"It sure isn't ww3, I don't see any drones"
this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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And it's not ww4 because I don't see any weapons made from sticks or stone.
Could also be good old number 4 then
There's a lot of eerie coincidences between WW1 and WW4 that it makes you wonder if somone really is behind it all.
"Nice shotgun! That'll really get the German's riled up."
That image of Kurt Angle will never stop being hilarious to me. God I love that man.
Yelling at him that he sucked will always be a happy memory
I love how that went from an attack on him, to a sign of respect for him. I can't hear that song without singing YOU SUCK! Same with Cenas, can't not hear "John Cena Sucks!" When that horn hits.
What made him give that original look to the camera?
Austin? Potentially Taker?
"But... but... they told us it's the "War To End All Wars!""
I think I saw on QI that WWI was already being called that before the war had ended.
People at the time knew there would probably be another one someday.
Which isn't that odd, really. We use the Term WWIII at times. It's not that we know it will definitely happen but it's not something that's unfathomable either.
Really? That would be an extremely concerning thing to hear anyone say back then.
"Great" did not automatically imply "good" back then - just big.
I've always heard it was called the Great War.
You heard correct. I have never heard any contemporary account from the time call it "WW1" - they did call it "the war to end all wars," though.
I found this citation referring to a book published in 1920, though I couldn't find the text of the book itself online.
What I find more interesting is the use of the phrase "millenial folk".
Good point. Of course, with the number of nuclear war-heads we've built, I would feel pretty confident referring to it as "World War Final".
I actually usually just refer to it as "our extinction event". But I'll acknowledge I'm going out on a limb - there's plenty of other ways we could finish ourselves off.
Would you even need to ask? What with the trenches and mustard gas everywhere?
The eastern front was a lot more dynamic and had fewer trenches.
Why would he even ask if it's 1 or 2, just ask the year.
They did still have trenches and other fortifications in WW2. That said...
- Do you see any tanks traveling faster than 15mph? Any planes with less than four wings?
- WW2
- Mustaches? Waxed?
- WW1
- Folks with gas masks on their belts are definitely a tell.
yeah, no, gas masks were carried in ww2. some poor bastards (depending on unit) carried them all the way through the war. promask carriers were a choice bit of storage room if you decided to lose the mask, but early on lots of folks worried that it would be used on the battlefield again.
plenty of discussion on this with a quick search
Plenty of biplanes in WWII as well.
Also plenty of monoplanes in WWI, most notably the Fokker Eindeckers,.
Good point. And, not to glorify warfare, but the synchronization gear was an amazingly innovative piece of technology.
It was certainly better than the initial French attempt to solve the problem, which was so good they named a tennis stadium after it.
Yes, but not other way around
There were monoplanes in WWI, most notably the Fokker Eindeckers which kicked the snot out of the Allies for most of 1915 and on into 1916, though largely because of their synchronized machine guns rather than any superiority in their design.
Not a lot of WWII in biplanes?
Fair enough
Ground so dangerous you couldn't walk offinto the fields. So many shells fired it turn the soil into quick sand. Stick to the boards. If you slip and fall your compatriots dare not try and save you or their fate will be sealed as well.
So many shells fired it turn the soil into quick sand.
An interesting stat is that the major combatants fired approximately 300 artillery shells for every soldier that was killed - and 75mm shells (the most common caliber) are not trivial industrial products to produce. It's hard to even conceive of an industrial society devoting that much productive capacity to the task of killing somebody.
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