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The first Rocky suffered from some production errors that, due to the movie's low budget, ended up being written into the story.

The most notable one is that giant promotional poster of Rocky that has him in the wrong colored shorts. That was a legitimate error and the production couldn't afford to correct it, so Stallone opted to write in a scene where Rocky points out that it's wrong (which also further strengthened Rocky's position as the underdog). The other big one is the overly baggy robe Rocky wears, which really was too big for Stallone and they were stuck with it. Rocky himself states that the robe feels a little too big for him.

In the end though, both of these errors ended up working in favor of the movie as happy little accidents.
 
Ray Kroc hated hot dogs so much that he forbid any McDonald's restaurant from ever selling them. The McDonald hot dog couldn't be sold until 1985 after Kroc had died. And even then it wasn't a big seller it was such a flop that most restaurants had discontinued it within a year or two.
 
The Black Knight is a popular stock character in both culture in folklore, he is often portrayed as a cruel, villainous knight who conducts himself opposite to the code of chivalry or he is a "regular" knight who dons black armor, a plain black surcoat and shield so that he may not be recognized while performing dishonorable deeds.
However, one of the historical examples of a black-clad knight was anything but a villainous figure, and that is Polish knight Zawisza z Garbowa, nicknamed Zawisza Czarny, which translates to Zawisza the Black. He was nicknamed that way due to his armor which was painted black. Even during his life he was an example of what a chivalrous knight should aspire to be, he was a brave warrior as well as a shrewd diplomat and he distinguished himself in many knightly tournaments. He died fighting the Ottomans during the Siege of fortress Golubac. Refusing to retreat, his unit acted as the rear guard to the retreating army led by Sigismund of Luxembourg where he fought until his last breath. Today he is little known outside of Poland, where he is celebrated as a national hero and an example of a true chivalrous knight.
 
The US planned on dropping as many as seven atomic bombs on Japan and the third was possibly meant to be dropped directly on Tokyo itself it was only decided not to bomb the country any further after Harry Truman leaned a majority of the causalities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilians...and children
 
horrorfan89 said:
The US planned on dropping as many as seven atomic bombs on Japan and the third was possibly meant to be dropped directly on Tokyo itself it was only decided not to bomb the country any further after Harry Truman leaned a majority of the causalities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilians...and children
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Yeah they tend to have those in cities. Sounds like a lame excuse at best, they knew exactly what they were doing. Mass executions of civilians were the modus operandi of the allies.
 
Forgetful Gynn said:
Yeah they tend to have those in cities. Sounds like a lame excuse at best, they knew exactly what they were doing. Mass executions of civilians were the modus operandi of the allies.
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Turns out industrialized warfare is only winnable when you remove the ability to host industry and the will of the civilian population to continue. The Germans tried it first in WW1 using zeppelins, then again in the Battle of Britain, and once more with the V-series rockets they just bitched out once someone made a better cover of the same damn song. Honestly there's a really good goddamed reason there wasn't an insurgency period in Germany and Japan after the war like their was in Italy and France (seriously, look up both for their socialist/communist and hyper-facist terror groups) If you bring the war to everyone, it takes the fight out of them.



As for a "Fun" fact, the French resistance lost more people to infighting between socialists and communists than it did to the SS. Almost every OSS, SAS, and KGB recounting of their time helping them is essentially a tome of revelations that the French were just looking for reasons to kill each other at every opportunity
 
horrorfan89 said:
The US planned on dropping as many as seven atomic bombs on Japan and the third was possibly meant to be dropped directly on Tokyo itself it was only decided not to bomb the country any further after Harry Truman leaned a majority of the causalities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilians...and children
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We also only actually had the two bombs at the time. We could have made more, but the two were enough. They surrendered. As awful as it was, it probably saved lives on both sides to be able to make such a massive demonstration of force that even the Japanese, as incredibly brave as they were, were forced to surrender.
 
TiggerNits said:
Turns out industrialized warfare is only winnable when you remove the ability to host industry and the will of the civilian population to continue. The Germans tried it first in WW1 using zeppelins, then again in the Battle of Britain, and once more with the V-series rockets they just bitched out once someone made a better cover of the same damn song. Honestly there's a really good goddamed reason there wasn't an insurgency period in Germany and Japan after the war like their was in Italy and France (seriously, look up both for their socialist/communist and hyper-facist terror groups) If you bring the war to everyone, it takes the fight out of them.



As for a "Fun" fact, the French resistance lost more people to infighting between socialists and communists than it did to the SS. Almost every OSS, SAS, and KGB recounting of their time helping them is essentially a tome of revelations that the French were just looking for reasons to kill each other at every opportunity
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AnOminous said:
We also only actually had the two bombs at the time. We could have made more, but the two were enough. They surrendered. As awful as it was, it probably saved lives on both sides to be able to make such a massive demonstration of force that even the Japanese, as incredibly brave as they were, were forced to surrender.
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They probably would have accepted something less than unconditional surrender, but we wouldn't. I don't agree that the mass murder was justified.
 
Forgetful Gynn said:
The civilians were shooting back? There's no such thing as a war crime for the victors?
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Correct. The only true crime in combat, is losing. It's so easy to be shown compassion when arms are laid down and cry about rules that only get followed when they're convenient. It's all post-modernist bullshit made to make people feel bad about good wet work. Germany, Japan, Italy, the USSR, the US, UK, France and even goddamed Canada all did awful shit in the war, they will do awful shit in their current wars and they're gonna do it in their next ones too. Because that's what war actually is, its awful shit perpetrated by one country/nation/tribe/government/kingdom/sect/dick-size against another. If you're going to wade in the waters of war, you had best get ready to be caked in the sinew that will undoubtedly be let loose in to that river. War is best terrible, as it makes us realize the true value of peace and why that price point needs to be so affixed in our minds that we know when it becomes too expensive.
 
Wraith said:
Awchkewally it is 55.9% and not 50%. Get that through your unenlighted kitty skull.

Okay, MASSIVE WALL OF TEXT HERE:
What happened was about 8 years ago someone put up a guide on /a/. It's a guide in dealing with a yandere. ... I'm not kidding.
When obsession wins over love and you've got yourself an immensely affectionate stalker instead of a girlfriend, you have a yandere on your hands. These are the kind of girls that break into your house while you’re away, hide under your bed while you’re at home, schlick directly under you while you sleep, come out when you’re gone again, schlick again in your bed while licking and humping your pillows, and then proceed to check your messages to see if you’re involved with another girl. They usually don't have any kind of higher ideal or ethical policy; they sometimes don't even view themselves as people so much as an entity made out of the impulse or desire to be with their man. A yandere is awesome because it’s outwardly impossible to tell that the girl is completely insane; she has just enough presence of mind left over to maintain a convincing facade, and God help everyone around her if she decides to drop it. If you don’t react well, things could get messy, so in the off chance you don’t want to enjoy the fruits of your yandere’s darker exploits, here’s several things you need to take into account.

Remember your objectives:

-Survive.

-Her mental integrity should be kept at a reasonable level and maintained.

-She should still love you unconditionally.


>>59107335 <#59107335>

2. Be sure to remind her how much you love her and basically compliment her as you would any women. Be careful about criticism, though, because she’ll probably go a little over the top in attempting to fix this problem, and if she can’t, she’ll try to fix your perceptions of this problem instead. When prompted, re-affirm your hatred of those other skanky, dirty whores. Putting down other people is fun anyway, right?


3. When she starts talking nonsense, she is being put under stress. This stress is based on the belief that you are being unfaithful or planning on leaving her. Pacify her with constant, unadulterated attention and sex. Remember that one of the best things about yandere is that they’re completely devoted to you, so why shouldn’t you return at least some of the favor? This entire fiasco can be summed up in a single line: “It’d be great if he was nice and looked only at me. Yes, only at me”¦ He can’t look at any other girls. I’d look only at him, so he should look only at me. It’s only fair, right?”


4. Contact with the opposite sex in public should be kept to a bare minimum -- the assumption should be that she IS watching. When she’s with you and you talk to other women, she’ll either flaunt you in front of them or discourage prolonged conversation. In either situation you should play along, expressing your undying love for your yandere all the way. In the latter one you should cut off contact as soon as she gives a prompt to do so. Occasionally she’ll become openly hostile to women she finds you speaking with, so diffuse that bomb before it explodes. Female relatives may or may not be accepted by the yandere, though for the sake of her facade she’ll usually ignore them.


>>59107389 <#59107389>

5. The yandere likes to do things for you, so keep her busy doing chores that make her feel she is strengthening the relationship. This is one of the best parts about the yandere since she’ll spoon feed you if you ask her to and she won’t even see it as strange. Now that you’ve won the affections of one of these very, very insane women, you surely want to know how this benefits you, right? Well”¦


LOYAL: She will never --- NEVER --- betray you. Even when you're dead.


LOVING: She knows the meaning of true love like no other girl, or even you, will ever know. Some of the love is for your own good.


CARING: She takes her entire budget of caring and places it all on you. Other people are... irrelevant.


PROTECTIVE: No bad fortune, villian, or evil conniving cheap slut will be allowed to have their ways with you for long.


HATRED: For other girls as pure as the darkness between the stars.


DETERMINED: She will never --- NEVER --- give up. Even if you end up hating her for it. She’ll never let you down, either.


OBSESSIVE: There is pretty much no limit to how far she'll go just to get your attention. Once you go yandere, you can’t go back.


BRUTAL: Why should she go easy on those who threaten to steal you away from her?


PROACTIVE: Friends? Family? Better get rid of them before they start taking up precious time you could be spending with her.


DETESTING: Everyone that isn't you.


>>59107415 <#59107415>

Besides a very, very affectionate partner, there are plenty of ways to have fun using her unique features. For example, pick some girl you know likes you, give her your phone number and ask her to call you. Put yourself in a position in which you are with your yandere and open to being approached by this girl. Then confide in your yandere how this girl won't leave you alone. Count the days until this girl disappears or stops communicating with you entirely. If the yandere decides to kill her “rival” right in front of you, marry her as soon as rationally possible.


One of the few potential cons that I can see is that intellectual conversations are occasionally difficult with your yandere. She has trouble comprehending anything outside of the context of your relationship with her. War in Iraq? You are saying you think she's too clingy and so therefore some cheap slut is poisoning your mind against her. The nature of the universe? You are trying to break up with her so therefore some cheap slut is poisoning your mind against her. It's okay to participate in activities that don't involve her, by all means, please do, but it's very, very difficult to get your yandere involved in anything that doesn't directly have to do with her loving you. It's not impossible, but I prefer to keep mine in the kitchen baking or knitting and would rather not provoke her. The reason this is would be because the yandere just doesn’t actually care about anything except for you. Everything else, her wonderful cooking, great grades, etc, are all merely something used to continue her facade.

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>>59107462 <#59107462>

Speaking of my own personal methods for dealing with yandere that might not work for some people, when a girl I’ll accept becomes yandere for me, I become yandere for her. That's right, all that crazy shit. No looking at other men, not allowed to leave my presence for more than 3 hours, etc. I’ll stalk my precious yandere all the time and make sure no other men can get near her. Well, at least at first.


The problem with continuing this practice is that you can't out yan the yandere. It would only drive her to a higher state of mental instability. Think about it - you're stalking her everyday. She realizes it's YOU who's the third person walking by her to the grocer's, or getting her car fixed, or chatting with the neighbors as people jog by. She starts wondering, "does he think me unfaithful? But... but that's impossible. It's just him I care for - only him!"


Then the attempts to reassure herself begin. More painful, scarring sex play, just to let you know "this body is only for you." No matter how violent or messy, she does it with a broken smile. The meals become dull as she starts going out less and ordering in more. Minor things she can pick up from faceless stores to show you that she doesn't NEED other people, so long as she has you. The artwork of herself she leaves in your desk at work (should you bother to show, as you're so busy being full of her and dumping bodies of the ones who'd dare even glance...). The jagged crying night sessions - tears spilling down her face as she smiles delightfully, her voice full of laughter as she takes on any abuse, just for you. The moment of broken screaming when she realizes despite all this devotion, you STILL don't trust her.


>>59107490 <#59107490>

And then you walk in one day and find that she's jammed the biggest kitchen knife she could find into her sexual organs. That tearful, joy-filled face saying, “you know, darling, you were right, my thoughts were impure and clouded by other faces, so I punished myself, but now it's fine. I’ve punished those involved, too, those evil people that caught me in my moment of weakness”¦”


The police will be over in the evening to arrest you both on the collection of bodies in the basement unless you had already prepared an escape route for different but similar reasons. So yeah, you need a cut-off point for being yandere to your yandere.


DOUBLE YANDERE LOVE IS THE TRUEST LOVE.

Ahem. Excuse me.

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>>59107527 <#59107527>

Point is, give them too much love and they'll begin feeling unworthy of you; it won't matter how many times you reassure them that they're perfect, they'll constantly feel not up to your love. Eventually they'll take for granted that you're betraying them because every other woman is better than them, and shit will degenerate rather quickly. Still, if you treat them badly they will still consider that a gesture of affection, so it's the same shit. Getting them pregnant may possibly be the correct answer. They'll focus their attention on your love's "fruit" and that will wash away many of their insecurities as long as you spend enough time with both them and your child. You'd have to make sure she's not seeing your son as you though, or things may get really hot, if you know what I mean.


Ah, yes, the question of children, a problem with no easy answer. In general, yandere would make poor mothers, and the child would be at constant risk of being targeted by the yandere's psychotic episodes. The yandere may very well reject the child and see it as competition. It's not impossible, however, with enough care from her man. Some yandere object to the idea of children because they see themselves as beings which must not bear new life, but other yandere may be quite open to it, or even feel they would want it as irrefutable proof of your love. Regardless, they will bow to the wishes of their loved one, so it's something that would take some struggling at first, but will probably work out in the end.


>>59107562 <#59107562>

Some extra thoughts regarding the psyche of the yandere:


1. Yandere are not opposed to safe sex, but they are opposed to mechanical means of birth control. It's not because they enjoy sex physically more than any other girl, it's because they view sex more as a spiritual ritual in which they become closest to combining with their loved one; she will always demand sex to be as raw as possible. If birth control is desired, they will generally have no problem taking the pill and consider condoms to be a barrier to achieving oneness with you.


2. A yandere will never, ever share you, nor will she accept any kind of rival; to her, other girls are nothing but enemies. Yandere don't feel the kind of isolation some normal girls might, and so will never believe themselves to be different or special to other girls. To a yandere, other girls have the same filthy desires and conniving thoughts as she does, which is why she loathes other girls so much; she firmly believes other girls are out to steal her loved one. If two yandere met over the same guy, they would launch a war that wouldn't end until one of them was dead. No mercy, no surrender.


3. The yandere will almost never rape her loved one if they are still outside of a relationship. The yandere will attempt to attract you using conventional means, as the yandere believes from her own upbringing and education that this is the correct method for getting her man. If she knew she could get you by raping you at gun-point, she would do so immediately.


>>59107595 <#59107595>

4. I think that sometimes the attraction to yandere is based on the childish, idealized belief that your love can cure her. PFFT. This is DANGEROUSLY NAIVE. "Cure" her? Why would you want that? Her being an obsessive, potentially-dangerous psychotic is the whole POINT. To say someone finds such a person attractive out of some misguided belief they can "fix" them is like saying a "chubby chaser" finds big women attractive out of some belief that he can get them in shape, when really he just really likes the fatties. In all likelihood the stress of a relationship would make her psychosis even worse. Yandere are crazy and there's no way to make them feel at ease, and if you think you can then you'll end up with either you or her dead, possibly both.


5. Yandere only ever overstep their boundaries if you’re overstepping yours, maintaining a facade of perfection elegantly - and scarily - up until the point where it must be dropped, and even then, they are often very forgiving, even often coming with warning signs if you look for them. If she’s becoming a “nuisance,” think of something to occupy her; remember, she likes doing things that will strengthen her relationship with you, so basically all you need to do is give her chores. This is pretty damned simple. Anyone with half a brain can get someone else to do everything for them. This is one of the yandere’s greatest pros: -20 in sanity in exchange for +20 in homemaking.


6. There is no guaranteed method to stop a yandere, but the most reliable action is certain, definite death, and even that is not infallible even when it has initially succeeded. Do not expect any obstacle, whether it be public authorities, the distance between nations, or what have you, to be able to hold back or contain a yandere: she has all the tools and skills she needs to get to you, and she will focus all that is herself into achieving her goals in relation to you - pretty much the only goals she has.


>>59107670 <#59107670>

We've all seen it happen in games, anime and manga, but how do we know it's not happening to us? How do we know that we're not being targeted by a yandere who wants desperately to be ours? I'm going to help you find your Only True Love.


1. Nice or sweet girls have a higher chance of being yandere.


2. Pay close attention to the girls you find yourself coming into contact with, even if it's seemingly harmless or irrelevant. The yandere is quite driven to make contact, but her overriding paranoia will make her subtle.


3. Once you've established likely candidates, try talking to them. If she drifts out of the conversation or if you sense she is getting bored -- it's not a yandere. While doing this, keep an eye out for girls watching you from the sidelines.


5. After establishing a rapport via conversation, ask the suspect(s) to come to your home. The yandere will always agree -- however, a non-yandere who happens to like you may also agree to this.


6. When you get her in your home you have to test her. How eager is she to do that extra mile to make a good impression -- pushy offers to cook, clean, or do something else, typically with a subservient attitude, are all positive signs of yandere-hood.


7. The yandere will be the girl who you notice coming over to visit afterwards on innocent pretexts, usually wanting to do chores for you as she feels doing this will entrench her into your life.


8. Confess to her. She will agree immediately. Many yanderes can be found out at this stage if they lose their self-control and become sexually aggressive.


9. If not already discovered in the last step, try to create a scenario in which the yandere may suspect your fidelity. Her reaction to this will settle her as a yandere -- violent outbursts, jealous rages against the other girl, etc.


10. Pacify with sex. Congratulations, you are now attached to the rarest and finest of all sex types!


>>59107785 <#59107785>

Yandere Guide Part 2 - Maintaining her


Know how to maintain your yandere, it could save your life (and your neighbour's)!


1. Becomes unusually aggressive in seeking sex, she's probably done something bad and is now looking to celebrate her latest victory over the forces trying to take you away from her or ruin her happiness.


2. Becoming obnoxiously chatty, it means she's becoming stressed but it's not at the critical phase yet. Fix with some attention and re-assurances.


3. Stalks you -- this is absolutely normal behavior for her; if she couldn't stalk you she would become quickly stressed.


4. Gets angry at you: her yanderu is emerging, and it's now critical that you bring her back down. Provide re-assurances, attention and sex constantly until she has no more signs of stress.


5. Becomes abnormally illogical or displays strange behavior: she is at the breaking point and is about to have a psychotic episode. Her emotions are in control at this point, and she's suffering greatly. She must be detained and made to hear your voice or she will eventually collapse.


6. Loses the light out of her pupils: she's lost it and she knows she can kill. She's fallen to a psychotic episode and in an effort to take back control of her mind she surrenders to her emotional impulse to kill, destroy or hurt. In this state she has more presence of mind, but her logic will become almost child-like. You must not display any fear or weakness, and you must talk to her gently while holding her gaze firmly. Her episode will subside.


>>59107817 <#59107817>

There are certain consequences associated with not following this guide, and I would like to list the five most common ones.


1) Injury - Although your yanderekko loves you more than the air itself, she will occasionally lose it, and it is those moments that you have to be extra vigilant. Love can hurt, and if she was doing something like cooking, cutting your hair, lawnwork, or even knitting, then she has access to a deadly weapon. It is your job to make sure she puts it down and listens to you. Be careful here, or you might accidentally lose an eye.


2) Captivity - If you really really wuv your girl, this one probably won't happen, although there are a few special exceptions. Mostly, this applies to a guy who either never wanted, or is no longer able to handle the attention of a yandere gal, and has managed to push her into thinking she is about to lose him. Although a lot of times this may force a violent response, there is a good chance that she will merely restrain you. At best, you might be tied to a chair in the kitchen for a while, as she tries to remind you why you are meant to be together 'til death. At worst, you will never see the light of day again in her special awesome dungeon where she won't even so much as let you take a whizz by yourself. There are some who might even relish this level of attention, but it indicates only the first crack in the yandere's psyche, and just tends to get worse from here.


>>59107882 <#59107882>

3) Your friends/family 'vanish' - the most important part with most yandere, is that you are only paying attention to her. Only her, always her, all the time her. While there are a few who understand that you knew other people before you met, most yandere girls will find every other person you interact with as an affront to your special bond. Especially if these people are female. Be sure to find out very quickly what your girl thinks of the other girls in your life, even if its just a naggy little sister, unless you want to lose each and every one of them to an unfortunate meat cleaver 'accident'.


4) She dies - This is perhaps the rarest of consequences, but still worth a mention. Usually, anyone who truly loves their yandere won't have to deal with this, but if you are the type to mess around a lot, this could happen. Not every yandere is automatically going to try and hurt you or others in order to achieve what she wants, some will immediately fall into a state of hopelessness. Once there, the idea of suicide is never far away. Not just any suicide either, it simply won't do unless you are able to see her die; consider it her final act of love that may or may not scar you forever.


>>59107923 <#59107923>

5) You die - If you reached this consequence, lets face it, you fucked up. You were cheating on her, spending too much time with that neighborhood girl, or doting on your little sister a little bit too much, but you most certainly did something! This is usually a final resort, even for a yandere, meaning that you have been deemed completely unsalvagable in her eyes and there is no other way for her to get rid of the pain in her heart than by ending you. Suicide may follow, although that is probably not very important to mention at this point. A small note, you may have also been very unlucky on the draw and gotten a yandere that snaps just a little bit easily. In this case, your death is probably not too far off.
I left the post numbers up. I think /a/ is at about 216 million posts as of today. This was way back in the 59 million times.
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Is this the Yandere-Chan autist? Dudes been around for, at minimum, 14 fucking years and he’s still making shit about his waifu. God bless Zero-Q.
Pretty Boy Extremism said:
Lemme guess what you think "Oh great this faggot is gonna sperg out about samurai again"

Uuuuuh, no! I'm going to sperg out about the Three KANGdomz China.

Today, Zhuge Liang is romanticized both in the Chinese culture as well as general pop culture as the biggest-brained motherfucker that ever lived in China. Motherfucker was inventing weapons, supply structures, excelled in administration and warfare, had the biggest-brained strategies of all time, the whole nine yards. However, if you ever look more into him from the historical perspective, you realize that yeah, he was a great administrator, but an absolutely laughably bad military commander as well as a faggot who held grudges against the more famous and successful strategists of his time, like Wei kingdom's Sima Yi and Wu kingdom's Zhou Yu. Not to mention all the other shit that he just made up.

First of all, this nigger literally claimed he was 2.7 meters (or 9 feet) tall, could shoot lightning out of his eyes and could summon great winds out of thin air (maybe he meant farts because boy did he pull shit out of his ass). Ox carts and repeating crossbows existed way before he claimed he "invented" them.
He claimed that Zhou Yu died from an illness which was caused by him being so envious of Zhuge Liang's big-brained strategies and that Zhuge Liang's 200IQ massive galaxy-brained strategy at the Battle of the Red Cliffs was the last straw that literally caused Zhou Yu to mald to death from being jealous of Zhuge Liang's massive brain weener. Want to know what really happened? The Wu kingdom did all of the heavy lifting, mostly commanded by Zhou Yu. Liu Bei (Zhuge Liang's master and king of Shu) was a DarkSydePhil-style poor beggar who couldn't even afford to pay his bills soldiers. The fireship strategy that Zhuge Liang claimed he "invented on the fly" during the Battle of the Red Cliffs was not only a known military strategy for centuries in China, but it was proposed by Huang Gai, one of Wu kingdom's commanders.
His biggest rival however was Sima Yi, one of Wei kingdom's top military strategists. Zhuge Liang was malding so hard over this guy that he literally inserted himself into battles where Sima Yi was on the losing side or inserted Sima Yi into battles where the Shu kingdom won against the Wei, despite one (or both) of them not being present in them in actual history. If that wasn't good enough this petty little man literally invented battles where he showed off how much he embarrassed Sima Yi.
Ever heard of the (in)famous Empty Fort strategy? A strategy relying heavily on psychology where one side just opens the doors and puts no men on the defense hoping the enemy thinks it's a trap and gives up? Guess who claimed he invented and employed it? Zhuge Liang. Guess who literally made up a battle where he outsmarts Sima Yi and makes him mald by successfully employing the Empty Fort strategy against him? Zhuge Liang. In fact, the only historical records claiming a strategy like that was ever employed mentions Cao Cao, Sima Yi's master, employing it successfully against Lu Bu.

So, how in the fuck did this happen? Why did I keep saying that Zhuge Liang was inventing facts and historical records about himself?
Well, first of all, you've no doubt heard of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong, it is one of the four greatest works of Chinese literature. Not only was Luo biased in favor of the Shu kingdom, the one Zhuge Liang was part of, he based his novel on the Records of the Three Kingdoms, a historical document written by historian Chen Shou shortly after the events ended. When Chen Shou wrote the Book of Shu, he had to gather up many of the primary sources himself since the kingdom of Shu did not have an official historical book written on it, and many of the primary sources he gathered were written by Zhuge Liang. What a coincidence, right? Who woulda thunk it that the historical accounts that claimed that a particular figure in the kingdom was a perfect, big-brained, dashing, gentle, popular with the ladies, great in bed, fierce in war 無限 無敵 無双 was written by that particular figure himself?

Taking all this into account, Romance was written in common vernacular Chinese as well as during a time where it was easy to print and produce books in China, so it's no wonder that the impression historical figures depicted in the novel had on Chinese culture was deeply influenced by how they were depicted in Romance. And well, since Zhuge Liang was depicted as the biggest-brained motherfucker who ever lived in the novel, it's no wonder that in Chinese culture he is romanticized and depicted as such.
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Three Kingdom fun facts?
-Liu Bei, by all accounts, was a completely inept retard who barely held his conquered territories together.
-Guan Yu was a mediocre at best general who was routinely tricked in battle.
-Wei Yan (the grunting retard in every DW game) is the actual reason why Shu was successful, as he was a fucking tactical genius that held significant the line against Wei in Shu. He and Zhuge Liang hated each other, which culminated in Zhuge Liang’s death and secret post-humous order to retreat from a protected position. Wei Yan, super pissed about everyone abandoning their post, double timed it to beat the retreating army and cut off their route back by destroying the roads in the hopes they would return to the line. All this ended up doing was causing Jiang Wei to declare him a traitor and sicing Ma Dai on him.
-Gan Ning was a psychopath who would kill people for no reason.
-Ma Chao was a psychopath who would kill people for no reason.
-Zhang Fei was a psychopath who would kill people for no reason.
-Wei Kingdom really was the good guys all along, despite being treated as ambitious villains in most depictions.
Exaggerations aside, a tumblr user by the name of The Archlich has done a great write up for each character in Dynasty Warriors, comparing them to their historical counterpart. Admittedly, he (and myself) are turbo Wei fanboys, but he does a great job backing up his write ups with research.
 
TiggerNits said:
Correct. The only true crime in combat, is losing. It's so easy to be shown compassion when arms are laid down and cry about rules that only get followed when they're convenient. It's all post-modernist bullshit made to make people feel bad about good wet work. Germany, Japan, Italy, the USSR, the US, UK, France and even goddamed Canada all did awful shit in the war, they will do awful shit in their current wars and they're gonna do it in their next ones too. Because that's what war actually is, its awful shit perpetrated by one country/nation/tribe/government/kingdom/sect/dick-size against another. If you're going to wade in the waters of war, you had best get ready to be caked in the sinew that will undoubtedly be let loose in to that river. War is best terrible, as it makes us realize the true value of peace and why that price point needs to be so affixed in our minds that we know when it becomes too expensive.
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That's a whole lot of empty platitudes considering we executed people for "war crimes". It's also important to note that the US chose to enter the war without a formal declaration, so it's not like the other side had any say in the matter. But again, formal declarations are silly when nobody thinks there's a proper way to fight war.

Not that I disagree with the notion that wars are typically fought amorally, mind you, just that we don't portray ourselves as the bad guys in the second world war. But that's propaganda for you.
 
Forgetful Gynn said:
Not that I disagree with the notion that wars are typically fought amorally, mind you, just that we don't portray ourselves as the bad guys in the second world war. But that's propaganda for you.
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I know, man. The reality is there's no good guys in war. Just guys who are good at it
 
I'm too lazy to check if someone already said this, but its interesting

Minor edit: tiny clarification

Nosferatu everyone knows is an adaptation of Dracula, with the names changed to avoid copyright concerns. The Stoker Estate still sued and won in court since that wasnt enough for it to be considered a different work. All copies were ordered to be destroyed, and all but one was. That one copy was sent to the US (which was sent prior to the order) and at the time, didn't recognize international copyright infringement, and by the time they did, the book was already public domain. If you ever saw Nosferatu, it's because of that sole surviving print.
 
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horrorfan89 said:
the logo for the band kiss
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is so similar to the SS lightning bolts
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that when touring or selling merchandise or albums in Germany the band needs to use a variant on their logo that uses two z's backwards instead. When asked about this a few years ago, Ace Freely who designed the logo said it was a coincidence and s's that resemble bolts of lightning was just something he thought looked cool.
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The irony is that Gene and Paul are both Jews -- Gene himself being an Israeli immigrant. The rest of the band didn't know any better either.

When I was real young I didn't know about the Waffen SS, but I found out about the similarity between the KISS logo and the SS runes from a cringey 80's satanic panic VHS tape my brother and I watched for the lulz. I don't remember the name of it, but it was like a free documentary made by a church pastor to explain how rock music is evil, and at one point he shows similarities between the KISS logo and the SS. My brother started laughing and said, "Damn, dude, have you even seen the members of the band without their makeup? They're stereotypically Jewish."
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Uh, is he supposed to look like Michael Nesmith from The Monkees?
 
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