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[–] bricklove@midwest.social 86 points 1 day ago (35 children)

History is kind of the opposite. When someone says they like history I'll get excited and ask what period is their favorite. If they say "Romans" without any qualifiers like Early Republic or Late Eastern Empire, I get a bad feeling and they usually follow up with "and WWII"

[–] Rainbowsaurus@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Curious what is says about me that my answer has always been "the Cold War."

... Other than the fact that history feels far too present these days.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Cold War spy stories are the best. It was a rare period of superpower vs. superpower and with enough technology to make it interesting. (I might be wrong, but I don't think a spy story where you had to communicate using carrier pigeons and spy by simply listening over walls would be as interesting.)

[–] Rainbowsaurus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

For sure! I love the whole gadgetry aspect, especially how it bled into pop culture with things like Get Smart and Spy vs Spy.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

And, of course, the whole Bond franchise.

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