I do note that Americans don't tend to realize that even more slaves were sent to Brazil than the US. But in general awareness of the non-US history of the Americas is lacking.
The slave trade so influenced West Africa in other ways as well as the obvious. It encouraged warlike nations by making war very profitable; the profits from the slave trade bought guns and ammunition thus adding a feedback cycle. Some nations, like Dahomey, did exceedingly well from the slave trade, and the destabilizing influence of all of this is part of what makes West Africa a mess to this day.
I think one of the reasons it's so rarely covered in American history classes is that it doesn't follow the narrative we're fed of "righteous democratic government overthrows evil monarchy to bring about social freedom". Much the opposite, in fact.
i find it interesting that in the "what does your signature mean" thread, instead of posting about my current signature specifically, i just posted something that is eternally applicable to all of my signatures
*picture of GMH in a car with a rapidly scrolling blurry field background* *some eurobeat song plays during this, perhaps a Moonlight Shadow remix, or Nemurenai Yoru Wa*
the correct term for a female person who portrays a character is "actor"
the correct term for a male person who portrays a character is "actor"
the point is, the term is the same
Fowler wrote a lengthy 'counter-protest' against this, in which he accused women of 'putting their own interests above those of the public' and encouraged the creation of feminine neologisms to refer to professions without an existing feminine designation.
i like to remind myself of this whenever Fowler is treated as the definitive last word on English prose style.
hey friends just popping in to say a lil hint again to please fucking stop with the orientalist anti-dprk propaganda and alarming unquestioning belief in sources from the country’s political enemies
I DID IT
I FOUND WHAT MAY BE THE MOST WHACK SJW POST OF ALL TIME
My fave thing is people who pride themselves on seeing through American propaganda and lies while buying the most obvious clumsy NK propaganda imaginable.
The Mysterious Ballerina and her Tree Stump Ghosts
Apparently I'm so out of the loop with DC that Giffen and deMatteis have brought back Ted Kord for another Blue Beetle and Booster Gold reunion and I totally missed it
At this point I don't know whether I should be glad or just be going 'what, again?'
The Mysterious Ballerina and her Tree Stump Ghosts
I mean, I like Ted, so I don't want to sound like 'waa they killed my fav character' but if we're getting to the point where you're bringing him back to life every 2 years for a Blue and Gold reunion, you might as well just, you know, bring him back for good.
Unless they have done this now. I should probably read it before posting tbf
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I feel a lot better this morning
Thank god
I mean my nose is still all stuffy but my headache is under control and I don't wanna die anymore
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I forget, actually, do either of you object to the gender-neutral "guys"? I keep forgetting not everyone is used to my Midwestern dialect >_>
five years is less than some rapists are sentenced to.
like, i know this
i know it's a disproportionate punishment
but at the same time, a unique art object feels... sort of sacred?
exactly, that sucks. every newspaper report on this mentionns that the painting was 'worth £8m'. i heavily endorse punching sacred art objects whenever possible
i wonder, did the artists who made an entire exhibition out of small fragments they had secretly broken off well-known and valuable works of art ever get charged/fined/jailed
Segregation seems to delude people into thinking they are "part of something" at the cost of dehumanizing others. Much easier to make people do unspeakable things to others if they don't feel close to them.
Did I already said that I am pretty dumb? cause I might just be.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I "y'all" when I'm tired or something, which is weird, because I'm not Southern :P
But "you guys" is too deeply embedded in me as the plural "you" to change it entirely
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Segregation seems to delude people into thinking they are "part of something" at the cost of dehumanizing others. Much easier to make people do unspeakable things to others if they don't feel close to them.
Did I already said that I am pretty dumb? cause I might just be.
That was not a dumb opinion at all. i don't think it was even a controversial opinion? At least not around here.
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the correct term for a male person who portrays a character is "actor"
the point is, the term is the same
lol, efficiency
*some eurobeat song plays during this, perhaps a Moonlight Shadow remix, or Nemurenai Yoru Wa*
or level 5 -judgelight-
i like to remind myself of this whenever Fowler is treated as the definitive last word on English prose style.
According to Wikipedia it was recorded for Xenosaga but not used. i feel like i've heard it before, but i can't place it.
I DID IT
My fave thing is people who pride themselves on seeing through American propaganda and lies while buying the most obvious clumsy NK propaganda imaginable.I FOUND WHAT MAY BE THE MOST WHACK SJW POST OF ALL TIME
At this point I don't know whether I should be glad or just be going 'what, again?'
Unless they have done this now. I should probably read it before posting tbf
it had the potential to be the best quiz on sporcle
but no
five years in prison for significantly improving a painting smfh
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Art vandalism kind of registers as very not funny to me.
i mean is kind of funny
but still, not cool, painting-punching dude
i really am not capable of assessing a situation like this at all, like at all
the value of art and the value of human life do not even exist within the same spheres for me
In fact, early in my life I didn't even realize it was gendered until someone pointed it out to me one day.
in the singular 'guy' is male to me
in the plural it's more neutral but still connotative of maleness
i'm aware that in your dialect it's different
i know it's a disproportionate punishment
but at the same time, a unique art object feels... sort of sacred?
that raises another IJBM of mine
the whole idea of distinguishing between "bros" and "hos"
well there are several things wrong with it
1. the term "ho", which is of course short for "whore", being used to refer to
2. the idea that one cannot have friends of the opposite gender
3. the male-centric view of the terminology, in general
4a. the idea that persons of the opposite gender are seen as sexual objects
4b. the idea of treating anyone as an object as opposed to a real person
5. the notion of contrasting friendship with sexual relations
5 years is definitely not ok
but how exactly do you punish something like that? i really have no idea
i mean actually sacred like you can't even put a price on it
it's a relic
in many ways
Regardless, you're not dumb.