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#103 - BIRD JESUS IS NOT LORD HELIX YOU DIRTY HERETIC I BET … 01/05/2016 on Faggot comp +5
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#251 - a stiff vest made from hardened leather, similar to brigandine…  [+] (6 new replies) 01/05/2016 on Medieval 0
#258 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Right leather lamellar armor.

The Linothorax which i'm assuming you are refering to isn't actually known if it was made in leather or cloth but the name hints at it being cloth although there probably was versions made with either material.

mongol lamellar armor for anyone wondering.
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#259 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
well that's not quite it, but it's the closest thing I guess.
#263 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Better picture with lamellar armor.
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#303 - yugzer (01/05/2016) [-]
Why can't i tell if this is a painted picture or a photo?
#324 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
No idea but it clearly is a photo.
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#264 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
yeah that comes closer already, but I was thinking a single piece.

Idk how to describe it.
Looks like plate but is brown I guess?
#248 - fair enough , but still my point remains. at least 40% of … 01/05/2016 on Medieval 0
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#67 - putincanmeltcrimea (01/05/2016) [-]
best part about this is that his grammar fuckup fits your roll perfectly
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#11 - boarderlinegreat (01/06/2016) [-]
**boarderlinegreat rolled user platinumaltaria ** Don't goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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#12 - platinumaltaria (01/06/2016) [-]
nah I'm gonna
#232 - you do realize the length of the middle-ages yes? 600…  [+] (12 new replies) 01/05/2016 on Medieval +1
#316 - migueldecervantes (01/05/2016) [-]
Technically, it's 476 - 1453.

Then, 15th to end of 18th century is the modern period (renaissance, Columbian exchange, age of reason, enlightenment).
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#347 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
m8 the renaisance wasn't a thing, nothing really changed except art.

besides, the way I was taught in school it's basically

everything between Justinian the Great and the Industrial revolution = middle ages.
#353 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
Then, I guess it is due to your poor American education that you do not understand the importance of the Renaissance in world history.

No, you idiot, it was not "only art lol srsly br8 wut r u saying?" There was a bit more to it than that.

For instance, the Italian acquisition of Greek philosophical texts and Roman literature (Plautus, Terence and Virgil mostly). These are new ideas, and they causally led to humanism, which is exactly why we call subjects like philosophy, history, politics, etc. "humanities".

And what the fuck does Justinian I have to fucking do with the Middle Ages, you troglodytic imbecile?

There's also the fact that I didn't mention the fucking Renaissance as a separate category, but set it up as part of the Modern Period. Why did you not comment on the enlightenment? Or the Columbian exchange? Do they not count because they're "only filozophy & comerse lol srsly br8 wut r u sayin"?

You should probably stick with explaining the internet, and keep away from philosophy. Google anything historians say about the middle ages and you will find they tend to either end it in 1453, 1492 or vaguely in the 15th century.
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#354 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
no need to be such a cunt m8
#355 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
Okay, I'm sorry.

But you were wrong, and you ought to be man enough to admit it.
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#356 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
anyway, there are a lot of ways to look at things and the way my teacher decided to look at things was Socially, to her the Middle-ages really kicked off around the time Islam became a thing and Rome was trying to preserve the Empire , all the way to when Human rights and the Industrial revolution popped up.

European societies at large didn't exactly change all that much until way into the enlightenment.

And the reason why I'm saying the renaisance wasn't a thing is , is because frankly no one knew it was a thing until fairly recently.
An era that took place exclusively for the wealthy , which as you know is a small portion of people , shouldn't be considered as such, just because we like the thought of it.
Sure in retrospect you can give the renaisance some importance, but it didn't exactly change things for the people living in it.
#357 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
You're right about it not affecting most people in any way at the time, yet if a period in history has a great impact on the present it ought to be given at least some emphasis.

At the very least, it could be considered "medieval" still, but I cannot accept that such 17th century thinkers as Leibniz, Descartes or Newton can be said to be anything but Modern.

I usually trace the beginning of the Modern Period with these three: humanities in philosophy, cultural revolution (what we generally mean by "renaissance") and the scientific method. In my view, what you describe as the end of the middle ages, is in fact the end of the modern period and the beginning of the contemporary era.
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#358 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
fair enough.
we reached a conclusion then I guess.
#359 - migueldecervantes (01/07/2016) [-]
We did.

Have a good day.
#302 - raisinbeuponhim (01/05/2016) [-]
Yes i do , but that doesn't change that over the majority of the time nobody wore actuall leather armor. What had been interpreted as leather armor most of the times where the studded leather armor - which are metal plates fixed on the intirior of a leather west.
SImply said the leather was merely the fixing materiell for the plates and even this type of armor was only used for a very short ammount of time .
And thats for a simple reason. If leather tears , thorugh either combat or day to day stuff , it is pretty hard to repair whereas gamberson was rather easily to repair because it was just loin.

For the same reason why the roman army switched from mail to plate then back again to mail. Plate is harder to repair and is time consuming to keep it intackt and clean , wheres mail is easier to produce and by far easier to repair on the battlefield.
#247 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Actually Gambesons were probably used by 10th century by various people but only became widespread in europe by 13th century.
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#248 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
fair enough , but still my point remains.
at least 40% of the middle-ages were without gambeson.
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#4 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
I know partings are hard, friend, but I must leave.
Farewell.
#5 - rayeightk (01/05/2016) [-]
#11 - boarderlinegreat (01/06/2016) [-]
**boarderlinegreat rolled user platinumaltaria ** Don't goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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#12 - platinumaltaria (01/06/2016) [-]
nah I'm gonna
#224 - well thickly stacked leather is actually quite effective for i… 01/05/2016 on Medieval +3
#117 - actually m8, it's a lot cheaper to create plate than chain mai…  [+] (8 new replies) 01/05/2016 on Medieval 0
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#202 - meganinja (01/05/2016) [-]
Can confirm. My chainmail weighs about as much as the rest of my suit of armor combined.
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#164 - montysmaultier (01/05/2016) [-]
I once tryed to knit my own mail ... I feel you brah It took me sooo long for even a little pice of mail ( 20x20 cm) so I stopped at that point. I guess when youre used to it youre way faster but its still ... very slow.
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#141 - toensix (01/05/2016) [-]
Plate is easier to make(for a good smith, a mediocre one will find chain much easier) but also much much more expensive than mail because it requires so much more metal.

Making chain is tedious but not hard or expensive. You can do it yourself if you've got the time.
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#144 - angelusprimus (01/05/2016) [-]
Making good riveted mail is a lot more than just tedious, its a work of art.
And you sure as fuck can't do it yourself.
You can make a mediocre butted mail at most.
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#148 - toensix (01/05/2016) [-]
Hey hey I said nothing about riveting. If you've got the rings, pliers, some knowledge of technique, a lot of time and a little bit of practice you can make your own chainmail. Sure it won't be the best quality and riveted chain is much stronger, but I could definitely do it.
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#151 - angelusprimus (01/05/2016) [-]
I was just correcting what you said that making chainmail is not hard or expensive.
In middle ages really good riveted chainmail was very very expensive.
Low quality chainmail is actually pretty easy to make, especially if you go more for visual than use.
If you buy rings and practice a little you can do it while watching tv. I make stuff all year and give them as gifts during hollidays, saves me a fortune.
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#154 - toensix (01/05/2016) [-]
Also: Nice hobby
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#153 - toensix (01/05/2016) [-]
Let me correct myself: Chain is not cheap but it sure as hell is cheaper than plate.
#114 - the average soldier back in the day wore either no armor or le…  [+] (24 new replies) 01/05/2016 on Medieval +2
#250 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
When you mean leather armor in which form do you mean it?
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#251 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
a stiff vest made from hardened leather, similar to brigandines , much like the ancient greeks and the mongols wore them.
#258 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Right leather lamellar armor.

The Linothorax which i'm assuming you are refering to isn't actually known if it was made in leather or cloth but the name hints at it being cloth although there probably was versions made with either material.

mongol lamellar armor for anyone wondering.
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#259 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
well that's not quite it, but it's the closest thing I guess.
#263 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Better picture with lamellar armor.
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#303 - yugzer (01/05/2016) [-]
Why can't i tell if this is a painted picture or a photo?
#324 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
No idea but it clearly is a photo.
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#264 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
yeah that comes closer already, but I was thinking a single piece.

Idk how to describe it.
Looks like plate but is brown I guess?
#181 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Woulden't higher nobility have cloth gambesons under their mail since Mail with padding under it is immensly more protective than just regular mail?

Also I think you are giving leather too much credit.
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#224 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
well thickly stacked leather is actually quite effective for it's price, only downside is, when leather becomes thick enough to protect you like plate , you're basically just a statue.
#178 - raisinbeuponhim (01/05/2016) [-]
Thas bullshit. Nearly everyone wore Gambersone because it is not only by far cheaper to make but also more resistend to most form of attacks.
That biker leather fetish wear we are seeing everywhere in todays movie is just a product made up by hollywood.
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#232 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
you do realize the length of the middle-ages yes?

600-1700 is a long time.

Gamberson wasn't a thing until way into 1300, and even then wasn't widely used until 1500
#316 - migueldecervantes (01/05/2016) [-]
Technically, it's 476 - 1453.

Then, 15th to end of 18th century is the modern period (renaissance, Columbian exchange, age of reason, enlightenment).
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#347 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
m8 the renaisance wasn't a thing, nothing really changed except art.

besides, the way I was taught in school it's basically

everything between Justinian the Great and the Industrial revolution = middle ages.
#353 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
Then, I guess it is due to your poor American education that you do not understand the importance of the Renaissance in world history.

No, you idiot, it was not "only art lol srsly br8 wut r u saying?" There was a bit more to it than that.

For instance, the Italian acquisition of Greek philosophical texts and Roman literature (Plautus, Terence and Virgil mostly). These are new ideas, and they causally led to humanism, which is exactly why we call subjects like philosophy, history, politics, etc. "humanities".

And what the fuck does Justinian I have to fucking do with the Middle Ages, you troglodytic imbecile?

There's also the fact that I didn't mention the fucking Renaissance as a separate category, but set it up as part of the Modern Period. Why did you not comment on the enlightenment? Or the Columbian exchange? Do they not count because they're "only filozophy & comerse lol srsly br8 wut r u sayin"?

You should probably stick with explaining the internet, and keep away from philosophy. Google anything historians say about the middle ages and you will find they tend to either end it in 1453, 1492 or vaguely in the 15th century.
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#354 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
no need to be such a cunt m8
#355 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
Okay, I'm sorry.

But you were wrong, and you ought to be man enough to admit it.
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#356 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
anyway, there are a lot of ways to look at things and the way my teacher decided to look at things was Socially, to her the Middle-ages really kicked off around the time Islam became a thing and Rome was trying to preserve the Empire , all the way to when Human rights and the Industrial revolution popped up.

European societies at large didn't exactly change all that much until way into the enlightenment.

And the reason why I'm saying the renaisance wasn't a thing is , is because frankly no one knew it was a thing until fairly recently.
An era that took place exclusively for the wealthy , which as you know is a small portion of people , shouldn't be considered as such, just because we like the thought of it.
Sure in retrospect you can give the renaisance some importance, but it didn't exactly change things for the people living in it.
#357 - migueldecervantes (01/06/2016) [-]
You're right about it not affecting most people in any way at the time, yet if a period in history has a great impact on the present it ought to be given at least some emphasis.

At the very least, it could be considered "medieval" still, but I cannot accept that such 17th century thinkers as Leibniz, Descartes or Newton can be said to be anything but Modern.

I usually trace the beginning of the Modern Period with these three: humanities in philosophy, cultural revolution (what we generally mean by "renaissance") and the scientific method. In my view, what you describe as the end of the middle ages, is in fact the end of the modern period and the beginning of the contemporary era.
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#358 - internetexplain (01/06/2016) [-]
fair enough.
we reached a conclusion then I guess.
#359 - migueldecervantes (01/07/2016) [-]
We did.

Have a good day.
#302 - raisinbeuponhim (01/05/2016) [-]
Yes i do , but that doesn't change that over the majority of the time nobody wore actuall leather armor. What had been interpreted as leather armor most of the times where the studded leather armor - which are metal plates fixed on the intirior of a leather west.
SImply said the leather was merely the fixing materiell for the plates and even this type of armor was only used for a very short ammount of time .
And thats for a simple reason. If leather tears , thorugh either combat or day to day stuff , it is pretty hard to repair whereas gamberson was rather easily to repair because it was just loin.

For the same reason why the roman army switched from mail to plate then back again to mail. Plate is harder to repair and is time consuming to keep it intackt and clean , wheres mail is easier to produce and by far easier to repair on the battlefield.
#247 - cherubium (01/05/2016) [-]
Actually Gambesons were probably used by 10th century by various people but only became widespread in europe by 13th century.
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#248 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
fair enough , but still my point remains.
at least 40% of the middle-ages were without gambeson.
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#25 - lathyrusvii (01/04/2016) [-]
This is the 2015 image, though. He put it up as an example.
#2 - It's the smart-ass way of saying : Never.  [+] (1 new reply) 01/04/2016 on After Midnight 0
#3 - anon (01/05/2016) [-]
technically the next day begins exactly at 12:00 and 00 seconds which is midnight on the dot therefore it's always after midnight because the day begins with midnight.
#81 - any stereotype is a pretty big generalization anon, but the th…  [+] (2 new replies) 01/04/2016 on #OregonUnderAttack -1
#95 - anon (01/04/2016) [-]
Oh yeah were the most violent. Take a look at the middle east and tell me we are the most violent because you are clearly talking out your ass when it comes to the US. I live here what the fuck do you know about this country?
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#108 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
Looks like the high amounts of sodium in your blood-stream prevent you from properly reading.

I never said Americans are the most violent people in the fucking world, only in the west.

I know enough about your country to have an educated opinion about it.
I've been exposed to "muh freedoms" for over a decade now, I'd say I know a fair amount about you lot.
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#44 - for them , not for us. If they weren't, Europeans would no…  [+] (1 new reply) 01/04/2016 on #OregonUnderAttack +1
#45 - theruinedsage (01/04/2016) [-]
Well that is true
#41 - I was gonna write a really long comment, but I'll TL;DR it rig…  [+] (7 new replies) 01/04/2016 on #OregonUnderAttack +2
#80 - anon (01/04/2016) [-]
yeah ill just say right off the bat you have no idea what you're talking about and sound like you're talking out of your ass with Americans being "violent as shit" that's a pretty damn big generalization you're making there.
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#81 - internetexplain (01/04/2016) [-]
any stereotype is a pretty big generalization anon, but the thing with stereotypes is, that they are mostly based on facts.

Americans of all westerners , are by far the most violent, that's because how they were raised, what their environment is like etc.

You can't expect a people whose media glorifies violence, to be as peaceful as that of a people who literally censor everything remotely related to violence.
This works with about any aspect of culture.

Not all cultures are created equal Anon, you should remember that.
#95 - anon (01/04/2016) [-]
Oh yeah were the most violent. Take a look at the middle east and tell me we are the most violent because you are clearly talking out your ass when it comes to the US. I live here what the fuck do you know about this country?
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#108 - internetexplain (01/05/2016) [-]
Looks like the high amounts of sodium in your blood-stream prevent you from properly reading.

I never said Americans are the most violent people in the fucking world, only in the west.

I know enough about your country to have an educated opinion about it.
I've been exposed to "muh freedoms" for over a decade now, I'd say I know a fair amount about you lot.
#43 - theruinedsage (01/04/2016) [-]
And is't that just sad?
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#44 - internetexplain (01/04/2016) [-]
for them , not for us.
If they weren't, Europeans would no longer have a reason to laugh at them , now THAT would be sad.
#45 - theruinedsage (01/04/2016) [-]
Well that is true
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#14 - chenn (01/03/2016) [-]
Oh it's no use, I'll always miss everything anyway.
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#12 - chenn (01/03/2016) [-]
Missed. 8a
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#13 - internetexplain (01/03/2016) [-]
missed.

9f
#14 - chenn (01/03/2016) [-]
Oh it's no use, I'll always miss everything anyway.

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#336 - anon (10/18/2015) [-]
Nazi German faggot
User avatar #335 - cognosceteipsum ONLINE (10/08/2015) [-]
tot
aufwiedersehen
#334 - theoldfritz (09/24/2015) [-]
Deus Vult
User avatar #332 - systemattic (09/15/2015) [-]
You´re not even na original themed account

You're just a leech on someone's else idea

You're pathetic

******* faggot
#333 to #332 - internetexplain (09/15/2015) [-]
**internetexplain used "*roll picture*"**
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Rage harder faggot.
#329 - jonnyfrosty (08/02/2015) [-]
He, Sie! Ja, Sie! Was denken Sie was Sie da tun, so ganz ohne Hosen, hm? Erklären Sie sich
User avatar #330 to #329 - internetexplain (08/02/2015) [-]
it's midnight , I'm about to go to sleep to take a break from work.
I sweat a lot in the summer-sun , enough for it to seep through my pants , so while I sleep I wash my pants , thus I can't wear them until they are dry.
User avatar #331 to #330 - jonnyfrosty (08/03/2015) [-]
Wenn du so schwitzt solltest du dir vielleicht eine Alternative zu deiner hautengen Lack- und Lederkleidung suchen, die du normalerweise trägst. Ich mein ja nur
#328 - syrianassassinsoul (07/20/2015) [-]
Hitler died for THIS!
User avatar #327 to #322 - internetexplain (06/08/2015) [-]
top lel m8
User avatar #311 - damping (05/27/2015) [-]
I told you America is a force of good.
#312 to #311 - rageblade (05/28/2015) [-]
no no
America is good at using force
User avatar #306 - posttwo (05/26/2015) [-]
I love you
User avatar #310 to #306 - internetexplain (05/27/2015) [-]
lol wat
what's going on in this thread?
#307 to #306 - administrator (05/26/2015) [-]
I love him too
User avatar #308 to #307 - admonistratur (05/26/2015) [-]
So do I
User avatar #295 - sciencexplain (05/24/2015) [-]
bro i need ur Skype username, it's super important
User avatar #296 to #295 - internetexplain (05/24/2015) [-]
King_Europe
location : antarctica
#301 to #300 - europe (05/24/2015) [-]
But what am I resisting
#303 to #302 - europe (05/24/2015) [-]
Well maybe if you'd take me to a nice restaurant for once
#304 to #303 - internetexplain (05/24/2015) [-]
but all the fancy restaurants are IN you, there aren't any decent ones in the rest of the world , and I can't afford any of them to begin with.
User avatar #265 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Do you like Merkel?
User avatar #266 to #265 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
no , but as a german comedian put it

" as long as this woman is alive , let's just stop voting and let her pick her coalition partner "
User avatar #267 to #266 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
She's got a 70% approval rating. That is unheard of in the US.
User avatar #270 to #267 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
and frankly , if she's doing nothing , she can't do anything wrong.
that and her antics of " we must find a solution together " on every issue
User avatar #271 to #270 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Nothing get's done in the US either, and we aren't exactly happy about it.
User avatar #268 to #267 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Well here is the thing , I don't like her , but I can't say she's making bad decisions , in fact , as I see it and most people as well , she isn't doing **** and becomes exceedingly efficient at it.
User avatar #269 to #268 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
She is a bigger flip-flopper than Mitt Romney. That is why she always seems like she is on the right side.
User avatar #272 to #269 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
yes , exactly.

another quote from the same comedian :

" When an angry mob stands in front of Merkel , raging and yelling at her , she just turns around and goes like ' hehe they're backing me ' "
User avatar #273 to #272 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Which angry mobs? All this stuff about the BND, and the Fourteen Eyes, and Germany and Merkel begging to be in the 5 Eyes. Merkel knew all along, and acted outraged when she found out her phone was being tapped. If you recall Germans in particular were the harshest when the whole Snowden thing came out towards the US. Claiming we are an evil empire and a 3rd world nation and whatever.

Then the whole thing with dropping Nuclear Power and moving to bituminous coal and acting like it is good for environment. Because the Earthqauke+Tsunami thing that happened in Japan is totally going to happen in Bavaria. And the German people eat it up.
User avatar #274 to #273 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Hypothetical angry mob , because metaphors bruh
User avatar #275 to #274 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Germans remind me of a hivemind. Like a bunch of worker ants. They love doing work, don't question authority, are every efficient and society oriented. Like the perfect culture for communism ironically.

Unlike the US which is based on ruthless competition.
User avatar #277 to #275 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
ironically , because the Weimar Republic was established as opposed to the Spartacist Republic the rise of Hitler was even possible , because the Weimar republic had some really ****** laws regarding the Imperial President , like , you can see whose position he's replacing just by looking at his title , and he wielded a similar amount of power.
User avatar #279 to #277 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
If only Frederick Wilhelm the dumbass listened to Bismark and didn't piss off England. Or even asked for peace with Britain and France after you defeated the Russians.
User avatar #282 to #279 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
The real Problem here was actually Belgium's lack of cooperation.

Emperor Wilhelm II didn't want to face France at the maginot line , requested trespassing rights from the King of Belgium , was denied , and obsessed with Prestige as he was , attacked Belgium to get his way regardless , which forced Belgium's ally - the British Empire - who was formerly a supporter of Germany (despite the Navy issue) , into the war.
User avatar #276 to #275 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Well remember mein jude , germans invented communism , the only thing that stopped us from being communist after we exiled the emperor was just a single hour time difference between 2 guys calling out 2 different Republics , 1 being a capitalist democracy , the other a socialist democracy
User avatar #278 to #276 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Too bad communism doesn't work though, because you will always have people taking advantage of the system for their own gain Merkel and her cronies. . Now of course, you will say that happens in capitalism too. But the difference is, that is an outright goal of capitalism, and everyone knows it is being done.

Face it, the US is the closest one can get to a Meritocracy on the planet right now.
User avatar #280 to #278 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Debatable , especially if you think about the ridiculous debt people make when they want to Study in the U.S , in Europe , specifically Germany and the Scandinavian countries , are encouraging people to study by funding their education.

Remember that , a meritocracy is a system that encourages and rewards effort and innovations , and I'd say a state that discourages higher education like you guys do , is the exact opposite of meritocracy
User avatar #287 to #280 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
My last exam of my college career is tomorrow. The US encourages and rewards efforts too. I go to a private school where the tuition is $55,000 a year. Because my parents are wealthy, I am graduating debt free. Every single one of my friends is getting tuition help from the University, in fact most don't have to pay tuition at all, just room and board.

If I went to my state University, I would only have to pay $8,000 a year. In fact, my dad said if I went there instead he would give me half the difference in cost, which would be around $80,000. But, my mom went here, and I have always loved this school and have always been a fan of the football team. I majored in Mechanical Engineering and I am going to be making $60,000 yearly plus bonus right out of school. Even if I had loans, I could pay them off easily. This system encourages useful majors.

Why should society have to pay for more English majors?
User avatar #288 to #287 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Lel , dat last one , sick burn m9

but anyway , arguing over the details aside , every industrial society is a meritocracy right now.
Sure , that can change once China becomes a 1st world country , but when that happens , there won't be enough resources left on the planet for China to sustain it for even 1 day.
User avatar #289 to #288 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
What? Are you an English Major?

And I wouldn't be so sure we are going to run out of resources.
User avatar #290 to #289 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Nah , I was serious , but any comment in way shape or form in my manner of speaking , would sound as if I was mocking you.

also , I'm pretty ******* sure we're running out of Resources.

Here is the deal with capitalism - to get more money , you need a greater production , to have a greater production you need more resources , the get more resources you need money.

fast forward 2 centuries of capitalism and industrialization

your state requires you to have infinite growth , because if you don't " muh economy is breaking down " and " recession , my god , recession , soon we will be greece "
and because of infinite growth , all industrial nations right now , require 40% of all resources just to sustain their standard of living.

Now imagine what happens when China AND India become industrial nations.
since the industrialized world amounts to about 1 billion people currently , China and India each would require another 40% of all of earth's resources to sustain a standard of living similar to our current one.

Where you gonna get dem 120% from ***** ?
User avatar #291 to #290 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
That is assuming technology doesn't reduce our consumption. I think you will find humans are very good at surviving.
User avatar #292 to #291 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
Indeed but unlike your assumption , mine isn't exactly far fetched.
Do you have any idea how often we ran out of resources in history?

Let's just say - very often.
User avatar #293 to #292 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
And yet, we are still here, consuming more and more.
User avatar #294 to #293 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
yes and since history will most likely repeat itself , we will solve that problem temporarily via another global war.
#284 to #281 - internetexplain (05/06/2015) [-]
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Wanna join in?
I'm sure you'll get more mentions in this thread soon enough.
User avatar #286 to #284 - europe (05/06/2015) [-]
I think I'll pass, thank you
User avatar #283 to #281 - damping (05/06/2015) [-]
Don't the notifications ever get old?
User avatar #285 to #283 - europe (05/06/2015) [-]
Eh, I'm used to it
User avatar #260 - xxDanvelxx (04/27/2015) [-]
Hey bby
User avatar #261 to #260 - internetexplain (04/27/2015) [-]
top ebin
User avatar #262 to #261 - xxDanvelxx (04/27/2015) [-]
you're a well butter my butt and call me a biscuit-y faggot
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