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The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

The actual history of ninjas is pretty lame.

Like a solid 99% of them were just absolutely wrecked in combat by the feudal version of mall cops.

At best 1 in 100 would pull off an assassination and then get caught by some guard.

Also, samurai were pretty much dirty cops, the golden age of piracy was mostly lame raids on fishing towns and everyone getting caught by the sea cops, and the entirety of the wild west really boils down to 8 shootouts lasting like 30 seconds total.

Never study history. It's so loving boring and depressing. Nothing cool ever happened.

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:43

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# ? May 14, 2024 08:30

credburn: Jun 22, 2016; A tangled skein of bad opinions, the hottest takes, and the the world's most misinformed nonsense. Do not engage with me, it's useless, and better yet, put me on ignore.

kiimo posted:

I first became aware of Ninjas while reading Shogun as a child

The 1,200 page James Clavell book?

When I was a child I was reading Bunnicula.

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:44

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Bunnicula was good, though

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:48

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

credburn posted:

The 1,200 page James Clavell book?

When I was a child I was reading Bunnicula.

I understood a LOT more when I re-read it in college.

also let's not go overboard on how complex Clavell is. I mean I distinctly remember when the ninjas showed up he typed out

NNNNNNIIIIIINNNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJAAAAAAA

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:55

SyNack Sassimov: May 4, 2006; Let the robot win.
��--Captain James T. Vader

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Never study history. It's so loving boring and depressing. Nothing cool ever happened.

Don't need to study it when we're living through historical events, WW III's gonna be LIT. (with nuclear bombs, it's going to be lit by nuclear bombs)

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:56

BaldDwarfOnPCP: Jun 26, 2019; by Pragmatica

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

The actual history of ninjas is pretty lame.

Like a solid 99% of them were just absolutely wrecked in combat by the feudal version of mall cops.

At best 1 in 100 would pull off an assassination and then get caught by some guard.

Also, samurai were pretty much dirty cops, the golden age of piracy was mostly lame raids on fishing towns and everyone getting caught by the sea cops, and the entirety of the wild west really boils down to 8 shootouts lasting like 30 seconds total.

Never study history. It's so loving boring and depressing. Nothing cool ever happened.

Lots of gingham.

"Mister, I don't want no trouble, huh. I just came down town here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some gingham for my wife. I don't even know what gingham is, but she goes through about 10 rolls a week of that stuff. I ain't looking for no trouble, mister."

And pox and scurvy and all the diseases we forgot that will be back.

Funny pictures!

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:58

Elissimpark: May 20, 2010; Bring me the head of Auguste Escoffier.

SyNack Sassimov posted:

Don't need to study it when we're living through historical events, WW III's gonna be LIT. (with nuclear bombs, it's going to be lit by nuclear bombs)

At least I've got my post-apocalyptic wasteland outfit picked out.

*unlocks metal locker with ragged gi and Okiniwan oar

# ? Feb 24, 2022 23:59

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

the golden age of piracy was mostly lame raids on fishing towns

This.. is not actually true? The golden age of piracy is super interesting and mostly involved raids on shipping.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 00:00

SpacePig: Apr 4, 2007; Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

[...]the entirety of the wild west really boils down to 8 shootouts lasting like 30 seconds total.

Yeah, sort of like the idea of the ninja or even certain samurai stuff coming from theater, I think a lot of wild west cowboy stuff came from stunt shows and shooting exhibitions and stuff.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 00:04

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

A lot of the old west glamorized gunfighters were just a bunch of shithead criminals running back and forth from Kansas to Texas before they could get proper law set up and it lasted for like 25 years max.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 00:13

rodbeard: Jul 21, 2005

Yeah the deadliest shoot out in the old west had 3 deaths and 3 injuries.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 00:40

projecthalaxy: Dec 27, 2008; Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:01

Rascar Capac: Aug 31, 2016; Surprisingly nice, for an evil Inca mummy.

projecthalaxy posted:

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:08

Detheros: Apr 11, 2010; I want to die.

projecthalaxy posted:

New Deadlands scenario looking good.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:08

stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

flavor.flv posted:

I was going to tag in the stagehand aspect but I didn't know how to do it justice, thanks for the :krad:

alley-oop finish

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

This.. is not actually true? The golden age of piracy is super interesting and mostly involved raids on shipping.

They probably got it mixed up with the golden age of Vikings.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:12

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

projecthalaxy posted:

I don't think Lupin III has a pirate character though

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:24

Lemniscate Blue: Apr 21, 2006; Here we go again.

Medenmath posted:

I don't think Lupin III has a pirate character though

You know what it does have?

Jesus Christ's twin sister...

Who is a vampire.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:34

Railing Kill: Nov 14, 2008; You are the first crack in the sheer face of god. From you it will spread.

Occupation: Vampire

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:36

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Ethnicity: Unknown??

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:47

Cartoon Man: Jan 31, 2004; Can't post for 14 hours!

# ? Feb 25, 2022 01:52

Elissimpark: May 20, 2010; Bring me the head of Auguste Escoffier.

SpacePig posted:

Yeah, sort of like the idea of the ninja or even certain samurai stuff coming from theater, I think a lot of wild west cowboy stuff came from stunt shows and shooting exhibitions and stuff.

Its important to note that all those actual cowboys were probably wearing bowler hats, too.

Rascar Capac posted:

I know its a real movie, but the cast list is like when you're half-drunk and making up 'perfect' cast lists for imaginary movies with friends.

(Mine is Hugh Grant as a Bond villain, but played exactly like his character in all those Brit rom-coms of the '90's.

"Ah fuckity-gently caress, this is...uh...a bit awkward, Mr Bond...I...uh...I'm afraid I'm going to have have to...uh...KILL you.")

# ? Feb 25, 2022 02:06

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

FFT posted:

They probably got it mixed up with the golden age of Vikings.

Viking Age went a bit beyond just raiding random monasteries and fishing villages

# ? Feb 25, 2022 02:24

Trabant: Nov 26, 2011; All systems nominal.

Rascar Capac posted:

I get giddy that someone else also remembers this movie every time :neckbeard:

# ? Feb 25, 2022 02:36

HelloIAmYourHeart: Dec 29, 2008; Fallen Rib

projecthalaxy posted:

This could be a Neal Stephenson book.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 02:38

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Rascar Capac posted:

Shoulda just gone with east meets western

HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

This could be a Neal Stephenson book.

There was a samurai tooling around central mexico during the aztec era. I learned this from the aoe2 subreddit

Elissimpark posted:

Its important to note that all those actual cowboys were probably wearing bowler hats, too.

didn't that alamo movie released in the mid oughts have all the stupid hats? I kinda liked they went that route.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 02:41

Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006

FreudianSlippers posted:

Viking Age went a bit beyond just raiding random monasteries and fishing villages

The �north men�, the Normans were Vikings that married into the areas they conquered in France

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:19

HenryJLittlefinger: Jan 31, 2010; stomp clap

It�s just a league of extraordinary gentlemen reboot

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:20

TITTIEKISSER69: Mar 19, 2005; SAVE THE BEES
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CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS

FreudianSlippers posted:

Viking Age went a bit beyond just raiding random monasteries and fishing villages

"Chuds"

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:21

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Bar Ran Dun posted:

The “north men”, the Normans were Vikings that married into the areas they conquered in France

It's more that they were raiding so much that the French decided to just give one of them, a dude called Rollo* , his own duchy on the condition he would use it to defend northern France from his former colleagues.

*Probably Göngu-Hrólfur Rögnvaldsson a chieftain's son from Norway. Called "Walking -Hrólfur" because he was said to he too large and heavy to be carried by the fairly small Nordic horses so he had to go on foot.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:27

Kwyndig: Sep 23, 2006; Heeeeeey

FreudianSlippers posted:

It's more that they were raiding so much that the French decided to just give one of them, a dude called Rollo* , his own duchy on the condition he would use it to defend northern France from his former colleagues.

*Probably Göngu-Hrólfur Rögnvaldsson a chieftain's son from Norway. Called "Walking -Hrólfur" because he was said to he too large and heavy to be carried by the fairly small Nordic horses so he had to go on foot.

Okay that sounds badass. I bet he was a terror on the battlefield.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:44

Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006

FreudianSlippers posted:

It's more that they were raiding so much that the French decided to just give one of them, a dude called Rollo* , his own duchy on the condition he would use it to defend northern France from his former colleagues.

The documentary on it I saw implied strongly that the �French decided� here is being very generous to the amount of choice the French had in the matter.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 03:52

AreWeDrunkYet: Jul 8, 2006

TITTIEKISSER69 posted:

"Chuds"

quote:

According to Old East Slavic chronicles, the Chudes were among the founders of the Rus' state.

Checks out.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 04:39

Philippe: Aug 9, 2013; (she/her)

SyNack Sassimov posted:

Don't need to study it when we're living through historical events, WW III's gonna be LIT. (with nuclear bombs, it's going to be lit by nuclear bombs)

The future isn't Mad Max, it's Threads.

# ? Feb 25, 2022 05:31