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Do you ever randomly remember, and are surprised by, Borelli's first pursuit as an adult being music? When's the last time he's played on stream?
▲ 46 r/Destiny

Do you ever randomly remember, and are surprised by, Borelli's first pursuit as an adult being music? When's the last time he's played on stream?

The whole left brain right brain thing might be junk science, idk, but I tend to think of Borelli as very left brained. If I didn't already know, and you asked me what I thought he did in college, I would have guessed pre law, or engineering/physics.

I mainly watch him debate, and don't watch streams. Does he ever play or jam with other streamers on stream?

u/AstroEscura — 3 days ago
▲ 5 r/CIVILWAR

How much territory did the Union temporally give up in Hood's Nashville campaign? Did Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis all keep garrisons?

When Hood Leroy Jenkins'd into TN, I know Thomas coalesced all the Union troops he could into Nashville. Did this leave East and West TN without any Union troops? If so how did they react? Did local governments raise Confederate flags in cities where Union troops left?

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u/AstroEscura — 3 days ago
▲ 68 r/Napoleon+1 crossposts

This might be wrong, but I perceive the UK and France to both be the most "enlightened," or liberal, places in early nineteenth century Europe, whereas Russia and Austria would be the most "conservative." Why was the UK the most committed to Napoleon's defeat, when they had the most in common?

Maybe I am completely wrong on this, but when I think of the countries that had the most liberal thought, and the leaders of the Enlightenment, I think of the UK and France, and to a lesser extent the low countries. I tend to think the HRE, Austria, and "Germany" were very progressive on the science side of things, but still super conservative when it comes to politics.

I'm not saying I would expect the UK to embrace Napoleon, but I would think they would be the most likely to think he is someone they could work with, and reach and understanding with. Whereas I would think Austria and Russia would be completely dead set against him. But in reality it was the opposite, the UK always strongly opposed Napoleon, but Austria and Russia were sometimes his ally.

Now I guess the main thing is that Napoleon could get at everyone in continental Europe, but he was never going to rule the sea. But still, I would think at some point the UK would think "we don't like him but we can work with him."

So why was the UK so devoted to taking down Napoleon? Was it because of geopolitics and had nothing to do with ideology?

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u/AstroEscura — 5 days ago
▲ 0 r/WarCollege

Grant proposed to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer at Spotsylvania. Why did he choose to instead go south? Could he have performed something similar to the Petersburg siege at Spotsylvania?

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u/AstroEscura — 10 days ago
▲ 182 r/CIVILWAR

The Overland campaign, and Spotsylvania in particular, and the Muleshoe to be very particular, holds a significant place in my mind. Seems to be the most intense and depraved single engagement in the war.

I'm not sure how to put it, I know of course May 12, 1864 is not the bloodiest day of the war but this engagement in particular just seems particularly insane.

I guess the Overland Campaign, and Spotsylvania seem like the final beat down before the AoP puts the ANV into the 9 month chokehold of Petersburg, and it feels like modern war ripping itself out of Napoleonic warfare like a chestbuster in the Alien movies. But despite this battle and campaign being particular "modern" it devolves into pure animal warfare at the mule shoe.

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.”

u/AstroEscura — 10 days ago
▲ 13 r/CIVILWAR

Should Bragg get less blame and his subordinates get more blame for undermining him? Part of being a good commander is getting your subordinates to follow you, but isn't the reverse true as well? Part of being a good subordinate solider is following orders.

I don't have in depth knowledge but my sense is that while Bragg failed at being a "people person," which is part of being a good officer, Polk, Hardee and the rest of them also kind of failed at being a damn solider and doing what they are told.

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u/AstroEscura — 11 days ago
▲ 0 r/KGATLW

Does anyone know when the schedule for Fields of Vision will release?

I have never really listened to KGLW, but I being a deadhead I would like to check them out. I do want to see La Luz and Spacemoth (yeah I know, no I'm not trolling) but I will need to take PTO. It's not pressing or anything but I would like to get an idea of what days I will need to take off.

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u/AstroEscura — 12 days ago
▲ 26 r/stonerrock

Did anyone in here go to a generator party? Is there anything like this still going on?

Do you think these parties are analogous to the Dead at the acid tests, or the Beatles in Hamburg?

u/AstroEscura — 13 days ago
▲ 22 r/stonerrock

Let's say you're at an All Them Witches show (which have been playing nearly 15 years so not exactly new, but far from retirement at well) or Elder or whoever, and they started playing Gardenia or Funeralopolis. Do you think that would get a huge crowd reaction? What song in the general stoner rock space would get the biggest reaction?

Also I suppose the easy answer is War Pigs or some other Black Sabbath song, so with the exception of Sabbath what would get the biggest reaction?

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u/AstroEscura — 21 days ago