How to overcome nihilistic thought that ruins your enjoyment of life?
>>3051936
Either accept it and use it as motivation to enjoy it while you can in a way you want to, or distract yourself by working and achieving until you drop dead. Dwelling on it is pointless, you won't find a solution sitting in the mire of nihilism. Either cross it or don't set foot in it.
If nihilistic thoughts ruin your enjoyment of life that life probably wasn´t too joyful in the first place. Nihilism is a product of boredom, general depression and/or being underage. Get a hobby, a girlfriend or a job you like.
What was the society actually like in the soviet union?
Pic semi-related
>>3051925
Not glorious, but nowhere near as bad as Western propagandists portray it to be.
>>3051925
Perfect in every way. Return to work, comrade citizen.
uniform thread
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How wealthy was Constantinople really? That it was an immensely rich city is something you always hear, but was it wealthy for its time, compared to other less sophisticated European cities of the middle ages, or was it still incredible and magnificent when compared to Rome at the height of the empire, or Abbasid Baghdad, or Saint Petersburg under Catherine II and other great cities?
Is it likely that a Pan-Celtic state will ever come into fruition? Could it ever become a European power?
>>3051728
>Is it likely that a Pan-Celtic state will ever come into fruition?
maybe not a state but shit close to one, maybeeee
>Could it ever become a European power?
the toppest of keks
>>3051748
Not a major power obviously, but less irrelevant than the Celtic nations are atm due to their tiny size and populations
>>3051728
Maybe in Britain if London really mucks up bad.
Near impossible in France.
Are there any structures important to ALL Koreans that are in North Korea? "This is Wai Tu Yung Castle, where General Hung Reel Lo held off the Japanese and the Chinese at the same time during the fall of 1323. Now its the offices for Re-Education Fun Zone #25" I tried looking myself, but all i get are statues of Woah, Fat!, his dad, and HIS dad. Pic related: Jinjuseong Fortress
https://twitter.com/Spano4Matteo/status/882287465964474369
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_savage
anyone?
After conquering Lydia, Cyrus the Great was met by a Spartan delegation.
Cyrus, the Spartans said, should not molest the Greeks of Ionia, for they would not allow it. Angered, Cyrus asked his advisor, "Who are the Spartans?" He told the delegation that Sparta would have much to worry about if he lived (it appears he was an elderly man at the time).
So, /his/, who would have won? The revered Spartans, or the Persians led by the brilliant Cyrus the Great?
>>3051392
OP here with my thoughts.
It's important to note that the first Persian expedition under Darius I almost succeeded; the Greeks survived by the skin of their teeth. Mind you, that expedition did not see the full might of the Achaemenids descend upon the Greek City States. Darius had entrusted the campaign to several of his satraps, relying on satrapal armies to end the Greeks.
If Cyrus was to fully commit to subjugating Sparta, he could have done so. Perhaps even the whole of Greece. There was an near unlimited supply of experienced troops and commanders. Harpagus had plenty of experience fighting the hoplites successfully, which would have been useful in mainland Greece.
>>3051392
>He told the delegation that Sparta would have much to worry about if he lived
And? Spartan comebacks were pure gold.
>>3051392
>It's important to note that the first Persian expedition under Darius I almost succeeded; the Greeks survived by the skin of their teeth.
Are you high? It came nowhere near to accomplishing any of its objectives. It couldn't even maneuver itself properly, and lost to what essentially amounted to a citizen's militia. Even if the Persians had somehow won at Marathon, there's no indication they could actually have besieged a fortified Polis with what they had on hand.
>If Cyrus was to fully commit to subjugating Sparta, he could have done so. Perhaps even the whole of Greece. There was an near unlimited supply of experienced troops and commanders. Harpagus had plenty of experience fighting the hoplites successfully, which would have been useful in mainland Greece.
That worked out so well when Xerxes tried, or when you had the Delian league wars.
How did medieval castles fare after the advent of gunpowder, were existing castles modified somehow or were they razed to the ground replaced with more efficient designs?
>>3051088
Check out the sate of the castle in your picture and you'll get your answer
You saw a gradual transition towards lower and thicker walls, eventually culminating in the star forts.
Gunpowder didn't, as commonly believed, instantly make castles obsolete. Early cannons were unwieldy and relatively weak. It did, however, change the mechanics of siegecraft.
Fun fact of the day, a petard is a cannon that is designed to be rolled up until it's touching the gate of a fortification, and then fired at point blank range to blow the door off.
"Hoist upon your own petard" literally refers to the act of being killed in an explosion from a malfunctioning siege machine.
Was he a bad guy?
>>3051000
He is responsible for Soviet Union, so yes
>>3051010
This.
He was a Commie was he not?
>You will never be soviet soldier in Afrghanistan listening to the best of the 80's
Fuck Vietnam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDc2pDQgVg
>tfw my father wasn't deployed in Afghanistan whilst he was in the USSR military
Is this worth a read? I have it saved and I don't remember why.
What part did wewuzian kangdom played in Finno-Korean hyperwar?
please stop trying to force this shitty meme
>>3050444
Hwang empire isn't a meme though. Koreans are dead serious about it.
>>3050437
King Wewuz fought on the Finnish side.
Was the Pacific Front actually just the deadliest bonding excersize in human history?
What if the American Civil War was both sides trying to end slavery but the north claimed to have come up with the ideas first so the south delcared war since they were petty and wanted to gain the credit for it