Comment on Reading random bits of history on wikipedia

• the_wiz@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never dreamed of being an victorious invader in a conquered citiy as a teen?

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1. No.
    2. That’s not what the post is about

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but I am more of a burn the city to the ground salt the earth and make a pile of skulls type of guy. Survivors vow revenge, better to remove the problem via war crimes.

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    • the_wiz@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ah yes, the good old “what is best in life” question:

      “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!”

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Less so lamentation and moreso pained gurgling as blood fills their lungs and fire scorches their skin. I’m a bit of a Romantic you see.

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  • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, a bunch, and can you guess what i didnt do in that fantasy?

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