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FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one

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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #24

    And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

    I was only joking

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      #25

      Odd how people seem to think the south could have won and yet we’d somehow have become one nation in time to turn the tide in the world wars. I think it’s at least as likely that had the south won we’d be speaking German.

      You were warned.

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        #26

        For some reason, I'm reminded of Jeremy Corbyn's claims that he won the argument.

        I was only joking

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        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

          Odd how people seem to think the south could have won and yet we’d somehow have become one nation in time to turn the tide in the world wars. I think it’s at least as likely that had the south won we’d be speaking German.

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          #27

          @jon-nyc said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

          Odd how people seem to think the south could have won and yet we’d somehow have become one nation in time to turn the tide in the world wars. I think it’s at least as likely that had the south won we’d be speaking German.

          Good point, I hadn't thought of that. If the south had won, I bed the north would've remained united as we are today, just smaller... and the south would've just been a united set of highly individual states that likely would've eventually led to more fighting. I'd imagine the north would've taken over the westward expansion of the country, too.

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            #28

            The westward expansion probably would have been negotiated north and south of some parallel. My guess anyway.

            You were warned.

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            • CopperC Offline
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              #29

              If the Japanese had hit our oil reserves at Pearl Harbor, we would all be speaking Japanese.

              Or the Japanese would all be speaking Russian.

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              • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                #30

                @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                alt text

                Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                  And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                  alt text

                  Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

                  LuFins DadL Offline
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                  LuFins Dad
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                  #31

                  @taiwan_girl said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                  And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                  alt text

                  Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

                  Luke got me a ridiculously fun book called “What If” where a physicist with a sense of humor answers some bizarrely out there rhetorical questions… I’ll post a couple.

                  The Brad

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                    jon-nyc
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                    #32

                    It’s the xkcd guy. They’re great.

                    My favorite is the one where he compares the energy your body would take (its its last picosecond of existence) if (a) the sun went supernova vs (b) a hydrogen bomb detonated on the surface of your eye.

                    The sun going supernova wins.

                    Which is fucking amazing.

                    You were warned.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      It’s the xkcd guy. They’re great.

                      My favorite is the one where he compares the energy your body would take (its its last picosecond of existence) if (a) the sun went supernova vs (b) a hydrogen bomb detonated on the surface of your eye.

                      The sun going supernova wins.

                      Which is fucking amazing.

                      LuFins DadL Offline
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                      #33

                      @jon-nyc said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                      It’s the xkcd guy. They’re great.

                      My favorite is the one where he compares the energy your body would take (its its last picosecond of existence) if (a) the sun went supernova vs (b) a hydrogen bomb detonated on the surface of your eye.

                      The sun going supernova wins.

                      Which is fucking amazing.

                      The guy is actually an alumni from Luke’s college - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe

                      The Brad

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                      • jon-nycJ Offline
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                        jon-nyc
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                        #34

                        Cool.

                        You were warned.

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                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                          And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                          alt text

                          Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

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                          @taiwan_girl said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                          alt text

                          Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

                          Those aren't B52s, so it's obviously a ridiculous question.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                            And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                            alt text

                            Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

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                            @taiwan_girl said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in FFS Pete they’re losers. Every last one:

                            And if Napoleon had won the Battle of Hastings (which he clearly would have done if he'd actually shown up) we'd all be speaking Dutch.

                            alt text

                            Inspired by SNL, a panel discussion called "What If?" takes viewers' questions about ridiculous topics, including this week's question: what if Napoleon had access to a B-52 Bomber plane?,

                            I think I have mentioned this a couple times, a book I would love to write but probably never will. It would be non-fiction, but it would be a series of real world butterfly effects of sorts, where I track one small incident and the ripple effect it has throughout history, for example, the assassination of archduke Ferdinand leading to rocket travel.

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