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Post by Nightman on Sept 26, 2016 18:46:53 GMT
Coca-Cola stopped putting cocaine in the drink in 1903. It was originally named " French Wine Cola—Ideal Nerve and Tonic Stimulant " ....it used 9 milligrams of cocaine for every 7 fluid ounces ( translation = that's alot of fucking cocaine ) . In 1888, the company was sold for $2,300.
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 26, 2016 18:50:47 GMT
B. Hieronymus Da , OK, you want to call it that way. I don't want to explain much how Greeks became one of the first Christian people because their culture was in ruin and they demanded spirituality. Christianity didn't force them. btw... You're an optimist! lol This is what will happen: and to back it up: Now call me whatever you want. I'm with truth and history, not with Utopias.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 26, 2016 19:05:53 GMT
Christianity is quite important part of the our (and any) civilization so far historically, a lot of our customs and laws are based on it ''Love your neighbor as yourself'. Not to mention that christian monk have also kept a lot of knowledge that otherwise would be lost to time, many christian monasteries gave refugee to people in times of need, and now running a lot of charities. Mendel he was a monk in a monastery and he developed his theory about inheritance as one example (and most famous one) here is a list of others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_cleric-scientistsYes there was corruption and many problems but over time Christianity grew up. Important, obviously. Since it has been such a big part of culture. But not essential. And "Love thy neighbor" didn't re-enter Christianity until after Luther. When the Western Civilization (Rome) adopted Christianity, it seemed like a good idea. It changed to an intellectual black hole during the Dark Ages. There wasn't so much "Christianity" in the Christian religion then.
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Post by dzejkob on Sept 26, 2016 19:45:43 GMT
Christianity is quite important part of the our (and any) civilization so far historically, a lot of our customs and laws are based on it ''Love your neighbor as yourself'. Not to mention that christian monk have also kept a lot of knowledge that otherwise would be lost to time, many christian monasteries gave refugee to people in times of need, and now running a lot of charities. Mendel he was a monk in a monastery and he developed his theory about inheritance as one example (and most famous one) here is a list of others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_cleric-scientistsYes there was corruption and many problems but over time Christianity grew up. Important, obviously. Since it has been such a big part of culture. But not essential. And "Love thy neighbor" didn't re-enter Christianity until after Luther. When the Western Civilization (Rome) adopted Christianity, it seemed like a good idea. It changed to an intellectual black hole during the Dark Ages. There wasn't so much "Christianity" in the Christian religion then. Actually it was essential imo. Communities were very close, a lot of people used it to advance their power obviously but everyday people quite often were quite christian as in just simple honest person. Anyways it was essential for the world to be the way it is now at least, the biggest religion in the world after all. And for western society cause it defines it, all countries follow Christianity in the west afterall as a main religion. Look at other parts of the world religions define cultures in many many countries of the world. but this is just down to each person opinion. (i had to edit it slightly cause i was in game when writing and being in the hurry doesn't help)
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 26, 2016 19:53:18 GMT
I wish I had watched this sooner.
Now I'm 30% more sure I'm on the right track.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 26, 2016 19:56:26 GMT
Magvs♠Ardashir
You're still not making any sense. What kind of argument do you think you have with me? That part about the Greeks and Christianity for instance. What sort of point is that supposed to make?
Optimist? Utopia? What are you rambling about?
I don't give a ratshit for your scenarios. Such things cannot be predicted. Anything can happen. And there have hardly been a "strong leader" in history that haven't been a total disaster (That would possibly be Cyrus perhaps). So excuse me when I'm not looking forward to that. Reason and rationalism will be essential to cope with big problems. Strong government,.. but why don't you think I have always advocated that? My sister's children think I'm a fascist. And so does her husband, I think. But I'm not. Because I'm a democrat and not a nationalist or imperialist. But I do advocate order.
No, I'm not an optimist. I see big problems ahead. I think it's quite likely that the last days of humanity will consist of warring cannibal militias. It won't take much to dramatically limit food supply for instance. Climate change, volcanoes, calderas, comets. And what about a comeback of multiresistant sicknesses, or a new strain of flu. And it's not a smart idea to fill Europe with muslims. Small numbers can be converted to Western thinking. Large numbers is not an unanswered question. Look at Libanon.
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 26, 2016 20:09:08 GMT
I can't think clearly because of my backache today.
That Greek case proved that the classical culture was at its end and it demanded spirituality, not rationality (my idea is more influenced by Toynbee here). Time changes and people will find order and Caesars more appealing than some other things. Democracy barely can survive. I consider the unoriginal plot of Star Wars prequels great, because of its progression and political realism.
And you need much more strong thinkers than just mere Caesars to change history. Good to know that you realize those immigrant are gonna be problematic.
Now we can talk about "climate change hoax" in the politics thread.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 26, 2016 20:21:45 GMT
You're mistaking the people for the essential ideas that are at creative work in the society. For instance, people in USA are for the most part rather uneducated who have no idea at all how all the technology works or what science really knows. And everything comes to an end eventually. It's no brilliant prediction and doesn't mean that a single step of the way to the conclusion is correct. Spengler is only describing things he have already seen. No, the big problems for humanity are not going to be the ones, or caused the way, he predicts. And some things that look like end are not. Just change. Edit: P.S. ...But that is not at all what I intended to say. - What am I doing? I wasn't going to involve myself in criticizing Spengler. I was merely going to point out that what Spengler is supposedly considering as the West is not what is meant by "Western Civilization". It is his own construct, containing his considerations and content.
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Post by straykat on Sept 26, 2016 21:24:48 GMT
And some things that look like end are not. Just change. First you talk about cannibal militias. Then you say sensible things above. Stop scaring me.
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Post by kizanare on Sept 27, 2016 5:02:13 GMT
You're mistaking the people for the essential ideas that are at creative work in the society. For instance, people in USA are for the most part rather uneducated who have no idea at all how all the technology works or what science really knows. And everything comes to an end eventually. It's no brilliant prediction and doesn't mean that a single step of the way to the conclusion is correct. Spengler is only describing things he have already seen. No, the big problems for humanity are not going to be the ones, or caused the way, he predicts. And some things that look like end are not. Just change. Edit: P.S. ...But that is not at all what I intended to say. - What am I doing? I wasn't going to involve myself in criticizing Spengler. I was merely going to point out that what Spengler is supposedly considering as the West is not what is meant by "Western Civilization". It is his own construct, containing his considerations and content. That's also precisely why they are the mercy of every other country now, they invest nothing in their own potential creativity, and just assume the pure trolling be a stiff is the only way things will ever get done, or that anything created natively is worthless. My favorite American literature was and always will be the marketing material on the back of those like Kettle Chips. "We handcraft every chip" sort of deal, it might seem modest, but it's really not, it's like better than the Illiad, if people really must know. The Illiad was bad. Am lit is largely trash, Walden, etc. The King in Yellow and various other authors responsible for that other level, do a decent job, but then GoT pretty much swept all that up.
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Post by o Ventus on Sept 27, 2016 13:36:02 GMT
The smug in this thread is real.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 28, 2016 4:04:03 GMT
Vids on the mechanics, history and implementation of the German MP-43/MP-44/STG-44 assault rifle of the second world war, which is still in use in some conflicts today in places like Iraq and Syria.
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 28, 2016 6:45:47 GMT
^ lol at those censored flags lol
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 29, 2016 3:59:50 GMT
^ lol at those censored flags lol Gun Jesus has to censor it due to youtube's policies. What I'm offended about is how he used the Kriegsmarine flag instead of the actual state flag of the Third Reich.
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Post by House Targaryen on Sept 29, 2016 5:15:36 GMT
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 29, 2016 5:25:19 GMT
To me it is a symbol of the first importance that in the Rome of Crassus — triumvir and all-powerful building-site speculator — the Roman people with its proud inscriptions, the people before whom Gauls, Greeks, Parthians, Syrians afar trembled, lived in appalling misery in the many-storied lodging-houses of dark suburbs,^ accepting with indifference or even with a sort of sporting interest the consequences of the military expansion: that many famous old-noble families, descendants of the men who defeated the Celts and the Samnites, lost their ancestral homes through standing apart from the wild rush of speculation and were reduced to renting wretched apartments; that, while along the Appian Way there arose the splendid and still wonderful tombs of the financial magnates, the corpses of the people were thrown along with animal carcases and town refuse into a monstrous common grave — till in Augustus's time it was banked over for the avoidance of pestilence and so became the site of Maecenas's renowned park; that in depopulated Athens, which lived on visitors and on the bounty of rich foreigners, the mob of parvenu tourists from Rome gaped at the works of the Periclean age with as little understanding as the American globetrotter in the Sistine Chapel at those of Michelangelo, every removable artpiece having ere this been taken away or bought at fancy prices to be replaced by the Roman buildings which grew up, colossal and arrogant, by the side of the low and modest structures of the old time. In such things — which it is the historian's business not to praise or to blame but to consider morphologically — there lies, plain and immediate enough for one who has learnt to see, an idea. - Spengler
Very interesting read on the situation of living in the capital of the Roman Empire
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Post by Inquisitor Recon on Sept 29, 2016 5:25:37 GMT
I'm always impressed at the places STG-44s and other WWII-era Germany weaponry turn up. It's like the Soviets boxed up captured weapons and gave them to all of their client states over the years in addition to all of the weapons from their own stockpiles.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 29, 2016 5:42:13 GMT
I'm always impressed at the places STG-44s and other WWII-era Germany weaponry turn up. It's like the Soviets boxed up captured weapons and gave them to all of their client states over the years in addition to all of the weapons from their own stockpiles. The STG has even been upgraded into a remote controlled gun recently. s10.postimg.org/3ub3nqzt5/242343.jpg
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Post by kizanare on Sept 29, 2016 11:15:11 GMT
Reading about the Huns. Would be nice to see something akin to if the German's and Europeans hadn't won then then we'd all be practicing cranial deformation and a gutteral nonlanguage while basically just raping and killing everything that they came across in the utter annihilation of civilization. Seriously, these guys make every "worst practice worst time of history" people look polite. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Sept 29, 2016 12:03:39 GMT
^ Yeah, they were genuinely brothers of the Mongols. No less should be expected from the Huns in their era. I'm always impressed at the places STG-44s and other WWII-era Germany weaponry turn up. It's like the Soviets boxed up captured weapons and gave them to all of their client states over the years in addition to all of the weapons from their own stockpiles. The STG has even been upgraded into a remote controlled gun recently. s10.postimg.org/3ub3nqzt5/242343.jpgHow the hell they have WW2 weapons in their Arsenal and it's still functional to battlefield ready degree?
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Post by masterwarderz on Sept 29, 2016 12:26:54 GMT
^ Yeah, they were genuinely brothers of the Mongols. No less should be expected from the Huns in their era. How the hell they have WW2 weapons in their Arsenal and it's still functional to battlefield ready degree? I've got a P08 in a lockbox stashed in a private storage locker up state. ._. It still shoots as fine as it did 80 years ago. Though admittedly I got work done on it a few years back.
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Post by masterwarderz on Sept 29, 2016 12:28:44 GMT
I'm always impressed at the places STG-44s and other WWII-era Germany weaponry turn up. It's like the Soviets boxed up captured weapons and gave them to all of their client states over the years in addition to all of the weapons from their own stockpiles. Time was you could buy that shit by the truckload via private auctions.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 29, 2016 15:53:21 GMT
Another vid of a prominent WW2 figure's background in WW1
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 29, 2016 17:39:42 GMT
Vid on how to safely unload and clear the four most common military rifle families of the latter half of the 20th century; the AR, AK, G3/CETME and FAL families("the right arm of the free world"). These rifles were present in just about all of the conflicts of that time period, from the Vietnam War, Arab-Israeli wars, Iran-Iraq war, Falklands war,etc and are still in action in Syria/Iraq and elsewhere.
Mud tests involving these rifles.
And here's a misc vid about early Portuguese contract AR-10s manufactured by the Netherlands. These were used by Portugal in their colonial wars in Africa in the 60s and early 70s.
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Post by masterwarderz on Sept 29, 2016 18:00:33 GMT
Well its not like France or Britain were ina position to go to war seriously against Germany at the time, much less Germany and the USSR simultaneously. And at the end of the war, what were the Allies to do, keep the war going for a few years more in a massive gamble at trying to defeat the USSR? At the very start of the war France could've crushed Germany. France could've went to war back in 1936 when Germany directly violated the Treaty of Versailles by bringing military into Rhineland and utterly kicked their asses. But they didn't. Oh so one evil dude named Adolf Schicklgruber is bad and we should fite him, but another even more evil dude named Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili should be an ally? They were probably still weary of the backlash and international scorn that fell on their heads a decade prior when they invaded Germany for what amounted to a paycheck.
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