Red Mosquito

Bammer wrote:Are there any civilizations that did not incorporate slavery (if you go back in history far enough)?

I mean, there probably are ... but slavery has been a pretty consistent tactic throughout history around the globe and in some places it’s still prevalent, right?

Disclaimer: I’m not a history major.

We have an ancient civilization thread

E.H. Ruddock wrote:We have an ancient civilization thread

It's not that ancient (abolition timeline):




And is still around in some places today:



Edit: Countries actively engaged in fighting human trafficking and slavery:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:We have an ancient civilization thread

Ah, yes. And apparently it’s rad?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:We have an ancient civilization thread

It’s been cancelled

Looks like ray park just cancelled himself.

Twitter if you want the ugly details. Prepare your eyes. Cannot be unseen.

Jeff Ross, which might be the least surprising ever.

tragabigzanda wrote:I bet every day for him has been terrifying ever since Louis came down

louis came

Lin-Manuel Miranda


This article on it is basically an endorsement of cyber-bullying in his case:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cu ... e-1036975/

Bryan Callen too. What a bunch of scumbags.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:Lin-Manuel Miranda


This article on it is basically an endorsement of cyber-bullying in his case:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cu ... e-1036975/

I simultaneously love and hate everything about this story

Yeah... Those memes are funny, but that kind of broad, constant online harassment is a big driver of suicide. That's how we lost the first four _tree accounts.

He can handle a bit of roasting. Also that is not canceling

canceiling

I gave up about halfway through that article when I started to realize that the unread posts in the “people who back into parking spots” were probably much more interesting

so many words in all these articles just to find out jeff ross was in a consensual relationship with a teenager and many people think the hamilton guy is not woke enough

this is why i like the dailymail for sludge. they start every article with 4 bullet points at the top. i just want the bullet points sometimes. these vignettes and the storytelling and the flip-flopping through time. just tell me what people hate them for, and then if i want the details in a stylized format, i will read further (doubtful)

96583UP wrote:
this is why i like the dailymail for sludge. they start every article with 4 bullet points at the top. i just want the bullet points sometimes.

agreed