studying for uk residency
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@whitequark What do I know about the life of Roald Dahl? More than I'd like to, thank you very much.
@xgranade do tell, this will be on the test i think
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"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
@whitequark that's a "just in case" if ever I heard one
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@xgranade do tell, this will be on the test i think
@whitequark That he's a terrible antisemite, mostly.
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does anyone say 'the Blitz spirit'
@whitequark it's funny how even when writing about enemies, it's still in such a milquetoast terms.
Hitler just wanted to spread the German power and felt that terms of post-WW1 peace were unfair, nothing more. Just a guy who wanted to spread the power and address unfairness.
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became how
became independent how, motherfucker
@whitequark a Britain-involving independence has happened
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@whitequark it's funny how even when writing about enemies, it's still in such a milquetoast terms.
Hitler just wanted to spread the German power and felt that terms of post-WW1 peace were unfair, nothing more. Just a guy who wanted to spread the power and address unfairness.
@IngaLovinde Holocaust is not mentioned whatsoever, so far as I can see
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@whitequark a Britain-involving independence has happened
@IngaLovinde exactly
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@whitequark ah yes, the Turing machine, the famous British invention. I wonder who were the inventors or what happened to them eventually.
Also I guess Tu-144 doesn't count because it's socialistic aviation as opposed to commercial aviation. Concorde might not be the only or even the first supersonic passenger aircraft, but it's the first _commercial_ one!
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@whitequark If you want an example of how skewed the British institutional view of history is: I didn't learn of the _existence_ of the Holy Roman Empire until I was.. 19? and that was from reading history myself. UK schools teach tedious crap about the royal family, WW1, WW2 and then you're done. Maybe it's different now (unlikely).
@Foritus @whitequark oh god, in the us we were actually taught about the holy roman empire in school, and we aren't even on the same continent.
there were a lot of things skipped unless you tool more advanced classes, like they never mentioned us colonization of the philippines.
i did learn about hereditary peerage in the house of lords in class though.
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@Foritus @whitequark oh god, in the us we were actually taught about the holy roman empire in school, and we aren't even on the same continent.
there were a lot of things skipped unless you tool more advanced classes, like they never mentioned us colonization of the philippines.
i did learn about hereditary peerage in the house of lords in class though.
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"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
@whitequark "against the proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq"
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@whitequark "against the proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq"
@IngaLovinde every single page is a gift
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i am so going to fail this test by knowing some actual history instead of propaganda at some point...
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"Terrorism" and "WMDs", yeah, sure.
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@whitequark @Foritus finally. i'd heard that they were doing that, but i won't believe it until it actually passes
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@whitequark Also supersonic flight was first achieved by an American aircraft...
@jsbarretto@social.coop @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems also a very Great man nation theory on a few of them too, like i would consider the World Wide Web a lot more complex in national origin than the diagram makes out.
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i am so going to fail this test by knowing some actual history instead of propaganda at some point...
@whitequark it's easy the answer is always "drink from the puddle, remember when the binmen were hard"
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@IngaLovinde Holocaust is not mentioned whatsoever, so far as I can see
@whitequark that's because it was a good thing! If only Hitler had simply stopped at the Holocaust and not tried to spread Schuko instead of these overcomplicated British wall sockets. Thankfully the Britain prevailed and can still continue to use them
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@whitequark it's easy the answer is always "drink from the puddle, remember when the binmen were hard"
@whitequark (n.b. I know it is not easy, I hyperbolize in attempt of humor)
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i am so going to fail this test by knowing some actual history instead of propaganda at some point...
@whitequark This is somewhat infuriating, and I'm not even remotely involved…
