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Girl if you don't know the difference between the Ottoman and the Byzantine empires just know that you instruction is seriously lacking.
EDIT: education for instruction
One kicked their feet up all day,the other was really Byzzy all the time.
Lots of bad educational systems out there.
And you know what tbh a lot of it has to do with bad teachers. I had horrible history teachers, like many others. I remember hearing about the Byzantine empire, holy Roman empire, Ottoman empire in middle school... But it never really meant shit to me other than some names and dates to memorize, which I forgot a year later.
But I've played video games like Civ and Crusader Kings and heroes of iron where I start reading nation/empire descriptions, start googling and reading Wikipedia, start reading on random shit like WW1 no man's land and I'm fascinated by all the craziness in history. The Ottoman Empire was fucking massive and had sultans, and it wasn't even that fucking long ago!
I was taught so much in history classes that I didn't really understand until I developed an interest in them, like the Punic wars. This stuff is fascinating and it's taught so horribly.
I heard the Ottomans were sick, man!
I agree with you. Education systems play a big role in wether people are educated or not and everything can't be blame on individual but we should accept it as normal and say such things as OOP.
These games inspired a lot of history lessons for me as well. Sometimes there's bad teachers and gaps in learning for all of us.
Chelsea Handler had on this very stoned and very bored long-haired rocker who was kind of grunting replies to her questions.
She went on talking about Nicragua for some reason, then said "It turns out Nicaragua is right next to Honduras. Did you know that?"
Rocker: Yeah, sure.
Handler, genuinely surprised: Huh? Why do you know that?
Rocker: Because I was educated in England.
It was noel fielding (goth comedian), and he was replying to Handler asking how he knew Nicaragua existed.
It was a pretty funny bit. Stoned, I couldn't say, but I think he's just like that.
So was I, and the exact location of Nicaragua and Honduras did not come up.
Sure but it's more fun to just make fun of Civ V players