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HCO Plumer GCB GCM posted:How fast does that boat go backwards when he fires that cannon ?  Airdroppable Vespa armed with anti-tank weapon.
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A gift from a right wing friend on facebook: "Comrades, turn in your weapons"
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Feb 24, 2013 21:22
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Take a guess at what this map is before you find the answer: Every country England has ever invaded
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Wasn't that image posted like 3 pages ago? It's taking massive liberties with the word 'invaded'.
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Noreaus posted:Wasn't that image posted like 3 pages ago? It's taking massive liberties with the word 'invaded'. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/06/british-invaded-90-per-cent-world (worth checking out the whole article). quote:The British have invaded 90% of the world's countries. Ha ha?      
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Feb 24, 2013 23:39
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seiferguy posted:Take a guess at what this map is before you find the answer:  
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Noreaus posted:Wasn't that image posted like 3 pages ago? It's taking massive liberties with the word 'invaded'. Yeah I immediately looked at Norway and was like "uhhhh does the Norwegian campaign of WW2 really count as an invasion?" (assuming that's the only time we "invaded" them, I could just be an even worse historian than I thought).  This is the woodcut image from the title page of "Haec Vir", a 1620 cheap English pamphlet about the "cross-dressing" controversy of the the time. In early 1620 James I encouraged preachers to write sermons about men and women wearing bits and pieces of clothing associated with the opposite sex (it wasn't real cross-dressing you see, more like the Jacobean equivalent of emo kids wearing girls' jeans), so they did so. The cheap print industry of London and England started turning out a bunch of pamphlets addressing the debate, including "Hic Mulier", "Muld Sacke", and this one. The pamphlets condemned cross-dressing on the whole but had a playful attitude considering the main motivation behind their production was commercial, and Haec Vir has an imagined dialogue between a "man-woman" and "womanish man" about the merits of the practice that some even consider proto-feminist. As you can see it's pretty difficult to figure out anything unusual about the dress above through modern eyes, but for women some items of "masculine clothing" included broad-brimmed hats and yellow ruffs (interestingly, when one authority called for the banning of yellow ruffs, James I told him to retract his statement because they were associated with the court fashions/Overbury scandal and he didn't want the moral panic to become a means of criticism against the Crown).
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When were Chile, Peru or Ecuador ever invaded by the British? Tangentially related: there's a pan-Latin American forum I used to browse in order to improve my Spanish. The various nationalities mostly seemed to hate each other, particularly the Chileans and the Peruvians. The latter accused the former of wanting to be white, and they made photoshopped images to illustrate how ridiculous this claim was (being ironically racist in the process). I saved some of them. I apologize in advance for the crude and ridiculous Hitler 'shops, but I want to give you a glimpse into the seedy world of Latin American internet nationalism.  Guy on the right: 'If Hitler saw me, he'd be very proud.' Monkey: ? I'm not even sure. It looks like they're making fun of the Chilean accent. Hitler: 'Die Chimonkeys!'  Hitler: 'God! What did I do that this herd of Chilean Indians dreams of being Nazis?'  Hitler: 'Odin, why must you punish me like this? These Chilean baboons want to be Nazis...nein...nein!'  Hitler: 'Odin, remove from my sight these babboon Indians with Eskimo faces!' There's also this image created by a Chilean: 
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seiferguy posted:Take a guess at what this map is before you find the answer: You can colour in Mali soon!  France comes in second place, including invading all eight of its neighbors and this valiant expedition: The one-man invasion attempt of the island of Sark by a mad scientist Sark is a small island in the Chanel Islands just off the the French coast of Normandy and is populated at about 600 people. There are no cars, only tractors and horse drawn vehicles are allowed.  In August 1990, an unemployed French nuclear physicist named Andre Gardes (so technically a mad scientist) decided to forcefully set himself up as the ruler of Sark and attempted a single handed invasion of the island armed with a semi automatic weapon. The night Gardes arrived he put up signs declaring his intention to take over the island the following day at noon. The local volunteer Constable, the only law enforcement on the island, being informed of the invasion thanks to the notices, decided to take the threat seriously. On the morning of the invasion, Constable Perrée began to plan the island’s defense, which was a two stage scheme. First, he went looking for Mr. Gardes. He found him sitting on a park bench in army fatigues preparing for the massacre that was about to befall the island. As the Constable approached the invading army (a.k.a. Gardes), he saw Gardes loading his automatic weapon. The first “showing up” stage now complete, Mr. Perrée executed the second stage of the plan. He complimented Mr. Gardes on his choice of gun and convinced Gardes to remove the magazine and let him see the instrument of the island’s assured defeat, so the constable could better admire it. When Gardes acquiesced, the Constable took the gun and punched him in the nose. The invasion was over. On the other hand America can be said to be well on the way to overtaking the British, "invasion" being up to interpretation 
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Earth fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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Earth posted:Another and better illustrated cow photo: Traditional Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on your income. Also, your neighbour starves to death. pics:      "an anti-sexual harassment artwork made by Egyptian graffiti artist Ganzeer: 'Are you a man or an assaulting animal'" 
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Phlegmish posted:When were Chile, Peru or Ecuador ever invaded by the British? Bolivia also hates Chile, for this reason:  Although Bolivia did start the war  In my experience Chileans don't really care about Peru or Bolivia, they're seen as poor and irrelevant neighbours. Chileans save their nationalist hate for Argentina, I guess because they are the closest rivals in terms of economy and power. When I was in Chile people frequently complained about how the Argentinians were snobbish and Europe-wannabes, several people were quite proud of Chile's support of Britain during the Falkland war.  (the poo poo sea) nugzseeker 2 fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Feb 25, 2013 |
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Feb 25, 2013 09:15
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nugzseeker 2 posted:
 :argentina: would be a cow shedding a single tear
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LBHHfVDpNo Edith and Carolyn    I don't know the context but this is an un-photoshop'd snapshot of Fox Nation one day  Also not photoshop'd
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 Literally every Chileno i have ever met.
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If I remember one thing from my trip to South America, it's that everyone thinks the neighbouring country is full of unfriendly shitheads that will mug you. Also that bus: 
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Weldon Pemberton posted:Yeah I immediately looked at Norway and was like "uhhhh does the Norwegian campaign of WW2 really count as an invasion?" (assuming that's the only time we "invaded" them, I could just be an even worse historian than I thought). Pictured: the bombardment of Copenhagen 
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A friend of mine is of Chilean descent and also hates Argentinians. He mentioned some war or land grabbing by Argentine. Can't find anything about that on Wikipedia, though.  Can't remember the translation but the picture is pretty self-explanatory.   Stalin had some mad photo shopping skills
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midnightclimax posted:If I remember one thing from my trip to South America, it's that everyone thinks the neighbouring country is full of unfriendly shitheads that will mug you. Interesting how all these countries with predominantly white elites haves predominantly non-white lower and middle classes who hate eachother for vague, inaccurate and bullshit nationalist reasons. I wonder, I wonder... 
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:
Also he was a total hipster douche. 
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ekuNNN posted:Traditional Capitalism: How did I get two cows in the first place? 
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prefect posted:How did I get two cows in the first place? You pulled up your bootstraps your neighbor however did not pull up his bootstraps 
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Vigilantes in Eygpt physically marking people that sexually harass women, especially during Eid when apparently it was a free for all.
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Crisis related street art in Spain  
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Racist sign on restaurant in China. This crap is more common than you'd think with the recent territorial disputes. quote:Racism with a nationalist twist. This sign is on the front door of a restaurant named "Beijing Snacks" or "百年卤煮" near Prince Gong's Mansions (恭王府) at Houhai Lake, a popular tourist spot just to the north of the Forbidden City in Beijing. I took this photo on February 22, 2013. Photo by Rose Tang. Copyright©Rose Tang.
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Bruce Lee does not approve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvK-VGPocQU
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I first heard that phrase in reference to Jamsetji Tata being denied entrance to the British Officer's Club in Mumbai. "No Indians or Dogs allowed" was supposedly the impetus for him to create the Taj Hotel. Jamsetji Tata  The Taj Hotel  The Taj burning during the 26/11 terrorist attacks 
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:
"Comrade Lenin cleanses the Earth of filth." 
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Ho Chi Mint posted:Bruce Lee does not approve. The problem? Noone's ever been able to prove this sign actually existed. The actual regulations at the park looked like this:  Granted, if you look closely, you'll see that the regulations are pretty explicitly racist even if they do not use that specific phrase.
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Is there any rhyme or reason to what flags were chosen? (Besides the swastika, what on earth  ) An amusement park devastated by Sandy in Seaside Heights, NJ.
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Man, you gotta love the Angolan flag:  quote:As in some other African countries, this flag is a modification of the ruling party's flag. The guerilla movement and later governing party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), used the same design with a golden star in the center. Red stood for socialism and black for Africa. They tried to get this dumb thing as a flag, but it failed:  quote:In 2003, a new, more "optimistic" flag was proposed by the Parliament's Constitutional Commission of the National Assembly (Angolan Parliament), but was not adopted. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave.
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Oh poo poo flag chat
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Link, I need to buy this (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Assemblyman Defends Wearing Blackface to Party Dov Hikind posted:“I am intrigued that anyone who understands Purim — or, for that matter, understands me — would have a problem with this,” Mr. Hikind wrote. “This is political correctness to the absurd. There is not a prejudiced bone in my body.” Tell me more about how not prejudiced you are  Here's the assemblyman sans costume. 
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