This is how it felt when I went to get an EKG done. The nurse saw my boobs, sweetly giggled to herself, and said alright hun this'll be cold! before applying them all over my chest
he was constrained by material conditions, which he could and would not confront with land reform. he was then teleported to an island where those conditions were nullified by looted gold and american support. despite his failure he was gifted his own private heaven
Chiang Kai-Shek is one of those rare tragic figures who had all the makings and trappings and trajectory of a Great Man of History, but was brutally eclipsed by another, even Greater Man of History, at the exact moment the world would’ve recognized him as such.
@nikicaga unfortunately it’s important to keep in mind that, based on his diaries, chiang kai-shek would love reading self-help books sold at airports, if he were alive today
@ProudBavaria The reason all these DLCs suck balls that nobody wants to admit is because paradox is too focused on making every DLC ''balanced'' by giving you a gorillion debuffs you have to do tedious focuses to get rid of before you get to play the game
@twinkmoder ex bf didn’t even consider himself bi because he only topped. when he decided to “go back,” multiple women (who knew his relationship history) refused to date him because they still assumed he was too “submissive”
@PISSDRlNKER 10+ years later i still have a few dreams each year about the logistics of reintegrating him into my life. so glad reality has a mechanic that lets me experience the awkward torture of coming out to him. thought i missed out on that
@PatyConFideos i think hobsbawn may have mentioned something like this, but this passage isn’t from him. i forget where’s it from exactly, but i think it’s a work on italian immigration