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⌈ Secret Post #6746 ⌋

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Historical events/periods

[philstar22]

What historical periods or events particularly interest you, and why?

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

The hippie movement/sexual revolution (so 1960s/1970s), freeing time, fashion was amazing and also having feministic/civil rights movement and cognitive revolution.

Idk why exactly but that's the time period I would like to go back to.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

The medieval era is my jam. I read whole books on it. Mostly due to Age of Empires II when I was a kid.

That said, my philosophy is the same as watching lions or tigers: They are awesome to look at in a zoo, but you're pretty dense if you want to jump into their enclosure.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

I'm very interested in French history, particularly the time periods of Joan of Arc and Marie Antoinette. Egyptian pharaonic history will also forever be fascinating to me.

Re: Historical events/periods

[philstar22]

I'm really interested in ancient cultures, particularly Celtic, Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek. Also older central/south American cultures like Maya, Aztec, Olmec.

Czarist Russia has been an interest of mine for a long time. And also pre-Czarist, early Russian/Rus culture/history.

Early civil rights movement in US, when it was just getting started. The anti-slavery movement in Great Britain.

Just in general the historical development of some things interest me. Like the history of law. The history/development of rights/civil rights/justice/etc. The history of medicine. It is interesting how things develop over time.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

Anything pre-Christianity is interesting to me.

Early humanity and the diverging cultural developments are just fascinating. Once you get to more "modern" stuff I lose all interest.

I used to be pretty obsessed with the Incas but that has died down a bit. I mean I still find the culture and history really interesting (and sad) but it's not my One True Love of history/archaeology.

Re: Historical events/periods

[kaijinscendre]

WWII for period and medical breakthroughs for events.

Re: Historical events/periods

[tabaqui]

The Vietnam war era and that war in particular.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

Very early post-Ice Age cultures, in all climate zones. We know so little about them.

WWI.

Plantagenet era. It's quite the exercise, getting myself into that mindset. Doubly so when seeing it through the lens of Shakespeare. It's like a mental gym.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

All of them!

I will literally read anything or watch any history documentary that looks even vaguely interesting.

Ancient Greece is up there, though!

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I'm up for just about anything if it's done well. But lately I've been reading some Georgette Heyer (sort of transitioning from Jane Austen) and the customs and etiquette of the Regency era is kind of fascinating just because it's so much more formal than what we're used to.

Other than that, anything medieval-ish in England/Europe. Ancient Aztec, or Mayan culture. Ancient Egypt, ancient China. Pre-Columbian North America. Viking Age. Pre 1066 conquest.

Re: Historical events/periods

[(Anonymous)]

Although I still find The Tale of Genji a rather impenetrable text, I do find Heian-era Japan interesting.

Re: Historical events/periods

[thewakokid]

I float around. Obviously as a man Rome takes up some significant space in my mental landscape of history.

But Sengoku Japan is always fascinating as a setting, but Muromachi, Edo and Meiji has a wonderful... Narrative flow? I dunno, the stark changes while still being tethered to a running theme of Japaneseness.

China has its own special places in history, like sengoku japan the end of the Han and the start of the 3 kingdoms era has a great setting for conflict and upheaval. Its WHY they keep making the Dynasty warriors games. But I also dig the Tang era for the aesthetics.

I mostly only really like the ancient greeks and early arabs for the mythology and stories, but theres a certain romance to pre 20c bedouin life that always gets me.

Also early to mid 20c America, from gangsters and prohibition, huge growth, aviation advancments, the whole of Noir genre... Wonderfully atmospheric.

My own countries history is less interesting. We're a very class conscious people so a history that is little more that a parade of arsehole kings never really spoke to me. Like the greeks and arabs, I like our mythology and folklore better. Your Robin Hoods and King Arthurs. Same with the scandos, actually. More the mythology than the history.

From OP of the Jesse Pinkman secret

[(Anonymous)]

I wasn’t around yesterday, but I read the comments and wanted to say thank you to everyone for being so positive and supportive and sharing some similar things. It really brightened my day.

Re: From OP of the Jesse Pinkman secret

[(Anonymous)]

<3

Re: From OP of the Jesse Pinkman secret

[(Anonymous)]

Happy to hear it!! Keep going nonny <3

“Red flag” recommendations

[iff_and_xor]

What have people recommended to you that made you stop trusting their recommendations?

Has anyone ever recommended something and you felt offended?

Re: “Red flag” recommendations

[philstar22]

Had someone recommend Ayn Rand to me once.

Things like American Psycho, Fight Club. Liking them is fine. But the way some men are obsessed with them (and also fundamentally don't get them and think the main characters are heroes). And when people rec them to me even knowing me and my tastes. What?

50 shades of Grey, Twilight when I ask for erotica or fantasy recs.

Fight Club

[(Anonymous)]

It didn't used to be, but times have changed. If someone says this is their favorite book my opinion of them drops dramatically.

I felt vaguely offended when someone recommended 50 Shades of Gray to me. But it wasn't someone who really knew me, just a vague person who was like "oh ho ho it is so good and so naughty" and had clearly never read kink in their life.

Re: “Red flag” recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

ACOTAR. Just…no.

Re: “Red flag” recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

This didn't specify books, so: any time a dev "recs" their game without clearly disclaimering up front, first thing, that it is their game they're promoting.

Same thing with fic/books/whatnot but this happens most with games.

Re: “Red flag” recommendations

[dani_phantasma]

I had a THERAPIST give me a glowing recommendation of Twilight , she'd gush about how good it is , how the author is an English major (meh) and just the fact that she is not only recommending this book to a TEENAGER as a therapist, but the fact that I was an incredibly immature for my age autistic teenage, who was at the mental maturity of like.. 13 at 18-19 and is deeply depressed is... kinda alarming

She also turned out to be incredibly toxic and manipulative, trying to catch me in lies by asking things like "do you think you're trying hard enough?" (at what??) and later I found out she was trying to play me and my mom against each other by acting cold to her initially before calling her behind my back to apologize and say how I was manipulative ... well somehow it's not surprising

Any therapist who does not at least SEE some worrying signs of abuse on Edward's end or unhealthy devotion on Bella's is just.. not good at their job tbh. It's not like they're all very subtle about it...

Re: “Red flag” recommendations

[(Anonymous)]

A good friend once recommended Curb Your Enthusiasm to me: “Oh my god, I know you would love<\em> this!”

No shade to the show, it seems very well made, but I don’t watch many sitcoms and that show in particular is not at all my sense of humor.

I was a little offended by her certainty and felt like she was only reccing it because I’m Jewish and from NYC.

People who don't have trouble falling asleep,

[(Anonymous)]

How do you do it? Been laying awake for at least an hour every night (not scrolling on phone or anything).