“I’m really into WW2 artifact collecting!”
Only collects things associated with Wehrmacht / SS
Yeaaaah, buddy, collector you are!
OK hear me out, what if the reason I like WW2 history is because there’s a lot of kicking nazi ass
I like reading about all the spy shit and codebreaking that went on. WWII is really interesting if you’re into the history of computer science and encryption.
Or to write lore accurate day in the life of a 40k human soldier
The WW1 trenches are also very rich with inspiration, and the Napoleonic era Sharpe books have influenced quite a few Black Library books if you want more to read
Idk how im going to tell my wife im gay
Welcome to bisexuality
I don’t know how to tell my wife I’m a swan.
“I like Viking stuff”
Might be just into Norse mythology. Might be into Nazis.
I loved all the Viking / Norse shit when I was younger. Comics, games, etc, I couldn’t get enough.
But then I started talking to people who followed that aesthetic and was disappointed by exactly 100% of them.
Still love the games. Lost Vikings, Rune, GoW, etc
Maps to the west, assicles, etc.
What about history pf philosophy? Im on episode 326 of the history of philosophy without any gaps podcast and I really enjoying it. We’re just finishing Byzantine philosophy and getting ready for the Renaissance.
That someone needs to set aside six hours, some strong alcohol, and a barrel to live in before engaging.
Sorry, I fell asleep halfway through reading your comment.
This is a pretty pessimistic way to view people who have an interest in… anything tbh. People view video game players in the same sort of negative light and it’s not healthy there either…
Roman history is amazing. Everybody hears of Julius Caesar and maybe Trajan and Hadrian but then pretend that nothing happened after that. Like poof, it was dead, inevitable, Franks and Caliphates are now a thing.
Then when you realise how much Rome had to screw itself over to even get to that point while being struck by famines, massive migratory invasions, the huns while still being in a moderately good shape… That’s the good stuff. The story of the fall is a marble being chipped away slowly while telling a beautiful story until there is nothing left of the Western Roman Empire. If Rome had a favorite hobby it would be waging war on itself.
Eastern Roman Empire was alive and kicking until the 1450’s and if you think there’s not much there then look up Justinian’s restoration. They even had horseback archers like the mongols and huns for a while that had to train for many years. Hell, even look at a map that goes back some years pre-caliphate period.
Even as recently as 1912 there were people in the Aegean islands that identified as Roman. I wish there would be a series that would cover the history of Rome properly and not just “CaEsAr KiLlEd gAuLs aNd sExEd cLeOpAtRa” for the billionth time.
I’m into a bunch of different periods of history and historical fiction.
Was also into Greek mythology in middle school and am pansexual.
As someone who just really thinks its cool how an ancient civilization was able to become such a superpower with roads and infrastructure and then fall so harshly. 😢
As a history student I was really afraid that I would meet a ton of right wingers. But I must say the worst kind of people so far are history students that only study history to become teachers. They keep laughing at me saying that at least they have a future and that I will eventually switch sides and become a teacher too, I just don’t know it yet :(
How about we stop demonizing people who want to be smart and focus on their actions and beliefs that actually matter?
I’ve noticed that, after a relative lull, people are getting bullied for traditional reasons again. However the bullies code those reasons as deplorable, so that they can imply their targets are just assholes.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Are you suggesting that telling people to be wary of history buffs (after decades of examples of “history buffs” being code for wild bigot/racist) is actually just bullying people who like history? Because if so that’s a gross over exaggeration of what the post is saying. Or are you talking about the Greek mythology thing? Because the tumblr user who posted it is queer and so am I so that conclusion would also be pretty heavily flawed and wrought with heterocentric thinking.
This post is laying the groundwork to say someone is somehow morally compromised for having certain interests. Those interests have been common interests for decades.
Right now, there’s 100 percent a mood that people who are morally compromised deserve to be mistreated.b
The end result of posts like these is nerds being bullied in the same way they used to before the whole anti bullying attitude started. Only this is even worse because the victims get told they are POSes who deserve it.
The Roman one specifically applies to basically every male history nerd. Same with WW2.
It’s not widely considered due to how the second half of WW1 ended up going, but Germany really wasn’t the bad guys in WW1. It was like every other war except WW2, both sides were kinda shit and kinda okay. And given that fact, it was clearly a mistake to let the victors write the treaty of Versailles to be so harsh, while the losers were still a quite formidable force. Though as a 21st century person, it’s hard to say how many of the German complaints about it were legitimate vs how many were an excuse to be fascists.
What if you like OSP?
It was for Overly Sarcastic Productions my bad
I’m interested in the subjects that I never learned in school, like Asian history or ancient Mesopotamian history. African empires seems interesting too, and I’m very curious about how the Polynesians came to be, seems wild.
I binged this History of Africa podcast last year, and it’s pretty good History of Africa Podcast
Thanks for the recommendation, looks interesting
