What shoes/boots did the Japanese warriors wear to battle?
Crocs
>>1143610
straw sandals, bearskin boots, or barefoot if you were really really poor and badly equiped
"In its planning, design and flight-test programme, this fighter, in almost every way the most advanced of all the fighters of the 1950s, was as impressive, and successful as any aircraft in history".
I crey every teim ;_;
>>1143056
>syrupniggers hyping up their sub-par obsolete interceptor
>again
The program was so infested with Soviet spies that it ended up becoming the Mig 25.
If it makes you feel better, the Mig 25 was really cool.
>>1143056
A microcosm of Canada
More photos like this?
Also, I'm very interested in this time period. Any good books or online resources to check out?
>>1143010
>photo
>>1143010
I'm not 100% sure, but it might be a painting
>>1143010
Are you okay?
What are some good reading materials to learn about the Hatian revolution? I tried listening to Mike Duncan's podcasts on the subject but I find it's easier for me to absorb information by reading rather than listening.
Also general Hatian revolution thread I guess
>>1142912
Based
>>1142800
He has a list of all the books he read to make that cast on his site , that would be the place to start
What documentaries does /his/ recommend?
>>1142743
On what subject...?
Louis theroux
>>1142743
Not a documentary, but I'm reading Andrews Roberts' book "Napoleon: A Life" (Napoleon the Great in non-America) and it's excellent.
Really good passage from earlier today that I was reading:
>Moreau had sneered at a previous attempt by Napoleon to reintroduce honours, awarding his cook 'the order of the saucepan'.
What the fuck was his problem?
>>1142416
we are the problem
>>1142416
He got bored and decided to create a new species to mess around with, and we're not the first ones nor will be the last ones.
>>1142416
I don't read cyrillshit, no idea who that's supposed to be.
Does such a thing exist?
There exists within a person the choice of whether to make others miserable or to make them happy.
If a person does not enjoy making someone else miserable, why is that? Is it simply because other people are more fun to be around when they're happy? Surely other personal reasons must exist?
And they must be entirely selfish reasons. Things like empathy and the benefit of society or some other greater purpose don't count.
bumping for interest
>>1142414
Altruism is some innate trait humans and other animals evolved (specifically those who survive in kin groups) to better survive.
"If I suck the alphas cock, maybe he will give me some of the deer anus hes eating"
or
"If I treat those lower than me with some respect and even generosity, maybe they will do things for me when I'm in need.
As to why most people dont like seeing torture or cruelty, that just has to do with out ability to empathize and "put ourselves in someone elses shoes" so to speak.
I dont really enjoy watching guys get their dicks chopped off because I have an idea of how fucking unpleasant that would be.
>>1142414
You're joking right? "Altruism is good for society" is the literal answer, as in, if you treat other people like shit, they will likely treat YOU like shit. You'll be ostracized and hated. The only way your viewpoint makes sense if there was a world without consequences, which there isn't you fucking dubmfuck jesus christ.
I bought some of the upanishads, what the fuck is going on? Schopenhauer had me believe they would be quite inciteful but I'm not feeling it. Maybe I should stick to STEM if I can't understand this stuff.
>inciteful
lol
If you don't have any experience with spiritual states of mind, meditation, esoteric metaphysics, or can only understand this stuff intellectually instead of in the heart (read: not emotions/sentimentality, but in the deepest strata of your being), you're not going to get it.
>>1142326
I'm a STEM guy (string theorist), but I had no issues. But I guess i'm also Hindu. Any questions in particular?
>>1142868
Also this is correct; the rigour in Indian philosophy is still there, but its very different to the presentation of logic in the western tradition.
Give me one good argument against determinism.
I doubt you can.
Why?
Wouldn't that imply God creates humans with absolutely no other plan than making them burn in hell?
Pleb:
http://www.davidhume.org/texts/ehu.html
>Faith without Works
>>1141852
...is dead. (James 2:26)
>>1141852
We need a /rel/ board so much
>>1142014
Not OP but I like it here. I can promise you that I'm here to stay.
Put your big boy pants on and deal with it.
Is China the unluckiest asian country? Every time shit hits the fan there milions of chinks die China is not even a country it's dark humor manifesting itself as a piece of land.
What's with the many bait threads today? We've got Christfags, Edgelords, and now /pol/tards online.
No but China has a massive population so when one warlord steps on a rice field a hundred chinks die
It's a fucking continent of a nation. More people live there than Europe itself.
What is the point of languages when all cultures are fundamentally the same?
All cultures value happiness, money, success, family, and good looks - really, the things which makes it essential for us to survive and reproduce. I don't see how learning a new language can open your eyes to a new culture. You can read translated works anyway.
(Btw I'm talking about a not so useful language such as a language that is rarely spoken by locals in your area)
>>1140395
>All cultures value happiness, money, success, family, and good looks - really, the things which makes it essential for us to survive and reproduce.
What is interesting is to see all the rituals and considerations that apply to these things, because they change a lot from one culture to the other.
> I don't see how learning a new language can open your eyes to a new culture.
Languages shape the way people think and see the world. However, coming to this point would require a very high level of proficiency, so it's years of practice and immersion for a meager result.
Basically the problem lies within your question itself. There are better reasons to learn a language and better way of approaching a foreign culture.
>>1140440
>Languages shape the way people think and see the world
I don't see how. All languages fundamentally describe the world we are in and it's not like an English paragraph will describe a painting VERY differently from a French paragraph.
>better reasons to learn a language
I'm talking about a not so useful language such as a language that is rarely spoken by locals in your area and I don't think there is a good reason for that.
>>1140451
It's more or less subcounscious. For exemple :
In English, when you are agreeing with someone, you can say "you are right".
In French, we literally say "you have reason."
When you comes to the root of the words, to their true meaning, it is a huge difference. Another exemple, the fact that English creates a different between sheep and mutton, while many languages don't.
Not to mention all the words that can't be translated.
>All languages fundamentally describe the world we are in
I agree, but langages are vivid thing, they evolve and change all the time. A language is the reflection of a people's history, culture(s) and society. So in the end, even if we all see the same things, we dont have the same way of looking at it.
>I'm talking about a not so useful language such as a language that is rarely spoken by locals in your area and I don't think there is a good reason for that.
Motivation is good enough a reason. Some people find language learning a fun or interesting exercice, it doesn't necessarily have to be the answer to a specific need.
Passport thread?
Post your passport(s)
>/his/ - History & Humanities
WE WUZ CITIZENS
>you will never suffer on a world war I battlefield
>you will never drove a world war I tank into the the trenches while under artillery fire
>you will never die as a meaningless cog in the industrial machine of the empires in the Great War
What is the most interesting in your opinion
>>1140080
Most interesting war
oh great another battlefield 1 fanboi
Are Greed and Fear the two defining factors of humans?
>>1139813
They are two of the primary emotions yes, from greed you get ambition, lust, desire, jealousy, envy and others, from fear you get hate, distrust, caution, community, etc. The third I'd say would be empathy, whence comes love, charity, compassion, mercy, bravery and others.
Also Gul Dukat did nothing wrong.
>>1139813
>are humans motivated by things they want and things they don't want
yes
>>1139813
for a second i thought that was tony blair.
