four day week for me this week
https://video.nostr.build/1044acd289d67b0c3e4ec80eb41c144650717b2aeca17ff1f9c61a9a3971574a.mp4
generally speaking, anything more recent than that is propaganda or at least, agenda. as in: what people are writing about they have a stake in seeing that way. that compromises their objectivity.
history needs perspective and time
that is why the rules in /askhistorians reddit are what they are
reader: from the bottom of my heart
this is ~not~ how history works
i forget the name of the book off the top of my head and i cant text my friend this early in the morning. the one who recommended it to me. so il circle back, i know i shared it before
a book about how ww1 was the first war where people were writing history on top of it while it was happening
i will also be waiting to see
all i can see is that i stand by it still
the answers are the work of historians
finding those answers, making their own calls, situating decisions in larger narratives and context
to me, it wasnt for "nothing"
but people are owed far more respect that a propaganda soundbite reason
patience is what i can say
wait and see
to ever make any veteran feel like they fought and died for nothing
got injured for nothing
are forever altered unable to fix it for nothing
lost a limb for nothing
cos there is no clear "win" for america to say: we did it ~for~ this
is gravely gravely gravely gravely serious
^=> gaming it out those are my feelings
like in the position of: my choice inside a wargame simulation thing
i do like to people please
i do want people to be happy
i am sorry that was a deeply unpopular choice
i am sorry it hurt morale
morale is really important
it isnt a shallow thing
i wouldnt damage it lightly
i am sorry to everyone in afghanistan suffering
this divorce was a necessary one
im gonna be so generous for a moment
do i regret my personal judgement call re: afghanistan
like as a chick in a house who gets to have opinions on the news and gets to think about what i would have done if these calls were mine to make
no i dont regret deciding that if it were me i would take the loss and leave afghanistan
from here 2025 do i regret that? again, as a chick in a house for making that personal determination im of course allowed to make as every person on this planet is
no i dont regret it
to me it was and still is the right choice
there may be a time it isnt
and i regret it
but as of the present, i dont
i still stand by that being the right call
that's what weird questions in an article
means to me
that the writer must be fucked in some way
many people are.
moving on
what does this mean to me?
nothing at all. like zero flat nothing.
except to remember this author is unsafe and sketch
no smithsonian magazine
i cant imagine that cos that is weird as fuck to imagine
no one should ever imagine dying for anyone's dog
the fuck is wrong with the author?
why is this article psycho
on balance of scales
and i dont mean this in a whatever way
i just mean actual
there is simply no way that someone wrote a fake article on wikipedia for me specifically
no one cares about me that much
so that option is out
it is not that.
it is something else
who on earth cares about the pets on the titanic
and why is the article written way less dry
it isnt in wikipedia voice
fight someone on the grounds of:
why are we putting fake stuff on wikipedia
not fight fight
word fight
cos that's weird too
who would write a 'fake' article for who
cos if it was for me
that is
idk what that is
am i supposed to thank someone or fight someone like what
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_aboard_the_Titanic
i simply do not trust this article in its entirety
i am engaging with it like it is a pleasant fiction math problem and writing prompt
if i do not trust this article that means what
i dont trust wikipedia, i dont trust the editors of wikipedia although i do trust one editor from wikipedia cos i followed her on twitter for awhile, molly
so if i dont trust wikipedia and i only trust one editor
that's ok cos i can start to verify this article with primary sources
however, who would write this article if it was 'not real' and why
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_aboard_the_Titanic
i simply do not trust this article in its entirety
i am engaging with it like it is a pleasant fiction math problem and writing prompt