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ITT: We talk where fantasy myths such as orks, vampires and pretty much anything else used in today's fantasy imaginary and 900's fantasy literature come from (basically what real situation implyed people to believe in such myths from, example, physical and mental illness cases)
>>375931
Well I know the medical condition where vampirism most likely came from is porphyria.
There was an excellent talk at the Royal Armouries about how to kill a vampire (to tie in with their purchase of a "vampire hunters kit").
I'll type up what I can remember when I get home.
Basically though, a good chunk of what we think about vampires stems from modern movies a books, with no basis in actual folklore.
>>375986
Also there are a few accounts from medieval England about people rising from the grave and attacking people in a zombie like fashion. They were called revenants. The Abbot of Burton wrote about them a few times in one of his works.
>tfw they made this in the 1960s.....
Rumor is that they copied an Anunnaki craft they found for the blackbird.
>>375912
Because they cost the GDP of a small country.
>>375912
Because the "money is not an issue" mentality of the cold war is over. also: Asymetrical warfare.
Have you ever wondered why polysynthetic languages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysynthetic_language) have lost so much ground? Is it coincidence or is there some sort of explanation for this phenomenon? As of now, some Caucasian, Paleo-Siberian, Eskimo and Native American languages remained basically and I guess most of them are endangered too, so it's likely they are going to be extinct in the next 50 years or so. Once an enormous part of America used these type of languages. Btw these are usually the languages that also use another rare feature, an ergative-absolutive...
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>>375874
>Polysynthetic languages typically have long "sentence-words" such as the Yupik word tuntussuqatarniksaitengqiggtuq which means "He had not yet said again that he was going to hunt reindeer."
Gee I wonder why it's losing so much ground.
Languages rarely exist in isolation though OP, they are influenced by each other all the time, so while it might seem like there is something linguistic natural selection going on, it's very unlikely.
>>375874
Well, maybe they lost ground because they were conquered.
Why do Germans have that tribal mentality of wanting to be different, going against everybody else just for the sake of it, making up issues that only the can solve, and overall shitting up any balance or stability. This fact about the German mindset has been consistent throughout history:
- Destroy the Roman Empire...
- Proclaim themselves Roman Emperors
- Try to cross rivers and stupidly sabotage the crusade
- Start pity squabbles over baronies that lead to feudalism lasting for longer than it should have
- Completely break the religious unity of Western Europe...
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>>375685
Does this guy have the world's most punchable face?
Look at him, my hands are forming fists involuntarily.
Just to make you mad and molest your country.
>>375751
Voltaire was handsome desu senpai
ITT: We talk about historical people and their kinks/fetishes/sexual shit
Does anyone else get a feeling of comfort knowing that Rousseau also enjoyed being spanked
Anything on Stalin sexuality or lack there of?
>>375596
Don't know nothing about Stalin, but Beria was accused of being a rapist.
Yezhov was a homosexual.
>>375585
He had huuuuuge mommy issues
What is considered the best introduction to elements of the philosophy of right ? I've got a beautiful new version of it for my birthday, and though I'm not completely new to Hegel, I still think a good introduction on the work would really benefit my reading.
>>375526
bump
>>375526
> elements of the philosophy of right ?
The what?
>>375737
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elements_of_the_Philosophy_of_Right
.....? One of Hegel's core works
Hey /his/ I'm curious, could a military coup be possible in a modern first world country?
How do coups even happen?
>>375289
Yes, France had a coup in 1958, and the government was reformed and a new constitution was drafted up, and that's how France entered it's fifth republic.
>>375296
its*
Feel free to read up on the Algerian War. You might also want to watch the Battle of Algiers, just for context.
>>375289
>could a military coup be possible in a modern first world country?
Off the top of my head France, Greece, UK (planned), Au (planned, multiple), Italy (planned by USA)
I'm writing an oral presentation in psychology class about social experiments, like the milgram experiment.
What should I talk about, something interesting please.
do your own fucking homework
>>375230
Never asked for someone to do it for me, just wanted some tips of what I should talk about
>Milgram : "ITS JUST A PRANK BRO"
Hey /his/
tell me more about hiter's jewish soldiers.
"I decide who's a jew and who's not"
/thread
>>375022
didn't hanna arendt write about this in "Eichmann?"
I thought Gershom Sholem got really mad at her for implying Jews aided the Nazis in giving them information about the Jewish populations. Basically helped people get yellow stars n' "shit."
>>376030
They wouldn't have needed that. Everyone in Germany to this day belongs to a registered religious community by birth unless they join another one. This is maintained in the records because a portion of their taxes go to support that community.
It was as easy as going through the old financial records.
>>375022
Nuremberg laws. Basically, a "half-jew" who was married to a non-jew were actually shielded from the holocaust. Note that this protection...
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If Hitler disliked and only used Goebbels because he was a master at public speaking, then why did Hitler write in his will to have Goebbels succeed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany?
>>375010
Because Göbbels was a master at public speaking?
>>375010
YOUR QUESTION PRESUPPOSES A FALSE PREMISE POSTULATED BY YOURSELF.
>>375010
>Hiter disiked Goebbels
Never even heard of that, care to back it up?
What makes trade so important for making a country successful?
>>374998
Trade is pretty much the definition of relevance. If you do a lot of trade, you have a lot of wealth, you learn about ideas from all over the world, cities spring up, middle and upper classes emerge who spend on luxuries and thus form high culture... without trade, the world literally leaves you behind.
>>374998
IT ENABLES YOU TO GET MONEY AND STUFF YOU FUCKING RETARTD
>>374998
Every country, through differences in culture, work ethics, ressources etc has relative competitive advantages in certain productive areas. It has been proven that even if these advantages are only relative (i.e. it could theoretically still be that one country can produce every single product better than everyone else) it is best for each country to only produce the product they have the largest relative competitive advantage in.
For example, imagine there would be only America and Mexico on the planet and the...
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Can we get some beautiful sculptures and statues?
Doesn't matter what era, or origin. If you like it, post it.
>>374872
Amazing art
>>374805
>>374805
just a kid standing, whats so amazing about that
Can we get a thread about the history of this holiday?
>Early Church sets its sights on converting Germanic Pagans in Europe
>Pagans celebrate their most important holiday of the year on December 25th, after the Winter Solstice
>The Church has Christmas laying around as an important holiday that the bible doesn't really give a defined date for
>Knows that the Pagans will probably try to keep celebrating their Solstice Holiday if they let them, so sets Christmas on the same day so they can only celebrate...
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>>374564
Christmas is a glorified ad campaign
>>374564
Fucking christers ripping everything thing off then getting pissy when "their" holiday gets ripped off by consumers.
Daily reminder that "Petros" means a stone that can be easily moved (generally small enough to throw), whereas "petra" means a stone that cannot be moved (a massive boulder or a cliff). So it's pretty clear Christ was saying, "Just as sure as you are the wavering stone, I build by Church on the rock." Indeed, Peter ends up denying Christ and committing apostasy (though he certainly repents and is a saint and martyr), despite being Christ's most ardent disciple.
Daily reminder that the Christian god isn't real and you need to start posting your fedora folders.
>>374560
Just stop being a stubborn prick and rejoin the Mother Church already, OP
>>374567
I'm already part of it, dude. Rome didn't give birth to the Church.
