/hi/ - History and Culture

Celsius ## Admin ## 09/12/28(Mon)07:43 No. 1 [Reply] Locked

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Now that this is a real board, it's time to lay down some rules:

1. Don't be a faggot

Thank you, and enjoy

Country Assimilation Historian 13/05/20(Mon)20:17 No. 13751 [Reply]

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hi, im interested in empires

will there be no more empires? too many pesky small countries makes me sick

i am interest of things like poland-lithuana joining empires in 18th century but now in present day

hypothetically what if America and China coagulated? Could America send it's warships to Europe and hold it down while China puts a knife to the japan, korea, and the other asian countries?

also if all those shit sand nigger countries had an shred of intelligence they'd all come under one leader and become massive powerful country, but that can never happen

Historian 13/05/06(Mon)07:24 No. 13732 [Reply]

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/hi/ guys
so I have this plaque in my bathroom from like 5 years ago.
My high school teacher liked me enough to give me this, it's just a piece of wood shaped like El Salvador, has the Salvadorian flag and crest on it, and even says El Salvador (see: picture)

She told me it was signed by the president (at the time), but I can't make out the writing. It looks like it says "Dacierbo" but the letters are so hastily written.

There's also a sticker that says something about upholstery, carpeting, and repairs or whatever.

Can anyone put a value to this? Is it just another ol' knick-knack to add to my collection?

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Historian 13/05/09(Thu)15:28 No. 13735

Salvador who?

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Historian 13/05/10(Fri)13:37 No. 13738

>>13735
some spik country or somethin'

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Historian 13/05/18(Sat)04:57 No. 13750

According to Google and Wikipedia, the President of El Salvador in 2006 was Antonio Saca.

Not that it matters because it looks like the signature went across that slick label and either never went on or rubbed completely off. The word next to "2006" is probably where the person signed it.

You'd probably have to take it to an appraiser to have what's left of the signature identified.

Humans naturally love memes! purveyor of the omnimeme 13/05/10(Fri)06:27 No. 13737 [Reply]

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Is life but a quest to find the one, eternally consistent meme?
Meme as in Dawkin's cultural memes, not cheezeburger memes.
Of course, the latter is a subset of the first.

Someone will promise to tell you what it is, in exchange for everything you control. It will happen again and again, because post-material scarcity, novel knowledge and information will be what's valuable.

SO here I shall share my meme, for the game-theoretic benefit of mankind, on /sci/. Never trade for an omni-meme, it will force it to be given freely, in love.

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Historian 13/05/12(Sun)11:30 No. 13741

>>13740

except there are a basis of memes that are required constantly for the system to function, now which are those?

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Historian 13/05/14(Tue)05:26 No. 13743

brains

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Historian 13/05/18(Sat)04:46 No. 13749

>>13741
You seem to be confused. A meme is a "unit" of learned or imitated behavior. Are you saying that there is a single learned human behavior that is required for a human to function?

There may be some basis to this, but it isn't a single constant. For example, a developing child has a certain window in which to acquire learned social behaviors in order to function in a society, as we know from the cases of children raised by animals.

However, there doesn't seem to be a constant. One must, for example, acquire a language during formative years in order to become fluent, but this doesn't mean there is a single best 'uber-language' that is ideal for human functioning.

Likewise, one must acquire a set of social skills during formative years in order to be able to function well in a society, but that doesn't mean that one single acquired social skill or set of skills is the most 'human'.

Historian 13/02/11(Mon)14:10 No. 13541 [Reply]

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The more and more I learn about WW2 the more I start to despise modern Jews for acting like the ultimate victims when, in actuality, members of "their tribe" are responsible for far more deaths. I'm in no way a holocaust denier but it's absolutely reproachable how even the more numerous Slavic deaths by the Nazis are simply, if it all, collateral damage in the eyes of the status quo.

It's amazing how moldable the mind of the average person actually is, and how seizing the media alone for ideological purposes can change society as a whole.

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Historian 13/05/16(Thu)19:30 No. 13745

>>13577
Fuck off, kike.

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Historian 13/05/16(Thu)19:46 No. 13746

To everyone saying "hurr durr op is ghey cus he insulted jews, our greatest ally.", why is questioning the Holocaust story's legitimacy grounds for automatic dismissal? Why are Jews in various parts of the world, namely Europe and Israel, campaigning to make "Holocaust denial" illegal? If it is so blatantly obvious that a historical event in fact happened the way it is generally accepted, then why does it need to be illegal to question? Why does the government need to put restraint against someone who questions and looks for a differing opinion on what happened?

For example: If I wanted to question the official story of the events surrounding the American Revolution, I'm sure no one would immediately try to silence me, or distance themselves from me. It is only when I question something regarding "God's chosen people" that everyone loses rationality and simply starts throwing insults at me for even daring to do such a thing.

(NOTE: People that are commonly referred to as "Holocaust deniers" do not actually claim that the Holocaust never happened. They simply question the truth of the official story of what happened. i.e. "Jews died in Nazi Germany but nowhere near 6 million." or "Jews were not systematically killed in gas chambers.", etc.

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Historian 13/05/18(Sat)02:27 No. 13748

"Jews died in Nazi Germany but nowhere near 6 million." or "Jews were not systematically killed in gas chambers.", etc.

since the holocaust is in fact the planned extermination of 6 million jews in WW2 by the nazi germans - any denial of this is denial of the holocaust

-fin.

Historian 13/05/17(Fri)21:11 No. 13747 [Reply]

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Did the bombing of Germany have any affect at all? Could we really say it was necessary? Wasn't it the ground battles that made all the difference in Germany's defeat?

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Historian 13/05/20(Mon)20:20 No. 13752

one way to win war is to defeat a country's will to continue fighting

Historian 12/06/29(Fri)20:35 No. 12695 [Reply]

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What does /hi/ think of Huntingdon's Clash of Civilizations theory?

Does it actually hold any water to you?

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Daniel 13/03/17(Sun)17:55 No. 13592

I do want to point out that in this map apparently only Transilvania and not all Romania is a part of Europe, and the rest of the country is under Islam (when the country as a whole is 98% Christian).

Maybe the West dosn't care or even wants the country to be split again. Not nice, not nice.

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Historian 13/03/19(Tue)02:39 No. 13595

>>13592
And Xinjiang is not part of China anymore and apparently he decided to preemptively give the senkaku islands to japan and jesusfuckingchristit'saromanianhidethesilverware.

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Historian 13/05/14(Tue)00:56 No. 13742

>>13592
>>13595
I live in a country that's not even colored in, how do you think that makes ME feel?

May Day Historian 13/05/01(Wed)09:24 No. 13728 [Reply]

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None of you historians remembers why the 1st of May is celebrated on May 1? Why, was it too long ago? Not long ago enough?

Americans don't celebrate May Day, but worry not: Your sacrifice is not forgotten. The rest of the world remembers.

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Historian 13/05/01(Wed)19:13 No. 13729

I will always remember it as a pagan holiday.

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Historian 13/05/02(Thu)08:47 No. 13730

Because it was the day the whole of modern civilization was nearly burned to a fine, crispy flaky crust?

http://www.space.com/20928-giant-sun-wave-nasa-video.html

Heh, nah, that happens all the time.

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Historian 13/05/03(Fri)23:19 No. 13731

For the Druids of the British Isles, May 1 was the second most important holiday of the year. Because, it was when the festival of Beltane held. It was thought that the day divides the year into half. The other half was to be ended with the Samhain on November 1. Those days the May Day custom was the setting of new fire. It was one of those ancient New Year rites performed throughout the world. And the fire itself was thought to lend life to the burgeoning springtime sun. Cattle were driven through the fire to purify them. Men, with their sweethearts, passed through the smoke for seeing good luck.

Anthropology Historian 13/03/22(Fri)02:16 No. 13602 [Reply]

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Any good anthropology books that you recommend reading or are good? Also, I don't mind anything form universities such as lectures and discussions?

I love reading about the history of the origin of people and races and whatnot and I have been reading things online but I would like to expand my knowledge

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Historian 13/03/22(Fri)03:47 No. 13604

>>13603
Thank you. I'll look into it hopefully I find one at a decent price

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Historian 13/03/22(Fri)10:05 No. 13605

Youtube - Toggle Video
where's that comic with that chick on the computer and then the fat short guy notices and she facepalms and then next thing you know the little round bastard's diving onto her with an armload of animu or some shit

that's exactly how I feel right now

"alan mcfarlane"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJCH7G9kKcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkuHvWcbb0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVR7KtRuLE

"jon mayorman" - or something that sounds like that, he does history mostly, but he did live in the area AND, he's a yale lecturer who got access and talked with various individuals in europe - self identified left winger, but not hipster trash (it seems to be close to what my grandpa did in terms of how he went about stuff, but not quite entirely the same)

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Historian 13/04/24(Wed)03:46 No. 13725

the human zoo by desmond morris, or the naked ape by desmond morris

Historian 12/12/11(Tue)21:32 No. 13377 [Reply]

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/hi/, lately I've been eye balling world history. Problem is I don't know where to start, as in books. I moved to a new country and I'm barely getting by with my rudimentary language skills. The library really isn't an option so do you have any torrent links to chinese, american, european history or just any websites where I can learn this?

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Historian 13/03/09(Sat)11:22 No. 13575

three things you need to know about

keep these in mind

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey#Relationship_with_humans

someone already linked these on this forum earlier

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9

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Historian 13/04/21(Sun)16:01 No. 13723

>>13575

Why the Urban Dictionary defintion?

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Historian 13/04/22(Mon)13:34 No. 13724

because it helps to refer to these to remember that the classics and other things are just a bunch of retarded mental circlejerk fanboys

anything wrong with liking retarded mental circlejerking fanboys? why are you on this site? why are you on the internet at all, why are you in society?