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[Darvi]

While significant, if von Schlieffen's plan had succeeded an armistice might have been achieved 2-3 years earlier, the treaty of Versailles wouldn't have happened, there would have been no Bolshevik revolution in Russia, no 1918 influenza epidemic that killed half the population of Europe, and no rise to power of the NAZI's, no WWII, and therefore no Cold War, nor the rise of Communism in China, no Pol Pot in Cambodia, no Korean war or Vietnam war, no Suharto in Indonesia, etc.

It's just possible that Belgium was the lynch-pin that killed 200+ million people.

Damn you, what hath Belgium wrought?

You forgot to mention 9-11.

[10ebbor10]

Also, we would all be speaking German.

Besides, it's highly likely that the Bolshevik revolution would have happened anyway. Secondly, no cold war= no space exploration.
Our entire space exploration program is based on research data(and scientists) stolen from the Nazis, and then perfected during the cold war.

miauw62, we hopped on the EU bandwagon, but if Belgium had been replaced by one huge inflatable dick from 1945 to 1950, things would have gone pretty much the same way.

Kinda not. The EU has it's basis in the Union for Coal and steel and stuff, which is further based on the Benelux (and in slightly importance, on the Belgium-Luxermburgion monetary union).

You forgot to mention 11-9.

FTFY. Why do those silly americans always insist on putting the date the wrong way around.

[Reelya]

They'd already had the February Revolution by the reformers in Russia. But even that first revolution succeeded because troops couldn't be brought back from the Eastern Front of WWI

The Bolsheviks specifically overthrew the reformers in an opportunistic coup, promising to pull out of the war. There is no reason to think that the Bolsheviks would have came to power without the very specific set of circumstances leading up to the October Revolution. They did not even represent the majority of opinion of socialists.

Kerensky the leader of the February interim government had even scheduled elections, Lenin's group seized executive control just 1 month before the elections (this was strategically vital to them since elections would have legitimized whoever won). The Bolsheviks then allowed the planned elections to take place, and tried to take credit for them. When they ended up losing the elections of November 1917, they used their military and executive control to disband the parliament after only 1 day in session.

i believe space research was more inevitable than the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, myself. Based on the fact that not all similar countries have bolshevik revolutions, but technology development will always occur in the long run.

[anzki4]

We have exchange student from USA on our English class and when we did American citizenship test (for fun) she had some pretty [couldn't find adequate expression] answers.

She didn't know what was the capital of USA; in fact she didn't know USA had a capital and when she tried to guess it, she guessed New York state. (How does that work I don't even...) She also thought capital of California (where she's from) is San Diego. She had apparently never heard of Cold War and she thought Finland is closer to Atlantic Ocean than USA.

Yet she felt the need to make a smug comment on how the stupid redneck southerners don't know jack shit about anything.

And to think that she's graduating from High School next year...

[Oliolli]

At first I thought "Finland is closer to Atlantic Ocean than USA" meant that "Finland is further from the USA than from the Atlantic Ocean". Then I got what you really meant.

[Carric]

"Those people who say they're fighting for peace aren't all that silly because the only way there can be any peace is if one country destroys all other countries..."

Facepalm. Facepalm. Facepalm.
And the person who said this thinks that I'm a fascist. He doesn't know the meaning of the word.

[Loud Whispers]

"Those people who say they're fighting for peace aren't all that silly because the only way there can be any peace is if one country destroys all other countries..."

Pax Imperialis. There might be some truth to that.

[OREOSOME]

And the person who said this thinks that I'm a fascist. He doesn't know the meaning of the word.

What did you say/do that made him claim you were a fascist?

[misko27]

"Those people who say they're fighting for peace aren't all that silly because the only way there can be any peace is if one country destroys all other countries..."

Pax Imperialis. There might be some truth to that.

*couhg* Civil war *cough* I remember a flash game that lets you take over the world. When you win it says "Yay! You win! Now you can just sit back and enjoy your absolute power! At least until the next revolution..."

[Valid_Dark]

xbox is the best by far sure a bunch of next gen games will come to pc first but xbox will be able to make them look the best because if you have a hacked xbox you can just download more ram and the updates microsoft does actually adds more video memory. alot of people dont know that. you pc gamers probably wouldnt understand having to buy new hardware for you computers all the time

[FearfulJesuit]

Is there any corner of the Internet stupider than Youtube comments? They make even Yahoo! Answers looks like a shining beacon of intellectual prowess.

[MrWillsauce]

xbox is the best by far sure a bunch of next gen games will come to pc first but xbox will be able to make them look the best because if you have a hacked xbox you can just download more ram and the updates microsoft does actually adds more video memory. alot of people dont know that. you pc gamers probably wouldnt understand having to buy new hardware for you computers all the time

Youtube comments are like 4chan without the pictures.

[Svarte Troner]

This isn't so much a stupid saying as it is just a stupid act:
 I work at a pharmacy. Every now and again some poor schmuck comes in looking for batteries. Our battery display is a HUGE FUCKING RACK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE. And yet people still can't find it upon walking in, I don't think it could be more obvious even if we had flashing neon lights and a dwarf in a battery costume dancing around.

[Reelya]

Is there any corner of the Internet stupider than Youtube comments? They make even Yahoo! Answers looks like a shining beacon of intellectual prowess.

Actually if you stick to the sections of Y/A where it's more right/wrong answers rather than opinion, it's not that bad, the Comics & Animation section and Maths / Science sections are OK. At least the people discussing Cartoons seem to know quite a bit about the series they're discussing, not exactly of Earth-shattering importance though

The Politics section is 80% trolling, the Dating section is full of cringe-worthy teen angst (or people faking it for troll purposes).

[MrWillsauce]

This isn't so much a stupid saying as it is just a stupid act:
 I work at a pharmacy. Every now and again some poor schmuck comes in looking for batteries. Our battery display is a HUGE FUCKING RACK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE. And yet people still can't find it upon walking in, I don't think it could be more obvious even if we had flashing neon lights and a dwarf in a battery costume dancing around.

I fail to see things in plain sight like that all the time. It makes me feel absolutely retarded, especially when people are watching me.