/u/SaintShrink's posts
How did Thailand become associated with the stereotype of westerners seeking illicit or unethical sex work? NSFW
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It's Europe in the 14th century and war is raging. I walk into a military camp, storm into the medieval version of a CO's tent, and start barking orders, claiming to be their liege. Do they have security in place to verify if I am in fact the king, and whether or not my orders should be followed?
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It's sometimes said that all modern fantasy is either cribbing Tolkien or responding to him. Who, if anybody, was Tolkien cribbing and/or responding to?
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How did the English Reformation go from a single, concrete, seemingly cynical act (the annulment of Henry VIII) to a distinct and deeply considered theology?
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A recent CNN opinion piece claims that "for much of US history, bipartisanship was not lionized" and that only in the mid 20th century has it been something that lent any legitimacy to bills. Can this really be accurate? When did bipartisanship become a stated goal of US legislation?
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Father Coughlin's brand of Fascism went from wielding extraordinary power and having a global reach of millions to being effectively silenced in 1939. How did the Roosevelt administration stop him?
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How much of the lack of recognition for Alan Turing's work in his lifetime was due to his homosexuality, and how much was because he was working on secret programs with a national security interest?
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I once heard a theory that global flood myths exist in different cultures because when they were written, the small area in which they lived was all they thought existed. Is this even plausible? How aware were Mesopotamians or early Israelites that stuff existed outside of their immediate view?
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