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I’m building a speculative history project imaging a world where Barry Goldwater won the 1964 election against LBJ (Don’t ask how he won). In this timeline I assume he’s only in the White House for one term (Losing re-election against Hubert Humphrey in 1968).

I just wanted to ask people who are perhaps more knowledgeable in this topic than I am how he would’ve gone about the Vietnam War in the this world? Also, how would he have responded specifically to the Tet Offensive in 1968? And finally, what would he have done about (or reacted to) the American Anti-war and counterculture movements in the mid-late 1960s (Circa. 1965-68)?

I understand that Goldwater was a notorious war hawk, but I just wanted to make sure that my assumptions on what his policies in Vietnam would’ve/could’ve been are not wildly unrealistic.

Thank you!

I’m building a speculative history project imaging a world where Barry Goldwater won the 1964 election against LBJ (Don’t ask how he won). In this timeline I assume he’s only in the White House for one term (Losing re-election against Hubert Humphrey in 1968).

I just wanted to ask people who are perhaps more knowledgeable in this topic than I am how he would’ve gone about the Vietnam War in the this world? Also, how would he have responded specifically to the Tet Offensive in 1968? And finally, what would he have done about (or reacted to) the American Anti-war and counterculture movements in the mid-late 1960s (Circa. 1965-68)?

I understand that Goldwater was a notorious war hawk, but I just wanted to make sure that my assumptions on what his policies in Vietnam would’ve/could’ve been are not wildly unrealistic.

Thank you!

Hi there! So basically, recently my AirPods have started to do this thing where while I’m listening to something, they’ll occasionally start glitching (usually by making a brief static, crackling or fizzing noise) before disconnecting. Then a few seconds later, they reconnect as if nothing happened.

Usually it would start with one side or only one of the earcups crapping out before the other follows. Yes I’ve tried hard resetting them, yes I’ve tried forgetting the device. Idk what to do.

I don’t know lads I just need to talk to people. I was only 10 when I watched England lose to Croatia in the 2018 WC semi finals. It was devastating, especially after seeing my own country going so far and having so much hope before the match.

From that point onwards, I quickly grew to realise that in every international tournament, England was always the country with the “annoying fans” and the team that always *nearly* wins. In 2021, I watched us go so close that we reached the final, only to bottle it up against Italy while the rest of Europe laughed at us. Then there was the quarter finals in 2022 and the euro finals in 2024, all of them ending in failure.

Then for this World Cup, we got a new coach with a strong reputation for taking teams to victory. He made a speech which genuinely made me confident that after 60 years of hurt we would finally go far. As England went through this tournament, I was finally ready to see us win. We got our hopes high in a very beautiful way. And while it may look corny in hindsight, I felt the way we would sing wonderwall after each much was so wholesome. This year was one of the times I actually felt proud to be English, even despite the copious amounts of sour Aussie, Scottish and Irish fans who were constantly shitting on our parade and praying on our downfall. The amount of excitement there was when we reached the semi final was immense. We actually felt together as a country.

Then the semis came and we all know what happened. We got the lead and raised our hopes up, only for it to be taken away from us in the blink of an eye. Those last 15 minutes were probably the most devastating and soul crushing 15 minutes in my entire year. And of all the countries we could’ve lost to, it HAD to be Argentina, a country which has become notorious for poor sportsmanship.

After that match I genuinely just wanted to fall asleep and not wake up for a week. I really just feel hopeless. Our rivals got exactly what they wanted. The amount of Scottish and Irish people clapping with glee at our loss is just sad. Honestly they’ve just made themselves look like a bunch of jealous miserable grinches this entire tournament.

I’m worried that this is just an English thing. That we’re just never going to win anything. That the world will just continue to laugh at us. That we will keep sabotaging ourselves. I desperately want to see an England World Cup victory and I thought this year of all years was the perfect time. All that hope, optimism and euphoria was just vaporized in an instant. Like a large bubble being popped. I’m exhausted and I feel so gutted and numb. I don’t know how we’re ever going to win things.

Probably being overdramatic as always, probably preaching to the choir here, but I just wanted to get my thoughts out to people.

I had to put a spoiler tag because I don’t know if this would get flagged.

Besides their own show soundtracks, both the the Handmaids tale and the testaments have used real life songs too.

I have a few song predictions (and ideas) for songs that the Testaments could use in the future, either in the upcoming finale or just in future seasons. These songs are added based mostly on their lyrics and how they relate to themes from the THT/TT, as well as the tone of songs they’ve previously used

Some of these predictions were also made based on what I’ve read from the Testaments book and therefore what I know of the ending (I know the show is diverting but I still think they’ll keep some plot features).

Anyway, here’s my list:

Another brick in the wall AND/OR Comfotably numb by Pink Floyd

Don’t dream it’s over by Crowded House

Dream Baby Dream by Suicide

Waltz #2 (XO) by Elliot Smith (Probably for Becca)

White Wedding by Billy Idol

Always by Erasure

Little lies by Fleetwood Mac

Telephone Line by ELO (probably in the show finale (future seasons) when Agnes/Hannah finally reunites with June)

O Superman by Laurie Anderson (Probably for when Gilead actually falls)

I’ll add more if I think of any. What are some of your ideas?