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When you play a turn-based strategy game and the peasants from the village down the road start a revolt over the grains tax my castle imposed on them

@HaniVtuber Thats some cake

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@RupertLowe10 @Sargon_of_Akkad When I first heard of the news that he ll perform, I was amazed that the UK government gave permission, given their track record. So banning him actually checks out, the balance of the universe is restored.

I couldn’t care less what Kanye West says or does. If Brits want to part with their money to watch him shout into a microphone, let them. He’s a nutcase. But it should be up to those people who purchased a ticket if they attend his events. Not Starmer. Banning him is too far.

If you understood what war was for all of human history you’d never sleep again

@luke_leisher_ Maybe they should take their own advice and listen to the scientists

It’s 2026 and Reddit atheists are still the most miserable people on the planet.

@KraigZero @PyroPupCenter

@PyroPupCenter SUMMER IS COMING!!! ARE PPS READY TO SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS WITH SINDER?!!!

According to an Ottoman writer, Kemal Pashazade, the Ancient Greek Serpent Column from Delphi had been created during the reign of Constantine the Great and protected Constantinople from being “impossible to walk in” because of “poisonous snakes.” He wrote that Constantine “caused to be made that bronze statue in the hippodrome, which is the representation of three serpents twined together, and by making and designing that talisman he stopped up the source of the mischief of snakes whose poison is fatal to life. The narrator says: Before this talisman-which is a rarity of the age, designed on a wondrous plan-was made, it was impossible to walk in those regions for poisonous snakes. This strange fact too is reported: They say that when the bodies of those snakes, of which the jaw of one has now fallen off, were complete, no snakes were to be seen in the city.” The text was written in the early 16th century, and seems to be a continuation of superstitions from the Palaiologan era before the fall of the Empire in 1453. Its original purpose and significance as a monument of Greek victory over Persia was forgotten. Source - The Serpent Column: A Cultural Biography by Paul Stephenson

France suffers from this because of their poor performance in WW2. To be fair, if not for the Channel, Britain would absolutely have been overrun as well. As the "history guy" at Ensemble Studios I had to constantly fight against the "haw haw France always surrenders" jokesters. It helped that France before the Crimean War was pretty redoubtable. I'd point out that France fought all of Europe for 20 years under Napoleon, and for 14 years under Louix XIV. So that's obviously not a wimp. I insisted that we do Joan of Arc in Age 2, in part as an antidote to the fact that Americans who've heard of the Hundred Years War usually only hear about Crecy and Agincourt because Britain harps endlessly about those, rather than Castillon, Patay, or Formigny which were disasters for the British. But yeah there's a reasy why for almost 200 years every single war in Europe was based on stopping France from conquering everyone else.

@dhe3g The difference is, a random white person can't suddenly colonise your country but a random Muslim can suddenly take your life.

It’s amazing how you can blame every Muslim person for 9/11 but get all bent out of shape when someone distrusts white people as a group for their brutal and never ending colonization of the world.

@neevin Ah but you see you had to work for yours, people don't want to do that.

BBLs when squats are literally free is crazy. Mine’s 100% natural and still looks better than her entire surgery. Gym > shortcuts. Always.

@SandyofCthulhu Don't know the source for this map but I would bet Greece isn't over 55% .

Belgium is spot on, and Spain is tragically wholly wrong, based on my one trip to Belgium and my four trips to Spain. Wake up Spain!

If we can keep it at this level and nothing more, we might just be ok

Lol, sorry for photobombing your timeline.

@Osinttechnical And people said Star Wars was unrealistic cause of the Teddy bear tribe in the return of the jedi. George Lucas is a prophet.

President Trump, from the South Portico of the White House, with the Easter Bunny, addresses Iran:

@nihmune And all this for free instead of being behind a tier sub called "Noomdaddy" in the blue site or Smth

After the Romans had conquered the Greek world, the Hellenes became very well-integrated: “By the end of the first century BC, under the emperor Augustus, Roman rule had become a comparatively frictionless process. While prejudices remained stubborn - The Romans ridiculed the lack of fighting qualities among the Greeks, the Greeks saw the Romans as boorish and uncultured — the elites of both recognized the advantages of collaboriation…The more educated Romans were attracted by Greek philosophy, especially Stoicism, and science. Greeks provided the most respected doctors, as we shall see in the case of Galen, and the Roman elite spoke Greek.” “In fact, Roman administration was remarkably light, and this allowed Greek cities to run their own affairs and prosper. Despite its suppression by Sulla, the Assembly in Athens is recorded as issuing its own decrees again as early as 49BC.” The Romans invested in the Greek world, and the petty infighting which always held the Greek city-states back was no longer occurring. “The two civilizations compensated for each other’s strengths and weaknesses.” Ironically the Greek cities did still continue competing with their neighbors, but now it was to try to make their city the best city in a more civic sense rather than militarily. Roman immigrants to Greece “seem to have experienced few difficulties fitting in. Studies show that Roman immigrant families adopted Greek after two generations, largely as a result of marrying locals. They were even competing in Greek games.” This is also telling - the Romans mostly had no phobia or dislike of Greek language, no desire to subjugate it to Latin. Romans had no qualms learning Greek. This relationship worked because the Greeks knew if they rebelled consequences would be severe: “The conquered Greeks had to accommodate themselves to the reality of Roman hegemony. There was tacit acceptance that Roman rule was impregnable and acquiescence inevitable. Opinions varied on the quality of the Roman mind (Remarkably, many of the Greek elite did not speak Latin at all). But some, such as Polybius and Plutarch, were prepared to seek out kindred souls and friendships (with the Romans).” The compatibility of Greek and Roman culture would eventually lead to Greeks seeing themselves as Romans, especially after Christianity took hold. Eventually Greek speakers would be the only ones left carrying the Roman imperial banner after Late Antiquity. The Greek intellectual tradition was also able to continue and thrive under Roman rule. And it was mostly those medieval Romans who would preserve the texts of the Ancient Greek writers. Source - The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 BC-400 AD

@D162Michele Name 1 civilisation England destroyed cause all of their supposed "victims" are alive enough to hear their decade-long cries and moaning.

The British moaning about having their entire civilisation stolen from them. The lack of self awareness here is breathtaking 🤯

Born too late to watch Reagan say: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! Born too early to watch 60th president of USA say: Mr Martian, disable that space shield! Born just in time to see Trump screech via TruthSocial: Open the Fucking Strait, you crazy bastards!

@BenjaminPDixon Cause fixing your jaw is the same as removing your dick

So gender affirming care

This is what every birthday after 23 is like