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malthaussen

(18,525 posts) Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:04 PM Feb 12

The worst part of living in historical times...

... for me, anyway, is knowing I won't get to see what history will actually make of these times.

History should only occur when one is young, so that fifty years later, you can read the books and say "I knew it all along."

-- Mal

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The worst part of living in historical times... (Original Post) malthaussen Feb 12 OP

May you live in interesting times. Srkdqltr Feb 12 #1

The ancient curse. OldBaldy1701E Feb 14 #10

One of my history profs asked anyone who chose history as a major to raise our hands. Ping Tung Feb 12 #2

Yep, it's hard to be an historian and not be a cynic... malthaussen Feb 13 #3

I already lived through "historical times" I Didn't Need another round!..... electric_blue68 Feb 13 #4

I'm hip. 12 in '68. malthaussen Feb 13 #5

Glad you got to have some fun! electric_blue68 Feb 13 #6

I just want to live long enough to watch the cabal suffer malaise Feb 13 #7

Hanging's too good for them. malthaussen Feb 14 #8

It's a moral question for me malaise Feb 14 #9

Understandable. Capital punishment is too freely administered... malthaussen Feb 14 #12

There is no hope for people like Donvict malaise Feb 14 #13

To those who serve TACO who proclaim to be Christians.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 14 #11

I totally agree. I wish I could come back just long enough to read the history books. Vinca Feb 14 #14

Well, yeah, there's always that. malthaussen Feb 14 #15

Srkdqltr

(9,622 posts)

1. May you live in interesting times.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:15 PM

Feb 12

OldBaldy1701E

(10,829 posts)

10. The ancient curse.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 08:54 AM

Feb 14

Well, we are in them.

Ping Tung

(4,299 posts)

2. One of my history profs asked anyone who chose history as a major to raise our hands.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:47 PM

Feb 12

"Welcome to the world of cynicism", quoth he.

malthaussen

(18,525 posts)

3. Yep, it's hard to be an historian and not be a cynic...

Reply to Ping Tung (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:04 PM

Feb 13

... and frankly, I don't trust a one of them who isn't.

-- Mal

electric_blue68

(26,591 posts)

4. I already lived through "historical times" I Didn't Need another round!.....

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:54 PM

Feb 13

Back in 1968. Ghads. What a horric year that was!

I was 10 when JFK wa assassinated; so I didn't really get the loss on a larger scale.

By the time I was 14 in 1967, I'd already started to pay attention to socio-political issues so the losses, and election of Nixon were just devastating!

malthaussen

(18,525 posts)

5. I'm hip. 12 in '68.

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:59 PM

Feb 13

Just too young to have all the cool fun with the hippies. But we did okay in the early '70s in that respect.

-- Mal

electric_blue68

(26,591 posts)

6. Glad you got to have some fun!

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:04 PM

Feb 13

malaise

(294,772 posts)

7. I just want to live long enough to watch the cabal suffer

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:06 PM

Feb 13

real serious consequences

malthaussen

(18,525 posts)

8. Hanging's too good for them.

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:24 AM

Feb 14

I had a friend who was very creative at coming up with exotic tortures and ways to punish people. Just thought exercises, of course.

-- Mal

malaise

(294,772 posts)

9. It's a moral question for me

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:48 AM

Feb 14

because I am against the death penalty but there are days I do wonder…

malthaussen

(18,525 posts)

12. Understandable. Capital punishment is too freely administered...

Reply to malaise (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:28 AM

Feb 14

... especially if you're poor and black. But I do believe some people are irrevocably evil. Locking them away at State expense for their entire "natural" lives seems no better than removing them from the population by more absolute means. There are those who will recite the mantra "there is always hope," and cite examples of regeneration, but some people are just never gonna reform, and so they should be removed from society one way or another. The punch line is deciding who is unacceptably evil, and moreover, whom gets to decide.

-- Mal

malaise

(294,772 posts)

13. There is no hope for people like Donvict

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:39 AM

Feb 14

We agree on that

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,750 posts)

11. To those who serve TACO who proclaim to be Christians....

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 09:02 AM

Feb 14

Jesus Christ is watching you!

He knows what is in your heart!

He will judge you for the LEAST you did onto His Brethren.

Vinca

(53,653 posts)

14. I totally agree. I wish I could come back just long enough to read the history books.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:42 AM

Feb 14

If there are any history books. Civilization on planet Earth may no longer exist thanks to Taco.

malthaussen

(18,525 posts)

15. Well, yeah, there's always that.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #14)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:47 AM

Feb 14

I personally think AI will get us first, or barring that, climate change. Which is why I don't attribute the current state of the world to DJT, but to the egomaniacal -- emphasis on the "maniac" -- billionaires who want to burn the whole world down so they can squat on the ashes.

-- Mal

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