/u/screwyoushadowban's posts
How did wealthy and upper-middle class white mid-20th century Southerners attempt to rationalize the cruelty of the system their society enforced with the affection they felt for the black nannies and housekeepers that raised them and their children?
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What were early to 1960s Soviet circuses like? Did they travel on rail like American circus? How much censorship were they subject to? Were there clandestine/unapproved circuses?
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Was there a genre of crime literature in ancient Rome & the broader Mediterranean? Did they have a Robin Hood or invent folklore about gangsters? Did they recognize their stories as romanticized/exploitative the way we sometimes see the crime genre (& "true crime") now?
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Militaries of modern countries are often associated with subcultures distinct from the civilian population (or, for countries with universal conscription, at least distinct from civilian life, e.g. high school part 2). Did the mid & later Roman Republic recognize a subculture in their army?
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Some states give broad legal protection to pilots and controllers against prosecution for loss of life due to error or negligence while others do not. Is there a measurable difference in safety of passengers and the public's perception of risk under these different schemes?
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A. Cornelius Cossus to ___ ___, Quaestor Aerarius S.D.: when I grow up I'd like to a fatcat accountant with the keys to vault just like you. What's your day like?
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What was the Roman attitude towards the loser in late Republican and early Imperial Rome? Did they have our familiar modern notion of the "noble defeat" in sport, war, or social causes? Was a losing athlete or a survivor of a lost battle/campaign worthy of respect?
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In the early days of civilian and military rocketry was there a risk that a space exploration launch might be detected and mistaken for a military launch? How did the relevant authorities keep each other in the loop?
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What's responsible for the oddly distributed patterns of oxidization/patina on the Statue of Liberty especially on her left side?
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