Ancient History

Discussion in 'Historical Events Coffee House' started by GeneralofCarthage, Dec 1, 2011.

  1. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Ancient history. :cool:
  2. UnitRico Well-Known Member

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    One of them, yes.

    Some did really sound like trolls, but what do you think the guy who recorded this said beforehand? "Hi there, I'm making a video to make US citizens look like idiots. Would you like to answer some questions as stupidly as possible while I record you so people think we're ignorant assholes?". I'm sure anyone would agree to that.

    I assume you claim that because it's something you disagree with? While in this case you'd have more of a point as some of those answers just sounds trollish, this isn't the only video. There are several of them, all interviewing different people, and as far as I know, all made by different people. Look at what I said above your quote. Do you really think there are several people who randomly got the same idea, all getting enough people to cooperate to get several minutes of footage? Not to mention I've heard enough times US citizens have no clue what wars they were fighting against who, or can locate any European country.
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    I honestly doubt that dude did not know how many sides a triangle had. That answer in particular made me believe it was fake. ALso the person who said "Do triangles have sides" made me believe it was fake.
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    Or they genuinely don't know what a triangle is, or thought it was something else. Yes, that's hard to believe for such a basic shape, but I'd be pretty puzzled when someone would randomly ask me how many sides a mouse has, for instance. Also, the video seems to have come from an Australian news report, and some of those reactions did look pretty genuine.
    I don't know why everyone placed the "who to invade next" flag on Australia, though. I think I saw some writing on it, so maybe they wrote something there.
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    You are just as bad as the Christian American idiots posting on the video. They are all obviously retarded and it's very easy to tell that it's not fake. Just take off your redneck goggles and look at it.

    Relating to ancient history, some people compare the Roman Empire to the USA, but the Roman Empire produced smarter people.
  6. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Roman architecture was so magnificent that in the dark ages, historians(mostly germanic ones) attributed their work(which was still largely intact, simply abandoned in most cases) to an ancient race of giant men, which seemed to be the most logical conclusion to most people, who had long since forgotten the history of antiquity.
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    You couldn't let it, could you? Always dragging in religion.
  8. Toast Well-Known Member

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    It's impossible not to make a jab at Americans being stupid without bringing in Christianity. They are the only Western civilization that still takes religion seriously. Even Ireland doesn't cling to it as much as the USA.
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    Why do those folks believe that the American constitution is based on the bible...



    BTW the painting at the beginning of the vid depicting Jesus Christ holding the American constitution and encircled by Americans from all ages is just amazing...
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    Whilst agree that Americans are the most retarded race concievable, the vast majority of religious people outside of the place are not creationist retards who fight to get Darwin's theory off of state curriculums. The notion that such a thing should happen is absurd, but it surely qill.
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    wow, if there's one thing I hate and that's profiling, those people probably tested 200 people and only chose the stupidest, you know you Europeans talk big shit about america, but face it, you have hicks, rednecks, religious zealots, conservatives, and idiots too, but you always fling shit at the USA. You Europeans love pooling all of us "Americans" into a group of idiot bigots and general cavemen. and your right, the majority of americans are conservative, and religious, but that does not there are not minorities. gifted intelligent minorities that want to show the world that not all american's are from the USA.
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    The lack of proper sentence structure isn't helping your argument. Europeans don't have "hicks" and "rednecks", they are special discriminatory terms linked to white trash Americans. We do have religious zealots, but our religious zealots are Muslims. Why do you consider Conservatives bad people? What are you, a fucking red?

    You're right, there are a few hundred genuinely intelligent Americans. That's the best I can give you.
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    Americans aren't a race. If we are so dumb why do we have some of the best colleges in the world. Muslims aren't the only zealots in Europe. You Europeans are no better considering most of the Americans descended from you. This is some of the most absurd shit on the forums.
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    because most of the Constitution has roots in the Bible.
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    So all American go to these colleges? Not to mention Europe has just as much, heck, maybe even more and better colleges.

    In Europe, there are hardly any Christian zealots left. We actually learned from the Inquisition that zealots are fucking idiots.

    Humans and apes share a common ancestor if you go back far enough. Who of the two turned out better? Apparently, leaving the British Empire was a terrible idea then.

    Oh all the thoughts that pop into my head right now...

    While it's probably pointless to show you this, I still will, because...well, might as well.
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    What part?
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    Well when you think about it. The Pledge of Allegiance has "One Nation under God"
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    I was talking about the Constitution... The Pledge of Allegiance was written more than a century after the Constitution...
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    When searching for "constitution" on the page of the Pledge of Allegiance, it mostly says the Pledge contradicts the Constitution.
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    You have the best college in the world (Oxford) but we have basically the rest of the top ten. But to say there are Christian zealots left is absurd considering they still exist in EVERY country. Humans and apes don't share a common ancestor. I think America turned out better than the British Empire due to the fact the British Empire no longer exists.

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