There’s a period of time where the population of China legitimately moved in a sawtooth pattern, as they had a massive war every few generations and wiped out a chunk of their population.
Anon learns about history
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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I wonder if we’re on another sawtooth
slothrop@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
…some hooligans and gadabouts were gaoled for overturning dustbins on Hampstead Heath…
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
The hooligans are loose! What if they become roughians?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 year ago
The Ancient Chinese were certainly good at recordkeeping, having a unified kingdom and being a lot of people.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This is even funnier when read aloud: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ksx6D3dlE
Redfox8@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Oh it so is! Regards, Alistaire Jeremy Tarquin Smithe Smithe-Walmintrop.
capuccino@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aguascacas
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have a slight suspicion that a few names might be made up.
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Nah they’re real. I should know, I operate my business outta ookstinkburg
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
europe rules
sudo@programming.dev 1 year ago
If you want a sample of how crazy Chinese history can get look at the Tai Ping rebellion:
Godort@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
There was also that time a prison guard lost a prisoner during a transfer, and because the punishment for such a crime was death, he released all his prisoners, became their leader, and overthrew the monarchy.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
There’s a few examples throughout history where having an insane punishment for a crime has caused serious problems.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 year ago
Please tell me there’s a movie about that.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wasn’t there at least one other time where “failure means death” turned into “guess we might as well just try to take over”?
Time I’m thinking about was when an emperor had summoned some warlords to be there by x date or die and one group realized they weren’t going to make it by the date, so since they had their armies with them anyways, they just pivoted from answering summons to invading/conquering. Not sure that one worked out though.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 year ago
You doubt Jesus Hong Christ?
That’s it, Wing King Shi Dakai Lord of Five Thousand Years is going to escort you out of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Now you won’t ever get to eat grass with the Heavenly King.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Pfft, imagine believing Jesus was in Nanjing. He clearly traveled through Siberia to rural Japan where he changed his name to Torai Tora Daitenku, all thanks to his Japanese brother Isukiri who went to Jerusalem to replace Jesus on the cross.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirisuto_no_Haka
sudo@programming.dev 1 year ago
No no no! The true second coming of Christ was Sun Myung Moon!