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[-] bricklove@midwest.social 81 points 1 day ago

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

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.

you grew up during The Cold War? That’s about it unless you get more specific for example Im interested in the decline of the USSR and the rise of the CIS.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

interesting. I'm most interested in the Khruschev era, during de-Stalinization and when the USSR was at its peak, and the satellite countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, etc.) the collapse just makes me sad.

I graduated high school in 1993. The fall was happening while I was in school. I was interested in how an empire falls apart as I believed it could happen to the USA as well. I wouldn’t have predicted it would be in my lifetime though

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