• Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 hours ago

    I’m the War on Christmas guy, and I’m getting my ass handed to me every single year.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 hours ago

    I listened to Hardcore History’s series on World War I in that window, so that was my assigned war of interest.

  • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    6 hours ago

    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.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      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.

      • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I suspect what they’re getting at is: there are a lot of scenarios other than “all out exchange between major powers”, and when the fallout starts floating, you can either just hang out at home (and die of cancer in a year or two), or shelter in a basement for a week (and emerge to a troubled but liveable world.)

          • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            I’m familiar with the extinction event scenarios, and agree that in some cases one may not find the world worth living in. I recommend Krepinevich’s “7 Deadly Scenarios”, a couple of those involve nuclear attacks. The sitations are comparable to the recent Covid pandemic: millions of people die, the world is subsequently scarred, but life goes on for most people. A bit of planning can make things less horrible and a lot of it overlaps with natural disaster.

  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    I can’t be the only Ersalrope Wars buff here, right?

    confused travolta meme, no text, transparent background

    and who really can go more than a few hours without thinking about the Koinonian Wars?

    still of Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, removing swamp leeches from himself, with the caption "nobody else got hit? i'm the only one? what's the deal?"

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
    184·
    8 hours ago

    I missed the memo. I am just generally anti war and don’t like reading about them. War is all because of dickhead leaders that can’t act decent, treat others right, or talk things out without being little insecure manbabies. And when manchildren in power have their big boi pp insulted they make the less powerful fight for them instead of doing anything respectful. Some rebellions which lead to wars are justified. Gotta stick it back to the empowered manchildren sometimes. But it all comes down to a shitty leader.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      14 minutes ago

      I think you missed the joke, it’s not making a point about all wars being bad it’s about middle aged dudes being obsessed with wars

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      7 hours ago

      I decided to focus on wars of leftest and/or peasant uprisings. Often heart breaking, but man if you’ve ever enjoyed cheering for the underdog, they are definitely that. Plus, you’re automatically learning about the Class War at the same time :D

      • digger@lemmy.ca
        1·
        5 hours ago

        May I recommend Summer of Blood: The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 by Dan Jones?

    • Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world
      44·
      11 hours ago

      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.

      • themoken@startrek.website
        14·
        9 hours ago

        Because at some point after the first few million you turn into a dragon that must hoard wealth and the people that generate that wealth become a cost to minimize.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
    191·
    8 hours ago

    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.

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      71·
      7 hours ago

      « Ce n’est pas une paix, c’est un armistice de vingt ans » — Ferdinand Foch about the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

      Often translated as “This isn’t a peace treaty, it’s an armistice for twenty years.” but some might prefer “This is no peace, it’s a twenty-year ceasefire.”