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[-] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

in b4 someone says that it is an "average".

that number is made up BS anyways

[-] [email protected] 29 points 23 hours ago

Uh, yeah, not like this.

If you're sitting around waiting for the empire to fall, then it's never going to fall. Empires fall because people make them fall.

And it's going to be achieved with blood...

[-] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago

Also, ask when Rome fell, historians wont agree on any specific date. They were never the top of the town afterwards, but the fall was more of a gradual multi-century tumble punctuated by hitting every rock on the way down.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago

A watched empire never falls.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

it's all fun and games until the emperor picks up a fiddle

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 23 hours ago

Mean, mode, or median?

What's the standard deviation look like?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

i'm more concerned with what the standard deviant looks like i got to keep up with my fashion

[-] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

From post-apocalyptic raiders to antihero Casey Jones, weaponized and armored sports gear is always stylish and fashionable.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

i feel like we're less post-apocalyptic and more apocalyptic and maybe i should get more eyes

[-] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Even if this statistic wasn't bullshit, this comic has an inherent cruelty to it that ironically feels very American

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Empires don't end, they fizzle out.

[-] [email protected] 153 points 1 day ago

The 250 year thing is basically completely made up BS

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Indeed. The empire you left to make your own with blackjack and hookers was nearly double that. If you want to be facetious too, then probably triple.

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[-] [email protected] 80 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I hate to be nitpicky about a meme but I love to be nitpicky. This claims is based on bullshit statistics that the author made up or bent to his will. The Ottoman empire alone shows this to be incorrect but Rome too stands out. Besides, what would an arbitrary amount of time have to do with the collapse of complex economic systems. Its bullshit idealism and I hate seeing it.

I am begging the US to collapse though

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[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Of course this is incorrect, go look up an empire and see.

... Roman empire got over 1000 years, Ottoman's got 623 years, Mongol empire only got 162.

...and Italy, Turkey, and Mongolia are still around, they're just not empires anymore. They're Nations.

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Facebook type posting

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