Yeah under the terms of service I’m also free to be a pain in the ass.
You got terms of service, now. Looks sketchy. The yee old code of conduct was a good way to go. This here is a terms of service. The kind you click on to agree to most of the time. So sketchy it makes me think oh yeah, I haven’t agreed to them yet. Never going to. At least for noe I can say no and continue onward. You really want to enslave me but I’m not going to be your slave. Your terms of service can suck my balls.
Yes. With VPN. And so many lessons learned after about how you didn’t have to do it, but you did it.
So, Roman people are old people. They’ll just bring their folding chairs.
You didnt’t think of engaging with the weekly post. Why? I want to know because why did I bother?
It isn't an insult.
So far you think I'm an idiot. We have nothing more to discuss, apparently. The rest of your comment is what we call a non sequitor. I don't like your post, personally. What I think personally has nothing to do with this community, but I thought it would be nice to share with this community what I think. Why? I want others to do the same as me. We're done here. Your post isn't useful, at least to me. Don't I wish it was? Now, if you don't mind, I have other things to do. You've proven to me that you're not interesting to talk to. Prattle on as you wish. Say something that you will get you reported, PALEASE. People working for free don't need this shit, really. I'm heading off to my kitchen to light myself a nice camel cig and open a bottle of wine. Let me chill and relax and we're done here.
I'm not taking any mod actions on you. Just speaking to you with what I think in a public forum. You don't seem to like that. Please tell me why. If I'm wrong about my questioning and all, that's fine. Just having a casual conversation.
If you read the book, please tell us about the book, with your own thoughts. We're all here waiting.
I'm sorry, but you're really trying hard to violate a rule of this community but not quite violating it. Can you tell me which rule you're trying to break but you just aren't breaking it, being very careful with your wording? I know which one. I'd just love it if you just came out and said which one. I'd also really love it if you read the book yourself and made a post about the book, according to your own reading of it, instead of following a different track. You seem to think I'm an idiot, I don't read the world news, or anything. Your problem is that you fear actually posting some opinion of your own. You are not sure how to word it so it isn't removed. Or you're not sure how to word it because you fear being banned. All you have to do, right here and right now, is just read the book yourself and talk about it or ask about it. Hell, even ask other people if they would like to read it with you. The rest of what you have to say to me also follows the rules precisely. I really don't have anything else to say to you than this. I said what I think about the shitty book review you seem to think is gold. You think it's gold. I think it's crap. I happen to moderate this place, I didn't delete your stuff or ban you. I think at this point I am politely requesting that you actually use your intellect more and be less of a coward. If you have something to share, do so from the heart without breaking the rules, something you are trying to do and failing to do because you don't know quite how to do that. Figure it out on your own and do that. Sorry I was critical of your share. It's not a good share. It isn't worthy of removal, either. Waiting for someone to report it so I can remove it, though.
Yeah, I'd actually read the book, but the review, which isn't very good, sort of tells me reading the book wouldn't be exactly a good use of my time. It's funny how second-hand info sort of reaches you in this way. If you cared to ask me personally about it, I'd answer your question. Since you didn't ask, I'll just tell you: Read the book and tell us about the book.
It isn't there in the books you didn't read. And I am absolutely not defending the USA's Jim Crow laws. I'm saying the argument of the book, according to this review, is weak because it does not tell me much about the author's research. That's all. Read the book yourself, show me where it has solid evidence, then I'll engage with you more.
Yeah, that doesn't convince me. Sorry. Plenty of racists in the USA. Absolutely. What this review says is that the Nazis were looking to the USA as a fine racist example. Still not convinced. Racists on this level are not looking at themselves as racists. They're looking at something else using their racism as an unrecognized motivator to achieve another end. I suppose you don't want to read the books I recommended because you're too busy. The review article sucks, in my opinion. And that's just the way it goes. Nothing you're saying convinces me that this is actually good content. It's mediocre content. You'd get my point if you were well read.
It's just a review that isn't very good, in my opinion.
They'll get around to it. What they need to get around to doing is telling people this. So many mods don't know and a lot of their problems would be solved if they were informed. I totally figured it out by accident. Wherever and whenever, I just let other mods know this, because their problem might be because of a block list.
Well, he must taste like a cheeseburger. He eats one every day doesn't he? Imagine eating a person and every bite tastes like a cheeseburger. If people tasted delicious like a cheeseburger, I'd totally hop on board the Hannibal train. I could put up with bringing my jar of pickles, my chopped onions, and other condiments to the love fest.
Not just lack of them. The system gives you mod privileges, but as soon as you become a mod, all the things you did as a free and happy user sort of cave in. For example, super cool how users can block instances with the new update. If you're a mod, if you block an instance, you can't see posts in the community you moderate from instances you blocked, I'm guessing. I'm guessing, but it makes perfect sense. If you block a user and you're a mod, you can't see posts from that user in the community you moderate. I figured this out and right now, am I free as a moderator to block people? Nope. If I want to do my job (which I totally volunteered for, by the way) I have to just let people harass me. For me, it's no big, because whatever (as I shake my blonde pony tail back and forth). But, you know, they need some programmers to make it so you can be a good moderator and block people who harass you and still see their posts and comments in the community you moderate. Until then, you have to bend over and take it. It's not so bad, though. I mean, it's been a long time since my old block list came back to haunt my ass. However, it's something that is missing that needs to be addressed. My recommendation (because I've been burnt as a mod) is to just never block anything. It's sad. I mean, mods do the job because they want to, but they can't ever be a user that can block shit when they're being a user and not modding.
WEEKLY DISCUSSION OCT 9-15 Industrial Revolution
In your opinion, how did the Industrial Revolution change the way people worked and the nature of work itself?
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WEEKLY DISCUSSION OCT 2-8 History of Medicine
In the 20th century a lot of medical discoveries were made. Which, in your opinion, helped the world the most and why?
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You can vote on your choice by clicking on this link. I included History of Science again because it only lost by one vote to History of Food in the last poll. So, those of you who wanted science, you can vote for it again and maybe this time you'll have it your way!
WEEKLY DISCUSSION SEPT 25 - OCT 1 History of Food
Some of us might consider certain customs related to food a "bad idea." One striking example was the ancient Romans' use of lead acetate as a sweetener. What, in your opinion, are some bad food ideas from the past? They don't have to be as deadly as consuming lead acetate, just a bad idea in your opinion.
The history of Madrid: From the moors to modernity
The Spanish capital is a city of water and war, marked by conflict but glorying in culture. Jules Stewart guides us through the story of Madrid.
I didn't get a pay wall, but just in case, here's a 12ft link. This is a very nice article summarizing the history of my favorite city, Madrid. You wouldn't believe it now because today it seems like such a dry place, but during most of its history it was a strategic spot because it had lots of water in an area that was far from the sea.
New moderator needed for History community, preferably from North, Central, or South America
The preference of locale is to cover global time zones to fit lemmy world's guidelines for moderators. I'm in Spain, Siyah is from Pakistan. The history community is growing to the tune of 100 new subscribers per month, so I, as the head moderator, am responsible for making certain all bases are covered for "large communities number undefined" under lemmy world's ever evolving guidelines for mods. It's an easy gig, as I've said before. Nothing too strenuous. You would need to familiarize yourself with the community rules (not hard) and the lemmy world Code of Conduct I'm always available to consult with if you have a question when in doubt about historical accuracy / inaccuracy. I can't say enough about how much of an easy gig moderating this community is. It's also fun because you discover new things about the past you never knew about before with every post from community subscribers. There is activity, and it's usually high quality activity, whether it be posting or commenting. If you happen to live in Antarctica, you would really be helpful here, because then the time zones would all be covered! We allow all things about the past here, so no need to be picky about what counts as "pre-history before writing" and time periods after writing was invented.
New Moderator Needed, preferably from North, Central, or South America
The preference of locale is to cover global time zones to fit lemmy world's guidelines for moderators. I'm in Spain, Siyah is from Pakistan. The history community is growing to the tune of 100 new subscribers per month, so I, as the head moderator, am responsible for making certain all bases are covered for "large communities number undefined" under lemmy world's ever evolving guidelines for mods. It's an easy gig, as I've said before. Nothing too strenuous. You would need to familiarize yourself with the community rules (not hard) and the lemmy world Code of Conduct I'm always available to consult with if you have a question when in doubt about historical accuracy / inaccuracy. I can't say enough about how much of an easy gig moderating this community is. It's also fun because you discover new things about the past you never knew about before with every post from community subscribers. There is activity, and it's usually high quality activity, whether it be posting or commenting. If you happen to live in Antarctica, you would really be helpful here, because then the time zones would all be covered!
Pick a topic for week of Sep 25 to Oct 1
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Reinforcing stereotypes and depicting India as a crumbling ruin, early photography often served as a tool of imperial propaganda.
Someone posted a link to photos from the times of the British colonial period in southeast Asia and then deleted that post. With the post the URL disappeared. It was a fantastic link. I've been going crazy trying to find this link to share again because I think these photos tell us so much. I can't find the link in the post that was made, but I found another link that I hope will help us all find more stuff to share and eventually lead us back to that link that was shared that was total gold. If anybody bookmarked the link that was deleted, please share it. I know all of you agree with me that those photos will haunt us forever. I'd sleep better being haunted by them and being able to look at them when I'm awake, just to respect them and honor them.
How to recover a post a user deleted that was actually awesome?
Over in the community I moderate here on Lemmy world, which is history, a user posted a link about photos from India when it was colonized by Great Britain. All of us over there were like enthusiastic to the brim, then the user deleted his or her post. When the user deleted their post, there's nothing to click on for a link, and what they posted was actually a really good link. Is there a way for me to recover the link to force it to be available again? It was really good. I navigated to the link before the user deleted the post, but it isn't available now in my history in my web browser, probably due to a sync fail from Firefox. Is there any way to recover this post so my community can continue to enjoy it? Is there a way for moderators to not only see that the user deleted their post, but also interact with the deleted post to copy the link?
WEEKLY DISCUSSION SEPT 18-24 PUERTO RICO
Traditionally, in the USA, Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15. You guys voted with this trend and I couldn't be happier, being as I am a big fan of Puerto Rico since the first time I visited the island. So, feel free to share your favorite historical fact about Puerto Rico or ask a question about Puerto Rican history. I really hope some puertorriqueños feel like sharing and / or answering questions.
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What's your opinion? Vote now: The Cold War, Historical Movies, Puerto Rico...
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WEEKLY DISCUSSION SEPT 11-17 ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Demons, as they're called in English translation, have haunted Christians in the Western World for a very long time. In the Ancient Near East, they could be nice or not so nice, forming a part of a fascinating, and complex pantheon that people invoked and worshiped. A fine distortion of this religious system would be the film The Exorcist in which a child is possessed by Pazuzu, a demon who, in the Ancient Near East, was actually invoked to save young children and fetuses, to defeat Lamashtu, a demon who enjoyed taking babies, fetuses, and pregnant women away from the physical world. Why, in your opinion, is it fun for modern Westerners to demonize such Ancient Near Eastern "demons" in Hollywood films and get it all so totally wrong and historically inaccurate?
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WEEKLY DISCUSSION SEP 4-10 ANCIENT CIV
For you, what is the most amazing piece of technology from the ancient world?
A Journey Through Spain’s Islamic History
Amid snowcapped mountains, sandy dunes, a wild seacoast and more, the legacy of the country's Moorish past can still be explored across the peninsula
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/42545
What can historical clothing reveal that other sources cannot?
This article simply outlines what the study of clothing can tell us about a particular time period. Sometimes, what was put down in writing is contradicted by the clothing a historical figure wore.
The world's oldest nightmares
Original link. A lot like Sigmund Freud, the ancient Egyptians believed that dreams, whether happy or frightening, held an important message for the dreamer. However, unlike Freud, they also believed that dreamers traveled through a portal to another world. Not surprisingly, dreams were also believed to be prophetic, or, at least, were used this way for the pharaohs' political propaganda.
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