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Tweezer Reprise posted:There's actually a semi-plausible theory that the Sea Peoples of the Late Bronze Age Collapse were Israelites just recently Exodus''d. ???? unless i'm misremembering that video, cline addresses that theory specifically to shoot it down
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Guavanaut posted:It used to be May Day in the UK, but is now officially called 'Early May Bank Holiday' along with such inspiring national holidays as Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday, because successive governments seem to have a pathological aversion to assigning symbolism to things. They're called "bank holidays" because the British vision for society is one where banks are the only possible source of employment, right?
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# ? May 2, 2017 02:36 |
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America's greatest export is itself. Checks out.
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# ? May 2, 2017 02:42 |
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America is a cold black vacuum, sucking things in and only seeking to create more of itself.
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# ? May 2, 2017 03:51 |
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Shouldn't cuba be "cubans"?
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# ? May 2, 2017 03:53 |
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# ? May 2, 2017 04:12 |
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Tweezer Reprise posted:There's actually a semi-plausible theory that the Sea Peoples of the Late Bronze Age Collapse were Israelites just recently Exodus''d. As far as I can remember much about the Sea Peoples point to them likely being an Aegean people of some sort. Also that the Phillistines likely originated as one of the Sea Peoples.
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Guavanaut posted:It used to be May Day in the UK, but is now officially called 'Early May Bank Holiday' along with such inspiring national holidays as Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday, because successive governments seem to have a pathological aversion to assigning symbolism to things. I know "Spring Bank Holiday" used to be Whitsun but did "Late Summer Bank Holiday" ever have meaning?
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AriadneThread posted:???? Yea it wouldn't make sense anyway. Why would they be coming back into Egypt to attack in that time period? They are stated as leaving as a fairly weak people after all, and they would totally have talked up any successful anti-egypt raids. We also know that the Hebrew peoples traced themselves back to various civilizations along the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, rather than any direction out at sea, and never had a great sea power at any time. For sea stuff they usually relied on Phoenician or Phillistine ships and crew. So they wouldn't be the Sea Peoples who harassed other areas besides Egypt.
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Randarkman posted:As far as I can remember much about the Sea Peoples point to them likely being an Aegean people of some sort. Also that the Phillistines likely originated as one of the Sea Peoples. I've heard so many different explanations for who the sea peoples were that these days I just shrug and say "yeah, maybe." The problem with historical mysteries is that people can't help trying to solve them no matter how little we have to work with.
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# ? May 2, 2017 05:32 |
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Probably Native Americans who sailed across the Atlantic.
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# ? May 2, 2017 06:38 |
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How much more politically loaded would this map be if they included cocaine?
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# ? May 2, 2017 06:56 |
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Cat Mattress posted:They're called "bank holidays" because the British vision for society is one where banks are the only possible source of employment, right? People who work at banks are surprisingly lazy and on top of the ten public holidays in Belgium there are a number of additional days where the banks are closed because they feel like it.
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# ? May 2, 2017 07:04 |
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AriadneThread posted:???? maybe i shoulda said "discredited" but yeah, cline doesn't agree with its premises but i don't know enough and another historian seems to propagate it so i didn't want to be that sharp Jippa posted:How much more politically loaded would this map be if they included cocaine? She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie... Tweezer Reprise fucked around with this message at 10:49 on May 2, 2017 |
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Baron Corbyn posted:I know "Spring Bank Holiday" used to be Whitsun but did "Late Summer Bank Holiday" ever have meaning? The previous public holiday was called 'August Bank Holiday'. They could have picked a random surrounding saint, or gone the South African route and attached positive sounding words that are generally uncontroversial like Heritage Day or Youth Day (or Human Rights Day to piss off the tabloids). Of course, it is the day after a popular movable observance in many former Soviet countries, so I'd propose Coal Miner's Day. Jippa posted:How much more politically loaded would this map be if they included cocaine?
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# ? May 2, 2017 11:23 |
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Guavanaut posted:'Crude Petroleum' Isn’t that gasoline, a type of refined petroleum?
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# ? May 2, 2017 11:25 |
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It's crude when you dump a ton of coca leaves and lime in it.
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Carbon dioxide posted:
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# ? May 2, 2017 11:35 |
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Ofaloaf posted:I'm surprised by Mongolia. Didn't the Communists (social democrats now, apparently) manage to retain power there after democratization? I would've thought they'd love to have May Day/Labor Day celebrations. Dunno mate but looking at Wikipedia I can see these are a festive people Health Day (April 7) Intellectual Property Day (April 26) Family Day (May 15) Mongolia Fried Rice Day (May 22) Political Flag Day (July 10)
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Phlegmish posted:People who work at banks are surprisingly lazy and on top of the ten public holidays in Belgium there are a number of additional days where the banks are closed because they feel like it. I think part of it is that in the days before computerized accounting, you needed a day without money being moved every month or so in order to reconcile and audit the books.
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# ? May 2, 2017 12:03 |
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Ras Het posted:Intellectual Property Day (April 26) TRIGGERED
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Ras Het posted:Intellectual Property Day (April 26) Tax Rates Day Mowing The Lawn Day Stuck in Traffic Day
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Don't Copy That Floppy Day
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Home Taping Is Killing Music Day You Wouldn't Download A Calendar Day
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Ofaloaf posted:I'm surprised by Mongolia. Didn't the Communists (social democrats now, apparently) manage to retain power there after democratization? I would've thought they'd love to have May Day/Labor Day celebrations. If the communists are running things then isn't every day Labor Day?
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Peanut President posted:If the communists are running things then isn't every day Labor Day? That or no day, since few communist states have allowed people to freely organize into workers' associations, only allowing state mandated and operated ones and severly curtailing the ability of those to actually bargain on behalf of their members (for example by pretty much outlawing strikes).
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# ? May 3, 2017 07:48 |
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That image is an inside job. Not a single spelling mistake
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# ? May 3, 2017 10:50 |
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I wonder what exactly has made Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas, the north east states and the San Joaquin/Sacramento valley so comparatively diligent in reporting this.
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Zudgemud posted:I wonder what exactly has made Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas, the north east states and the San Joaquin/Sacramento valley so comparatively diligent in reporting this.
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# ? May 3, 2017 17:42 |
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From an economic history twitter poster
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# ? May 3, 2017 18:03 |
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What year is that from?
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# ? May 3, 2017 21:12 |
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No idea https://mobile.twitter.com/pseudoerasmus/status/858025226449428480
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# ? May 3, 2017 21:32 |
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Just going to leave this here since it seems politically loaded enough, I'm quite disappointed that so many countries haven't implemented bans for these kind of products yet. This map is from 2014 however so hopefully more countries are on board today.
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Main crop: Fallow land??
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Buller posted:Main crop: Fallow land?? Technically they grow Gallic ennui in those zones.
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Kamrat posted:
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Poil posted:Wait, does red mean that cruelty is not only allowed but actually required for some cosmetics? Yes. In China animal testing is mandatory for many products.
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