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I was thinking about how homogenized a lot of modern MMORPG classes have become into these three roles, and remembering how things used to feel different way back when. When I realized that WoW is over 20 years old now, I knew to turn to this sub for an answer! When and with wha…
In modern literature and cinema, the recasting or refocusing of stories onto women often provokes a furious backlash (i.e., some of the reaction to Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey). Was there anything similar when Euripidies wrote The Trojan Women? Was he accused of su…
Brownian motion, general relativity, special relativity, E=mc2. I know WHAT Einstein is famous for and this is not a question about the importance of his scientific contribution. My question is why did Einstein reach a level of such legendary fame that his very name became synon…
In Mozart Reign of Love, Jan Swafford posits that operas and symphonies were a social gathering, often being up to 6 hours long. The music was written such that it was lowkey and allowed people to socialize with occasional big numbers to capture attention. They mention people wo…
Cause I'm aware many people WONT know about the story - despite its ''icon status'' - I'm gonna post it here: On January 24, 1961, Blanc was driving alone when his sports car was involved in a head-on collision on Sunset Boulevard; his legs and his pelvis were fractured as a res…
If marines are infantry detachments deployed from ships, and are part of the navy, and paratroopers are infantry detachments deployed from aircraft, why are they not part of the air force? Edit: Appreciate this might be a bit off-topic from your regularly scheduled programming b…
Growing up my whole life I’ve noticed that Christian’s tend to hate a lot, criticize you and other religions rather than love, and almost feel like a cult compared to Catholics. I grew up with lots of Mexicans and it just feels like Catholics have that warmth to not criticize, l…
It pulls your heart away from God and the life you want to live It can become something you depend on instead of turning to God for strength It trains your mind to focus on lust instead of love, respect, and purity It can damage your view of yourself and other people It takes aw…
Hey everyone. I’m a dad who is fairly new to Reddit, trying to make sense of something my adult kids keep bringing up. They’re convinced the U.S. has pretty much run its course. They argue that some empires operate on a predictable "250-year cycle" and we’re officially entering…
My understanding is that all of these regions had Christian majorities before the rise of Islam (though, to be clear, many of them followed extremely heterodox brands of Christianity, such as Monophysitism and Donatism). While the percentage of Christians certainly declined over…
I was shocked to learn that one of our faithful daily Mass-goers suddenly died yesterday. He himself was at Mass yesterday, with his wife. Understandably, she wasn't there today. You just don't know the day or the hour. How humbling this is. Please pray for the repose of his sou…