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ITT: We post wars where the wrong side won
doing a poo
Battle of Tours should have been won by the armies of Islam.
Norman Conquest of England
>vikings liked axes xDD
when will this meme end? Most of the axes archeologists found were woodcutting ones and that's also the reason why they found women burried with axes - they were fucking farming tool used by people who were fucking farmers, later on they indeed developed thinner axes meant solely for war (and such battle axes WERE NOT found in female graves) but still their most common weapon was a spear and most priced one was a sword
so in other words they loved axes as much as Navy Seals like spoons and this retarded...
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when will the memes of vikings end? Im fucking sick of them on tv, in the movies, and in video games. NO they were not epic warriors that could destroy any enemy they came across, NO they were not a group feared around the world, they were a band of savages that got BTFO by stone age native americans
But Vikings are like irl Dwarfs and Dwarfs use axes.
>>1334452
Idiot, the movie I saw about them and I think a guy had an axe. Idiot
what do u guys think of him ?
>>1333525
What a fucking nut job. He had made a pledge to God that he would make a river of blood from the Persian army if he overran it. When he could not find enough people to make a river out of their blood after he defeated them, he killed the captives and opened a dam into their bleeding bodies.
Mental illness isn't contagious. Religion is.
Underrated general
Never lost a single battle or duel, even with the odds stacked against him
>>1333525
Honestly, a lot of the reason Islam spread as it did. Guy was a menace.
What do you guys think of
>Albert Camus & existentialism?
>What is your philosophy?
>>1333191
bump
>>1333191
Objectivist deism
I like Camus' philosophy, even though I can't really see much difference between it and just plain old existential nihilism. I think existentialism itself proposes engaging in a wilful act of self-delusion that will ultimately leave the individual worse off than if they had just come to terms with, rather than trying to overcome existential nihilism.
I'm not rightly sure I have one. At the moment, Stirnerian egoism seems the most consistent to me, and seems as though it could present a useful framework upon which to build further beliefs.
What's the best reading material for understanding colonialism and decolonisation?
>>1333082
Decolonisation is a false term. After the countries only gained independence nominally and entered the sphere of influence of either the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. and entered into a long period of proxy wars between the two. The Cold War was cold for Europe, it was hot as fuck for the rest of the world.
>>1333120
Ok, substitute formal decolonisation as the term in that case. Have any good books on the phenomenon?
>no Oman
Oh, man...
These are our terms;
>Unconditional surrender
>military occupation
>we dictate your country's domestic policies
>you become our proxy satellite state
>and we have a free pass to rape your women
>Sign the document in the dotted line here to keep the apparence of legality or we nuke you into extintion
What could Japan do in face of American Enlightened values?
>>1332911
Wow this certainly isn't a loaded question anon!
>>1333035
Ironic that you use irony whilst failing to detect the obvious irony in the OP's question.
>>1332911
Gtfo, no one gives a shit.
Do you know what the japs did to many captured POWs?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
Read and then tell me you pity the japs
> I know people think I'm stupid. Because I get bored easily. Because I have no interest in strategy or logistics or contingency planning. But see, I've learned a lot over the years. And now I see planning doesn't matter, fuel doesn't' matter, strategy doesn't matter. Only two things matter: Force in as great a concentration as you can manage, and style. And in a pinch, style can slide. In any battle, there's always a level of force against which no tactics can succeed.
What did he mean by this, /his/?
A cheetah can run for twenty seconds before it tires and has to rest. Despite this it's the apex predator of its' enviroment. Because of power
>>1332885
>Because of power
No, because of how it exerts its power; i.e. because of the energy of its force.
Power by itself is useless if it is not converted into energy, and energy by itself is ineffectual if it is not modulated into required force.
He's an ISTP.
ITT actually practical philosophies and some of their tenets and principles
I'll start
Stoicism
>worry about only what you can control
>don't let emotions or external events compromise your reason
>you are part of something infinitely greater than you, act like it
give an example of a text by a classical stoic thinker that you have read
>>1331326
I can't quote cause I'm on my phone but I've read all the major thinkers, even Rufus
>>1331318
Spinozism-Darwinism
>Might is right
>God doesn't care about you or anyone/anything else for that matter
>If you can commit an action and have the capabilities to avoid the subsequent consequences, than you are free to do so
>Morality is but a human concept
>The most important goal for any living being (including humans) is to reproduce and eat
Does your drink of choice have interesting history?
Tequila, sooo not that much. It is underated as hell though.
>>1327749
Tea.
Yes, basically, it shaped the world.
>Non-alcoholic
Dr Pepper. For a soda yes
>Alcoholic
Whisky. Yes. As for mixed drink, if you haven't had an AK47 you aren't living. No. Not talking about the meme bydlo Kalashnikov thing you find on Google images.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDAxiex7w9s&feature=youtu.be
>>1334579
You did good senpai
>>1334589
Thanks anon, that's all I needed to hear.
>>1334579
Needs more dubstep.
What does /his/ think of Oswald Spengler?
Great philosopher, poor historian.
Do what thou wilst xd
>What? You want me to beg? You're the smartest guy I ever met. And you're too stupid to see... he made up his mind ten minutes ago.
Why do people think they need to cling to such preposterous theories to remain faithful in their Lord?
If anything, I'd say I were a pantheist. But I chalk it up to chemistry we have yet to understand.
So, what we still refer to as "alchemy" is the source of life, the possibilities are limitless, but our frame of understanding, based on impermanence, is what separates us from godly knowledge. And there is no reason to assume intelligent design is behind it.
I remember my wifes 6 year old son coming back from school one day telling me that God made the world. From her point of view, the teacher had told her, therefore; it was absolutely true. I was rather angry about that, to say the least.
You'd think a teacher would know the difference between education and indoctrination
>>1337567
They're not very bright, even by Christian standards.
Is this an accurate depiction of Hadrian's wall?
>>1328985
>it's a "wales fucks themselves over again" episode
>>1328985
>all the hicks voted to get out
Why of course
>>1328992
>Neil Hamilton
>Neil fucking Hamilton
Fuck Wales, they don't deserve to be independent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K63PN2bxAXE
I half expected an Eminem song
This is my jam
>alt-right ""culture""
What did people (mostly adults) do for fun before electronics? Were there lots of plays being performed all the time? Did everyone just get drunk? Were there more children's games that included adults? Were people too bust to actually be able to slack off?
>>1336178
>Were there more children's games that included adults?
hmmmm
>>1336178
They went outside and had lots of sex.
>>1336178
Why dont you ask your elders?
