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Big Beef City posted:The Spanish-American War is something that, even as someone who enjoys history in general, and American, at that, know WOEFULLY little about and I really should remedy that. Spain was an empire in decline. President McKinley was hungry for colonies and looking for an excuse to declare war on Spain, so when the USS Maine exploded while docked in Cuba, the US declared war, and seized Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. The first two are still US colonies. Cuba and the Philippines were given independence from Spain, but for all intents and purposes they also became colonies of the US until the 1950's.
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Gutter Phoenix posted:PAAS my egg whole I saw one of these yesterday and legitimately wished I'd had a kid so we could dye easter eggs together.  Then I remembered kids are alot of work and money and got pissed at my brother for not having a kid so I could just be a cool uncle instead. 
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Apr 3, 2021 19:35
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ninjoatse.cx posted:I saw one of these yesterday and legitimately wished I'd had a kid so we could dye easter eggs together. Just dye eggs, then have hard boiled eggs for the next couple days. No kid needed. My mom DEMANDS I come over to dye eggs every year. I am 36.
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Apr 3, 2021 19:38
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Gutter Phoenix posted:Spain was an empire in decline. President McKinley was hungry for colonies and looking for an excuse to declare war on Spain, so when the USS Maine exploded while docked in Cuba, the US declared war, and seized Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. Yeah those are the parts I knew when I said 'woefully little'. I don't know specifics of the engagements, or personalities on any side including the Philippine rebels we backed and then faught a separate war against as a thanks like two years later, etc.
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Apr 3, 2021 20:00
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Big Beef City posted:The Spanish-American War is something that, even as someone who enjoys history in general, and American, at that, know WOEFULLY little about and I really should remedy that. It is studied in school but kinda glossed over. In short, government crises all over, no public money, we had lost all colonies but for Cuba and Philippines, both were rebellious (with very justified reasons tbh), USA backed them up, we did lose them in the most humiliating way by sending young, unwilling, unprepared recruits half the world over in the aforementioned wooden ships. General perception today is "we really had that coming for a while". Also, my great-grandpa was sent to Cuba to fight, he came back and we still have his "bag flag". That is a small, square Spanish flag with regiment coat and name, which was issued to all soldiers. So, in case they died in battle, they could be inhumated with the flag. Very important I guess. Shellception fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Apr 3, 2021 |
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Apr 3, 2021 20:25
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That's very interesting, and thank you very much for taking the time to answer, that's much more than I'd expected, awesome!
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Apr 3, 2021 20:27
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Big Beef City posted:Yeah those are the parts I knew when I said 'woefully little'. I cannot find the full text online, but if you get the chance, I recommend reading the 1981 Gore Vidal essay: "Theodore Roosevelt: an American Sissy" Also, his historical novel Empire takes place in the US during that period, and talks a bunch about all the movers & shakers at the turn of the 19th/20th century.
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Apr 3, 2021 20:29
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Big Beef City posted:Gutter Phoenix dye the eggs Live fast, dye eggs.
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Apr 3, 2021 20:31
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Gutter Phoenix posted:Live fast, dye eggs. Only the good dye young
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Big Beef City posted:Yeah those are the parts I knew when I said 'woefully little'. It may be apocryphal but I remember reading the 45 caliber sidearm becoming the standard for US Army soldiers because the 38 wasn't killing Filipinos fast enough/at all. America!
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Apr 3, 2021 21:23
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I remember reading that more American soldiers died from botulism/ food poisoning than from combat because they were fed 40-year old tinned meat leftover from the Civil War. Gotta pinch those pennies!
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Apr 3, 2021 21:39
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SPACE HOMOS posted:Just dye eggs, then have hard boiled eggs for the next couple days. No kid needed. My mom is dead, I wish she was around. I'd colour the poo poo out of some muthafuckin eggs with her if I could. I'm a 41 year old blue collar gun owning dude.
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Apr 3, 2021 21:41
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wesleywillis posted:My mom is dead, I wish she was around. I'd colour the poo poo out of some muthafuckin eggs with her if I could. Whoa good thing you added that part dude, now we know you are one tough hombre and not some egg dying pansy or worse - a woman or a liberal
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Apr 3, 2021 22:04
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I wish my mom were alive so I could dye eggs with her too I’m a 50 year old weaponless bitch city slicker, pm me
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Apr 3, 2021 22:08
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I'm 36, my mom's alive, and I have no guns but I'm not dyeing any eggs we are gonna go to the zoo together though 
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Apr 3, 2021 22:12
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I'm 35 and live with my mom. I win this contest you ungrateful CHILDREN!
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Apr 3, 2021 22:32
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I'm gonna have lunch with my mom and not talk about guns or religion. WASP 4 LYFE
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Duck and Cover posted:I'm 35 and live with my mom. I win this contest you ungrateful CHILDREN! I noticed you didn't say she's alive 
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Apr 3, 2021 22:40
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I use my gun to paint the eggs
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Apr 3, 2021 22:50
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steinrokkan posted:Whoa good thing you added that part dude, now we know you are one tough hombre and not some egg dying pansy or worse - a woman or a liberal Yup, gotta make sure everyone knows I'm a manly man that OWNS GUNS. I even operated a FORKLIFT for about ten minutes once! I miss my momma:(
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Apr 3, 2021 23:00
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wesleywillis posted:My mom is dead, I wish she was around. I'd colour the poo poo out of some muthafuckin eggs with her if I could. Dye the eggs and then shoot them.
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Apr 3, 2021 23:01
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I'm gonna eat all yalls mom's assholes. All of them. I'm a blue collar armalite kinda guy.  Gutter Phoenix posted:I remember reading that more American soldiers died from botulism/ food poisoning than from combat because they were fed 40-year old tinned meat leftover from the Civil War. lol do you have a cite for this I want to read more that's hosed up.
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Apr 3, 2021 23:05
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I'm gonna eat all yalls mom's assholes. All of them. I'm a blue collar armalite kinda guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni...American%20War. I think it's also mentioned in Howard Zinn's "People's History of the US."
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Apr 3, 2021 23:09
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Smash Mouth dye the eggs.
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Gutter Phoenix posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni...American%20War. Wow loving hell. lol just lmao. Skimming info about it, it's mentioned that, behind Sinclair's "The Jungle," this scandal galvanized public opinion about food quality standards and contributed to the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the act that established the FDA. Because Chicago meatpackers had a "deal" with the secretary of the Army.  America
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Wow loving hell. lol just lmao. Skimming info about it, it's mentioned that, behind Sinclair's "The Jungle," this scandal galvanized public opinion about food quality standards and contributed to the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the act that established the FDA. Because Chicago meatpackers had a "deal" with the secretary of the Army. Think about it every time the GOP tries to "deregulate" any industry. I posted this pic from Fox News in the "LOL at Trump" thread last week:  poo poo never changes, just gets deeper. Oh, and someone pointed out that that picture is actually a Russian meat processing facility, not one in the US.
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wesleywillis posted:
So do I, brother.   The only guns I own are my ancient 10-.22 from when I was a kid that hasn't been fired in 20 years, and my dad's old blackpowder stuff that hasn't left its case in 10 years or so. Oh and I have a pellet gun somewhere. Painting eggs is fun.
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Remembering dying Easter eggs with my Armenian grandmother the old-fashioned/poor way... with onion skins.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:Remembering dying Easter eggs with my Armenian grandmother the old-fashioned/poor way... with onion skins. Doesn't that make them look like they're made of marble?
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Apr 4, 2021 03:48
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wesleywillis posted:Doesn't that make them look like they're made of marble? I wouldn’t say marble but sort of polished rock-like I guess? 
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:I wouldn’t say marble but sort of polished rock-like I guess? Neat. Maybe it depends on what type of onion? I think I remember something like that from "The Neat Stuff Something To Do Book".
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Gutter Phoenix posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni...American%20War. woah there how dare you cite wikipedia in this thread
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Ok I'm sorry. I was a bit worked up last night about unrelated BS and I said some dumb poo poo. Way to flex your privilege as an American. Gutter Phoenix posted:Spain was an empire in decline. President McKinley was hungry for colonies and looking for an excuse to declare war on Spain, so when the USS Maine exploded while docked in Cuba, the US declared war, and seized Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. The Phillipines were completely a US colony until the 30s and partially until the Japanese invaded. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Government_of_the_Philippine_Islands I wasn't sure about Cuba so I looked it up and I'm just going to drop a couple wiki quotes that suggest it was de jure and de facto a US colony. Just for you, forums poster yikes! "Under Cuba's new constitution, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations." "The U.S. intervened by occupying Cuba and named Charles Edward Magoon as Governor for three years." (1906)
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yikes! posted:woah there how dare you cite wikipedia in this thread Hey, don't you dare question my motherfuckin' laziness. Especially on Easter Eve, you sacriligious weasel breeder. You gotta lotta fuckin' nerve chief. I have half a mind to come poo poo on the hood of your car, and steal your lawnmower, and blast sexy rock outta my ghetto blaster until I seduce every last one of your friends and neighbors, then leave them high & dry, wanting more of me, always, forever.   Watch yer back, chief... You'll be chewing my cud before the next vernal equinox. THAT'S A MOTHERFUCKING PROMISE!!!
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:I wouldn’t say marble but sort of polished rock-like I guess? This is pretty cool. I've never seen that before.
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Do the eggs get all oniony tasting?
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Gutter Phoenix posted:Spain was an empire in decline. President McKinley was hungry for colonies and looking for an excuse to declare war on Spain, so when the USS Maine exploded while docked in Cuba, the US declared war, and seized Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. unrelated to thread topic but the best excuse a power hungry country used to shoot at their enemies was the war of jenkins ear. british merchan ship was boarded by Spaniards in peace time and they cut off the captains ear so britain declared war lol
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Robo Reagan posted:unrelated to thread topic but the best excuse a power hungry country used to shoot at their enemies was the war of jenkins ear. Invading Grenada to protect a bunch of dumb rich kids at substandard medical schools from Communism was a pretty good one too.
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Robo Reagan posted:unrelated to thread topic but the best excuse a power hungry country used to shoot at their enemies was the emu war ftfy
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