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Your favourite historical country? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm fond of the Imperial County of Reuss, which was semi-independent in the Holy Roman Empire. The madlads named all their rulers "Heinrich", resulting such personages as Heinrich LXXII ("Heinrich the 72nd").

More recently there's the Saar Protectorate, which the French encouraged to become a fully independent country after WWII. But the inhabitants wanted nothing to do with it and rejoined West Germany.

TIL Alan Moore, the author of V for Vendetta, has a negative view of the revolutionary cultures/movements he helped inspire in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 85 points 4 days ago (8 children)

It would probably be faster to list the things he doesn't have a negative view about.

What is the worst, most incorrect way to eat a pizza? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Turned into a slurry and then administered as an enema.

The Greatest Cover Song of All Time? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Naw, it's got to be Aretha Franklin's "Respect". Or maybe the Beatles with "Twist and Shout". Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"?