Here's a perfect example of what I have been talking about: the An Lushan Rebellion of 755-763 AD. 21,633,308 million people lost their lives in this war, which accounted for 10% of the world's population. This translates to at least 200 million deaths during the time of the two World Wars (the latter wars just missing the 100 million mark). That a war almost nobody knows anything about could have been twice as deadly as World Wars I and II is just mind boggling (two years shorter, too!)
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Has anyone read Sapiens? This discussion reminded me of that book
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
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"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
It's my opinion that HR's job would be much easier if employees avoided these four subjects while conversing:
Religion
Politics
Sex
The personal appearance of anyone other than yourself.
If you can't have a conversation without touching on these subjects you should evaluate your interpersonal skills.
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I can't seem to get into death metal/screamo. I know there is some sort of interesting thing going on there talent wise, but I'm not finding it.
It's definitely an acquired taste. Luckily it's a acquired taste that I do have.
Not sure how controversial this is but I massively prefer the 1980's music scene to the 1990's. It was a bit dumb and excessive at times for sure but the 90's Gen-X bands were just way too miserable for me. And nu-metal is without question the worst offshoot of metal in history. I really hate the Britpop scene that was a big deal back then here in the UK too. 90's culture stinks in general.
Give me, say, Def Leppard or Motley Crue over Nirvana any day.
I'm not 100% sure what your point is there if I'm being honest. Sorry.
The fact that Nirvana were a hugely influential band during the 1990's despite being formed earlier is definitely true but the point that I was making was that they inspired the music of that period in a way that alienated me personally.
Part of what made Nirvana explode to the level they did was how stale the hair bands had become.
First, a single about how sexy and/or dangerous the frontman/whole band is. Then, a power ballad to show the more serious side. Sometimes an acoustic song subbed in for the power ballad, but for the same end.
Dark does not mean deep.