there are whole universities for it. You can join for a few years, but under the "up or out" program, either you climb their ladder or you get kicked out pretty fast. So now we're stuck with them.

        • JuryNullification [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          would have joined the army and been killed off, thus chlorinating our gene pool and sparing us of their presence.

          Nah, they would’ve had a few kids first, otherwise we might be living like bonobos by now.

    • MathVelazquez [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Rome, WW2, maybe American Revolution and Civil War. "History guys" have largely moved away from Sparta and samurai, the latter fans have been moved into "weeabo" territory and beef with "history guys."

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      If only there were a certain kind of conflict within society being waged that you can talk about without talking about actual warfare :curious-marx:

      In seriousness, though, while politics and economics are never going to be as captivating to the audience as battles and such, you can certainly frame it in a way that has some logic or theme so it doesn’t come off as an irrelevant bundle of facts.